diff --git a/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/ExporterMetrics.java b/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/ExporterMetrics.java
index 34e00160e3f..0c12f9d6fc0 100644
--- a/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/ExporterMetrics.java
+++ b/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/ExporterMetrics.java
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.LongCounter;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.Meter;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.MeterProvider;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 /**
  * Helper for recording metrics from exporters.
@@ -25,37 +27,69 @@ public class ExporterMetrics {
   private static final AttributeKey<String> ATTRIBUTE_KEY_TYPE = stringKey("type");
   private static final AttributeKey<Boolean> ATTRIBUTE_KEY_SUCCESS = booleanKey("success");
 
-  private final LongCounter seen;
-  private final LongCounter exported;
-
+  private final Supplier<MeterProvider> meterProviderSupplier;
+  private final String exporterName;
+  private final String transportName;
   private final Attributes seenAttrs;
   private final Attributes successAttrs;
   private final Attributes failedAttrs;
 
+  /** Access via {@link #seen()}. */
+  @Nullable private volatile LongCounter seen;
+
+  /** Access via {@link #exported()} . */
+  @Nullable private volatile LongCounter exported;
+
   private ExporterMetrics(
-      MeterProvider meterProvider, String exporterName, String type, String transportName) {
-    Meter meter =
-        meterProvider.get("io.opentelemetry.exporters." + exporterName + "-" + transportName);
-    seenAttrs = Attributes.builder().put(ATTRIBUTE_KEY_TYPE, type).build();
-    seen = meter.counterBuilder(exporterName + ".exporter.seen").build();
-    exported = meter.counterBuilder(exporterName + ".exporter.exported").build();
-    successAttrs = seenAttrs.toBuilder().put(ATTRIBUTE_KEY_SUCCESS, true).build();
-    failedAttrs = seenAttrs.toBuilder().put(ATTRIBUTE_KEY_SUCCESS, false).build();
+      Supplier<MeterProvider> meterProviderSupplier,
+      String exporterName,
+      String type,
+      String transportName) {
+    this.meterProviderSupplier = meterProviderSupplier;
+    this.exporterName = exporterName;
+    this.transportName = transportName;
+    this.seenAttrs = Attributes.builder().put(ATTRIBUTE_KEY_TYPE, type).build();
+    this.successAttrs = this.seenAttrs.toBuilder().put(ATTRIBUTE_KEY_SUCCESS, true).build();
+    this.failedAttrs = this.seenAttrs.toBuilder().put(ATTRIBUTE_KEY_SUCCESS, false).build();
   }
 
   /** Record number of records seen. */
   public void addSeen(long value) {
-    seen.add(value, seenAttrs);
+    seen().add(value, seenAttrs);
   }
 
   /** Record number of records which successfully exported. */
   public void addSuccess(long value) {
-    exported.add(value, successAttrs);
+    exported().add(value, successAttrs);
   }
 
   /** Record number of records which failed to export. */
   public void addFailed(long value) {
-    exported.add(value, failedAttrs);
+    exported().add(value, failedAttrs);
+  }
+
+  private LongCounter seen() {
+    LongCounter seen = this.seen;
+    if (seen == null) {
+      seen = meter().counterBuilder(exporterName + ".exporter.seen").build();
+      this.seen = seen;
+    }
+    return seen;
+  }
+
+  private LongCounter exported() {
+    LongCounter exported = this.exported;
+    if (exported == null) {
+      exported = meter().counterBuilder(exporterName + ".exporter.exported").build();
+      this.exported = exported;
+    }
+    return exported;
+  }
+
+  private Meter meter() {
+    return meterProviderSupplier
+        .get()
+        .get("io.opentelemetry.exporters." + exporterName + "-" + transportName);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -63,7 +97,7 @@ public void addFailed(long value) {
    * "io.opentelemetry.exporters." + exporterName + "-grpc}".
    */
   public static ExporterMetrics createGrpc(
-      String exporterName, String type, MeterProvider meterProvider) {
+      String exporterName, String type, Supplier<MeterProvider> meterProvider) {
     return new ExporterMetrics(meterProvider, exporterName, type, "grpc");
   }
 
@@ -72,7 +106,7 @@ public static ExporterMetrics createGrpc(
    * "io.opentelemetry.exporters." + exporterName + "-grpc-okhttp}".
    */
   public static ExporterMetrics createGrpcOkHttp(
-      String exporterName, String type, MeterProvider meterProvider) {
+      String exporterName, String type, Supplier<MeterProvider> meterProvider) {
     return new ExporterMetrics(meterProvider, exporterName, type, "grpc-okhttp");
   }
 
