diff --git a/logs_api/lib/opentelemetry-logs-api.rb b/logs_api/lib/opentelemetry-logs-api.rb
index 47ba36905..03b09d7fe 100644
--- a/logs_api/lib/opentelemetry-logs-api.rb
+++ b/logs_api/lib/opentelemetry-logs-api.rb
@@ -5,5 +5,37 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 require 'opentelemetry'
-require_relative 'opentelemetry/logs'
-require_relative 'opentelemetry/logs/version'
+require 'opentelemetry/logs'
+require 'opentelemetry/logs/version'
+require 'opentelemetry/internal/proxy_logger_provider'
+require 'opentelemetry/internal/proxy_logger'
+
+# OpenTelemetry is an open source observability framework, providing a
+# general-purpose API, SDK, and related tools required for the instrumentation
+# of cloud-native software, frameworks, and libraries.
+#
+# The OpenTelemetry module in the Logs API gem provides global accessors
+# for logs-related objects.
+module OpenTelemetry
+  @logger_provider = Internal::ProxyLoggerProvider.new
+
+  # Register the global logger provider.
+  #
+  # @param [LoggerProvider] provider A logger provider to register as the
+  #   global instance.
+  def logger_provider=(provider)
+    @mutex.synchronize do
+      if @logger_provider.instance_of? Internal::ProxyLoggerProvider
+        logger.debug("Upgrading default proxy logger provider to #{provider.class}")
+        @logger_provider.delegate = provider
+      end
+      @logger_provider = provider
+    end
+  end
+
+  # @return [Object, Logs::LoggerProvider] registered logger provider or a
+  #   default no-op implementation of the logger provider.
+  def logger_provider
+    @mutex.synchronize { @logger_provider }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/logs_api/lib/opentelemetry/internal/proxy_logger.rb b/logs_api/lib/opentelemetry/internal/proxy_logger.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8673d40d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logs_api/lib/opentelemetry/internal/proxy_logger.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+module OpenTelemetry
+  module Internal
+    # @api private
+    #
+    # {ProxyLogger} is an implementation of {OpenTelemetry::Logs::Logger}. It is returned from
+    # the ProxyLoggerProvider until a delegate logger provider is installed. After the delegate
+    # logger provider is installed, the ProxyLogger will delegate to the corresponding "real"
+    # logger.
+    class ProxyLogger < Logs::Logger
+      # Returns a new {ProxyLogger} instance.
+      #
+      # @return [ProxyLogger]
+      def initialize
+        super
+        @mutex = Mutex.new
+        @delegate = nil
+      end
+
+      # Set the delegate Logger. If this is called more than once, a warning will
+      # be logged and superfluous calls will be ignored.
+      #
+      # @param [Logger] logger The Logger to delegate to
+      def delegate=(logger)
+        @mutex.synchronize do
+          if @delegate.nil?
+            @delegate = logger
+          else
+            OpenTelemetry.logger.warn 'Attempt to reset delegate in ProxyLogger ignored.'
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      def on_emit(
+        timestamp: nil,
+        observed_timestamp: nil,
+        severity_number: nil,
+        severity_text: nil,
+        body: nil,
+        trace_id: nil,
+        span_id: nil,
+        trace_flags: nil,
+        attributes: nil,
+        context: nil
+      )
+        unless @delegate.nil?
+          return @delegate.on_emit(
+            timestamp: nil,
+            observed_timestamp: nil,
+            severity_number: nil,
+            severity_text: nil,
+            body: nil,
+            trace_id: nil,
+            span_id: nil,
+            trace_flags: nil,
+            attributes: nil,
+            context: nil
+          )
+        end
+
+        super
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/logs_api/lib/opentelemetry/internal/proxy_logger_provider.rb b/logs_api/lib/opentelemetry/internal/proxy_logger_provider.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0cbedc9d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logs_api/lib/opentelemetry/internal/proxy_logger_provider.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+module OpenTelemetry
+  module Internal
+    # @api private
+    #
+    # {ProxyLoggerProvider} is an implementation of {OpenTelemetry::Logs::LoggerProvider}.
+    # It is the default global logger provider returned by OpenTelemetry.logger_provider.
+    # It delegates to a "real" LoggerProvider after the global logger provider is registered.
+    # It returns {ProxyLogger} instances until the delegate is installed.
+    class ProxyLoggerProvider < Logs::LoggerProvider
+      Key = Struct.new(:name, :version)
