diff --git a/packages/kbn-elastic-agent-utils/src/agent_guards.test.ts b/packages/kbn-elastic-agent-utils/src/agent_guards.test.ts
index 0de2ea225ce81..aa55aa94b16ca 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-elastic-agent-utils/src/agent_guards.test.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-elastic-agent-utils/src/agent_guards.test.ts
@@ -23,11 +23,17 @@ import {
 describe('Agents guards', () => {
   it('isOpenTelemetryAgentName should guard if the passed agent is an OpenTelemetry one.', () => {
     expect(isOpenTelemetryAgentName('otlp')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isOpenTelemetryAgentName('opentelemetry/java')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isOpenTelemetryAgentName('opentelemetry/java/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation')).toBe(
+      true
+    );
     expect(isOpenTelemetryAgentName('not-an-agent')).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it('isJavaAgentName should guard if the passed agent is an Java one.', () => {
     expect(isJavaAgentName('java')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isJavaAgentName('opentelemetry/java')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isJavaAgentName('opentelemetry/java/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation')).toBe(true);
     expect(isJavaAgentName('not-an-agent')).toBe(false);
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/kbn-elastic-agent-utils/src/agent_guards.ts b/packages/kbn-elastic-agent-utils/src/agent_guards.ts
index 6997cbd81c42c..43cf4cce89f4a 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-elastic-agent-utils/src/agent_guards.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-elastic-agent-utils/src/agent_guards.ts
@@ -16,11 +16,17 @@ import type {
 } from './agent_names';
 
 export function isOpenTelemetryAgentName(agentName: string): agentName is OpenTelemetryAgentName {
-  return OPEN_TELEMETRY_AGENT_NAMES.includes(agentName as OpenTelemetryAgentName);
+  return (
+    agentName?.startsWith('opentelemetry/') ||
+    OPEN_TELEMETRY_AGENT_NAMES.includes(agentName as OpenTelemetryAgentName)
+  );
 }
 
 export function isJavaAgentName(agentName?: string): agentName is JavaAgentName {
-  return JAVA_AGENT_NAMES.includes(agentName! as JavaAgentName);
+  return (
+    agentName?.startsWith('opentelemetry/java') ||
+    JAVA_AGENT_NAMES.includes(agentName! as JavaAgentName)
+  );
 }
 
 export function isRumAgentName(agentName?: string): agentName is RumAgentName {