@@ -81,7 +115,7 @@ public static ExporterMetrics createGrpcOkHttp(
    * "io.opentelemetry.exporters." + exporterName + "-http}".
    */
   public static ExporterMetrics createHttpProtobuf(
-      String exporterName, String type, MeterProvider meterProvider) {
+      String exporterName, String type, Supplier<MeterProvider> meterProvider) {
     return new ExporterMetrics(meterProvider, exporterName, type, "http");
   }
 
@@ -90,7 +124,7 @@ public static ExporterMetrics createHttpProtobuf(
    * "io.opentelemetry.exporters." + exporterName + "-http-json}".
    */
   public static ExporterMetrics createHttpJson(
-      String exporterName, String type, MeterProvider meterProvider) {
+      String exporterName, String type, Supplier<MeterProvider> meterProvider) {
     return new ExporterMetrics(meterProvider, exporterName, type, "http-json");
   }
 }
diff --git a/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/grpc/GrpcExporterBuilder.java b/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/grpc/GrpcExporterBuilder.java
index 48fcbe470f1..b77d825e324 100644
--- a/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/grpc/GrpcExporterBuilder.java
+++ b/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/grpc/GrpcExporterBuilder.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import io.grpc.ManagedChannel;
 import io.grpc.Metadata;
 import io.grpc.stub.MetadataUtils;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.GlobalOpenTelemetry;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.MeterProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.internal.ExporterBuilderUtil;
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.internal.TlsUtil;
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ public class GrpcExporterBuilder<T extends Marshaler> {
   @Nullable private byte[] privateKeyPem;
   @Nullable private byte[] certificatePem;
   @Nullable private RetryPolicy retryPolicy;
-  private MeterProvider meterProvider = MeterProvider.noop();
+  private Supplier<MeterProvider> meterProviderSupplier = GlobalOpenTelemetry::getMeterProvider;
 
   // Use Object type since gRPC may not be on the classpath.
   @Nullable private Object grpcChannel;
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ public GrpcExporterBuilder<T> setRetryPolicy(RetryPolicy retryPolicy) {
   }
 
   public GrpcExporterBuilder<T> setMeterProvider(MeterProvider meterProvider) {
-    this.meterProvider = meterProvider;
+    this.meterProviderSupplier = () -> meterProvider;
     return this;
   }
 
