diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index d864de08d..74209d479 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ lazy val oteljava = project
     name := "otel4s-oteljava",
     libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
       "io.opentelemetry" % "opentelemetry-sdk" % OpenTelemetryVersion,
+      "io.opentelemetry" % "opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure" % OpenTelemetryVersion,
       "io.opentelemetry" % "opentelemetry-sdk-testing" % OpenTelemetryVersion % Test
     )
   )
diff --git a/docs/customization/histogram-custom-buckets/README.md b/docs/customization/histogram-custom-buckets/README.md
index a0ac79d5a..0ce40f8a1 100644
--- a/docs/customization/histogram-custom-buckets/README.md
+++ b/docs/customization/histogram-custom-buckets/README.md
@@ -117,8 +117,6 @@ import cats.effect.std.Random
 import cats.syntax.flatMap._
 import cats.syntax.functor._
 import cats.syntax.parallel._
-import io.opentelemetry.sdk.OpenTelemetrySdk
-import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdk
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.Aggregation
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.InstrumentSelector
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.InstrumentType
@@ -146,9 +144,7 @@ object HistogramBucketsExample extends IOApp.Simple {
     } yield ()
 
   def program[F[_] : Async : LiftIO : Parallel : Console]: F[Unit] =
-    Resource
-      .eval(configureSdk[F])
-      .evalMap(OtelJava.forAsync[F])
+    configureSdk[F]
       .evalMap(_.meterProvider.get("histogram-example"))
       .use { meter =>
         for {
@@ -161,32 +157,30 @@ object HistogramBucketsExample extends IOApp.Simple {
   def run: IO[Unit] =
     program[IO]
 
-  private def configureSdk[F[_] : Sync]: F[OpenTelemetrySdk] = Sync[F].delay {
-    AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdk
-      .builder()
-      .addMeterProviderCustomizer { (meterProviderBuilder, _) =>
-        meterProviderBuilder
-          .registerView(
-            InstrumentSelector
-              .builder()
-              .setName("service.work.duration")
-              .setType(InstrumentType.HISTOGRAM)
-              .build(),
-            View
-              .builder()
-              .setName("service.work.duration")
-              .setAggregation(
-                Aggregation.explicitBucketHistogram(
-                  java.util.Arrays.asList(.005, .01, .025, .05, .075, .1, .25, .5)
+  private def configureSdk[F[_] : Async : LiftIO]: Resource[F, OtelJava[F]] =
+    OtelJava.autoConfigured { sdkBuilder =>
+      sdkBuilder
+        .addMeterProviderCustomizer { (meterProviderBuilder, _) =>
+          meterProviderBuilder
+            .registerView(
+              InstrumentSelector
+                .builder()
+                .setName("service.work.duration")
+                .setType(InstrumentType.HISTOGRAM)
+                .build(),
+              View
+                .builder()
+                .setName("service.work.duration")
+                .setAggregation(
+                  Aggregation.explicitBucketHistogram(
+                    java.util.Arrays.asList(.005, .01, .025, .05, .075, .1, .25, .5)
+                  )
                 )
-              )
-              .build()
-          )
-      }
-      .setResultAsGlobal
-      .build()
-      .getOpenTelemetrySdk
-  }
+                .build()
+            )
+        }
+        .setResultAsGlobal
+    }
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/examples/grafana/README.md b/docs/examples/grafana/README.md
index 9ec361c5e..5e74f5ed2 100644
--- a/docs/examples/grafana/README.md
+++ b/docs/examples/grafana/README.md
@@ -239,26 +239,28 @@ object ApiService {
 
