diff --git a/.chloggen/nfs-servernetcount-add-attribute.yaml b/.chloggen/nfs-servernetcount-add-attribute.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6cfdcbbdb6
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+++ b/.chloggen/nfs-servernetcount-add-attribute.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+#
+# If your change doesn't affect end users you should instead start
+# your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: bug_fix
+
+# The name of the area of concern in the attributes-registry, (e.g. http, cloud, db)
+component: nfs
+
+# A brief description of the change. Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: "nfs/metrics.yaml: nfs.server.net.count: add missing network.transport attribute. Implementation not merged, so not a breaking change."
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+# The values here must be integers.
+issues: [39978]
+
+# (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:
diff --git a/docs/nfs/nfs-metrics.md b/docs/nfs/nfs-metrics.md
index 6037e25fd2..9eb07ba349 100644
--- a/docs/nfs/nfs-metrics.md
+++ b/docs/nfs/nfs-metrics.md
@@ -337,6 +337,28 @@ This metric is [recommended][MetricRecommended].
 
 **[1]:** Linux: this metric is taken from the Linux kernel's svc_stat.nettcpcnt and svc_stat.netudpcnt
 
+| Attribute  | Type | Description  | Examples  | [Requirement Level](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/semconv/general/attribute-requirement-level/) | Stability |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| [`network.transport`](/docs/registry/attributes/network.md) | string | [OSI transport layer](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_layer) or [inter-process communication method](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-process_communication). [1] | `tcp`; `udp` | `Recommended` | ![Stable](https://img.shields.io/badge/-stable-lightgreen) |
+
+**[1] `network.transport`:** The value SHOULD be normalized to lowercase.
+
+Consider always setting the transport when setting a port number, since
+a port number is ambiguous without knowing the transport. For example
+different processes could be listening on TCP port 12345 and UDP port 12345.
+
+---
+
+`network.transport` has the following list of well-known values. If one of them applies, then the respective value MUST be used; otherwise, a custom value MAY be used.
+
+| Value  | Description | Stability |
+|---|---|---|
+| `pipe` | Named or anonymous pipe. | ![Stable](https://img.shields.io/badge/-stable-lightgreen) |
+| `quic` | QUIC | ![Stable](https://img.shields.io/badge/-stable-lightgreen) |
+| `tcp` | TCP | ![Stable](https://img.shields.io/badge/-stable-lightgreen) |
+| `udp` | UDP | ![Stable](https://img.shields.io/badge/-stable-lightgreen) |
+| `unix` | Unix domain socket | ![Stable](https://img.shields.io/badge/-stable-lightgreen) |
+
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diff --git a/model/nfs/metrics.yaml b/model/nfs/metrics.yaml
index 82cd966bf0..b67f986875 100644
--- a/model/nfs/metrics.yaml
+++ b/model/nfs/metrics.yaml
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ groups:
     note: |
       Linux: this metric is taken from the Linux kernel's svc_stat.nettcpcnt and svc_stat.netudpcnt
     instrument: counter
+    attributes:
+      - ref: network.transport
     unit: "{record}"
     entity_associations:
       - host