diff --git a/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/config/GeneralConfig.java b/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/config/GeneralConfig.java
index 8be2c2a975f..74a928245e6 100644
--- a/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/config/GeneralConfig.java
+++ b/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/config/GeneralConfig.java
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ public final class GeneralConfig {
 
   public static final String RUNTIME_METRICS_ENABLED = "runtime.metrics.enabled";
   public static final String RUNTIME_ID_ENABLED = "runtime-id.enabled";
+  public static final String RUNTIME_METRICS_RUNTIME_ID_ENABLED =
+      "runtime.metrics.runtime-id.enabled";
 
   public static final String HEALTH_METRICS_ENABLED = "trace.health.metrics.enabled";
   public static final String HEALTH_METRICS_STATSD_HOST = "trace.health.metrics.statsd.host";
diff --git a/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java b/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java
index e77dd9dd6b8..ea43af9da0c 100644
--- a/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java
+++ b/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java
@@ -601,7 +601,8 @@ private Config(final ConfigProvider configProvider, final InstrumenterConfig ins
     this.configProvider = configProvider;
     this.instrumenterConfig = instrumenterConfig;
     configFileStatus = configProvider.getConfigFileStatus();
-    runtimeIdEnabled = configProvider.getBoolean(RUNTIME_ID_ENABLED, true);
+    runtimeIdEnabled =
+        configProvider.getBoolean(RUNTIME_ID_ENABLED, true, RUNTIME_METRICS_RUNTIME_ID_ENABLED);
     runtimeVersion = System.getProperty("java.version", "unknown");
 
     // Note: We do not want APiKey to be loaded from property for security reasons
diff --git a/internal-api/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/api/ConfigForkedTest.groovy b/internal-api/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/api/ConfigForkedTest.groovy
index 2b3226a7e0e..1699a69b8d2 100644
--- a/internal-api/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/api/ConfigForkedTest.groovy
+++ b/internal-api/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/api/ConfigForkedTest.groovy
@@ -3,14 +3,19 @@ package datadog.trace.api
 import spock.lang.Specification
 
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.GeneralConfig.RUNTIME_ID_ENABLED
+import static datadog.trace.api.config.GeneralConfig.RUNTIME_METRICS_RUNTIME_ID_ENABLED
 
 class ConfigForkedTest extends Specification {
 
   static final String PREFIX = "dd."
 
+  def getSetting() {
+    RUNTIME_ID_ENABLED
+  }
+
   def "test random runtime id generation can be turned off"(){
     setup:
-    System.setProperty(PREFIX + RUNTIME_ID_ENABLED, "false")
+    System.setProperty(PREFIX + getSetting(), "false")
 
     when:
     def config = new Config()
@@ -18,3 +23,10 @@ class ConfigForkedTest extends Specification {
     config.runtimeId == ""
   }
 }
+
+class RuntimeMetricsRuntimeIdAliasForkedTest extends ConfigForkedTest {
+  @Override
+  def getSetting() {
+    RUNTIME_METRICS_RUNTIME_ID_ENABLED
+  }
+}