diff --git a/docs-requirements.txt b/docs-requirements.txt
index cc246fe221..afd03672d0 100644
--- a/docs-requirements.txt
+++ b/docs-requirements.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ pymemcache~=1.3
 # Required by conf
 django>=2.2
 
+# Require by opentelemetry-util-genai
+fsspec>=2025.9.0
+
 # Required by instrumentation and exporter packages
 aio_pika~=7.2.0
 aiohttp~=3.0
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 47ad43def2..0f45647dc4 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@
         None,
     ),
     "redis": ("https://redis.readthedocs.io/en/latest/", None),
+    "fsspec": ("https://filesystem-spec.readthedocs.io/en/latest/", None),
 }
 
 # http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/config.html#confval-nitpicky
diff --git a/docs/instrumentation-genai/util.rst b/docs/instrumentation-genai/util.rst
index d55f2d1bf2..2ea0852e3c 100644
--- a/docs/instrumentation-genai/util.rst
+++ b/docs/instrumentation-genai/util.rst
@@ -25,3 +25,7 @@ OpenTelemetry Python - GenAI Util
     :members:
     :undoc-members:
     :show-inheritance:
+
+.. automodule:: opentelemetry.util.genai._fsspec_upload
+    :members:
+    :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 379735d408..e2d2e3a6c2 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ deps =
   {[testenv]test_deps}
   {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-instrumentation
   {toxinidir}/util/opentelemetry-util-http
-  {toxinidir}/util/opentelemetry-util-genai
+  {toxinidir}/util/opentelemetry-util-genai[fsspec]
   {toxinidir}/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-vertexai[instruments]
   {toxinidir}/instrumentation-genai/opentelemetry-instrumentation-google-genai[instruments]
   {toxinidir}/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiokafka[instruments]
diff --git a/util/opentelemetry-util-genai/pyproject.toml b/util/opentelemetry-util-genai/pyproject.toml
index 280da37d58..b24e6b6879 100644
--- a/util/opentelemetry-util-genai/pyproject.toml
+++ b/util/opentelemetry-util-genai/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@ dependencies = [
   "opentelemetry-api>=1.31.0",
 ]
 