+      private_constant(:Key)
+      # Returns a new {ProxyLoggerProvider} instance.
+      #
+      # @return [ProxyLoggerProvider]
+      def initialize
+        super
+
+        @mutex = Mutex.new
+        @registry = {}
+        @delegate = nil
+      end
+
+      # Set the delegate logger provider. If this is called more than once, a warning will
+      # be logged and superfluous calls will be ignored.
+      #
+      # @param [LoggerProvider] provider The logger provider to delegate to
+      def delegate=(provider)
+        unless @delegate.nil?
+          OpenTelemetry.logger.warn 'Attempt to reset delegate in ProxyLoggerProvider ignored.'
+          return
+        end
+
+        @mutex.synchronize do
+          @delegate = provider
+          @registry.each { |key, logger| logger.delegate = provider.logger(key.name, key.version) }
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Returns a {Logger} instance.
+      #
+      # @param [optional String] name Instrumentation package name
+      # @param [optional String] version Instrumentation package version
+      #
+      # @return [Logger]
+      def logger(name = nil, version = nil)
+        @mutex.synchronize do
+          return @delegate.logger(name, version) unless @delegate.nil?
+
+          @registry[Key.new(name, version)] ||= ProxyLogger.new
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/logs_api/lib/opentelemetry/logs.rb b/logs_api/lib/opentelemetry/logs.rb
index 0669bb21d..ade58537c 100644
--- a/logs_api/lib/opentelemetry/logs.rb
+++ b/logs_api/lib/opentelemetry/logs.rb
@@ -4,11 +4,6 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-require_relative 'logs/log_record'
-require_relative 'logs/logger'
-require_relative 'logs/logger_provider'
-require_relative 'logs/severity_number'
-
 module OpenTelemetry
   # The Logs API records a timestamped record with metadata.
   # In OpenTelemetry, any data that is not part of a distributed trace or a
@@ -20,3 +15,8 @@ module OpenTelemetry
   module Logs
   end
 end
+
+require 'opentelemetry/logs/log_record'
+require 'opentelemetry/logs/logger'
+require 'opentelemetry/logs/logger_provider'
+require 'opentelemetry/logs/severity_number'
diff --git a/logs_api/test/opentelemetry_logs_api_test.rb b/logs_api/test/opentelemetry_logs_api_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9034a2b30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logs_api/test/opentelemetry_logs_api_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+require 'test_helper'
+
+describe OpenTelemetry do
+  class CustomLogRecord < OpenTelemetry::Logs::LogRecord
+  end
+
+  class CustomLogger < OpenTelemetry::Logs::Logger
+    def on_emit(*)
+      CustomLogRecord.new
+    end
+  end
+
+  class CustomLoggerProvider < OpenTelemetry::Logs::LoggerProvider
+    def logger(name = nil, version = nil)
+      CustomLogger.new
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '.logger_provider' do
+    after do
+      # Ensure we don't leak custom logger factories and loggers to other tests
+      OpenTelemetry.logger_provider = OpenTelemetry::Internal::ProxyLoggerProvider.new
+    end
+
+    it 'returns a Logs::LoggerProvider by default' do
+      logger_provider = OpenTelemetry.logger_provider
+      _(logger_provider).must_be_kind_of(OpenTelemetry::Logs::LoggerProvider)
+    end
+
+    it 'returns the same instance when accessed multiple times' do
+      _(OpenTelemetry.logger_provider).must_equal(OpenTelemetry.logger_provider)
+    end
+
+    it 'returns user-specified logger provider' do
+      custom_logger_provider = CustomLoggerProvider.new
+      OpenTelemetry.logger_provider = custom_logger_provider
+      _(OpenTelemetry.logger_provider).must_equal(custom_logger_provider)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '.logger_provider=' do
+    after do
+      # Ensure we don't leak custom logger factories and loggers to other tests
+      OpenTelemetry.logger_provider = OpenTelemetry::Internal::ProxyLoggerProvider.new
+    end
+
+    it 'has a default proxy logger' do
+      refute_nil OpenTelemetry.logger_provider.logger
+    end
+
+    it 'upgrades default loggers to *real* loggers' do
+      # proxy loggers do not emit any log records, nor does the API logger
+      # the on_emit method is empty
+      default_logger = OpenTelemetry.logger_provider.logger
+      _(default_logger.on_emit(body: 'test')).must_be_instance_of(NilClass)
+      OpenTelemetry.logger_provider = CustomLoggerProvider.new
+      _(default_logger.on_emit(body: 'test')).must_be_instance_of(CustomLogRecord)
+    end
+
+    it 'upgrades the default logger provider to a *real* logger provider' do
+      default_logger_provider = OpenTelemetry.logger_provider
