diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/OpenTelemetryBootstrappingUtils.java b/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/OpenTelemetryBootstrappingUtils.java
index ed0ba544e5..fcf1440b49 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/OpenTelemetryBootstrappingUtils.java
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/OpenTelemetryBootstrappingUtils.java
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ static void enableGrpcMetrics(
     GrpcOpenTelemetry grpcOpenTelemetry =
         GrpcOpenTelemetry.newBuilder()
             .sdk(openTelemetrySdk)
+            .addOptionalLabel("grpc.lb.locality")
             .enableMetrics(METRICS_TO_ENABLE)
             .build();
     ApiFunction<ManagedChannelBuilder, ManagedChannelBuilder> channelConfigurator =