diff --git a/lambda-layer/otel-instrument b/lambda-layer/otel-instrument
index 915d41d9d0..aef2c2d1f6 100644
--- a/lambda-layer/otel-instrument
+++ b/lambda-layer/otel-instrument
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ else
     export OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES="$LAMBDA_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES,$OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES";
 fi
 
+# Enable default instrumentations
+export OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_COMMON_DEFAULT_ENABLED=${OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_COMMON_DEFAULT_ENABLED:-"false"}
+export OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_AWS_LAMBDA_ENABLED=${OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_AWS_LAMBDA_ENABLED:-"true"}
+export OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_AWS_SDK_ENABLED=${OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_AWS_SDK_ENABLED:-"true"}
+export OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_APACHE_HTTPCLIENT_ENABLED=${OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_APACHE_HTTPCLIENT_ENABLED:-"true"}
+export OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_JAVA_HTTP_CLIENT_ENABLED=${OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_JAVA_HTTP_CLIENT_ENABLED:-"true"}
+export OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_NETTY_ENABLED=${OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_NETTY_ENABLED:-"true"}
+
 ARGS=("$@")
 EXTRA_ARGS=()