+[project.entry-points.opentelemetry_genai_upload_hook]
+fsspec = "opentelemetry.util.genai._fsspec_upload:fsspec_upload_hook"
+
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-test = [
-  "pytest>=7.0.0",
-]
+test = ["pytest>=7.0.0"]
+fsspec = ["fsspec>=2025.9.0"]
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/tree/main/util/opentelemetry-util-genai"
@@ -43,10 +45,7 @@ Repository = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib"
 path = "src/opentelemetry/util/genai/version.py"
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
-include = [
-  "/src",
-  "/tests",
-]
+include = ["/src", "/tests"]
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 packages = ["src/opentelemetry"]
diff --git a/util/opentelemetry-util-genai/src/opentelemetry/util/genai/_fsspec_upload.py b/util/opentelemetry-util-genai/src/opentelemetry/util/genai/_fsspec_upload.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a360fa122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/opentelemetry-util-genai/src/opentelemetry/util/genai/_fsspec_upload.py
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+import queue
+import threading
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Any
+
+from opentelemetry._logs import LogRecord
+from opentelemetry.trace import Span
+from opentelemetry.util._once import Once
+from opentelemetry.util.genai import types
+from opentelemetry.util.genai.upload_hook import UploadHook, _NoOpUploadHook
+
+_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+# If the SDK is available, use the BatchProcessor shared class for queueing, otherwise the hook will be a
+# no-op.
+try:
+    import fsspec
+except ImportError:
+    fsspec = None
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Completion:
+    inputs: list[types.InputMessage]
+    outputs: list[types.OutputMessage]
+    system_instruction: list[types.MessagePart]
+
+
+if fsspec is not None:
+
+    class FsspecCompletionExporter:
+        """Implements uploading GenAI completions to a generic backend using fsspec
+
+        This class is used by the `BatchUploadHook` to export completions to an external
+        storage.
+        """
+
+        def export(self, completion: Completion) -> None:
+            """upload a completion with fsspec, may be called concurrently"""
+            # TODO: implement fsspec upload
+
+    class FsspecUploadHook(UploadHook):
+        def __init__(
+            self, exporter: FsspecCompletionExporter, maxsize: int = 20
+        ) -> None:
+            self._exporter = exporter
+
+            # Use opinionated defaults to start, we can add environment variables later
+            self._queue: queue.Queue[Completion | None] = queue.Queue(
+                maxsize=maxsize
+            )
+            self._consumer_thread = threading.Thread(
+                target=self._consumer, daemon=True
+            )
+            self._consumer_thread.start()
+            self._shutdown_once = Once()
+
+        def _consumer(self) -> None:
+            shutdown = False
+            while not (shutdown and self._queue.empty()):
+                completion = self._queue.get()
+                if completion is None:
+                    shutdown = True
+                    self._queue.task_done()
+                    continue
+
+                # TODO: submit to a thread pool
+                self._exporter.export(completion)
+                self._queue.task_done()
+
+        def upload(
+            self,
+            *,
+            inputs: list[types.InputMessage],
+            outputs: list[types.OutputMessage],
+            system_instruction: list[types.MessagePart],
+            span: Span | None = None,
+            log_record: LogRecord | None = None,
+            **kwargs: Any,
+        ) -> None:
+            try:
+                self._queue.put(
+                    Completion(
+                        inputs=inputs,
+                        outputs=outputs,
+                        system_instruction=system_instruction,
+                    ),
+                    block=False,
+                )
+            except queue.Full:
+                logging.warning(
+                    "gen ai fsspec upload queue is full, dropping completion"
+                )
+
+        def shutdown(self, timeout_sec: float = 5) -> None:
+            """Shuts down any worker threads"""
+
+            def do_shutdown() -> None:
+                # TODO: proper deadlines
+                self._queue.put(None, timeout=timeout_sec)
+                self._consumer_thread.join(timeout=timeout_sec)
+
+            self._shutdown_once.do_once(do_shutdown)
+
+    def fsspec_upload_hook() -> UploadHook:
+        return FsspecUploadHook(FsspecCompletionExporter())
+else:
+
+    def fsspec_upload_hook() -> UploadHook:
+        return _NoOpUploadHook()
diff --git a/util/opentelemetry-util-genai/test-requirements.txt b/util/opentelemetry-util-genai/test-requirements.txt
index 91d59f42f5..34a1ad14a2 100644
--- a/util/opentelemetry-util-genai/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/util/opentelemetry-util-genai/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 pytest==7.4.4
--e opentelemetry-instrumentation
\ No newline at end of file
+fsspec==2025.9.0
+-e opentelemetry-instrumentation
diff --git a/util/opentelemetry-util-genai/tests/test_fsspec_upload.py b/util/opentelemetry-util-genai/tests/test_fsspec_upload.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5d314a834
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/opentelemetry-util-genai/tests/test_fsspec_upload.py
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+# pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel,no-name-in-module
+
+import importlib
+import logging
+import sys
+import threading
+from unittest import TestCase
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+from opentelemetry.util.genai._fsspec_upload import (
+    Completion,
+    FsspecCompletionExporter,
+    FsspecUploadHook,
+)
+from opentelemetry.util.genai.upload_hook import (
+    _NoOpUploadHook,
+    load_upload_hook,
+)
+
+
+@patch.dict(
+    "os.environ",
+    {"OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_GENAI_UPLOAD_HOOK": "fsspec"},
+    clear=True,
+)
+class TestFsspecEntryPoint(TestCase):
+    def test_fsspec_entry_point(self):
+        self.assertIsInstance(load_upload_hook(), FsspecUploadHook)
+
+    def test_fsspec_entry_point_no_fsspec(self):
+        """Tests that the a no-op uploader is used when fsspec is not installed"""
+
+        from opentelemetry.util.genai import _fsspec_upload
+
+        # Simulate fsspec imports failing
+        with patch.dict(sys.modules, {"fsspec": None}):
+            importlib.reload(_fsspec_upload)
+            self.assertIsInstance(load_upload_hook(), _NoOpUploadHook)
+
+
+MAXSIZE = 5
+SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT = 0.5
+
+
+class TestFsspecUploadHook(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.mock_exporter = MagicMock(spec=FsspecCompletionExporter)
+        self.hook = FsspecUploadHook(self.mock_exporter, maxsize=MAXSIZE)
+
+    def tearDown(self) -> None:
+        self.hook.shutdown(timeout_sec=SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT)
+
+    def test_fsspec_upload_hook_shutdown_no_items(self):
+        self.hook.shutdown(timeout_sec=SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT)
+
+    def test_fsspec_upload_hook_upload_then_shutdown(self):
+        for _ in range(10):
+            self.hook.upload(
+                inputs=[],
+                outputs=[],
+                system_instruction=[],
+            )
+        # all items should be consumed
+        self.hook.shutdown(timeout_sec=SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT)
+
+    def test_fsspec_upload_hook_upload_blocked(self):
+        unblock_export = threading.Event()
+
+        def blocked_export(completion: Completion) -> None:
+            unblock_export.wait()
+
+        self.mock_exporter.export = MagicMock(wraps=blocked_export)
+
+        # fill the queue
+        for _ in range(10):
+            self.hook.upload(
+                inputs=[],
+                outputs=[],
+                system_instruction=[],
+            )
+
+        self.assertLessEqual(self.mock_exporter.export.call_count, MAXSIZE)
+
+        # attempt to enqueue when full should wawrn
+        with self.assertLogs(level=logging.WARNING) as logs:
+            self.hook.upload(
+                inputs=[],
+                outputs=[],
+                system_instruction=[],
+            )
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(logs.output), 1)
+        unblock_export.set()
+
+        # all items should be consumed
+        self.hook.shutdown(timeout_sec=SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT)