diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index aeacd58ea5a..59b93d208cd 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -127,6 +127,15 @@ updates:
     schedule:
       interval: weekly
       day: sunday
+  - package-ecosystem: gomod
+    directory: /exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp
+    labels:
+      - dependencies
+      - go
+      - Skip Changelog
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
+      day: sunday
   - package-ecosystem: gomod
     directory: /exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc
     labels:
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlplog/README.md b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5bde927cc49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# OTLP Log Exporters
+
+[![PkgGoDev](https://pkg.go.dev/badge/go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog)](https://pkg.go.dev/go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog)
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/README.md b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..14c240b0774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# OTLP Log HTTP Exporter
+
+[![PkgGoDev](https://pkg.go.dev/badge/go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp)](https://pkg.go.dev/go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp)
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/client.go b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/client.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5d94868d0b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package otlploghttp // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp"
+
+type client struct {
+	// TODO: implement.
+}
+
+// newClient creates a new HTTP log client.
+func newClient(cfg config) (*client, error) {
+	// TODO: implement.
+	return &client{}, nil
+}
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/config.go b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b15a92122af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package otlploghttp // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp"
+
+import (
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Option applies an option to the Exporter.
+type Option interface {
+	applyHTTPOption(config) config
+}
+
+type config struct {
+	// TODO: implement.
+}
+
+func newConfig(options []Option) config {
+	var c config
+	for _, opt := range options {
+		c = opt.applyHTTPOption(c)
+	}
+	return c
+}
+
+// WithEndpoint sets the target endpoint the Exporter will connect to. This
+// endpoint is specified as a host and optional port, no path or scheme should
+// be included (see WithInsecure and WithURLPath).
+//
+// If the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT or OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_ENDPOINT
+// environment variable is set, and this option is not passed, that variable
+// value will be used. If both are set, OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_ENDPOINT
+// will take precedence.
+//
+// By default, if an environment variable is not set, and this option is not
+// passed, "localhost:4318" will be used.
+func WithEndpoint(endpoint string) Option {
+	// TODO: implement.
+	return nil
+}
+
+// WithEndpointURL sets the target endpoint URL the Exporter will connect to.
+//
+// If the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT or OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_ENDPOINT
+// environment variable is set, and this option is not passed, that variable
+// value will be used. If both are set, OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_ENDPOINT
+// will take precedence.
+//
+// If both this option and WithEndpoint are used, the last used option will
+// take precedence.
+//
+// If an invalid URL is provided, the default value will be kept.
+//
+// By default, if an environment variable is not set, and this option is not
+// passed, "localhost:4318" will be used.
+func WithEndpointURL(u string) Option {
+	// TODO: implement.
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Compression describes the compression used for payloads sent to the
+// collector.
+type Compression int
+
+// WithCompression sets the compression strategy the Exporter will use to
+// compress the HTTP body.
+//
+// If the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_COMPRESSION or
+// OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_COMPRESSION environment variable is set, and
+// this option is not passed, that variable value will be used. That value can
+// be either "none" or "gzip". If both are set,
+// OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_COMPRESSION will take precedence.
+//
+// By default, if an environment variable is not set, and this option is not
+// passed, no compression strategy will be used.
+func WithCompression(compression Compression) Option {
+	// TODO: implement.
+	return nil
+}
+
+// WithURLPath sets the URL path the Exporter will send requests to.
+//
+// If the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT or OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_ENDPOINT
+// environment variable is set, and this option is not passed, the path
+// contained in that variable value will be used. If both are set,
+// OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_ENDPOINT will take precedence.
+//
+// By default, if an environment variable is not set, and this option is not
+// passed, "/v1/logs" will be used.
+func WithURLPath(urlPath string) Option {
+	// TODO: implement.
+	return nil
+}
+
+// WithTLSClientConfig sets the TLS configuration the Exporter will use for
+// HTTP requests.
+//
+// If the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CERTIFICATE or
+// OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_CERTIFICATE environment variable is set, and
+// this option is not passed, that variable value will be used. The value will
+// be parsed the filepath of the TLS certificate chain to use. If both are
+// set, OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_CERTIFICATE will take precedence.
+//
+// By default, if an environment variable is not set, and this option is not
+// passed, the system default configuration is used.
+func WithTLSClientConfig(tlsCfg *tls.Config) Option {
+	// TODO: implement.
+	return nil
+}
+
+// WithInsecure disables client transport security for the Exporter's HTTP
+// connection.
+//
+// If the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT or OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_ENDPOINT
+// environment variable is set, and this option is not passed, that variable
+// value will be used to determine client security. If the endpoint has a
+// scheme of "http" or "unix" client security will be disabled. If both are
+// set, OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_ENDPOINT will take precedence.
+//
+// By default, if an environment variable is not set, and this option is not
+// passed, client security will be used.
+func WithInsecure() Option {
+	// TODO: implement.
+	return nil
+}
+
+// WithHeaders will send the provided headers with each HTTP requests.
+//
+// If the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS or OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_HEADERS
+// environment variable is set, and this option is not passed, that variable
+// value will be used. The value will be parsed as a list of key value pairs.
+// These pairs are expected to be in the W3C Correlation-Context format
+// without additional semi-colon delimited metadata (i.e. "k1=v1,k2=v2"). If
+// both are set, OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_HEADERS will take precedence.
+//
+// By default, if an environment variable is not set, and this option is not
+// passed, no user headers will be set.
+func WithHeaders(headers map[string]string) Option {
+	// TODO: implement.
+	return nil
+}
+
+// WithTimeout sets the max amount of time an Exporter will attempt an export.