+      OpenTelemetry.logger_provider = CustomLoggerProvider.new
+      _(default_logger_provider.logger).must_be_instance_of(CustomLogger)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/logs_sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/logs.rb b/logs_sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/logs.rb
index fbd978c68..bc661d471 100644
--- a/logs_sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/logs.rb
+++ b/logs_sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/logs.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 require_relative 'logs/version'
+require_relative 'logs/configuration_patch'
 require_relative 'logs/logger'
 require_relative 'logs/logger_provider'
 require_relative 'logs/log_record'
diff --git a/logs_sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/configuration_patch.rb b/logs_sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/configuration_patch.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ca09e8aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logs_sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/configuration_patch.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+require 'opentelemetry/sdk/configurator'
+
+module OpenTelemetry
+  module SDK
+    module Logs
+      # The ConfiguratorPatch implements a hook to configure the logs portion
+      # of the SDK.
+      module ConfiguratorPatch
+        def add_log_record_processor(log_record_processor)
+          @log_record_processors << log_record_processor
+        end
+
+        private
+
+        def initialize
+          super
+          @log_record_processors = []
+        end
+
+        # The logs_configuration_hook method is where we define the setup
+        # process for logs SDK.
+        def logs_configuration_hook
+          OpenTelemetry.logger_provider = Logs::LoggerProvider.new(resource: @resource)
+          configure_log_record_processors
+        end
+
+        def configure_log_record_processors
+          processors = @log_record_processors.empty? ? wrapped_log_exporters_from_env.compact : @log_record_processors
+          processors.each { |p| OpenTelemetry.logger_provider.add_log_record_processor(p) }
+        end
+
+        def wrapped_log_exporters_from_env
+          # TODO: set default to OTLP to match traces, default is console until other exporters merged
+          exporters = ENV.fetch('OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER', 'console')
+
+          exporters.split(',').map do |exporter|
+            case exporter.strip
+            when 'none' then nil
+            when 'console' then Logs::Export::SimpleLogRecordProcessor.new(Logs::Export::ConsoleLogRecordExporter.new)
+            when 'otlp'
+              otlp_protocol = ENV['OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_PROTOCOL'] || ENV['OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL'] || 'http/protobuf'
+
+              if otlp_protocol != 'http/protobuf'
+                OpenTelemetry.logger.warn "The #{otlp_protocol} transport protocol is not supported by the OTLP exporter, log_records will not be exported."
+                nil
+              else
+                begin
+                  Logs::Export::BatchLogRecordProcessor.new(OpenTelemetry::Exporter::OTLP::LogsExporter.new)
+                rescue NameError
+                  OpenTelemetry.logger.warn 'The otlp logs exporter cannot be configured - please add opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-logs to your Gemfile. Logs will not be exported'
+                  nil
+                end
+              end
+            else
+              OpenTelemetry.logger.warn "The #{exporter} exporter is unknown and cannot be configured, log records will not be exported"
+              nil
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+OpenTelemetry::SDK::Configurator.prepend(OpenTelemetry::SDK::Logs::ConfiguratorPatch)
diff --git a/logs_sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/logger_provider.rb b/logs_sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/logger_provider.rb
index 99e7df10e..0fccdfba9 100644
--- a/logs_sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/logger_provider.rb
+++ b/logs_sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/logger_provider.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ module SDK
     module Logs
       # The SDK implementation of OpenTelemetry::Logs::LoggerProvider.
       class LoggerProvider < OpenTelemetry::Logs::LoggerProvider
+        Key = Struct.new(:name, :version)
+        private_constant(:Key)
+
         UNEXPECTED_ERROR_MESSAGE = 'unexpected error in ' \
           'OpenTelemetry::SDK::Logs::LoggerProvider#%s'
 
