diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1bc1eef716d..3c524fc28b7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
+- Jaeger exporter takes into additional 70 bytes overhead into consideration when sending UDP packets (#2489)
+
 ### Deprecated
 
 - Deprecate module `"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric"`, new functionality available in "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric" module:
diff --git a/exporters/jaeger/agent.go b/exporters/jaeger/agent.go
index 5dbb5805c9b..ce53e4386b2 100644
--- a/exporters/jaeger/agent.go
+++ b/exporters/jaeger/agent.go
@@ -28,8 +28,13 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/jaeger/internal/third_party/thrift/lib/go/thrift"
 )
 
-// udpPacketMaxLength is the max size of UDP packet we want to send, synced with jaeger-agent
-const udpPacketMaxLength = 65000
+const (
+	// udpPacketMaxLength is the max size of UDP packet we want to send, synced with jaeger-agent
+	udpPacketMaxLength = 65000
+	// emitBatchOverhead is the additional overhead bytes used for enveloping the datagram,
+	// synced with jaeger-agent https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-client-go/blob/master/transport_udp.go#L37
+	emitBatchOverhead = 70
+)
 
 // agentClientUDP is a UDP client to Jaeger agent that implements gen.Agent interface.
 type agentClientUDP struct {
@@ -67,7 +72,7 @@ func newAgentClientUDP(params agentClientUDPParams) (*agentClientUDP, error) {
 	}
 
 	if params.MaxPacketSize <= 0 {
-		params.MaxPacketSize = udpPacketMaxLength
+		params.MaxPacketSize = udpPacketMaxLength - emitBatchOverhead
 	}
 
 	if params.AttemptReconnecting && params.AttemptReconnectInterval <= 0 {
diff --git a/exporters/jaeger/agent_test.go b/exporters/jaeger/agent_test.go
index 62de111dae5..933d364e3df 100644
--- a/exporters/jaeger/agent_test.go
+++ b/exporters/jaeger/agent_test.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func TestNewAgentClientUDPWithParamsDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.NotNil(t, agentClient)
-	assert.Equal(t, udpPacketMaxLength, agentClient.maxPacketSize)
+	assert.Equal(t, udpPacketMaxLength-emitBatchOverhead, agentClient.maxPacketSize)
 
 	if assert.IsType(t, &reconnectingUDPConn{}, agentClient.connUDP) {
 		assert.Equal(t, (*log.Logger)(nil), agentClient.connUDP.(*reconnectingUDPConn).logger)
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func TestNewAgentClientUDPWithParamsReconnectingDisabled(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.NotNil(t, agentClient)
-	assert.Equal(t, udpPacketMaxLength, agentClient.maxPacketSize)
+	assert.Equal(t, udpPacketMaxLength-emitBatchOverhead, agentClient.maxPacketSize)
 
 	assert.IsType(t, &net.UDPConn{}, agentClient.connUDP)