diff --git a/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/OpenTelemetryInstaller.java b/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/OpenTelemetryInstaller.java
index 2cae270df9..86037a58b8 100644
--- a/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/OpenTelemetryInstaller.java
+++ b/javaagent-tooling/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/tooling/OpenTelemetryInstaller.java
@@ -13,8 +13,15 @@ import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.extension.AgentListener;
 import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.instrumentation.api.OpenTelemetrySdkAccess;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.OpenTelemetrySdk;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.OpenTelemetrySdkAutoConfiguration;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.SdkMeterProviderConfigurer;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.CompletableResultCode;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.SdkMeterProviderBuilder;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.aggregator.AggregatorFactory;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.common.InstrumentType;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.data.AggregationTemporality;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.IntervalMetricReader;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.view.InstrumentSelector;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.view.View;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -84,4 +91,27 @@ public class OpenTelemetryInstaller implements AgentListener {
           }
         });
   }
+
+  // Configure histogram metrics similarly to how the SDK will default in 1.5.0 for early feedback.
+  @AutoService(SdkMeterProviderConfigurer.class)
+  public static final class OpenTelemetryMetricsConfigurer implements SdkMeterProviderConfigurer {
+
+    @Override
+    public void configure(SdkMeterProviderBuilder sdkMeterProviderBuilder) {
+      sdkMeterProviderBuilder.registerView(
+          InstrumentSelector.builder()
+              .setInstrumentNameRegex(".*duration")
+              .setInstrumentType(InstrumentType.VALUE_RECORDER)
+              .build(),
+          // Histogram buckets the same as the metrics prototype/prometheus.
+          View.builder()
+              .setAggregatorFactory(
+                  AggregatorFactory.histogram(
+                      Arrays.asList(
+                          5d, 10d, 25d, 50d, 75d, 100d, 250d, 500d, 750d, 1_000d, 2_500d, 5_000d,
+                          7_500d, 10_000d),
+                      AggregationTemporality.CUMULATIVE))
+              .build());
+    }
+  }
 }