 object ExampleService extends IOApp.Simple {
   def run: IO[Unit] =
-    OtelJava.global.flatMap { otel4s =>
-      (
-        otel4s.tracerProvider.get("com.service.runtime"),
-        otel4s.meterProvider.get("com.service.runtime"),
-        Random.scalaUtilRandom[IO]
-      ).flatMapN { case components =>
-        implicit val (tracer: Tracer[IO], meter: Meter[IO], random: Random[IO]) = 
-          components
-
-        for {
-          service <- ApiService[IO](
-            minLatency = 40, 
-            maxLatency = 80, 
-            bananaPercentage = 70
-          )
-          data <- service.getDataFromSomeAPI
-          _ <- IO.println(s"Service data: $data")
-        } yield ()
+    OtelJava.autoConfigured()
+      .evalMap { otel4s =>
+        (
+          otel4s.tracerProvider.get("com.service.runtime"),
+          otel4s.meterProvider.get("com.service.runtime"),
+          Random.scalaUtilRandom[IO]
+        ).flatMapN { case components =>
+          implicit val (tracer: Tracer[IO], meter: Meter[IO], random: Random[IO]) = 
+            components
+
+          for {
+            service <- ApiService[IO](
+              minLatency = 40, 
+              maxLatency = 80, 
+              bananaPercentage = 70
+            )
+            data <- service.getDataFromSomeAPI
+            _ <- IO.println(s"Service data: $data")
+          } yield ()
+        }
       }
-    }
+      .use_
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/examples/honeycomb/README.md b/docs/examples/honeycomb/README.md
index 706d5f067..61aec1eed 100644
--- a/docs/examples/honeycomb/README.md
+++ b/docs/examples/honeycomb/README.md
@@ -135,16 +135,18 @@ object Work {
 
 object TracingExample extends IOApp.Simple {
   def run: IO[Unit] = {
-    OtelJava.global.flatMap { otel4s =>
-      otel4s.tracerProvider.get("com.service.runtime")
-        .flatMap { implicit tracer: Tracer[IO] =>
-          for {
-            meter <- otel4s.meterProvider.get("com.service.runtime")
-            histogram <- meter.histogram("work.execution.duration").create
-            _ <- Work[IO](histogram).doWork
-          } yield ()
-        }
-    }
+    OtelJava.autoConfigured()
+      .evalMap { otel4s =>
+        otel4s.tracerProvider.get("com.service.runtime")
+          .flatMap { implicit tracer: Tracer[IO] =>
+            for {
+              meter <- otel4s.meterProvider.get("com.service.runtime")
+              histogram <- meter.histogram("work.execution.duration").create
+              _ <- Work[IO](histogram).doWork
+            } yield ()
+          }
+      }
+      .use_
   }
 }
 ```
diff --git a/docs/examples/jaeger-docker/README.md b/docs/examples/jaeger-docker/README.md
index cfd02a7b4..21e894e96 100644
--- a/docs/examples/jaeger-docker/README.md
+++ b/docs/examples/jaeger-docker/README.md
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ $ docker run --name jaeger \
 ### Application example
 
 ```scala mdoc:silent
-import cats.effect.{Async, IO, IOApp}
+import cats.effect.{Async, IO, IOApp, Resource}
 import cats.effect.std.Console
 import cats.effect.std.Random
 import cats.syntax.all._
@@ -118,14 +118,15 @@ object Work {
 }
 
 object TracingExample extends IOApp.Simple {
-  def tracer: IO[Tracer[IO]] =
-    OtelJava.global.flatMap(_.tracerProvider.get("Example"))
+  def tracer: Resource[IO, Tracer[IO]] =
+    OtelJava.autoConfigured().evalMap(_.tracerProvider.get("Example"))
 
-  def run: IO[Unit] = {
-    tracer.flatMap { implicit tracer: Tracer[IO] =>
-      Work[IO].doWork
-    }
-  }
+  def run: IO[Unit] =
+    tracer
+      .evalMap { implicit tracer: Tracer[IO] =>
+        Work[IO].doWork
+      }
+      .use_
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/instrumentation/tracing.md b/docs/instrumentation/tracing.md
index 0748c50bf..582e4d39e 100644
--- a/docs/instrumentation/tracing.md
+++ b/docs/instrumentation/tracing.md
@@ -49,12 +49,13 @@ import cats.effect.IO
 import org.typelevel.otel4s.trace.Tracer
 import org.typelevel.otel4s.oteljava.OtelJava
 
