diff --git a/exporter/prometheusexporter/README.md b/exporter/prometheusexporter/README.md
index 2c580e9f70a..c556d733ce7 100644
--- a/exporter/prometheusexporter/README.md
+++ b/exporter/prometheusexporter/README.md
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ The following settings can be optionally configured:
 - `send_timestamps` (default = `false`): if true, sends the timestamp of the underlying
   metric sample in the response.
 - `metric_expiration` (default = `5m`): defines how long metrics are exposed without updates
-- `resource_attributes_as_tag` (default = `false`): if set to true will transform all resource
-  attributes into labels.
+- `resource_to_telemetry_conversion`
+  - `enabled` (default = false): If `enabled` is `true`, all the resource attributes will be converted to metric labels by default.
 
 Example:
 
@@ -32,5 +32,6 @@ exporters:
       "another label": spaced value
     send_timestamps: true
     metric_expiration: 180m
-    resource_attributes_as_tags: true
+    resource_to_telemetry_conversion:
+      enabled: true
 ```
diff --git a/exporter/prometheusexporter/config.go b/exporter/prometheusexporter/config.go
index 6bf4bbf985b..0fd36382f4f 100644
--- a/exporter/prometheusexporter/config.go
+++ b/exporter/prometheusexporter/config.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper"
 )
 
 // Config defines configuration for Prometheus exporter.
@@ -41,7 +42,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	// MetricExpiration defines how long metrics are kept without updates
 	MetricExpiration time.Duration `mapstructure:"metric_expiration"`
 
-	// ResourceAttributesAsTags, if sMet to true, will use the exporterhelper feature to
-	// transform all resource attributes into metric labels.
-	ResourceAttributesAsTags bool `mapstructure:"resource_attributes_as_tags"`
+	// ResourceToTelemetrySettings defines configuration for converting resource attributes to metric labels.
+	exporterhelper.ResourceToTelemetrySettings `mapstructure:"resource_to_telemetry_conversion"`
 }
diff --git a/exporter/prometheusexporter/factory.go b/exporter/prometheusexporter/factory.go
index dcef071cac4..9e1f70769ea 100644
--- a/exporter/prometheusexporter/factory.go
+++ b/exporter/prometheusexporter/factory.go
@@ -63,9 +63,7 @@ func createMetricsExporter(
 		prometheus.ConsumeMetrics,
 		exporterhelper.WithStart(prometheus.Start),
 		exporterhelper.WithShutdown(prometheus.Shutdown),
-		exporterhelper.WithResourceToTelemetryConversion(exporterhelper.ResourceToTelemetrySettings{
-			Enabled: pcfg.ResourceAttributesAsTags,
-		}),
+		exporterhelper.WithResourceToTelemetryConversion(pcfg.ResourceToTelemetrySettings),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/exporter/prometheusexporter/prometheus_test.go b/exporter/prometheusexporter/prometheus_test.go
index 5ba81c5481b..216a25fae4a 100644
--- a/exporter/prometheusexporter/prometheus_test.go
+++ b/exporter/prometheusexporter/prometheus_test.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componenttest"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/testdata"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/translator/internaldata"
 )
@@ -261,10 +262,12 @@ func TestPrometheusExporter_endToEndWithResource(t *testing.T) {
 			"foo2":  "bar2",
 			"code2": "one2",
 		},
-		Endpoint:                 ":7777",
-		SendTimestamps:           true,
-		MetricExpiration:         120 * time.Minute,
-		ResourceAttributesAsTags: true,
+		Endpoint:         ":7777",
+		SendTimestamps:   true,
+		MetricExpiration: 120 * time.Minute,
+		ResourceToTelemetrySettings: exporterhelper.ResourceToTelemetrySettings{
+			Enabled: true,
+		},
 	}
 
 	factory := NewFactory()