diff --git a/datacontract/cli.py b/datacontract/cli.py
index d856dfba..66e60f7a 100644
--- a/datacontract/cli.py
+++ b/datacontract/cli.py
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ def test(
         help="Run the schema and quality tests on the example data within the data contract.")] = None,
     publish: Annotated[str, typer.Option(
         help="The url to publish the results after the test")] = None,
+    publish_to_opentelemetry: Annotated[bool, typer.Option(
+        help="Publish the results to opentelemetry. Use environment variables to configure the OTLP endpoint, headers, etc.")] = False,
     logs: Annotated[bool, typer.Option(
         help="Print logs")] = False,
 ):
@@ -109,8 +111,13 @@ def test(
     print(f"Testing {location}")
     if server == "all":
         server = None
-    run = DataContract(data_contract_file=location, schema_location=schema, publish_url=publish, server=server,
-                       examples=examples).test()
+    run = DataContract(data_contract_file=location,
+                       schema_location=schema,
+                       publish_url=publish,
+                       publish_to_opentelemetry=publish_to_opentelemetry,
+                       server=server,
+                       examples=examples,
+                       ).test()
     if logs:
         _print_logs(run)
     _handle_result(run)
diff --git a/datacontract/data_contract.py b/datacontract/data_contract.py
index 8f10a3c8..a8f1cfec 100644
--- a/datacontract/data_contract.py
+++ b/datacontract/data_contract.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 from datacontract.imports.sql_importer import import_sql
 from datacontract.integration.publish_datamesh_manager import \
     publish_datamesh_manager
+from datacontract.integration.publish_opentelemetry import publish_opentelemetry
 from datacontract.lint import resolve
 
 from datacontract.model.breaking_change import BreakingChanges, BreakingChange, Severity
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ def __init__(
         server: str = None,
         examples: bool = False,
         publish_url: str = None,
+        publish_to_opentelemetry: bool = False,
         spark: str = None,
         inline_definitions: bool = False,
     ):
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._server = server
         self._examples = examples
         self._publish_url = publish_url
+        self._publish_to_opentelemetry = publish_to_opentelemetry
         self._spark = spark
         self._inline_definitions = inline_definitions
         self.all_linters = {
@@ -233,7 +236,15 @@ def test(self) -> Run:
         run.finish()
 
         if self._publish_url is not None:
-            publish_datamesh_manager(run, self._publish_url)
+            try:
+                publish_datamesh_manager(run, self._publish_url)
+            except:
+                logging.error("Failed to publish to datamesh manager")
+        if self._publish_to_opentelemetry:
+            try:
+                publish_opentelemetry(run)
+            except:
+                logging.error("Failed to publish to opentelemetry")
 
         return run
 
diff --git a/datacontract/integration/publish_opentelemetry.py b/datacontract/integration/publish_opentelemetry.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2789506a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datacontract/integration/publish_opentelemetry.py
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import logging
+import os
+from importlib import metadata
+from uuid import uuid4
+import math
+
+from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.metric_exporter import OTLPMetricExporter
+from opentelemetry.metrics import Observation
+
+from datacontract.model.run import \
+    Run
+from opentelemetry import metrics
+from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics import MeterProvider
+from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export import ConsoleMetricExporter, PeriodicExportingMetricReader
+
+# Publishes metrics of a test run. 
+# Metric contains the values: 
+# 0 == test run passed, 
+# 1 == test run has warnings
+# 2 == test run failed
+# 3 == test run not possible due to an error
+# 4 == test status unknown
+#
+# Tested with these environment variables:
+#
+# OTEL_SERVICE_NAME=datacontract-cli
+# OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=https://YOUR_ID.apm.westeurope.azure.elastic-cloud.com:443
+# OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS=Authorization=Bearer%20secret (Optional, when using SaaS Products)
+# OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL=http/protobuf (Optional, because it is the default value)
+#
+# Current limitations:
+# - no gRPC support
+# - currently, only ConsoleExporter and OTLP Exporter
+# - Metrics only, no logs yet (but loosely planned)
+
+def publish_opentelemetry(run: Run):
+    try:
+        if run.dataContractId is None:
+            raise Exception("Cannot publish run results, as data contract ID is unknown")
+
+        endpoint = os.getenv("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT")
+        logging.info(f"Publishing test results to opentelemetry at {endpoint}")
+
+        telemetry = Telemetry()
+        provider = metrics.get_meter_provider()
+        meter = provider.get_meter("com.datacontract.cli", metadata.version("datacontract-cli"))
+        meter.create_observable_gauge(
+            name="datacontract.cli.test",
+            callbacks=[lambda x: _to_observation_callback(run)],
+            unit="result",
+            description="The overall result of the data contract test run")
+
+        telemetry.publish()
+    except Exception as e:
+        logging.error(f"Failed publishing test results. Error: {str(e)}")
+
+
+def _to_observation_callback(run):
+    yield _to_observation(run)
+
+
+def _to_observation(run):
+    attributes = {
+        "datacontract.id": run.dataContractId,
+        "datacontract.version": run.dataContractVersion,
+    }
+
+    if run.result == "passed":
+        result_value = 0  # think of exit codes
+    elif run.result == "warning":
+        result_value = 1
+    elif run.result == "failed":
+        result_value = 2
+    elif run.result == "error":
+        result_value = 3
+    else:
+        result_value = 4
+    return Observation(value=result_value, attributes=attributes)
+
+
+class Telemetry:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.exporter = ConsoleMetricExporter()
+        self.remote_exporter = OTLPMetricExporter()
+        # using math.inf so it does not collect periodically. we do this in collect ourselves, one-time.
+        self.reader = PeriodicExportingMetricReader(self.exporter, export_interval_millis=math.inf)
+        self.remote_reader = PeriodicExportingMetricReader(self.remote_exporter, export_interval_millis=math.inf)
+        provider = MeterProvider(metric_readers=[self.reader, self.remote_reader])
+        metrics.set_meter_provider(provider)
+
+    def publish(self):
+        self.reader.collect()
+        self.remote_reader.collect()
diff --git a/datacontract/model/run.py b/datacontract/model/run.py
index 6087317d..4a83cf5d 100644
--- a/datacontract/model/run.py
+++ b/datacontract/model/run.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Run(BaseModel):
     server: Optional[str] = None
     timestampStart: datetime
     timestampEnd: datetime
-    result: str = "unknown"
+    result: str = "unknown" # passed, warning, failed, error, unknown
     checks: List[Check]
     logs: List[Log]
 
diff --git a/tests/test_integration_opentelemetry.py b/tests/test_integration_opentelemetry.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f0729c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_integration_opentelemetry.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import logging
+from uuid import uuid4
+
+from opentelemetry.metrics import Observation
+from typer.testing import CliRunner
+
+from datacontract.integration.publish_opentelemetry import _to_observation
+from datacontract.model.run import Run
+
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG, force=True)
+
+
+def test_convert_to_observation():
+    run = Run(
+        runId=uuid4(),
+        dataContractId="datacontract-id-1234",
+        dataContractVersion="1.0.0",
+        result="passed",
+        timestampStart="2021-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+        timestampEnd="2021-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+        checks=[],
+        logs=[],
+    )
+    expected = Observation(value=0, attributes={
+        "datacontract.id": "datacontract-id-1234",
+        "datacontract.version": "1.0.0",
+    })
+
+    actual = _to_observation(run)
+
+    assert expected == actual