diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 32e67902a..5a0ebfbed 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ OpenTelemetry Go Automatic Instrumentation adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http
 - Change HTTP client span name to `{http.request.method}` ([#775](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go-instrumentation/pull/775))
 - Don't set empty URL path in HTTP client probe. ([#810](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go-instrumentation/pull/810))
 - Don't fail HTTP client probe attribute resolution on empty URL path. ([#810](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go-instrumentation/pull/810))
-
+- Extract `process.runtime.version` and `process.runtime.name` from instrumented process. ([#811](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go-instrumentation/pull/811))
 
 ## [v0.12.0-alpha] - 2024-04-10
 
diff --git a/instrumentation.go b/instrumentation.go
index 0402a1401..32e02534d 100644
--- a/instrumentation.go
+++ b/instrumentation.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package auto
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"debug/buildinfo"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
@@ -109,7 +110,12 @@ func NewInstrumentation(ctx context.Context, opts ...InstrumentationOption) (*In
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	ctrl, err := opentelemetry.NewController(logger, c.tracerProvider(), Version())
+	err = pa.SetBuildInfo(pid)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	ctrl, err := opentelemetry.NewController(logger, c.tracerProvider(pa.BuildInfo), Version())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -220,18 +226,28 @@ func (c instConfig) validate() error {
 	return c.target.Validate()
 }
 
-func (c instConfig) tracerProvider() *trace.TracerProvider {
+func (c instConfig) tracerProvider(bi *buildinfo.BuildInfo) *trace.TracerProvider {
 	return trace.NewTracerProvider(
 		trace.WithSampler(c.sampler),
-		trace.WithResource(c.res()),
+		trace.WithResource(c.res(bi)),
 		trace.WithBatcher(c.traceExp),
 		trace.WithIDGenerator(opentelemetry.NewEBPFSourceIDGenerator()),
 	)
 }
 
-func (c instConfig) res() *resource.Resource {
-	runVer := strings.TrimPrefix(runtime.Version(), "go")
-	runName := runtime.Compiler
+func (c instConfig) res(bi *buildinfo.BuildInfo) *resource.Resource {
+	runVer := strings.ReplaceAll(bi.GoVersion, "go", "")
+
+	var compiler string
+
+	for _, setting := range bi.Settings {
+		if setting.Key == "-compiler" {
+			compiler = setting.Value
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	runName := compiler
 	if runName == "gc" {
 		runName = "go"
 	}
diff --git a/internal/pkg/process/analyze.go b/internal/pkg/process/analyze.go
index 5ea92c89c..d20e41bf5 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/process/analyze.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/process/analyze.go
@@ -82,17 +82,13 @@ func (a *Analyzer) Analyze(pid int, relevantFuncs map[string]interface{}) (*Targ
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	buildInfo, err := buildinfo.Read(f)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	goVersion, err := version.NewVersion(strings.ReplaceAll(buildInfo.GoVersion, "go", ""))
+	goVersion, err := version.NewVersion(strings.ReplaceAll(a.BuildInfo.GoVersion, "go", ""))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	result.GoVersion = goVersion
-	result.Libraries = make(map[string]*version.Version, len(buildInfo.Deps)+1)
-	for _, dep := range buildInfo.Deps {
+	result.Libraries = make(map[string]*version.Version, len(a.BuildInfo.Deps)+1)
+	for _, dep := range a.BuildInfo.Deps {
 		depVersion, err := version.NewVersion(dep.Version)
 		if err != nil {
 			a.logger.Error(err, "error parsing module version")
@@ -118,6 +114,22 @@ func (a *Analyzer) Analyze(pid int, relevantFuncs map[string]interface{}) (*Targ
 	return result, nil
 }
 
+func (a *Analyzer) SetBuildInfo(pid int) error {
+	f, err := os.Open(fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/exe", pid))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	defer f.Close()
+	bi, err := buildinfo.Read(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	a.BuildInfo = bi
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (a *Analyzer) findFunctions(elfF *elf.File, relevantFuncs map[string]interface{}) ([]*binary.Func, error) {
 	result, err := binary.FindFunctionsUnStripped(elfF, relevantFuncs)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/pkg/process/discover.go b/internal/pkg/process/discover.go
index 9d790cf9a..a55cdf792 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/process/discover.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/process/discover.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package process
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"debug/buildinfo"
 	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"os"
@@ -39,7 +40,8 @@ var (
 
 // Analyzer is used to find actively running processes.
 type Analyzer struct {
-	logger logr.Logger
+	logger    logr.Logger
+	BuildInfo *buildinfo.BuildInfo
 }
 
 // NewAnalyzer returns a new [ProcessAnalyzer].