diff --git a/cmd/serverless-init/main.go b/cmd/serverless-init/main.go
index 501efd2f6a0732..8cb5d86665e5e2 100644
--- a/cmd/serverless-init/main.go
+++ b/cmd/serverless-init/main.go
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -150,13 +152,31 @@ func setup(_ mode.Conf, tagger tagger.Component) (cloudservice.CloudService, *se
 	go flushMetricsAgent(metricAgent)
 	return cloudService, agentLogConfig, traceAgent, metricAgent, logsAgent
 }
+
+var azureContainerAppTags = []string{
+	"subscription_id",
+	"resource_group",
+	"resource_id",
+	"replicate_name",
+	"aca.subscription.id",
+	"aca.resource.group",
+	"aca.resource.id",
+	"aca.replica.name",
+}
+
 func setupTraceAgent(tags map[string]string, tagger tagger.Component) trace.ServerlessTraceAgent {
+	var azureTags strings.Builder
+	for _, azureContainerAppTag := range azureContainerAppTags {
+		if value, ok := tags[azureContainerAppTag]; ok {
+			azureTags.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(",%s:%s", azureContainerAppTag, value))
+		}
+	}
 	traceAgent := trace.StartServerlessTraceAgent(trace.StartServerlessTraceAgentArgs{
-		Enabled:         pkgconfigsetup.Datadog().GetBool("apm_config.enabled"),
-		LoadConfig:      &trace.LoadConfig{Path: datadogConfigPath, Tagger: tagger},
-		ColdStartSpanId: random.Random.Uint64(),
+		Enabled:               pkgconfigsetup.Datadog().GetBool("apm_config.enabled"),
+		LoadConfig:            &trace.LoadConfig{Path: datadogConfigPath, Tagger: tagger},
+		ColdStartSpanId:       random.Random.Uint64(),
+		AzureContainerAppTags: azureTags.String(),
 	})
-	traceAgent.SetTags(tags)
 	go func() {
 		for range time.Tick(3 * time.Second) {
 			traceAgent.Flush()
diff --git a/pkg/serverless/trace/trace.go b/pkg/serverless/trace/trace.go
index ea0a5716751d23..e8a3a00137842e 100644
--- a/pkg/serverless/trace/trace.go
+++ b/pkg/serverless/trace/trace.go
@@ -92,10 +92,11 @@ func (l *LoadConfig) Load() (*config.AgentConfig, error) {
 }
 
 type StartServerlessTraceAgentArgs struct {
-	Enabled         bool
-	LoadConfig      Load
-	LambdaSpanChan  chan<- *pb.Span
-	ColdStartSpanId uint64
+	Enabled               bool
+	LoadConfig            Load
+	LambdaSpanChan        chan<- *pb.Span
+	ColdStartSpanId       uint64
+	AzureContainerAppTags string
 }
 
 // Start starts the agent
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ func StartServerlessTraceAgent(args StartServerlessTraceAgentArgs) ServerlessTra
 			context, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 			tc.Hostname = ""
 			tc.SynchronousFlushing = true
+			tc.AzureContainerAppTags = args.AzureContainerAppTags
 			ta := agent.NewAgent(context, tc, telemetry.NewNoopCollector(), &statsd.NoOpClient{}, zstd.NewComponent())
 			ta.SpanModifier = &spanModifier{
 				coldStartSpanId: args.ColdStartSpanId,
diff --git a/pkg/trace/api/profiles.go b/pkg/trace/api/profiles.go
index a3f2ecf87a0cc2..9b43efc94de747 100644
--- a/pkg/trace/api/profiles.go
+++ b/pkg/trace/api/profiles.go
@@ -30,17 +30,6 @@ const (
 	profilingV1EndpointSuffix = "v1/input"
 )
 
-var azureContainerAppTags = []string{
-	"subscription_id",
-	"resource_group",
-	"resource_id",
-	"replicate_name",
-	"aca.subscription.id",
-	"aca.resource.group",
-	"aca.resource.id",
-	"aca.replica.name",
-}
-
 // profilingEndpoints returns the profiling intake urls and their corresponding
 // api keys based on agent configuration. The main endpoint is always returned as
 // the first element in the slice.
@@ -97,11 +86,8 @@ func (r *HTTPReceiver) profileProxyHandler() http.Handler {
 		tags.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("functionname:%s", strings.ToLower(r.conf.LambdaFunctionName)))
 		tags.WriteString("_dd.origin:lambda")
 	}
-
-	for _, azureContainerAppTag := range azureContainerAppTags {
-		if value, ok := r.conf.GlobalTags[azureContainerAppTag]; ok {
-			tags.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(",%s:%s", azureContainerAppTag, value))
-		}
+	if r.conf.AzureContainerAppTags != "" {
+		tags.WriteString(r.conf.AzureContainerAppTags)
 	}
 
 	return newProfileProxy(r.conf, targets, keys, tags.String(), r.statsd)
diff --git a/pkg/trace/config/config.go b/pkg/trace/config/config.go
index 0426863d60be71..60e2e456c0a6c3 100644
--- a/pkg/trace/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/trace/config/config.go
@@ -450,6 +450,10 @@ type AgentConfig struct {
 
 	// Lambda function name
 	LambdaFunctionName string
+
+	// Azure container apps tags, in the form of a comma-separated list of
+	// key-value pairs, starting with a comma
+	AzureContainerAppTags string
 }
 
 // RemoteClient client is used to APM Sampling Updates from a remote source.