diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/CHANGELOG.md b/opentelemetry-sdk/CHANGELOG.md
index 876e1a973c..c640826d72 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 - Update `async-std` dependency version to 1.13
 - *Breaking* - Remove support for `MetricProducer` which allowed metrics from
   external sources to be sent through OpenTelemetry.
-  [#2105](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/pull/2105)  
+  [#2105](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/pull/2105)
+- Update `EnvResourceDetector` to allow resource attribute values containing
+  equal signs (`"="`). [#2120](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/pull/2120)
 
 ## v0.25.0
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/resource/env.rs b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/resource/env.rs
index b5287e1c76..6284911ace 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/resource/env.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/resource/env.rs
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ impl Default for EnvResourceDetector {
 /// key1=value1,key2=value2,...
 fn construct_otel_resources(s: String) -> Resource {
     Resource::new(s.split_terminator(',').filter_map(|entry| {
-        let mut parts = entry.splitn(2, '=');
-        let key = parts.next()?.trim();
-        let value = parts.next()?.trim();
-        if value.find('=').is_some() {
-            return None;
-        }
+        let parts = match entry.split_once('=') {
+            Some(p) => p,
+            None => return None,
+        };
+        let key = parts.0.trim();
+        let value = parts.1.trim();
 
         Some(KeyValue::new(key.to_owned(), value.to_owned()))
     }))
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ mod tests {
             [
                 (
                     "OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES",
-                    Some("key=value, k = v , a= x, a=z"),
+                    Some("key=value, k = v , a= x, a=z,equal=value=,empty="),
                 ),
                 ("IRRELEVANT", Some("20200810")),
             ],
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ mod tests {
                         KeyValue::new("k", "v"),
                         KeyValue::new("a", "x"),
                         KeyValue::new("a", "z"),
+                        KeyValue::new("equal", "value="),
+                        KeyValue::new("empty", ""),
                     ])
                 );
             },