diff --git a/sdk/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/Samplers.java b/sdk/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/Samplers.java
index 348e292064..22ffec6bc1 100644
--- a/sdk/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/Samplers.java
+++ b/sdk/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/Samplers.java
@@ -139,6 +139,21 @@ public final class Samplers {
     return AlwaysOffSampler.INSTANCE;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns a {@link Sampler} that always makes the same decision as the parent {@link Span} to
+   * whether or not to sample. If there is no parent, the Sampler uses the provided Sampler delegate
+   * to determine the sampling decision.
+   *
+   * @param delegateSampler the {@code Sampler} which is used to make the sampling decisions if the
+   *     parent does not exist.
+   * @return a {@code Sampler} that follows the parent's sampling decision if one exists, otherwise
+   *     following the delegate sampler's decision.
+   * @since 0.7.0
+   */
+  public static Sampler parentOrElse(Sampler delegateSampler) {
+    return new ParentOrElse(delegateSampler);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns a new Probability {@link Sampler}. The probability of sampling a trace is equal to that
    * of the specified probability.
@@ -195,6 +210,40 @@ public final class Samplers {
     }
   }
 
+  @Immutable
+  static class ParentOrElse implements Sampler {
+    private final Sampler delegateSampler;
+
+    ParentOrElse(Sampler delegateSampler) {
+      this.delegateSampler = delegateSampler;
+    }
+
+    // If a parent is set, always follows the same sampling decision as the parent.
+    // Otherwise, uses the delegateSampler provided at initialization to make a decision.
+    @Override
+    public Decision shouldSample(
+        @Nullable SpanContext parentContext,
+        TraceId traceId,
+        String name,
+        Kind spanKind,
+        ReadableAttributes attributes,
+        List<Link> parentLinks) {
+      if (parentContext != null) {
+        if (parentContext.getTraceFlags().isSampled()) {
+          return EMPTY_SAMPLED_DECISION;
+        }
+        return EMPTY_NOT_SAMPLED_DECISION;
+      }
+      return this.delegateSampler.shouldSample(
+          parentContext, traceId, name, spanKind, attributes, parentLinks);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getDescription() {
+      return String.format("ParentOrElseSampler-%s", this.delegateSampler.getDescription());
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * We assume the lower 64 bits of the traceId's are randomly distributed around the whole (long)
    * range. We convert an incoming probability into an upper bound on that value, such that we can
diff --git a/sdk/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SamplersTest.java b/sdk/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SamplersTest.java
index 03c66bc511..b5a8c22c73 100644
--- a/sdk/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SamplersTest.java
+++ b/sdk/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SamplersTest.java
@@ -193,6 +193,96 @@ public class SamplersTest {
     assertThat(Samplers.alwaysOff().getDescription()).isEqualTo("AlwaysOffSampler");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void parentOrElseSampler_AlwaysOn() {
+    // Sampled parent.
+    assertThat(
+            Samplers.parentOrElse(Samplers.alwaysOn())
+                .shouldSample(
+                    sampledSpanContext,
+                    traceId,
+                    SPAN_NAME,
+                    SPAN_KIND,
+                    Attributes.empty(),
+                    Collections.emptyList())
+                .isSampled())
+        .isTrue();
+
+    // Not sampled parent.
+    assertThat(
+            Samplers.parentOrElse(Samplers.alwaysOn())
+                .shouldSample(
+                    notSampledSpanContext,
+                    traceId,
+                    SPAN_NAME,
+                    SPAN_KIND,
+                    Attributes.empty(),
+                    Collections.emptyList())
+                .isSampled())
+        .isFalse();
+
+    // Null parent.
+    assertThat(
+            Samplers.parentOrElse(Samplers.alwaysOn())
+                .shouldSample(
+                    null,
+                    traceId,
+                    SPAN_NAME,
+                    SPAN_KIND,
+                    Attributes.empty(),
+                    Collections.emptyList())
+                .isSampled())
+        .isTrue();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void parentOrElseSampler_AlwaysOff() {
+    // Sampled parent.
+    assertThat(
+            Samplers.parentOrElse(Samplers.alwaysOff())
+                .shouldSample(
+                    sampledSpanContext,
+                    traceId,
+                    SPAN_NAME,
+                    SPAN_KIND,
+                    Attributes.empty(),
+                    Collections.emptyList())
+                .isSampled())
+        .isTrue();
+
+    // Not sampled parent.
+    assertThat(
+            Samplers.parentOrElse(Samplers.alwaysOff())
+                .shouldSample(
+                    notSampledSpanContext,
+                    traceId,
+                    SPAN_NAME,
+                    SPAN_KIND,
+                    Attributes.empty(),
+                    Collections.emptyList())
+                .isSampled())
+        .isFalse();
+
+    // Null parent.
+    assertThat(
+            Samplers.parentOrElse(Samplers.alwaysOff())
+                .shouldSample(
+                    null,
+                    traceId,
+                    SPAN_NAME,
+                    SPAN_KIND,
+                    Attributes.empty(),
+                    Collections.emptyList())
+                .isSampled())
+        .isFalse();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void parentOrElseSampler_GetDescription() {
+    assertThat(Samplers.parentOrElse(Samplers.alwaysOn()).getDescription())
+        .isEqualTo("ParentOrElseSampler-AlwaysOnSampler");
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void probabilitySampler_AlwaysSample() {
     Samplers.Probability sampler = Samplers.Probability.create(1);