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ public GrpcExporter<T> build() {
         exporterName,
         type,
         clientBuilder.build(),
-        meterProvider,
+        meterProviderSupplier,
         endpoint,
         headers.build(),
         compressionEnabled);
@@ -209,7 +210,8 @@ private GrpcExporter<T> buildWithChannel(Channel channel) {
               .get()
               .apply(channel, authorityOverride)
               .withCompression(codec.getMessageEncoding());
-      return new UpstreamGrpcExporter<>(exporterName, type, stub, meterProvider, timeoutNanos);
+      return new UpstreamGrpcExporter<>(
+          exporterName, type, stub, meterProviderSupplier, timeoutNanos);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/grpc/OkHttpGrpcExporter.java b/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/grpc/OkHttpGrpcExporter.java
index 6a19265f053..73245a35b44 100644
--- a/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/grpc/OkHttpGrpcExporter.java
+++ b/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/grpc/OkHttpGrpcExporter.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -75,12 +76,13 @@ public final class OkHttpGrpcExporter<T extends Marshaler> implements GrpcExport
       String exporterName,
       String type,
       OkHttpClient client,
-      MeterProvider meterProvider,
+      Supplier<MeterProvider> meterProviderSupplier,
       String endpoint,
       Headers headers,
       boolean compressionEnabled) {
     this.type = type;
-    this.exporterMetrics = ExporterMetrics.createGrpcOkHttp(exporterName, type, meterProvider);
+    this.exporterMetrics =
+        ExporterMetrics.createGrpcOkHttp(exporterName, type, meterProviderSupplier);
     this.client = client;
     this.url = HttpUrl.get(endpoint);
     this.headers = headers;
diff --git a/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/grpc/UpstreamGrpcExporter.java b/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/grpc/UpstreamGrpcExporter.java
index 31c86f20b58..cc114f01840 100644
--- a/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/grpc/UpstreamGrpcExporter.java
+++ b/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/grpc/UpstreamGrpcExporter.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.internal.ThrottlingLogger;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
@@ -46,10 +47,10 @@ public final class UpstreamGrpcExporter<T extends Marshaler> implements GrpcExpo
       String exporterName,
       String type,
       MarshalerServiceStub<T, ?, ?> stub,
-      MeterProvider meterProvider,
+      Supplier<MeterProvider> meterProviderSupplier,
       long timeoutNanos) {
     this.type = type;
-    this.exporterMetrics = ExporterMetrics.createGrpc(exporterName, type, meterProvider);
+    this.exporterMetrics = ExporterMetrics.createGrpc(exporterName, type, meterProviderSupplier);
     this.timeoutNanos = timeoutNanos;
     this.stub = stub;
   }
diff --git a/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/okhttp/OkHttpExporter.java b/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/okhttp/OkHttpExporter.java
index 985adaa4a22..ac9ab10422c 100644
--- a/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/okhttp/OkHttpExporter.java
+++ b/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/okhttp/OkHttpExporter.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.internal.ThrottlingLogger;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ public final class OkHttpExporter<T extends Marshaler> {
       String exporterName,
       String type,
       OkHttpClient client,
-      MeterProvider meterProvider,
+      Supplier<MeterProvider> meterProviderSupplier,
       String endpoint,
       @Nullable Headers headers,
       boolean compressionEnabled,
@@ -70,8 +71,8 @@ public final class OkHttpExporter<T extends Marshaler> {
     this.requestBodyCreator = exportAsJson ? JsonRequestBody::new : ProtoRequestBody::new;
     this.exporterMetrics =
         exportAsJson
-            ? ExporterMetrics.createHttpJson(exporterName, type, meterProvider)
-            : ExporterMetrics.createHttpProtobuf(exporterName, type, meterProvider);
+            ? ExporterMetrics.createHttpJson(exporterName, type, meterProviderSupplier)
+            : ExporterMetrics.createHttpProtobuf(exporterName, type, meterProviderSupplier);
   }
 
   public CompletableResultCode export(T exportRequest, int numItems) {
diff --git a/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/okhttp/OkHttpExporterBuilder.java b/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/okhttp/OkHttpExporterBuilder.java
index f1fa38b4391..37c7090fc0e 100644
--- a/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/okhttp/OkHttpExporterBuilder.java
+++ b/exporters/common/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/internal/okhttp/OkHttpExporterBuilder.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 package io.opentelemetry.exporter.internal.okhttp;
 
+import io.opentelemetry.api.GlobalOpenTelemetry;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.MeterProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.internal.ExporterBuilderUtil;
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.internal.TlsUtil;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLException;
 import javax.net.ssl.X509KeyManager;
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ public final class OkHttpExporterBuilder<T extends Marshaler> {
   @Nullable private byte[] privateKeyPem;
   @Nullable private byte[] certificatePem;
   @Nullable private RetryPolicy retryPolicy;
-  private MeterProvider meterProvider = MeterProvider.noop();
+  private Supplier<MeterProvider> meterProviderSupplier = GlobalOpenTelemetry::getMeterProvider;
   @Nullable private Authenticator authenticator;
 
   public OkHttpExporterBuilder(String exporterName, String type, String defaultEndpoint) {
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ public OkHttpExporterBuilder<T> setClientTls(byte[] privateKeyPem, byte[] certif
   }
 
   public OkHttpExporterBuilder<T> setMeterProvider(MeterProvider meterProvider) {
-    this.meterProvider = meterProvider;
+    this.meterProviderSupplier = () -> meterProvider;
     return this;
   }
 
@@ -158,7 +160,7 @@ public OkHttpExporter<T> build() {
         exporterName,
         type,
         clientBuilder.build(),
-        meterProvider,
+        meterProviderSupplier,
         endpoint,
         headers,
         compressionEnabled,
diff --git a/exporters/jaeger/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/jaeger/JaegerGrpcSpanExporterBuilder.java b/exporters/jaeger/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/jaeger/JaegerGrpcSpanExporterBuilder.java
index 8d61b9590f3..c30ad9f1651 100644
--- a/exporters/jaeger/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/jaeger/JaegerGrpcSpanExporterBuilder.java
+++ b/exporters/jaeger/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/jaeger/JaegerGrpcSpanExporterBuilder.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
 
 import io.grpc.ManagedChannel;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.GlobalOpenTelemetry;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.MeterProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.internal.grpc.GrpcExporter;
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.internal.grpc.GrpcExporterBuilder;
@@ -119,8 +120,8 @@ public JaegerGrpcSpanExporterBuilder setClientTls(byte[] privateKeyPem, byte[] c
   }
 
