diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/internal/InstrumentationPropertyEnabled.java b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/internal/InstrumentationPropertyEnabled.java
index 419c749761..87687f668b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/internal/InstrumentationPropertyEnabled.java
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/internal/InstrumentationPropertyEnabled.java
@@ -22,7 +22,16 @@ public class InstrumentationPropertyEnabled implements Condition {
         metadata.getAnnotationAttributes(ConditionalOnEnabledInstrumentation.class.getName());
 
     String name = String.format("otel.instrumentation.%s.enabled", attributes.get("module"));
+    Boolean explicit = context.getEnvironment().getProperty(name, Boolean.class);
+    if (explicit != null) {
+      return explicit;
+    }
     boolean defaultValue = (boolean) attributes.get("enabledByDefault");
-    return context.getEnvironment().getProperty(name, Boolean.class, defaultValue);
+    if (!defaultValue) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    return context
+        .getEnvironment()
+        .getProperty("otel.instrumentation.common.default-enabled", Boolean.class, true);
   }
 }
diff --git a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/instrumentation/web/SpringWebInstrumentationAutoConfigurationTest.java b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/instrumentation/web/SpringWebInstrumentationAutoConfigurationTest.java
index 5dd0b973a3..9091047c84 100644
--- a/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/instrumentation/web/SpringWebInstrumentationAutoConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation/spring/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/spring/autoconfigure/instrumentation/web/SpringWebInstrumentationAutoConfigurationTest.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class SpringWebInstrumentationAutoConfigurationTest {
   void instrumentationEnabled() {
     contextRunner
         .withPropertyValues("otel.instrumentation.spring-web.enabled=true")
+        .withPropertyValues("otel.instrumentation.common.default-enabled=false")
         .run(
             context -> {
               assertThat(
@@ -69,6 +70,25 @@ class SpringWebInstrumentationAutoConfigurationTest {
                 assertThat(context.containsBean("otelRestTemplateBeanPostProcessor")).isFalse());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void instrumentationDisabledButAllEnabled() {
+    contextRunner
+        .withPropertyValues("otel.instrumentation.spring-web.enabled=false")
+        .withPropertyValues("otel.instrumentation.common.default-enabled=true")
+        .run(
+            context ->
+                assertThat(context.containsBean("otelRestTemplateBeanPostProcessor")).isFalse());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void allInstrumentationDisabled() {
+    contextRunner
+        .withPropertyValues("otel.instrumentation.common.default-enabled=false")
+        .run(
+            context ->
+                assertThat(context.containsBean("otelRestTemplateBeanPostProcessor")).isFalse());
+  }
+
   @Test
   void defaultConfiguration() {
     contextRunner.run(