-OtelJava.global.flatMap { otel4s =>
-  otel4s.tracerProvider.get("com.service").flatMap { implicit tracer: Tracer[IO] =>
-    val _ = tracer // use tracer here
-    ???
+OtelJava.autoConfigured[IO]()
+  .evalMap { otel4s =>
+    otel4s.tracerProvider.get("com.service").flatMap { implicit tracer: Tracer[IO] =>
+      val _ = tracer // use tracer here
+      ???
+    }
   }
-}
 ```
 
 ### Creating a span
diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/ObservableExample.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/ObservableExample.scala
index 177c8d73d..7df1ac8f6 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/scala/ObservableExample.scala
+++ b/examples/src/main/scala/ObservableExample.scala
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ object ObservableExample extends IOApp.Simple {
   val mbeanName = new ObjectName("cats.effect.metrics:type=CpuStarvation")
 
   def meterResource: Resource[IO, ObservableCounter] =
-    Resource
-      .eval(OtelJava.global)
+    OtelJava
+      .autoConfigured()
       .evalMap(_.meterProvider.get("observable-example"))
       .flatMap(
         _.observableCounter("cats-effect-runtime-cpu-starvation-count")
diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/TraceExample.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/TraceExample.scala
index c23d86d7a..ad6e788ec 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/scala/TraceExample.scala
+++ b/examples/src/main/scala/TraceExample.scala
@@ -124,31 +124,33 @@ object TraceExample extends IOApp.Simple {
     * to acquire and then 100 to shutdown, but in the middle are the child spans
     * from our UserIdsAlg.
     */
-  def run: IO[Unit] = {
-    OtelJava.global.flatMap { (otel4s: Otel4s[IO]) =>
-      otel4s.tracerProvider.tracer("TraceExample").get.flatMap {
-        implicit tracer: Tracer[IO] =>
-          val userIdAlg = UserIdsAlg.apply[IO](
-            InstitutionServiceClient.apply[IO],
-            UserDatabase.apply[IO]
-          )
-          tracer
-            .span("Start up")
-            .use { span =>
-              for {
-                _ <- tracer.span("acquire").surround(IO.sleep(50.millis))
-                _ <- span.addEvent("event")
-                _ <- tracer.span("use").surround {
-                  userIdAlg
-                    .getAllUsersForInstitution(
-                      "9902181e-1d8d-4e00-913d-51532b493f1b"
-                    )
-                    .flatMap(IO.println)
-                }
-                _ <- tracer.span("release").surround(IO.sleep(100.millis))
-              } yield ()
-            }
+  def run: IO[Unit] =
+    OtelJava
+      .autoConfigured()
+      .evalMap { (otel4s: Otel4s[IO]) =>
+        otel4s.tracerProvider.tracer("TraceExample").get.flatMap {
+          implicit tracer: Tracer[IO] =>
+            val userIdAlg = UserIdsAlg.apply[IO](
+              InstitutionServiceClient.apply[IO],
+              UserDatabase.apply[IO]
+            )
+            tracer
+              .span("Start up")
+              .use { span =>
+                for {
+                  _ <- tracer.span("acquire").surround(IO.sleep(50.millis))
+                  _ <- span.addEvent("event")
+                  _ <- tracer.span("use").surround {
+                    userIdAlg
+                      .getAllUsersForInstitution(
+                        "9902181e-1d8d-4e00-913d-51532b493f1b"
+                      )
+                      .flatMap(IO.println)
+                  }
+                  _ <- tracer.span("release").surround(IO.sleep(100.millis))
+                } yield ()
+              }
+        }
       }
-    }
-  }
+      .use_
 }
diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/TracingExample.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/TracingExample.scala
index 49655e1fd..abf305653 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/scala/TracingExample.scala
+++ b/examples/src/main/scala/TracingExample.scala
@@ -57,33 +57,35 @@ object Work {
 }
 
 object TracingExample extends IOApp.Simple {
-  def run: IO[Unit] = {
-    OtelJava.global.flatMap { (otel4s: Otel4s[IO]) =>
-      otel4s.tracerProvider.tracer("example").get.flatMap {
-        implicit tracer: Tracer[IO] =>
-          tracer
-            .span("resource")
-            .resource
