diff --git a/.chloggen/cookie_support.yaml b/.chloggen/cookie_support.yaml
index 040c5f00c60..d360efa6177 100644
--- a/.chloggen/cookie_support.yaml
+++ b/.chloggen/cookie_support.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ change_type: enhancement
 component: confighttp
 
 # A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
-note: Add support for cookies in HTTP clients with `cookies_enabled`.
+note: Add support for cookies in HTTP clients with `cookies::enabled`.
 
 # One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
 issues: [10175]
diff --git a/config/confighttp/README.md b/config/confighttp/README.md
index 991360fe8c7..897919a3388 100644
--- a/config/confighttp/README.md
+++ b/config/confighttp/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ README](../configtls/README.md).
 - [`disable_keep_alives`](https://golang.org/pkg/net/http/#Transport)
 - [`http2_read_idle_timeout`](https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/net/http2#Transport)
 - [`http2_ping_timeout`](https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/net/http2#Transport)
-- [`cookies_enabled`](https://pkg.go.dev/net/http#CookieJar) if enabled, the client will store cookies from server responses and reuse them in subsequent requests.
+- [`cookies`](https://pkg.go.dev/net/http#CookieJar)
+  - [`enabled`] if enabled, the client will store cookies from server responses and reuse them in subsequent requests.
 
 Example:
 
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ exporter:
       test1: "value1"
       "test 2": "value 2"
     compression: zstd
+    cookies:
+      enabled: true
 ```
 
 ## Server Configuration
diff --git a/config/confighttp/confighttp.go b/config/confighttp/confighttp.go
index 343a8cf6f81..f31b4920ef0 100644
--- a/config/confighttp/confighttp.go
+++ b/config/confighttp/confighttp.go
@@ -100,10 +100,14 @@ type ClientConfig struct {
 	// HTTP2PingTimeout if there's no response to the ping within the configured value, the connection will be closed.
 	// If not set or set to 0, it defaults to 15s.
 	HTTP2PingTimeout time.Duration `mapstructure:"http2_ping_timeout"`
+	// Cookies configures the cookie management of the HTTP client.
+	Cookies *CookiesConfig `mapstructure:"cookies"`
+}
 
-	// CookiesEnabled enables reusing cookies between requests.
-	// This is useful to manage sticky session cookies.
-	CookiesEnabled bool `mapstructure:"cookies_enabled"`
+// CookiesConfig defines the configuration of the HTTP client regarding cookies served by the server.
+type CookiesConfig struct {
+	// Enabled if true, cookies from HTTP responses will be reused in further HTTP requests with the same server.
+	Enabled bool `mapstructure:"enabled"`
 }
 
 // NewDefaultClientConfig returns ClientConfig type object with
@@ -233,7 +237,7 @@ func (hcs *ClientConfig) ToClient(ctx context.Context, host component.Host, sett
 	}
 
 	var jar http.CookieJar
-	if hcs.CookiesEnabled {
+	if hcs.Cookies != nil && hcs.Cookies.Enabled {
 		jar, err = cookiejar.New(nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
diff --git a/config/confighttp/confighttp_test.go b/config/confighttp/confighttp_test.go
index 32b55f77355..a53d2fc977e 100644
--- a/config/confighttp/confighttp_test.go
+++ b/config/confighttp/confighttp_test.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func TestAllHTTPClientSettings(t *testing.T) {
 				CustomRoundTripper:   func(next http.RoundTripper) (http.RoundTripper, error) { return next, nil },
 				Compression:          "",
 				DisableKeepAlives:    true,
-				CookiesEnabled:       true,
+				Cookies:              &CookiesConfig{Enabled: true},
 				HTTP2ReadIdleTimeout: idleConnTimeout,
 				HTTP2PingTimeout:     http2PingTimeout,
 			},