diff --git a/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/internal/Experimental.java b/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/internal/Experimental.java
index 59408b8d2657..bf49b86e2737 100644
--- a/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/internal/Experimental.java
+++ b/instrumentation-api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/api/internal/Experimental.java
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ public final class Experimental {
   private static volatile BiConsumer<InstrumenterBuilder<?, ?>, AttributesExtractor<?, ?>>
       operationListenerAttributesExtractorAdder;
 
+  private static volatile boolean dynamicAttachEnabled = false;
+
   private Experimental() {}
 
   public static void setRedactQueryParameters(
@@ -85,4 +87,12 @@ public static <REQUEST, RESPONSE> void internalAddOperationListenerAttributesExt
     Experimental.operationListenerAttributesExtractorAdder =
         (BiConsumer) operationListenerAttributesExtractorAdder;
   }
+
+  public static void setDynamicAttachEnabled(boolean enabled) {
+    dynamicAttachEnabled = enabled;
+  }
+
+  public static boolean isDynamicAttachEnabled() {
+    return dynamicAttachEnabled;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/javaagent-bootstrap/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/bootstrap/AgentInitializer.java b/javaagent-bootstrap/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/bootstrap/AgentInitializer.java
index 509d13964d3b..639de6aca976 100644
--- a/javaagent-bootstrap/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/bootstrap/AgentInitializer.java
+++ b/javaagent-bootstrap/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/bootstrap/AgentInitializer.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 package io.opentelemetry.javaagent.bootstrap;
 
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.internal.ConfigPropertiesUtil;
+import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.api.internal.Experimental;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.lang.instrument.Instrumentation;
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ public static void initialize(
         new PrivilegedAction<Void>() {
           @Override
           public Void run() {
-            setSystemProperties(agentArgs);
+            setSystemProperties(agentArgs, fromPremain);
             return null;
           }
         });
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ private static AgentStarter createAgentStarter(
   private AgentInitializer() {}
 
   @SuppressWarnings("SystemOut")
-  static void setSystemProperties(@Nullable String agentArgs) {
+  static void setSystemProperties(@Nullable String agentArgs, boolean fromPremain) {
     boolean debug = false;
     if (agentArgs != null && !agentArgs.isEmpty()) {
       for (String option : agentArgs.split(";")) {
@@ -236,5 +237,9 @@ static void setSystemProperties(@Nullable String agentArgs) {
         }
       }
     }
+
+    if (!fromPremain || getBoolean("otel.javaagent.experimental.dynamic.attach", false)) {
+      Experimental.setDynamicAttachEnabled(true);
+    }
   }
 }