diff --git a/ChatApp.WebApi/Program.cs b/ChatApp.WebApi/Program.cs
index 04f1161..c32a80e 100644
--- a/ChatApp.WebApi/Program.cs
+++ b/ChatApp.WebApi/Program.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
-
+using ChatApp.WebApi;
 using ChatApp.WebApi.Interfaces;
 using ChatApp.WebApi.Model;
 using ChatApp.WebApi.Services;
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
 
 builder.AddServiceDefaults();
+builder.AddSemanticKernelTelemetry();
 
 builder.AddAzureOpenAIClient("openAi");
 
diff --git a/ChatApp.WebApi/SemanticKernelTelemetryExtensions.cs b/ChatApp.WebApi/SemanticKernelTelemetryExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57e48e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ChatApp.WebApi/SemanticKernelTelemetryExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+using OpenTelemetry.Metrics;
+using OpenTelemetry.Trace;
+
+namespace ChatApp.WebApi
+{
+    // Adds OpenTelemetry support for the Semantic Kernel.
+    // As the semantic conventions for gen_ai telemetry are still experimental,
+    // it needs to be enabled with an App Context switch.
+    // Sensitive mode will add the chat messages to the telemetry, which is useful
+    // for debugging but should not be used in production.
+    // For more details see https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel/blob/main/dotnet/samples/Demos/TelemetryWithAppInsights/README.md
+
+    public static class SemanticKernelTelemetryExtensions
+    {
+        public static IHostApplicationBuilder AddSemanticKernelTelemetry(this IHostApplicationBuilder builder)
+        {
+            if (builder.Environment.IsDevelopment())
+            {
+                AppContext.SetSwitch("Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Experimental.GenAI.EnableOTelDiagnosticsSensitive", true);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                AppContext.SetSwitch("Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Experimental.GenAI.EnableOTelDiagnostics", true);
+            }
+
+
+            builder.Services.AddOpenTelemetry()
+            .WithMetrics(metrics =>
+            {
+                metrics.AddMeter("Microsoft.SemanticKernel*")
+                   .AddMeter("Azure.*");
+            })
+            .WithTracing(tracing =>
+            {
+                tracing.AddSource("Microsoft.SemanticKernel.*")
+                .AddSource("Azure.*")
+               .AddSource("Microsoft.ML.*");
+            });
+
+            return builder;
+        }
+    }
+}