diff --git a/observability/opentelemetry/v2/client/otel_observability_service.go b/observability/opentelemetry/v2/client/otel_observability_service.go
index 25ead8331..479f3a27e 100644
--- a/observability/opentelemetry/v2/client/otel_observability_service.go
+++ b/observability/opentelemetry/v2/client/otel_observability_service.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 // OTelObservabilityService implements the ObservabilityService interface from cloudevents
 type OTelObservabilityService struct {
+	traceProvider        trace.TracerProvider
 	tracer               trace.Tracer
 	spanAttributesGetter func(cloudevents.Event) []attribute.KeyValue
 	spanNameFormatter    func(cloudevents.Event) string
@@ -34,11 +35,8 @@ func NewOTelObservabilityService(opts ...OTelObservabilityServiceOption) *OTelOb
 	tracerProvider := otel.GetTracerProvider()
 
 	o := &OTelObservabilityService{
-		tracer: tracerProvider.Tracer(
-			instrumentationName,
-			// TODO: Can we have the package version here?
-			// trace.WithInstrumentationVersion("1.0.0"),
-		),
+		traceProvider:     tracerProvider,
+		tracer:            nil,
 		spanNameFormatter: defaultSpanNameFormatter,
 	}
 
@@ -47,6 +45,12 @@ func NewOTelObservabilityService(opts ...OTelObservabilityServiceOption) *OTelOb
 		opt(o)
 	}
 
+	o.tracer = o.traceProvider.Tracer(
+		instrumentationName,
+		// TODO: Can we have the package version here?
+		// trace.WithInstrumentationVersion("1.0.0"),
+	)
+
 	return o
 }
 
diff --git a/observability/opentelemetry/v2/client/otel_options.go b/observability/opentelemetry/v2/client/otel_options.go
index 053cd1558..953833808 100644
--- a/observability/opentelemetry/v2/client/otel_options.go
+++ b/observability/opentelemetry/v2/client/otel_options.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package client
 
 import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 
 	cloudevents "github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2"
 	"github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2/observability"
@@ -37,6 +38,15 @@ func WithSpanNameFormatter(nameFormatter func(cloudevents.Event) string) OTelObs
 	}
 }
 
+// WithTracerProvider sets the tracer provider to use for creating spans.
+func WithTracerProvider(tracerProvider trace.TracerProvider) OTelObservabilityServiceOption {
+	return func(os *OTelObservabilityService) {
+		if tracerProvider != nil {
+			os.traceProvider = tracerProvider
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 var defaultSpanNameFormatter func(cloudevents.Event) string = func(e cloudevents.Event) string {
 	return observability.ClientSpanName + "." + e.Context.GetType()
 }