diff --git a/internal/otelcollector/config/metric/agent/config.go b/internal/otelcollector/config/metric/agent/config.go
index 1195d344e..2a941aab0 100644
--- a/internal/otelcollector/config/metric/agent/config.go
+++ b/internal/otelcollector/config/metric/agent/config.go
@@ -21,11 +21,25 @@ type Receivers struct {
 }
 
 type KubeletStatsReceiver struct {
-	CollectionInterval string            `yaml:"collection_interval"`
-	AuthType           string            `yaml:"auth_type"`
-	Endpoint           string            `yaml:"endpoint"`
-	InsecureSkipVerify bool              `yaml:"insecure_skip_verify"`
-	MetricGroups       []MetricGroupType `yaml:"metric_groups"`
+	CollectionInterval string               `yaml:"collection_interval"`
+	AuthType           string               `yaml:"auth_type"`
+	Endpoint           string               `yaml:"endpoint"`
+	InsecureSkipVerify bool                 `yaml:"insecure_skip_verify"`
+	MetricGroups       []MetricGroupType    `yaml:"metric_groups"`
+	Metrics            KubeletMetricsConfig `yaml:"metrics"`
+}
+
+type KubeletMetricConfig struct {
+	Enabled bool `yaml:"enabled"`
+}
+
+type KubeletMetricsConfig struct {
+	ContainerCPUUsage       KubeletMetricConfig `yaml:"container.cpu.usage"`
+	ContainerCPUUtilization KubeletMetricConfig `yaml:"container.cpu.utilization"`
+	K8sNodeCPUUsage         KubeletMetricConfig `yaml:"k8s.node.cpu.usage"`
+	K8sNodeCPUUtilization   KubeletMetricConfig `yaml:"k8s.node.cpu.utilization"`
+	K8sPodCPUUsage          KubeletMetricConfig `yaml:"k8s.pod.cpu.usage"`
+	K8sPodCPUUtilization    KubeletMetricConfig `yaml:"k8s.pod.cpu.utilization"`
 }
 
 type MetricGroupType string
diff --git a/internal/otelcollector/config/metric/agent/receivers.go b/internal/otelcollector/config/metric/agent/receivers.go
index 9cdee93f2..73715d6b8 100644
--- a/internal/otelcollector/config/metric/agent/receivers.go
+++ b/internal/otelcollector/config/metric/agent/receivers.go
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ func makeKubeletStatsConfig() *KubeletStatsReceiver {
 		InsecureSkipVerify: true,
 		Endpoint:           fmt.Sprintf("https://${env:%s}:%d", config.EnvVarCurrentNodeName, portKubelet),
 		MetricGroups:       []MetricGroupType{MetricGroupTypeContainer, MetricGroupTypePod},
+		Metrics: KubeletMetricsConfig{
+			ContainerCPUUsage:       KubeletMetricConfig{Enabled: true},
+			ContainerCPUUtilization: KubeletMetricConfig{Enabled: false},
+			K8sNodeCPUUsage:         KubeletMetricConfig{Enabled: true},
+			K8sNodeCPUUtilization:   KubeletMetricConfig{Enabled: false},
+			K8sPodCPUUsage:          KubeletMetricConfig{Enabled: true},
+			K8sPodCPUUtilization:    KubeletMetricConfig{Enabled: false},
+		},
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/otelcollector/config/metric/agent/testdata/config_istio_active.yaml b/internal/otelcollector/config/metric/agent/testdata/config_istio_active.yaml
index cc54ac984..7b43f742c 100644
--- a/internal/otelcollector/config/metric/agent/testdata/config_istio_active.yaml
+++ b/internal/otelcollector/config/metric/agent/testdata/config_istio_active.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,19 @@ receivers:
         metric_groups:
             - container
             - pod
+        metrics:
+            container.cpu.usage:
+                enabled: true
+            container.cpu.utilization:
+                enabled: false
+            k8s.node.cpu.usage:
+                enabled: true
+            k8s.node.cpu.utilization:
+                enabled: false
+            k8s.pod.cpu.usage:
+                enabled: true
+            k8s.pod.cpu.utilization:
+                enabled: false
     prometheus/app-pods:
         config:
             scrape_configs:
diff --git a/internal/otelcollector/config/metric/agent/testdata/config_istio_not_active.yaml b/internal/otelcollector/config/metric/agent/testdata/config_istio_not_active.yaml
index 4d455a699..02ab95e3c 100644
--- a/internal/otelcollector/config/metric/agent/testdata/config_istio_not_active.yaml
+++ b/internal/otelcollector/config/metric/agent/testdata/config_istio_not_active.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,19 @@ receivers:
         metric_groups:
             - container
             - pod
+        metrics:
+            container.cpu.usage:
+                enabled: true
+            container.cpu.utilization:
+                enabled: false
+            k8s.node.cpu.usage:
+                enabled: true
+            k8s.node.cpu.utilization:
+                enabled: false
+            k8s.pod.cpu.usage:
+                enabled: true
+            k8s.pod.cpu.utilization:
+                enabled: false
     prometheus/app-pods:
         config:
             scrape_configs:
diff --git a/test/testkit/otel/kubeletstats/metrics.go b/test/testkit/otel/kubeletstats/metrics.go
index 703ac146d..f8ff461d9 100644
--- a/test/testkit/otel/kubeletstats/metrics.go
+++ b/test/testkit/otel/kubeletstats/metrics.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package kubeletstats
 var (
 	MetricNames = []string{
 		"container.cpu.time",
-		"container.cpu.utilization",
+		"container.cpu.usage",
 		"container.filesystem.available",
 		"container.filesystem.capacity",
 		"container.filesystem.usage",
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ var (
 		"container.memory.usage",
 		"container.memory.working_set",
 		"k8s.pod.cpu.time",
-		"k8s.pod.cpu.utilization",
+		"k8s.pod.cpu.usage",
 		"k8s.pod.filesystem.available",
 		"k8s.pod.filesystem.capacity",
 		"k8s.pod.filesystem.usage",