diff --git a/src/google/adk/cli/cli_deploy.py b/src/google/adk/cli/cli_deploy.py
index 781274fbfd..19e4a9cccf 100644
--- a/src/google/adk/cli/cli_deploy.py
+++ b/src/google/adk/cli/cli_deploy.py
@@ -689,6 +689,7 @@ def to_agent_engine(
     adk_app: str,
     staging_bucket: Optional[str] = None,
     trace_to_cloud: Optional[bool] = None,
+    otel_to_cloud: Optional[bool] = None,
     api_key: Optional[str] = None,
     adk_app_object: Optional[str] = None,
     agent_engine_id: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -733,6 +734,8 @@ def to_agent_engine(
     staging_bucket (str): Deprecated. This argument is no longer required or
       used.
     trace_to_cloud (bool): Whether to enable Cloud Trace.
+    otel_to_cloud (bool): Whether to enable exporting OpenTelemetry signals
+      to Google Cloud.
     api_key (str): Optional. The API key to use for Express Mode.
       If not provided, the API key from the GOOGLE_API_KEY environment variable
       will be used. It will only be used if GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI is true.
@@ -910,6 +913,14 @@ def to_agent_engine(
       if 'GOOGLE_API_KEY' in env_vars:
         api_key = env_vars['GOOGLE_API_KEY']
         click.echo(f'api_key set by GOOGLE_API_KEY in {env_file}')
+    if otel_to_cloud:
+      if 'GOOGLE_CLOUD_AGENT_ENGINE_ENABLE_TELEMETRY' in env_vars:
+        click.secho(
+            'Ignoring GOOGLE_CLOUD_AGENT_ENGINE_ENABLE_TELEMETRY in .env'
+            ' as `--otel_to_cloud` was explicitly passed and takes precedence',
+            fg='yellow',
+        )
+      env_vars['GOOGLE_CLOUD_AGENT_ENGINE_ENABLE_TELEMETRY'] = 'true'
     if env_vars:
       if 'env_vars' in agent_config:
         click.echo(
diff --git a/src/google/adk/cli/cli_tools_click.py b/src/google/adk/cli/cli_tools_click.py
index 0875f2523d..c80115be8f 100644
--- a/src/google/adk/cli/cli_tools_click.py
+++ b/src/google/adk/cli/cli_tools_click.py
@@ -1751,6 +1751,14 @@ def cli_migrate_session(
     default=None,
     help="Optional. Whether to enable Cloud Trace for Agent Engine.",
 )
+@click.option(
+    "--otel_to_cloud",
+    type=bool,
+    is_flag=True,
+    show_default=True,
+    default=None,
+    help="Optional. Whether to enable OpenTelemetry for Agent Engine.",
+)
 @click.option(
     "--display_name",
     type=str,
@@ -1842,6 +1850,7 @@ def cli_deploy_agent_engine(
     staging_bucket: Optional[str],
     agent_engine_id: Optional[str],
     trace_to_cloud: Optional[bool],
+    otel_to_cloud: Optional[bool],
     api_key: Optional[str],
     display_name: str,
     description: str,
@@ -1872,6 +1881,7 @@ def cli_deploy_agent_engine(
         region=region,
         agent_engine_id=agent_engine_id,
         trace_to_cloud=trace_to_cloud,
+        otel_to_cloud=otel_to_cloud,
         api_key=api_key,
         adk_app_object=adk_app_object,
         display_name=display_name,
diff --git a/tests/unittests/cli/utils/test_cli_tools_click.py b/tests/unittests/cli/utils/test_cli_tools_click.py
index 316ffbb6af..5fac32759c 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/cli/utils/test_cli_tools_click.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/cli/utils/test_cli_tools_click.py
@@ -410,6 +410,38 @@ def test_cli_deploy_agent_engine_success(
   assert called_kwargs.get("region") == "us-central1"
 
 
+# cli deploy agent_engine with --otel_to_cloud
+def test_cli_deploy_agent_engine_otel_to_cloud_success(
+    tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+) -> None:
+  """Successful path should call cli_deploy.to_agent_engine with --otel_to_cloud."""
+  rec = _Recorder()
+  monkeypatch.setattr(cli_tools_click.cli_deploy, "to_agent_engine", rec)
+
+  agent_dir = tmp_path / "agent_ae"
+  agent_dir.mkdir()
+  runner = CliRunner()
+  result = runner.invoke(
+      cli_tools_click.main,
+      [
+          "deploy",
+          "agent_engine",
+          "--project",
+          "test-proj",
+          "--region",
+          "us-central1",
+          "--otel_to_cloud",
+          str(agent_dir),
+      ],
+  )
+  assert result.exit_code == 0
+  assert rec.calls, "cli_deploy.to_agent_engine must be invoked"
+  called_kwargs = rec.calls[0][1]
+  assert called_kwargs.get("project") == "test-proj"
+  assert called_kwargs.get("region") == "us-central1"
+  assert called_kwargs.get("otel_to_cloud")
+
+
 # cli deploy gke
 def test_cli_deploy_gke_success(
     tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch