diff --git a/src/SDK/Logs/EventLogger.php b/src/SDK/Logs/EventLogger.php
index 5ffbdddf3..62c303970 100644
--- a/src/SDK/Logs/EventLogger.php
+++ b/src/SDK/Logs/EventLogger.php
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ public function emit(
         iterable $attributes = [],
     ): void {
         $logRecord = new LogRecord();
+        /**
+         *  Set event.name twice: first to position it as the initial attribute entry,
+         *  then again after setAttributes() to prevent its value from being overwritten.
+         *  This ensures event.name won't be dropped by attribute limits.
+         * @see https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-php/pull/1768#issuecomment-3527425474
+         */
         $logRecord->setAttribute('event.name', $name);
         $logRecord->setAttributes($attributes);
         $logRecord->setAttribute('event.name', $name);
diff --git a/tests/Unit/SDK/Logs/EventLoggerTest.php b/tests/Unit/SDK/Logs/EventLoggerTest.php
index c902036ee..98297a077 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/SDK/Logs/EventLoggerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/SDK/Logs/EventLoggerTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 namespace OpenTelemetry\Tests\Unit\SDK\Logs;
 
+use OpenTelemetry\API\Behavior\Internal\Logging;
 use OpenTelemetry\API\Common\Time\Clock;
 use OpenTelemetry\API\Common\Time\TestClock;
 use OpenTelemetry\API\Logs\LoggerInterface;
@@ -12,7 +13,12 @@
 use OpenTelemetry\Context\Context;
 use OpenTelemetry\SDK\Logs\EventLogger;
 use OpenTelemetry\SDK\Logs\EventLoggerProvider;
+use OpenTelemetry\SDK\Logs\Exporter\InMemoryExporter;
+use OpenTelemetry\SDK\Logs\LoggerProviderBuilder;
 use OpenTelemetry\SDK\Logs\LoggerProviderInterface;
+use OpenTelemetry\SDK\Logs\Processor\SimpleLogRecordProcessor;
+use OpenTelemetry\SDK\Logs\ReadableLogRecord;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\BackupGlobals;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\CoversClass;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
@@ -96,4 +102,32 @@ public function test_event_name_attribute_is_ignored(): void
         $eventLogger = $this->eventLoggerProvider->getEventLogger('event.logger');
         $eventLogger->emit('my.event', attributes: ['event.name' => 'not.my.event']);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * "The event.name attribute MUST be the first attribute added to the LogRecord"
+     * @see https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-php/pull/1768#issuecomment-3527425474
+     */
+    #[BackupGlobals(true)]
+    public function test_event_name_is_not_dropped_first(): void
+    {
+        $_SERVER['OTEL_LOGRECORD_ATTRIBUTE_COUNT_LIMIT'] = 1;
+        $eventLoggerProvider = new EventLoggerProvider((new LoggerProviderBuilder())
+            ->addLogRecordProcessor(new SimpleLogRecordProcessor($exporter = new InMemoryExporter()))
+            ->build());
+        $eventLogger = $eventLoggerProvider->getEventLogger('test');
+
+        Logging::disable();
+
+        try {
+            $eventLogger->emit('my.event', attributes: ['other.attribute' => 'not.my.event']);
+        } finally {
+            Logging::reset();
+        }
+        $eventLoggerProvider->forceFlush();
+
+        /** @var list<ReadableLogRecord> $logs */
+        $logs = $exporter->getStorage()->getArrayCopy();
+        $this->assertCount(1, $logs);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('event.name', $logs[0]->getAttributes()->toArray());
+    }
 }