   /**
-   * Sets the {@link MeterProvider} to use to collect metrics related to export. If not set, metrics
-   * will not be collected.
+   * Sets the {@link MeterProvider} to use to collect metrics related to export. If not set, uses
+   * {@link GlobalOpenTelemetry#getMeterProvider()}.
    *
    * @since 1.15.0
    */
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/http/metrics/OtlpHttpMetricExporterBuilder.java b/exporters/otlp/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/http/metrics/OtlpHttpMetricExporterBuilder.java
index 03b1ea0e737..83c19c14534 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/http/metrics/OtlpHttpMetricExporterBuilder.java
+++ b/exporters/otlp/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/http/metrics/OtlpHttpMetricExporterBuilder.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import static io.opentelemetry.api.internal.Utils.checkArgument;
 import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
 
+import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.MeterProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.internal.okhttp.OkHttpExporterBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.internal.otlp.OtlpUserAgent;
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.internal.otlp.metrics.MetricsRequestMarshaler;
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ public final class OtlpHttpMetricExporterBuilder {
 
   OtlpHttpMetricExporterBuilder() {
     delegate = new OkHttpExporterBuilder<>("otlp", "metric", DEFAULT_ENDPOINT);
+    delegate.setMeterProvider(MeterProvider.noop());
     OtlpUserAgent.addUserAgentHeader(delegate::addHeader);
   }
 
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/http/trace/OtlpHttpSpanExporterBuilder.java b/exporters/otlp/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/http/trace/OtlpHttpSpanExporterBuilder.java
index 0f268cbb83e..6ce05a36482 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/http/trace/OtlpHttpSpanExporterBuilder.java
+++ b/exporters/otlp/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/http/trace/OtlpHttpSpanExporterBuilder.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import static io.opentelemetry.api.internal.Utils.checkArgument;
 import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
 
+import io.opentelemetry.api.GlobalOpenTelemetry;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.MeterProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.internal.okhttp.OkHttpExporterBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.internal.otlp.OtlpUserAgent;
@@ -100,8 +101,8 @@ public OtlpHttpSpanExporterBuilder setClientTls(byte[] privateKeyPem, byte[] cer
   }
 
   /**
-   * Sets the {@link MeterProvider} to use to collect metrics related to export. If not set, metrics
-   * will not be collected.
+   * Sets the {@link MeterProvider} to use to collect metrics related to export. If not set, uses
+   * {@link GlobalOpenTelemetry#getMeterProvider()}.
    */
   public OtlpHttpSpanExporterBuilder setMeterProvider(MeterProvider meterProvider) {
     requireNonNull(meterProvider, "meterProvider");
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/metrics/OtlpGrpcMetricExporterBuilder.java b/exporters/otlp/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/metrics/OtlpGrpcMetricExporterBuilder.java
index d87a79c76ad..3bc796b36e9 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/metrics/OtlpGrpcMetricExporterBuilder.java
+++ b/exporters/otlp/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/metrics/OtlpGrpcMetricExporterBuilder.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
 
 import io.grpc.ManagedChannel;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.MeterProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.internal.grpc.GrpcExporter;
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.internal.grpc.GrpcExporterBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.internal.otlp.OtlpUserAgent;
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ public final class OtlpGrpcMetricExporterBuilder {
             DEFAULT_ENDPOINT,
             () -> MarshalerMetricsServiceGrpc::newFutureStub,
             GRPC_ENDPOINT_PATH);
+    delegate.setMeterProvider(MeterProvider.noop());
     OtlpUserAgent.addUserAgentHeader(delegate::addHeader);
   }
 
