diff --git a/instrumentation/runtime-metrics/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/runtimemetrics/Threads.java b/instrumentation/runtime-metrics/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/runtimemetrics/Threads.java
index fbcd4a4e71ec..cd0f9cc5d99e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/runtime-metrics/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/runtimemetrics/Threads.java
+++ b/instrumentation/runtime-metrics/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/runtimemetrics/Threads.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 package io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.runtimemetrics;
 
 import io.opentelemetry.api.OpenTelemetry;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Attributes;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.Meter;
 import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
 import java.lang.management.ThreadMXBean;
@@ -22,7 +23,8 @@
  * <p>Example metrics being exported:
  *
  * <pre>
- *   process.runtime.jvm.threads.count 4
+ *   process.runtime.jvm.threads.count{daemon=true} 2
+ *   process.runtime.jvm.threads.count{daemon=false} 5
  * </pre>
  */
 public final class Threads {
@@ -30,6 +32,8 @@ public final class Threads {
   // Visible for testing
   static final Threads INSTANCE = new Threads();
 
+  static final String DAEMON_KEY = "daemon";
+
   /** Register observers for java runtime class metrics. */
   public static void registerObservers(OpenTelemetry openTelemetry) {
     INSTANCE.registerObservers(openTelemetry, ManagementFactory.getThreadMXBean());
@@ -44,7 +48,14 @@ void registerObservers(OpenTelemetry openTelemetry, ThreadMXBean threadBean) {
         .setDescription("Number of executing threads")
         .setUnit("1")
         .buildWithCallback(
-            observableMeasurement -> observableMeasurement.record(threadBean.getThreadCount()));
+            observableMeasurement -> {
+              observableMeasurement.record(
+                  threadBean.getDaemonThreadCount(),
+                  Attributes.builder().put(DAEMON_KEY, true).build());
+              observableMeasurement.record(
+                  threadBean.getThreadCount() - threadBean.getDaemonThreadCount(),
+                  Attributes.builder().put(DAEMON_KEY, false).build());
+            });
   }
 
   private Threads() {}
diff --git a/instrumentation/runtime-metrics/library/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/runtimemetrics/ThreadsTest.java b/instrumentation/runtime-metrics/library/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/runtimemetrics/ThreadsTest.java
index b1128ce41faa..a2d3d0c5a81e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/runtime-metrics/library/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/runtimemetrics/ThreadsTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation/runtime-metrics/library/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/runtimemetrics/ThreadsTest.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 package io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.runtimemetrics;
 
+import static io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.runtimemetrics.Threads.DAEMON_KEY;
 import static io.opentelemetry.sdk.testing.assertj.OpenTelemetryAssertions.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
@@ -28,7 +29,8 @@ class ThreadsTest {
 
   @Test
   void registerObservers() {
-    when(threadBean.getThreadCount()).thenReturn(3);
+    when(threadBean.getThreadCount()).thenReturn(7);
+    when(threadBean.getDaemonThreadCount()).thenReturn(2);
 
     Threads.INSTANCE.registerObservers(testing.getOpenTelemetry(), threadBean);
 
@@ -46,6 +48,18 @@ void registerObservers() {
                                 sum.isNotMonotonic()
                                     .hasPointsSatisfying(
                                         point ->
-                                            point.hasValue(3).hasAttributes(Attributes.empty())))));
+                                            point
+                                                .hasValue(2)
+                                                .hasAttributes(
+                                                    Attributes.builder()
+                                                        .put(DAEMON_KEY, true)
+                                                        .build()),
+                                        point ->
+                                            point
+                                                .hasValue(5)
+                                                .hasAttributes(
+                                                    Attributes.builder()
+                                                        .put(DAEMON_KEY, false)
+                                                        .build())))));
   }
 }