diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/AgentInstaller.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/AgentInstaller.java
index dfc7f860c9..ef920a0518 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/AgentInstaller.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-tooling/src/main/java/datadog/trace/agent/tooling/AgentInstaller.java
@@ -138,8 +138,13 @@ public class AgentInstaller {
     int numInstrumenters = 0;
     for (final Instrumenter instrumenter : ServiceLoader.load(Instrumenter.class)) {
       log.debug("Loading instrumentation {}", instrumenter.getClass().getName());
-      agentBuilder = instrumenter.instrument(agentBuilder);
-      numInstrumenters++;
+
+      try {
+        agentBuilder = instrumenter.instrument(agentBuilder);
+        numInstrumenters++;
+      } catch (final Throwable e) {
+        log.error("Unable to load instrumentation {}", instrumenter.getClass().getName(), e);
+      }
     }
     log.debug("Installed {} instrumenter(s)", numInstrumenters);