diff --git a/dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts b/dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts
index 3fd2f5fc38..3c4fed3dc3 100644
--- a/dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/dependencyManagement/build.gradle.kts
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ val DEPENDENCY_BOMS = listOf(
   "io.zipkin.brave:brave-bom:5.13.7",
   "io.zipkin.reporter2:zipkin-reporter-bom:2.16.3",
   "org.junit:junit-bom:5.8.2",
-  "org.testcontainers:testcontainers-bom:1.16.3"
+  "org.testcontainers:testcontainers-bom:1.16.3",
+  "org.yaml:snakeyaml:1.30"
 )
 
 val DEPENDENCY_SETS = listOf(
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/README.md b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36d750ae79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# OpenTelemetry Metric Incubator
+
+[![Javadocs][javadoc-image]][javadoc-url]
+
+This artifact contains experimental code related to metrics.
+
+## View File Configuration
+
+Adds support for file based YAML configuration of Metric SDK Views.
+
+For example, suppose `/Users/user123/view.yaml` has the following content:
+
+```yaml
+- selector:
+    instrument_name: my-instrument
+    instrument_type: COUNTER
+    meter_name: my-meter
+    meter_version: 1.0.0
+    meter_schema_url: http://example.com
+  view:
+    name: new-instrument-name
+    description: new-description
+    aggregation: histogram
+    attribute_keys:
+      - foo
+      - bar
+```
+
+The equivalent view configuration would be:
+
+```
+SdkMeterProvider.builder()
+   .registerView(
+       InstrumentSelector.builder()
+           .setInstrumentName("my-instrument")
+           .setInstrumentType(InstrumentType.COUNTER)
+           .setMeterSelector(
+               MeterSelector.builder()
+                   .setName("my-meter")
+                   .setVersion("1.0.0")
+                   .setSchemaUrl("http://example.com")
+                   .build())
+           .build(),
+       View.builder()
+           .setName("new-instrument")
+           .setDescription("new-description")
+           .setAggregation(Aggregation.histogram())
+           .filterAttributes(key -> new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList("foo", "bar")).contains(key))
+           .build());
+```
+
+If using [autoconfigure](../autoconfigure) with this artifact on your classpath, it will automatically load a list of view config files specified via environment variable or system property:
+
+| System property                       | Environment variable                  | Purpose                                              |
+|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
+| otel.experimental.metrics.view-config | OTEL_EXPERIMENTAL_METRICS_VIEW_CONFIG | List of files containing view configuration YAML [1] |
+
+**[1]** In addition to absolute paths, resources on the classpath packaged with a jar can be loaded.
+For example, `otel.experimental.metrics.view-config=classpath:/my-view.yaml` loads the
+resource `/my-view.yaml`.
+
+If not using autoconfigure, a file can be used to configure views as follows:
+
+```
+SdkMeterProviderBuilder builder = SdkMeterProvider.builder();
+try (FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream("/Users/user123/view.yaml")) {
+  ViewConfig.registerViews(builder, fileInputStream);
+}
+```
+
+Notes on usage:
+
+- Many view configurations can live in one file. The YAML is parsed as an array of view
+  configurations.
+- At least one selection field is required, but including all is not necessary. Any omitted fields
+  will result in the default from `InstrumentSelector` being used.
+- At least one view field is required, but including all is not required. Any omitted fields will
+  result in the default from `View` being used.
+- Advanced selection criteria, like regular expressions, is not yet supported.