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/trace/OtlpGrpcSpanExporterBuilder.java b/exporters/otlp/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/trace/OtlpGrpcSpanExporterBuilder.java
index b8e376326a8..505f8e56dcc 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/trace/OtlpGrpcSpanExporterBuilder.java
+++ b/exporters/otlp/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/trace/OtlpGrpcSpanExporterBuilder.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
 
 import io.grpc.ManagedChannel;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.GlobalOpenTelemetry;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.MeterProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.internal.grpc.GrpcExporter;
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.internal.grpc.GrpcExporterBuilder;
@@ -141,8 +142,8 @@ public OtlpGrpcSpanExporterBuilder addHeader(String key, String value) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Sets the {@link MeterProvider} to use to collect metrics related to export. If not set, metrics
-   * will not be collected.
+   * Sets the {@link MeterProvider} to use to collect metrics related to export. If not set, uses
+   * {@link GlobalOpenTelemetry#getMeterProvider()}.
    */
   public OtlpGrpcSpanExporterBuilder setMeterProvider(MeterProvider meterProvider) {
     requireNonNull(meterProvider, "meterProvider");
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/logs/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/http/logs/OtlpHttpLogRecordExporterBuilder.java b/exporters/otlp/logs/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/http/logs/OtlpHttpLogRecordExporterBuilder.java
index 3357c8f9e5a..4a201104e8d 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/logs/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/http/logs/OtlpHttpLogRecordExporterBuilder.java
+++ b/exporters/otlp/logs/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/http/logs/OtlpHttpLogRecordExporterBuilder.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import static io.opentelemetry.api.internal.Utils.checkArgument;
 import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
 
+import io.opentelemetry.api.GlobalOpenTelemetry;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.MeterProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.internal.okhttp.OkHttpExporterBuilder;
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.internal.otlp.OtlpUserAgent;
@@ -97,8 +98,8 @@ public OtlpHttpLogRecordExporterBuilder setClientTls(
   }
 
   /**
-   * Sets the {@link MeterProvider} to use to collect metrics related to export. If not set, metrics
-   * will not be collected.
+   * Sets the {@link MeterProvider} to use to collect metrics related to export. If not set, uses
+   * {@link GlobalOpenTelemetry#getMeterProvider()}.
    */
   public OtlpHttpLogRecordExporterBuilder setMeterProvider(MeterProvider meterProvider) {
     requireNonNull(meterProvider, "meterProvider");
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/logs/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/logs/OtlpGrpcLogRecordExporterBuilder.java b/exporters/otlp/logs/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/logs/OtlpGrpcLogRecordExporterBuilder.java
index b9ee0ac7f0c..2802bbdc5f0 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/logs/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/logs/OtlpGrpcLogRecordExporterBuilder.java
+++ b/exporters/otlp/logs/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/logs/OtlpGrpcLogRecordExporterBuilder.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
 
 import io.grpc.ManagedChannel;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.GlobalOpenTelemetry;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.MeterProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.internal.grpc.GrpcExporter;
 import io.opentelemetry.exporter.internal.grpc.GrpcExporterBuilder;
@@ -142,8 +143,8 @@ public OtlpGrpcLogRecordExporterBuilder addHeader(String key, String value) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Sets the {@link MeterProvider} to use to collect metrics related to export. If not set, metrics
-   * will not be collected.
+   * Sets the {@link MeterProvider} to use to collect metrics related to export. If not set, uses
+   * {@link GlobalOpenTelemetry#getMeterProvider()}.
    */
   public OtlpGrpcLogRecordExporterBuilder setMeterProvider(MeterProvider meterProvider) {
     requireNonNull(meterProvider, "meterProvider");
diff --git a/exporters/zipkin/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/zipkin/ZipkinSpanExporter.java b/exporters/zipkin/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/zipkin/ZipkinSpanExporter.java
index 36596c9f105..1df90b98b62 100644
--- a/exporters/zipkin/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/zipkin/ZipkinSpanExporter.java
+++ b/exporters/zipkin/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/zipkin/ZipkinSpanExporter.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import zipkin2.Callback;
@@ -44,14 +45,14 @@ public final class ZipkinSpanExporter implements SpanExporter {
   ZipkinSpanExporter(
       BytesEncoder<Span> encoder,
       Sender sender,
-      MeterProvider meterProvider,
+      Supplier<MeterProvider> meterProviderSupplier,
       OtelToZipkinSpanTransformer transformer) {
     this.encoder = encoder;
     this.sender = sender;
     this.exporterMetrics =
         sender.encoding() == Encoding.JSON
-            ? ExporterMetrics.createHttpJson("zipkin", "span", meterProvider)
-            : ExporterMetrics.createHttpProtobuf("zipkin", "span", meterProvider);
+            ? ExporterMetrics.createHttpJson("zipkin", "span", meterProviderSupplier)
+            : ExporterMetrics.createHttpProtobuf("zipkin", "span", meterProviderSupplier);
     this.transformer = transformer;
   }
 
