diff --git a/cli-plugins/plugin/plugin.go b/cli-plugins/plugin/plugin.go
index 54471b41b0..c04edbb549 100644
--- a/cli-plugins/plugin/plugin.go
+++ b/cli-plugins/plugin/plugin.go
@@ -12,15 +12,17 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli-plugins/socket"
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command"
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/connhelper"
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/debug"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/client"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 )
 
 // PersistentPreRunE must be called by any plugin command (or
 // subcommand) which uses the cobra `PersistentPreRun*` hook. Plugins
 // which do not make use of `PersistentPreRun*` do not need to call
 // this (although it remains safe to do so). Plugins are recommended
-// to use `PersistenPreRunE` to enable the error to be
+// to use `PersistentPreRunE` to enable the error to be
 // returned. Should not be called outside of a command's
 // PersistentPreRunE hook and must not be run unless Run has been
 // called.
@@ -66,6 +68,8 @@ func RunPlugin(dockerCli *command.DockerCli, plugin *cobra.Command, meta manager
 
 // Run is the top-level entry point to the CLI plugin framework. It should be called from your plugin's `main()` function.
 func Run(makeCmd func(command.Cli) *cobra.Command, meta manager.Metadata) {
+	otel.SetErrorHandler(debug.OTELErrorHandler)
+
 	dockerCli, err := command.NewDockerCli()
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
diff --git a/cli/debug/debug.go b/cli/debug/debug.go
index b00ea63ad8..1a9a46abcc 100644
--- a/cli/debug/debug.go
+++ b/cli/debug/debug.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 )
 
 // Enable sets the DEBUG env var to true
@@ -24,3 +25,13 @@ func Disable() {
 func IsEnabled() bool {
 	return os.Getenv("DEBUG") != ""
 }
+
+// OTELErrorHandler is an error handler for OTEL that
+// uses the CLI debug package to log messages when an error
+// occurs.
+//
+// The default is to log to the debug level which is only
+// enabled when debugging is enabled.
+var OTELErrorHandler otel.ErrorHandler = otel.ErrorHandlerFunc(func(err error) {
+	logrus.WithError(err).Debug("otel error")
+})
diff --git a/cmd/docker/docker.go b/cmd/docker/docker.go
index 475d3b292c..a57b4446e6 100644
--- a/cmd/docker/docker.go
+++ b/cmd/docker/docker.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli-plugins/socket"
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command"
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command/commands"
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/debug"
 	cliflags "github.com/docker/cli/cli/flags"
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/version"
 	platformsignals "github.com/docker/cli/cmd/docker/internal/signals"
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	logrus.SetOutput(dockerCli.Err())
+	otel.SetErrorHandler(debug.OTELErrorHandler)
 
 	if err := runDocker(ctx, dockerCli); err != nil {
 		if sterr, ok := err.(cli.StatusError); ok {