diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/OpenTelemetryAutoConfiguration.java b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/OpenTelemetryAutoConfiguration.java
index ca177c14e7fb..fd7b48db6e9f 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/OpenTelemetryAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/OpenTelemetryAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -33,29 +33,37 @@
 @EnableConfigurationProperties(SamplerProperties.class)
 public class OpenTelemetryAutoConfiguration {
 
-  @Bean
-  @ConditionalOnMissingBean
-  public OpenTelemetry openTelemetry(
-      SamplerProperties samplerProperties,
-      ObjectProvider<ContextPropagators> propagatorsProvider,
-      ObjectProvider<List<SpanExporter>> spanExportersProvider) {
-    SdkTracerProviderBuilder tracerProviderBuilder = SdkTracerProvider.builder();
-
-    spanExportersProvider.getIfAvailable(Collections::emptyList).stream()
-        // todo SimpleSpanProcessor...is that really what we want here?
-        .map(SimpleSpanProcessor::create)
-        .forEach(tracerProviderBuilder::addSpanProcessor);
-
-    SdkTracerProvider tracerProvider =
-        tracerProviderBuilder
-            .setSampler(Sampler.traceIdRatioBased(samplerProperties.getProbability()))
-            .build();
-
-    ContextPropagators propagators = propagatorsProvider.getIfAvailable(ContextPropagators::noop);
-
-    return OpenTelemetrySdk.builder()
-        .setTracerProvider(tracerProvider)
-        .setPropagators(propagators)
-        .build();
+  @Configuration
+  @ConditionalOnMissingBean(OpenTelemetry.class)
+  public static class OpenTelemetryBeanConfig {
+
+    @Bean(destroyMethod = "close")
+    @ConditionalOnMissingBean
+    public SdkTracerProvider sdkTracerProvider(
+        SamplerProperties samplerProperties,
+        ObjectProvider<List<SpanExporter>> spanExportersProvider) {
+      SdkTracerProviderBuilder tracerProviderBuilder = SdkTracerProvider.builder();
+
+      spanExportersProvider.getIfAvailable(Collections::emptyList).stream()
+          // todo SimpleSpanProcessor...is that really what we want here?
+          .map(SimpleSpanProcessor::create)
+          .forEach(tracerProviderBuilder::addSpanProcessor);
+
+      return tracerProviderBuilder
+          .setSampler(Sampler.traceIdRatioBased(samplerProperties.getProbability()))
+          .build();
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public OpenTelemetry openTelemetry(
+        ObjectProvider<ContextPropagators> propagatorsProvider, SdkTracerProvider tracerProvider) {
+
+      ContextPropagators propagators = propagatorsProvider.getIfAvailable(ContextPropagators::noop);
+
+      return OpenTelemetrySdk.builder()
+          .setTracerProvider(tracerProvider)
+          .setPropagators(propagators)
+          .build();
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/OpenTelemetryAutoConfigurationTest.java b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/OpenTelemetryAutoConfigurationTest.java
index 2dd8fccfcda8..c7671717082b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/OpenTelemetryAutoConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/OpenTelemetryAutoConfigurationTest.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 import io.opentelemetry.api.GlobalOpenTelemetry;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.OpenTelemetry;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.SdkTracerProvider;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -37,23 +38,42 @@ void tearDown() {
   @Test
   @DisplayName(
       "when Application Context contains OpenTelemetry bean should NOT initialize openTelemetry")
-  void customTracer() {
+  void customOpenTelemetry() {
     this.contextRunner
         .withUserConfiguration(CustomTracerConfiguration.class)
         .withConfiguration(AutoConfigurations.of(OpenTelemetryAutoConfiguration.class))
         .run(
-            context -> {
-              assertThat(context.containsBean("customOpenTelemetry")).isTrue();
-              assertThat(context.containsBean("openTelemetry")).isFalse();
-            });
+            context ->
+                assertThat(context)
+                    .hasBean("customOpenTelemetry")
+                    .doesNotHaveBean("openTelemetry")
+                    .doesNotHaveBean("sdkTracerProvider"));
   }
 
   @Test
   @DisplayName(
       "when Application Context DOES NOT contain OpenTelemetry bean should initialize openTelemetry")
-  void initializeTracer() {
+  void initializeTracerProviderAndOpenTelemetry() {
     this.contextRunner
         .withConfiguration(AutoConfigurations.of(OpenTelemetryAutoConfiguration.class))
-        .run(context -> assertThat(context.containsBean("openTelemetry")).isTrue());
+        .run(context -> assertThat(context).hasBean("openTelemetry").hasBean("sdkTracerProvider"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @DisplayName(
+      "when Application Context DOES NOT contain OpenTelemetry bean but TracerProvider should initialize openTelemetry")
+  void initializeOpenTelemetry() {
+    this.contextRunner
+        .withBean(
+            "customTracerProvider",
+            SdkTracerProvider.class,
+            () -> SdkTracerProvider.builder().build())
+        .withConfiguration(AutoConfigurations.of(OpenTelemetryAutoConfiguration.class))
+        .run(
+            context ->
+                assertThat(context)
+                    .hasBean("openTelemetry")
+                    .hasBean("customTracerProvider")
+                    .doesNotHaveBean("sdkTracerProvider"));
   }
 }