diff --git a/internal/chstorage/inserter_metrics.go b/internal/chstorage/inserter_metrics.go
index fcf7be8b..846439ab 100644
--- a/internal/chstorage/inserter_metrics.go
+++ b/internal/chstorage/inserter_metrics.go
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package chstorage
 
 import (
+	"cmp"
 	"context"
+	"math"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
@@ -168,17 +171,6 @@ func (b *metricsBatch) addHistogramPoints(name string, res pcommon.Map, slice pm
 
 		b.addName(name)
 		b.addLabels(attrs)
-		if err := b.addExemplars(
-			exemplarSeries{
-				Name:       name,
-				Timestamp:  ts,
-				Attributes: attrs,
-				Resource:   res,
-			},
-			point.Exemplars(),
-		); err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrap(err, "map exemplars")
-		}
 		// Save original histogram.
 		c.name.Append(name)
 		c.timestamp.Append(ts)
@@ -235,40 +227,109 @@ func (b *metricsBatch) addHistogramPoints(name string, res pcommon.Map, slice pm
 		)
 
 		var (
-			cumCount   uint64
-			bucketName = name + "_bucket"
+			cumCount     uint64
+			bucketName   = name + "_bucket"
+			bucketBounds = make([]histogramBucketBounds, 0, len(bucketCounts))
 		)
 		for i := 0; i < min(len(bucketCounts), len(explicitBounds)); i++ {
 			bound := explicitBounds[i]
 			cumCount += bucketCounts[i]
 
+			key := [2]string{
+				"le",
+				strconv.FormatFloat(bound, 'f', -1, 64),
+			}
+			bucketBounds = append(bucketBounds, histogramBucketBounds{
+				bound:     bound,
+				bucketKey: key,
+			})
+
 			// Generate series with "_bucket" suffix and "le" label.
 			b.addMappedSample(
 				series,
 				bucketName,
 				histogramBucket,
 				float64(cumCount),
-				[2]string{
-					"le",
-					strconv.FormatFloat(bound, 'f', -1, 64),
-				},
+				key,
 			)
 		}
 		// Generate series with "_bucket" suffix and "le" label.
-		b.addMappedSample(
-			series,
-			bucketName,
-			histogramBucket,
-			float64(cumCount),
-			[2]string{
+		{
+			key := [2]string{
 				"le",
 				"+Inf",
+			}
+			bucketBounds = append(bucketBounds, histogramBucketBounds{
+				bound:     math.Inf(1),
+				bucketKey: key,
+			})
+
+			b.addMappedSample(
+				series,
+				bucketName,
+				histogramBucket,
+				float64(cumCount),
+				key,
+			)
+		}
+
+		if err := b.addHistogramExemplars(
+			exemplarSeries{
+				// Note: we're using the "_bucket" name, not the original.
+				Name:       bucketName,
+				Timestamp:  ts,
+				Attributes: attrs,
+				Resource:   res,
 			},
-		)
+			point.Exemplars(),
+			bucketBounds,
+		); err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "map exemplars")
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (b *metricsBatch) addHistogramExemplars(
+	p exemplarSeries,
+	exemplars pmetric.ExemplarSlice,
+	bounds []histogramBucketBounds,
+) error {
+	slices.SortFunc(bounds, func(a, b histogramBucketBounds) int {
+		return cmp.Compare(a.bound, b.bound)
+	})
+	for i := 0; i < exemplars.Len(); i++ {
+		e := exemplars.At(i)
+		for _, bound := range bounds {
+			var val float64
+			switch typ := e.ValueType(); typ {
+			case pmetric.ExemplarValueTypeEmpty:
+				// Just ignore it.
+				return nil
+			case pmetric.ExemplarValueTypeInt:
+				// TODO(tdakkota): check for overflow
+				val = float64(e.IntValue())
+			case pmetric.ExemplarValueTypeDouble:
+				val = e.DoubleValue()
+			default:
+				return errors.Errorf("unexpected exemplar value type: %v", typ)
+			}
+
+			if val <= bound.bound {
+				if err := b.addExemplar(p, e, bound.bucketKey); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+type histogramBucketBounds struct {
+	bound     float64
+	bucketKey [2]string
+}
+
 func (b *metricsBatch) addExpHistogramPoints(name string, res pcommon.Map, slice pmetric.ExponentialHistogramDataPointSlice) error {
 	var (
 		c          = b.expHistograms
@@ -423,14 +484,14 @@ type exemplarSeries struct {
 
 func (b *metricsBatch) addExemplars(p exemplarSeries, exemplars pmetric.ExemplarSlice) error {
 	for i := 0; i < exemplars.Len(); i++ {
-		if err := b.addExemplar(p, exemplars.At(i)); err != nil {
+		if err := b.addExemplar(p, exemplars.At(i), [2]string{}); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (b *metricsBatch) addExemplar(p exemplarSeries, e pmetric.Exemplar) error {
+func (b *metricsBatch) addExemplar(p exemplarSeries, e pmetric.Exemplar, bucketKey [2]string) error {
 	c := b.exemplars
 
 	var val float64
@@ -456,7 +517,7 @@ func (b *metricsBatch) addExemplar(p exemplarSeries, e pmetric.Exemplar) error {
 	c.spanID.Append(e.SpanID())
 	c.traceID.Append(e.TraceID())
 
-	c.attributes.Append(encodeAttributes(p.Attributes))
+	c.attributes.Append(encodeAttributes(p.Attributes, bucketKey))
 	c.resource.Append(encodeAttributes(p.Resource))
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/chstorage/querier_metrics_exemplars.go b/internal/chstorage/querier_metrics_exemplars.go
index 9b7a78ca..85e423be 100644
--- a/internal/chstorage/querier_metrics_exemplars.go
+++ b/internal/chstorage/querier_metrics_exemplars.go
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ClickHouse/ch-go"
 	"github.com/ClickHouse/ch-go/proto"
 	"github.com/go-faster/errors"
-	"github.com/go-faster/oteldb/internal/otelstorage"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/exemplar"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/labels"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
+
+	"github.com/go-faster/oteldb/internal/otelstorage"
 )
 
 var _ storage.ExemplarQueryable = (*Querier)(nil)