diff --git a/exporters/zipkin/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/zipkin/ZipkinSpanExporterBuilder.java b/exporters/zipkin/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/zipkin/ZipkinSpanExporterBuilder.java
index a1fbf06f64e..c47745b1351 100644
--- a/exporters/zipkin/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/zipkin/ZipkinSpanExporterBuilder.java
+++ b/exporters/zipkin/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/zipkin/ZipkinSpanExporterBuilder.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import static io.opentelemetry.api.internal.Utils.checkArgument;
 import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
 
+import io.opentelemetry.api.GlobalOpenTelemetry;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.MeterProvider;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.time.Duration;
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ public final class ZipkinSpanExporterBuilder {
   // which is created when no custom sender is set (see OkHttpSender.Builder)
   private boolean compressionEnabled = true;
   private long readTimeoutMillis = TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(10);
-  private MeterProvider meterProvider = MeterProvider.noop();
+  private Supplier<MeterProvider> meterProviderSupplier = GlobalOpenTelemetry::getMeterProvider;
 
   /**
    * Sets the Zipkin sender. Implements the client side of the span transport. An {@link
@@ -138,15 +139,15 @@ public ZipkinSpanExporterBuilder setReadTimeout(Duration timeout) {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Sets the {@link MeterProvider} to use to collect metrics related to export. If not set, metrics
-   * will not be collected.
+   * Sets the {@link MeterProvider} to use to collect metrics related to export. If not set, uses
+   * {@link GlobalOpenTelemetry#getMeterProvider()}.
    *
    * @return this.
    * @since 1.17.0
    */
   public ZipkinSpanExporterBuilder setMeterProvider(MeterProvider meterProvider) {
     requireNonNull(meterProvider, "meterProvider");
-    this.meterProvider = meterProvider;
+    this.meterProviderSupplier = () -> meterProvider;
     return this;
   }
 
@@ -167,6 +168,6 @@ public ZipkinSpanExporter build() {
     }
     OtelToZipkinSpanTransformer transformer =
         OtelToZipkinSpanTransformer.create(localIpAddressSupplier);
-    return new ZipkinSpanExporter(encoder, sender, meterProvider, transformer);
+    return new ZipkinSpanExporter(encoder, sender, meterProviderSupplier, transformer);
   }
 }
diff --git a/exporters/zipkin/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/zipkin/ZipkinSpanExporterTest.java b/exporters/zipkin/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/zipkin/ZipkinSpanExporterTest.java
index 56ad4ff81cc..0237b6c112c 100644
--- a/exporters/zipkin/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/zipkin/ZipkinSpanExporterTest.java
+++ b/exporters/zipkin/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/exporter/zipkin/ZipkinSpanExporterTest.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ void testExport() {
     TestSpanData testSpanData = spanBuilder().build();
 
     ZipkinSpanExporter zipkinSpanExporter =
-        new ZipkinSpanExporter(mockEncoder, mockSender, MeterProvider.noop(), mockTransformer);
+        new ZipkinSpanExporter(mockEncoder, mockSender, MeterProvider::noop, mockTransformer);
 
     byte[] someBytes = new byte[0];
     Span zipkinSpan =
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void testExport_failed() {
     TestSpanData testSpanData = spanBuilder().build();
 
     ZipkinSpanExporter zipkinSpanExporter =
-        new ZipkinSpanExporter(mockEncoder, mockSender, MeterProvider.noop(), mockTransformer);
+        new ZipkinSpanExporter(mockEncoder, mockSender, MeterProvider::noop, mockTransformer);
 
     byte[] someBytes = new byte[0];
     Span zipkinSpan =
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/testFullConfig/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/FullConfigTest.java b/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/testFullConfig/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/FullConfigTest.java
index e2a797c940b..82e09af46f2 100644
--- a/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/testFullConfig/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/FullConfigTest.java
+++ b/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/testFullConfig/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/FullConfigTest.java
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ void setUp() {
     System.setProperty("otel.exporter.otlp.timeout", "10000");
 
     // Initialize here so we can shutdown when done
+    GlobalOpenTelemetry.resetForTest();
     autoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdk = AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdk.initialize();
   }