diff --git a/.chloggen/profile-frame-type-beam.yaml b/.chloggen/profile-frame-type-beam.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..965df4de0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/profile-frame-type-beam.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+#
+# If your change doesn't affect end users you should instead start
+# your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the area of concern in the attributes-registry, (e.g. http, cloud, db)
+component: profile.frame.type
+
+# A brief description of the change. Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: 'Extend the list of known frame types with a value for Erlang'
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+# The values here must be integers.
+issues: [1]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
diff --git a/docs/attributes-registry/profile.md b/docs/attributes-registry/profile.md
index 266d316f4b..67d48530c3 100644
--- a/docs/attributes-registry/profile.md
+++ b/docs/attributes-registry/profile.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Describes the origin of a single frame in a Profile.
 
 | Value  | Description | Stability |
 |---|---|---|
+| `beam` | [Erlang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BEAM_(Erlang_virtual_machine)) | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
 | `cpython` | [Python](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)) | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
 | `dotnet` | [.NET](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET) | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
 | `jvm` | [JVM](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_virtual_machine) | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
diff --git a/docs/general/profiles.md b/docs/general/profiles.md
index ed7d59c9df..91a21eb3b1 100644
--- a/docs/general/profiles.md
+++ b/docs/general/profiles.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ They may be used in any Profiles record they apply to.
 
 | Value  | Description | Stability |
 |---|---|---|
+| `beam` | [Erlang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BEAM_(Erlang_virtual_machine)) | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
 | `cpython` | [Python](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)) | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
 | `dotnet` | [.NET](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET) | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
 | `jvm` | [JVM](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_virtual_machine) | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
diff --git a/model/profile/registry.yaml b/model/profile/registry.yaml
index d5d6649d0a..abf43cd919 100644
--- a/model/profile/registry.yaml
+++ b/model/profile/registry.yaml
@@ -61,3 +61,8 @@ groups:
                 [V8JS](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/V8_(JavaScript_engine))
               value: "v8js"
               stability: experimental
+            - id: beam 
+              brief: >
+                [Erlang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BEAM_(Erlang_virtual_machine))
+              value: "beam"
+              stability: experimental