-            .use { res =>
-              res.trace {
-                for {
-                  _ <- tracer.span("acquire").surround(IO.sleep(50.millis))
-                  _ <- tracer.span("use").surround {
-                    Work[IO].request(
-                      Map(
-                        "X-B3-TraceId" -> "80f198ee56343ba864fe8b2a57d3eff7",
-                        "X-B3-ParentSpanId" -> "05e3ac9a4f6e3b90",
-                        "X-B3-SpanId" -> "e457b5a2e4d86bd1",
-                        "X-B3-Sampled" -> "1"
+  def run: IO[Unit] =
+    OtelJava
+      .autoConfigured()
+      .evalMap { (otel4s: Otel4s[IO]) =>
+        otel4s.tracerProvider.tracer("example").get.flatMap {
+          implicit tracer: Tracer[IO] =>
+            tracer
+              .span("resource")
+              .resource
+              .use { res =>
+                res.trace {
+                  for {
+                    _ <- tracer.span("acquire").surround(IO.sleep(50.millis))
+                    _ <- tracer.span("use").surround {
+                      Work[IO].request(
+                        Map(
+                          "X-B3-TraceId" -> "80f198ee56343ba864fe8b2a57d3eff7",
+                          "X-B3-ParentSpanId" -> "05e3ac9a4f6e3b90",
+                          "X-B3-SpanId" -> "e457b5a2e4d86bd1",
+                          "X-B3-Sampled" -> "1"
+                        )
                       )
-                    )
-                  }
-                  _ <- res.span.addEvent("event")
-                  _ <- tracer.span("release").surround(IO.sleep(100.millis))
-                } yield ()
+                    }
+                    _ <- res.span.addEvent("event")
+                    _ <- tracer.span("release").surround(IO.sleep(100.millis))
+                  } yield ()
+                }
               }
-            }
+        }
       }
-    }
-  }
+      .use_
 }
diff --git a/oteljava/all/src/main/scala/org/typelevel/otel4s/oteljava/OtelJava.scala b/oteljava/all/src/main/scala/org/typelevel/otel4s/oteljava/OtelJava.scala
index 60b2f1b16..39b57d98c 100644
--- a/oteljava/all/src/main/scala/org/typelevel/otel4s/oteljava/OtelJava.scala
+++ b/oteljava/all/src/main/scala/org/typelevel/otel4s/oteljava/OtelJava.scala
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ import cats.syntax.all._
 import io.opentelemetry.api.{OpenTelemetry => JOpenTelemetry}
 import io.opentelemetry.api.GlobalOpenTelemetry
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.{OpenTelemetrySdk => JOpenTelemetrySdk}
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.{
+  AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdk => AutoConfigOtelSdk
+}
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.{
+  AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdkBuilder => AutoConfigOtelSdkBuilder
+}
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.CompletableResultCode
 import org.typelevel.otel4s.Otel4s
 import org.typelevel.otel4s.context.propagation.ContextPropagators
@@ -97,8 +103,38 @@ object OtelJava {
       )
       .evalMap(forAsync[F])
 
+  /** Creates a [[cats.effect.Resource `Resource`]] of the automatic
+    * configuration of a Java `OpenTelemetrySdk` instance.
+    *
+    * If you rely on
+    * [[https://opentelemetry.io/docs/instrumentation/java/automatic/ automatic instrumentation via Java agent]],
+    * you MUST NOT use this method and MUST use [[global]] instead.
+    *
+    * @param customize
+    *   A function for customizing the auto-configured SDK builder. This
+    *   function MUST NOT call `setResultAsGlobal`.
+    * @return
+    *   An [[org.typelevel.otel4s.Otel4s]] resource.
+    * @see
+    *   [[global]]
+    */
+  def autoConfigured[F[_]: LiftIO: Async](
+      customize: AutoConfigOtelSdkBuilder => AutoConfigOtelSdkBuilder = identity
+  ): Resource[F, OtelJava[F]] =
+    resource {
+      Sync[F].delay {
+        customize(AutoConfigOtelSdk.builder())
+          .disableShutdownHook()
+          .build()
+          .getOpenTelemetrySdk
+      }
+    }
+
   /** Creates an [[org.typelevel.otel4s.Otel4s]] from the global Java
     * OpenTelemetry instance.
+    *
+    * @see
+    *   [[autoConfigured]]
     */
   def global[F[_]: LiftIO: Async]: F[OtelJava[F]] =
     Sync[F].delay(GlobalOpenTelemetry.get).flatMap(forAsync[F])