diff --git a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.OpenAI.UnitTests/Settings/OpenAIPromptExecutionSettingsTests.cs b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.OpenAI.UnitTests/Settings/OpenAIPromptExecutionSettingsTests.cs
index 96325d3b7ac7..d3dd40ce8f43 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.OpenAI.UnitTests/Settings/OpenAIPromptExecutionSettingsTests.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Connectors/Connectors.OpenAI.UnitTests/Settings/OpenAIPromptExecutionSettingsTests.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text.Json;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.ChatCompletion;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.OpenAI;
@@ -88,6 +89,37 @@ public void ItUsesExistingOpenAIExecutionSettings()
         Assert.Equal(actualSettings.Modalities, executionSettings.Modalities);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void ItPropagatesValuesToChatOptions()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        OpenAIPromptExecutionSettings actualSettings = new()
+        {
+            ChatSystemPrompt = "chat system prompt",
+            FrequencyPenalty = 0.7,
+            MaxTokens = 128,
+            PresencePenalty = 0.7,
+            Seed = 123456,
+            StopSequences = ["foo", "bar"],
+            Temperature = 0.7,
+            TopP = 0.7,
+        };
+
+        // Act
+        ChatOptions? actualOptions = actualSettings.ToChatOptions(null);
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.NotNull(actualOptions);
+        Assert.Equal((float)actualSettings.Temperature, (float)actualOptions.Temperature!, 3);
+        Assert.Equal((float)actualSettings.TopP, (float)actualOptions.TopP!, 3);
+        Assert.Equal((float)actualSettings.FrequencyPenalty, (float)actualOptions.FrequencyPenalty!, 3);
+        Assert.Equal((float)actualSettings.PresencePenalty, (float)actualOptions.PresencePenalty!);
+        Assert.Equal(actualSettings.StopSequences, actualOptions.StopSequences);
+        Assert.Equal(actualSettings.ChatSystemPrompt, actualOptions.Instructions);
+        Assert.Equal(actualSettings.MaxTokens, actualOptions.MaxOutputTokens);
+        Assert.Equal(actualSettings.Seed, actualOptions.Seed);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void ItCanUseOpenAIExecutionSettings()
     {
diff --git a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.Abstractions/AI/PromptExecutionSettingsExtensions.cs b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.Abstractions/AI/PromptExecutionSettingsExtensions.cs
index 4639f7f16e8b..55213682d173 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.Abstractions/AI/PromptExecutionSettingsExtensions.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.Abstractions/AI/PromptExecutionSettingsExtensions.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.SemanticKernel;
 public static class PromptExecutionSettingsExtensions
 {
     /// <summary>Converts a pair of <see cref="PromptExecutionSettings"/> and <see cref="Kernel"/> to a <see cref="ChatOptions"/>.</summary>
+    [return: NotNullIfNotNull(nameof(settings))]
     public static ChatOptions? ToChatOptions(this PromptExecutionSettings? settings, Kernel? kernel)
     {
         if (settings is null)
@@ -88,6 +89,13 @@ public static class PromptExecutionSettingsExtensions
                 {
                     options.StopSequences = stopSequences;
                 }
+                else if ((entry.Key.Equals("chat_system_prompt", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
+                          entry.Key.Equals("chat_developer_prompt", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
+                          entry.Key.Equals("systemInstruction", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) &&
+                         TryConvert(entry.Value, out string? systemInstructions))
+                {
+                    options.Instructions = systemInstructions;
+                }
                 else if (entry.Key.Equals("response_format", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) &&
                     entry.Value is { } responseFormat)
                 {