diff --git a/litellm/integrations/datadog/datadog_handler.py b/litellm/integrations/datadog/datadog_handler.py
index d360dac121c..cde5f64dd8e 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/datadog/datadog_handler.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/datadog/datadog_handler.py
@@ -62,7 +62,11 @@ def get_datadog_tags(
         "POD_NAME": get_datadog_pod_name(),
     }
 
-    tags: Final[list[str]] = [f"{k}:{v}" for k, v in base_tags.items()]
+    custom_tags: Final = (tag.strip() for tag in os.getenv("DD_TAGS", "").split(","))
+    tags: Final[list[str]] = [
+        *(f"{k}:{v}" for k, v in base_tags.items()),
+        *(tag for tag in custom_tags if tag),
+    ]
 
     if standard_logging_object:
         request_tags: Final = standard_logging_object.get("request_tags", []) or []
diff --git a/tests/unit/integrations/datadog/test_datadog_llm_obs.py b/tests/unit/integrations/datadog/test_datadog_llm_obs.py
index a7826e11483..b18c5bb467a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/integrations/datadog/test_datadog_llm_obs.py
+++ b/tests/unit/integrations/datadog/test_datadog_llm_obs.py
@@ -91,6 +91,15 @@ def build(logger: DataDogLLMObsLogger, **kwargs: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
     return json.loads(safe_dumps(payload))
 
 
+def test_dd_tags_are_exported_on_llm_observability_spans(logger: DataDogLLMObsLogger) -> None:
+    with patch.dict(os.environ, {"DD_TAGS": "team:platform,cost_center:engineering"}):
+        payload = build(logger)
+
+    assert "cost_center:engineering" in payload["tags"]
+    assert "team:platform" in payload["tags"]
+    assert "request_tag:cost_center:engineering" not in payload["tags"]
+
+
 def test_output_tool_calls_use_the_datadog_tool_call_schema(logger: DataDogLLMObsLogger) -> None:
     """Datadog reads name/arguments/tool_id off the tool call; OpenAI nests them under `function`."""
     payload = build(
diff --git a/tests/unit/integrations/datadog/test_datadog_tags_regression.py b/tests/unit/integrations/datadog/test_datadog_tags_regression.py
index 110ac75e73b..8eec0d9b81f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/integrations/datadog/test_datadog_tags_regression.py
+++ b/tests/unit/integrations/datadog/test_datadog_tags_regression.py
@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@ from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import pytest
 
-
 from litellm.integrations.datadog.datadog import DataDogLogger
-from litellm.integrations.datadog.datadog_handler import get_datadog_tags, normalize_datadog_tag_value
 from litellm.integrations.datadog.datadog_cost_management import (
     DatadogCostManagementLogger,
 )
-from litellm.types.utils import StandardLoggingPayload, StandardLoggingMetadata
+from litellm.integrations.datadog.datadog_handler import get_datadog_tags, normalize_datadog_tag_value
+from litellm.types.utils import StandardLoggingMetadata, StandardLoggingPayload
 
 
 class TestDatadogTagsRegression:
@@ -94,6 +93,22 @@ class TestDatadogTagsRegression:
         assert "request_tag:capability:p_t" in tags
         assert "team:67890" in tags
 
+    def test_dd_tags_are_exported_as_individual_tags_for_logs(self, mock_env_vars):
+        with patch.dict(os.environ, {"DD_TAGS": " team:platform , cost_center:engineering ,, "}):
+            tags = get_datadog_tags()
+            with patch("asyncio.create_task"):
+                logger = DataDogLogger()
+            log = logger.create_datadog_logging_payload(
+                kwargs={"standard_logging_object": StandardLoggingPayload(metadata=StandardLoggingMetadata())},
+                response_obj=None,
+                start_time=datetime.datetime(2026, 1, 1),
+                end_time=datetime.datetime(2026, 1, 1),
+            )
+
+        assert "env:test-env" in tags
+        assert tags[-2:] == ["team:platform", "cost_center:engineering"]
+        assert "cost_center:engineering" in log["ddtags"].split(",")
+
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_non_string_request_tag_still_emits_the_datadog_payload(self, mock_env_vars):
         with patch("asyncio.create_task"):