@@ -25,6 +28,8 @@ def initialize(resource: OpenTelemetry::SDK::Resources::Resource.create)
           @mutex = Mutex.new
           @resource = resource
           @stopped = false
+          @registry = {}
+          @registry_mutex = Mutex.new
         end
 
         # Returns an {OpenTelemetry::SDK::Logs::Logger} instance.
@@ -34,14 +39,21 @@ def initialize(resource: OpenTelemetry::SDK::Resources::Resource.create)
         #
         # @return [OpenTelemetry::SDK::Logs::Logger]
         def logger(name:, version: nil)
-          version ||= ''
+          if @stopped
+            OpenTelemetry.logger.warn('calling LoggerProvider#logger after shutdown, a noop logger will be returned')
+            OpenTelemetry::Logs::Logger.new
+          else
+            version ||= ''
+
+            if !name.is_a?(String) || name.empty?
+              OpenTelemetry.logger.warn('LoggerProvider#logger called with an ' \
+                "invalid name. Name provided: #{name.inspect}")
+            end
 
-          if !name.is_a?(String) || name.empty?
-            OpenTelemetry.logger.warn('LoggerProvider#logger called with an ' \
-              "invalid name. Name provided: #{name.inspect}")
+            @registry_mutex.synchronize do
+              @registry[Key.new(name, version)] ||= Logger.new(name, version, self)
+            end
           end
-
-          Logger.new(name, version, self)
         end
 
         # Adds a new log record processor to this LoggerProvider's
diff --git a/logs_sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/export/batch_log_record_processor_test.rb b/logs_sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/export/batch_log_record_processor_test.rb
index 64e81477a..d68407d55 100644
--- a/logs_sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/export/batch_log_record_processor_test.rb
+++ b/logs_sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/export/batch_log_record_processor_test.rb
@@ -469,6 +469,7 @@ def shutdown(timeout: nil)
     let(:processor) { BatchLogRecordProcessor.new(exporter) }
 
     it 'reports export failures' do
+      skip 'intermittent failure will be fixed in #1701'
       mock_logger = Minitest::Mock.new
       mock_logger.expect(:error, nil, [/Unable to export/])
       mock_logger.expect(:error, nil, [/Result code: 1/])
diff --git a/logs_sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/logger_provider_test.rb b/logs_sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/logger_provider_test.rb
index 023a9a67c..e9b5380da 100644
--- a/logs_sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/logger_provider_test.rb
+++ b/logs_sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/logger_provider_test.rb
@@ -215,4 +215,40 @@ def mock_context.value(key); OpenTelemetry::Trace::Span::INVALID; end # rubocop:
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe 'instrument registry' do
+    # On the first call, create a logger with an empty string for name and
+    # version and add to the registry. The second call returns that logger
+    # from the registry instead of creating a new instance.
+    it 'reuses the same logger if called twice when name and version are nil' do
+      logger = logger_provider.logger(name: nil, version: nil)
+      logger2 = logger_provider.logger(name: nil, version: nil)
+
+      assert_instance_of(Logs::Logger, logger)
+      assert_same(logger, logger2)
+    end
+
+    describe 'when stopped' do
+      it 'logs a warning' do
+        logger_provider.instance_variable_set(:@stopped, true)
+
+        OpenTelemetry::TestHelpers.with_test_logger do |log_stream|
+          logger_provider.logger(name: '')
+          assert_match(
+            /calling LoggerProvider#logger after shutdown/,
+            log_stream.string
+          )
+        end
+      end
+
+      it 'does not add a new logger to the registry' do
+        before_stopped_size = logger_provider.instance_variable_get(:@registry).keys.size
+        logger_provider.instance_variable_set(:@stopped, true)
+        logger_provider.logger(name: 'new_logger')
+        after_stopped_size = logger_provider.instance_variable_get(:@registry).keys.size
+
+        assert_equal(before_stopped_size, after_stopped_size)
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/configurator.rb b/sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/configurator.rb
index ae1bbaf07..94a5020eb 100644
--- a/sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/configurator.rb
+++ b/sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/configurator.rb
@@ -126,13 +126,20 @@ def add_span_processor(span_processor)
         @span_processors << span_processor
       end
 
+      # Add a log record processor to the export pipeline
+      #
+      # @param [#emit, #shutdown, #force_flush] log_record_processor A log_record_processor
+      #   that satisfies the duck type #emit, #shutdown, #force_flush. See
+      #   {SimpleLogRecordProcessor} for an example.
+      def add_log_record_processor(log_record_processor); end
+
       # @api private
       # The configure method is where we define the setup process. This allows
       # us to make certain guarantees about which systems and globals are setup
       # at each stage. The setup process is:
       #   - setup logging
       #   - setup propagation
-      #   - setup tracer_provider and meter_provider
+      #   - setup tracer_provider, meter_provider, and logger_provider
       #   - install instrumentation
       def configure
         OpenTelemetry.logger = logger
@@ -142,6 +149,7 @@ def configure
         tracer_provider.id_generator = @id_generator
         OpenTelemetry.tracer_provider = tracer_provider
         metrics_configuration_hook
+        logs_configuration_hook
         install_instrumentation
       end
 
@@ -149,6 +157,8 @@ def configure
 
       def metrics_configuration_hook; end
 
+      def logs_configuration_hook; end
+
       def tracer_provider
         @tracer_provider ||= Trace::TracerProvider.new(resource: @resource)
       end