+//
+// This takes precedence over any retry settings defined by WithRetry. Once
+// this time limit has been reached the export is abandoned and the log data is
+// dropped.
+//
+// If the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TIMEOUT or OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_TIMEOUT
+// environment variable is set, and this option is not passed, that variable
+// value will be used. The value will be parsed as an integer representing the
+// timeout in milliseconds. If both are set,
+// OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_TIMEOUT will take precedence.
+//
+// By default, if an environment variable is not set, and this option is not
+// passed, a timeout of 10 seconds will be used.
+func WithTimeout(duration time.Duration) Option {
+	// TODO: implement.
+	return nil
+}
+
+// RetryConfig defines configuration for retrying the export of log data that
+// failed.
+type RetryConfig struct {
+	// TODO: implement.
+}
+
+// WithRetry sets the retry policy for transient retryable errors that are
+// returned by the target endpoint.
+//
+// If the target endpoint responds with not only a retryable error, but
+// explicitly returns a backoff time in the response, that time will take
+// precedence over these settings.
+//
+// If unset, the default retry policy will be used. It will retry the export
+// 5 seconds after receiving a retryable error and increase exponentially
+// after each error for no more than a total time of 1 minute.
+func WithRetry(rc RetryConfig) Option {
+	// TODO: implement.
+	return nil
+}
+
+// HTTPTransportProxyFunc is a function that resolves which URL to use as proxy
+// for a given request. This type is compatible with http.Transport.Proxy and
+// can be used to set a custom proxy function to the OTLP HTTP client.
+type HTTPTransportProxyFunc func(*http.Request) (*url.URL, error)
+
+// WithProxy sets the Proxy function the client will use to determine the
+// proxy to use for an HTTP request. If this option is not used, the client
+// will use [http.ProxyFromEnvironment].
+func WithProxy(pf HTTPTransportProxyFunc) Option {
+	// TODO: implement.
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/doc.go b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0d0ab6a5dd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+// Package otlploghttp provides an OTLP log exporter. The exporter uses HTTP to
+// transport OTLP protobuf payloads.
+package otlploghttp // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp"
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/exporter.go b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/exporter.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5ca9822a8ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/exporter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package otlploghttp // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp"
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log"
+)
+
+// Exporter is a OpenTelemetry log Exporter. It transports log data encoded as
+// OTLP protobufs using HTTP.
+type Exporter struct {
+	// TODO: implement.
+}
+
+// Compile-time check Exporter implements [log.Exporter].
+var _ log.Exporter = (*Exporter)(nil)
+
+// New returns a new [Exporter].
+func New(_ context.Context, options ...Option) (*Exporter, error) {
+	cfg := newConfig(options)
+	c, err := newClient(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return newExporter(c, cfg)
+}
+
+func newExporter(*client, config) (*Exporter, error) {
+	// TODO: implement
+	return &Exporter{}, nil
+}
+
+// Export transforms and transmits log records to an OTLP receiver.
+func (e *Exporter) Export(ctx context.Context, records []log.Record) error {
+	// TODO: implement.
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Shutdown shuts down the Exporter. Calls to Export or ForceFlush will perform
+// no operation after this is called.
+func (e *Exporter) Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
+	// TODO: implement.
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ForceFlush does nothing. The Exporter holds no state.
+func (e *Exporter) ForceFlush(ctx context.Context) error {
+	// TODO: implement.
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/go.mod b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6fbeae876cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+module go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp
+
+go 1.21
+
+require (
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log v0.0.0-20240403115316-6c6e1e7416e9
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.24.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log v0.0.1-alpha // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.24.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.24.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.24.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+)
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/otel => ../../../..
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log => ../../../../sdk/log
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace => ../../../../trace
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk => ../../../../sdk
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric => ../../../../metric
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log => ../../../../log
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/go.sum b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e2eeaf7227b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:jdQByPbusPIv2/zmleS9BjJVeZ6kBagPoEUsqbVz/1A=
+github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 h1:pKouT5E8xu9zeFC39JXRDukb6JFQPXM5p5I91188VAQ=
+github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1/go.mod h1:9T104GzyrTigFIr8wt5mBrctHMim0Nb2HLGrmQ40KvY=
+github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 h1:hSWxHoqTgW2S2qGc0LTAI563KZ5YKYRhT3MFKZMbjag=
+github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:mMo/vtBO5dYbehREoey6XUKy/eSumjCCveDpRre4VKE=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0 h1:DBdB3niSjOA/O0blCZBqDefyWNYveAYMNF1Wum0DYQ4=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/version.go b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..473d52ae776
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package otlploghttp // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp"
+
+// Version is the current release version of the OpenTelemetry OTLP over HTTP/protobuf logs exporter in use.
+func Version() string {
+	return "0.0.0"
+}
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/version_test.go b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/version_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..05f3fc09eb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp/version_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package otlploghttp
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+// regex taken from https://github.com/Masterminds/semver/tree/v3.1.1
+var versionRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^v?([0-9]+)(\.[0-9]+)?(\.[0-9]+)?` +
+	`(-([0-9A-Za-z\-]+(\.[0-9A-Za-z\-]+)*))?` +
+	`(\+([0-9A-Za-z\-]+(\.[0-9A-Za-z\-]+)*))?$`)
+
+func TestVersionSemver(t *testing.T) {
+	v := Version()
+	assert.NotNil(t, versionRegex.FindStringSubmatch(v), "version is not semver: %s", v)
+}
diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index 21825dc1376..13880032285 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ module-sets:
 excluded-modules:
   - go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/tools
   - go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log
+  - go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp