diff --git a/.chloggen/configure-cumulative-normalization.yaml b/.chloggen/configure-cumulative-normalization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6788b3e2ecdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/configure-cumulative-normalization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: googlemanagedprometheus
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Add `CumulativeNormalization` config option to allow users to configure to specify whether to report normalized or un-normalized points. Defaults to normalized.
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [36357]
+
+# (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:
+
+# If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [user]
diff --git a/exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/config.go b/exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/config.go
index 739057629540..207ecf778c64 100644
--- a/exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/config.go
+++ b/exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/config.go
@@ -37,12 +37,18 @@ type MetricConfig struct {
 	ClientConfig    collector.ClientConfig         `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	Config          googlemanagedprometheus.Config `mapstructure:",squash"`
 	ResourceFilters []collector.ResourceFilter     `mapstructure:"resource_filters"`
+	// CumulativeNormalization normalizes cumulative metrics without start times or with
+	// explicit reset points by subtracting subsequent points from the initial point.
+	// It is enabled by default. Since it caches starting points, it may result in
+	// increased memory usage.
+	CumulativeNormalization bool `mapstructure:"cumulative_normalization"`
 }
 
 func (c *GMPConfig) toCollectorConfig() collector.Config {
 	// start with whatever the default collector config is.
 	cfg := collector.DefaultConfig()
 	cfg.MetricConfig.Prefix = c.MetricConfig.Prefix
+	cfg.MetricConfig.CumulativeNormalization = c.MetricConfig.CumulativeNormalization
 	if c.MetricConfig.Prefix == "" {
 		cfg.MetricConfig.Prefix = "prometheus.googleapis.com"
 	}
diff --git a/exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/config_test.go b/exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/config_test.go
index 0289e68ed63c..5fd62114381b 100644
--- a/exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/config_test.go
+++ b/exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/config_test.go
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 						Regex: "host.id",
 					},
 				},
+				CumulativeNormalization: false,
 			},
 		},
 		QueueSettings: exporterhelper.QueueConfig{
diff --git a/exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/factory.go b/exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/factory.go
index 144a5bfcad12..235194ee84f1 100644
--- a/exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/factory.go
+++ b/exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/factory.go
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ func createDefaultConfig() component.Config {
 		QueueSettings:   exporterhelper.NewDefaultQueueConfig(),
 		GMPConfig: GMPConfig{
 			MetricConfig: MetricConfig{
-				Config: googlemanagedprometheus.DefaultConfig(),
+				Config:                  googlemanagedprometheus.DefaultConfig(),
+				CumulativeNormalization: true,
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/testdata/config.yaml b/exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/testdata/config.yaml
index dab28a078516..b0ec1367b86a 100644
--- a/exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/testdata/config.yaml
+++ b/exporter/googlemanagedprometheusexporter/testdata/config.yaml
@@ -17,23 +17,22 @@ exporters:
     metric:
       prefix: my-metric-domain.com
       add_metric_suffixes: false
+      cumulative_normalization: false
       extra_metrics_config:
         enable_target_info: false
         enable_scope_info: false
       resource_filters:
-      - prefix: "cloud"
-      - prefix: "k8s"
-      - prefix: "faas"
-      - regex: "container.id"
-      - regex: "process.pid"
-      - regex: "host.name"
-      - regex: "host.id"
-
+        - prefix: "cloud"
+        - prefix: "k8s"
+        - prefix: "faas"
+        - regex: "container.id"
+        - regex: "process.pid"
+        - regex: "host.name"
+        - regex: "host.id"
 
 service:
   pipelines:
     traces:
-        receivers: [nop]
-        processors: [nop]
-        exporters: [googlemanagedprometheus]
-
+      receivers: [nop]
+      processors: [nop]
+      exporters: [googlemanagedprometheus]