+
+[javadoc-image]: https://www.javadoc.io/badge/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-metric-incubator
+
+[javadoc-url]: https://www.javadoc.io/doc/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-metric-incubator
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/build.gradle.kts b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1eb309d4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+plugins {
+  id("otel.java-conventions")
+  id("otel.publish-conventions")
+}
+
+description = "OpenTelemetry SDK Metric Incubator"
+otelJava.moduleName.set("io.opentelemetry.sdk.extension.metric.incubator")
+
+dependencies {
+  implementation(project(":sdk:metrics"))
+  implementation(project(":sdk-extensions:autoconfigure-spi"))
+
+  implementation("org.yaml:snakeyaml")
+
+  annotationProcessor("com.google.auto.value:auto-value")
+
+  testImplementation(project(":sdk:testing"))
+  testImplementation(project(":sdk-extensions:autoconfigure"))
+  testImplementation(project(":sdk:metrics-testing"))
+
+  testImplementation("com.google.guava:guava")
+}
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/gradle.properties b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4476ae57e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+otel.release=alpha
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/viewconfig/SelectorSpecification.java b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/viewconfig/SelectorSpecification.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ff1d06d0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/viewconfig/SelectorSpecification.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package io.opentelemetry.sdk.viewconfig;
+
+import com.google.auto.value.AutoValue;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.common.InstrumentType;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+@AutoValue
+abstract class SelectorSpecification {
+
+  static AutoValue_SelectorSpecification.Builder builder() {
+    return new AutoValue_SelectorSpecification.Builder();
+  }
+
+  @Nullable
+  abstract String getInstrumentName();
+
+  @Nullable
+  abstract InstrumentType getInstrumentType();
+
+  @Nullable
+  abstract String getMeterName();
+
+  @Nullable
+  abstract String getMeterVersion();
+
+  @Nullable
+  abstract String getMeterSchemaUrl();
+
+  @AutoValue.Builder
+  interface Builder {
+    Builder instrumentName(@Nullable String instrumentName);
+
+    Builder instrumentType(@Nullable InstrumentType instrumentType);
+
+    Builder meterName(@Nullable String meterName);
+
+    Builder meterVersion(@Nullable String meterVersion);
+
+    Builder meterSchemaUrl(@Nullable String meterSchemaUrl);
+
+    SelectorSpecification build();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/viewconfig/ViewConfig.java b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/viewconfig/ViewConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5af5b317c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/viewconfig/ViewConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package io.opentelemetry.sdk.viewconfig;
+
+import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
+
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.ConfigurationException;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.SdkMeterProviderBuilder;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.common.InstrumentType;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.view.Aggregation;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.view.InstrumentSelector;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.view.MeterSelector;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.view.View;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.view.ViewBuilder;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
+
+/**
+ * Enables file based YAML configuration of Metric SDK {@link View}s.
+ *
+ * <p>For example, a YAML file with the following content:
+ *
+ * <pre>
+ *   - selector:
+ *       instrument_name: my-instrument
+ *       instrument_type: COUNTER
+ *       meter_name: my-meter
+ *       meter_version: 1.0.0
+ *       meter_schema_url: http://example.com
+ *     view:
+ *       name: new-instrument-name
+ *       description: new-description
+ *       aggregation: histogram
+ *       attribute_keys:
+ *         - foo
+ *         - bar
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * <p>Is equivalent to the following configuration:
+ *
+ * <pre>{@code
+ * SdkMeterProvider.builder()
+ *     .registerView(
+ *         InstrumentSelector.builder()
+ *             .setInstrumentName("my-instrument")
+ *             .setInstrumentType(InstrumentType.COUNTER)
+ *             .setMeterSelector(
+ *                 MeterSelector.builder()
+ *                     .setName("my-meter")
+ *                     .setVersion("1.0.0")
+ *                     .setSchemaUrl("http://example.com")
+ *                     .build())
+ *             .build(),
+ *         View.builder()
+ *             .setName("new-instrument")
+ *             .setDescription("new-description")
+ *             .setAggregation(Aggregation.histogram())
+ *             .filterAttributes(key -> new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList("foo", "bar")).contains(key))
+ *             .build());
+ * }</pre>
+ */
+public final class ViewConfig {
+
+  private ViewConfig() {}
+
+  /**
+   * Load the view configuration YAML from the {@code inputStream} and apply it to the {@link
+   * SdkMeterProviderBuilder}.
+   *
+   * @throws ConfigurationException if unable to interpret {@code inputStream} contents
+   */
+  public static void registerViews(
+      SdkMeterProviderBuilder meterProviderBuilder, InputStream inputStream) {
+    List<ViewConfigSpecification> viewConfigSpecs = loadViewConfig(inputStream);
+
+    for (ViewConfigSpecification viewConfigSpec : viewConfigSpecs) {
+      meterProviderBuilder.registerView(
+          toInstrumentSelector(viewConfigSpec.getSelectorSpecification()),
+          toView(viewConfigSpec.getViewSpecification()));
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Visible for testing
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  static List<ViewConfigSpecification> loadViewConfig(InputStream inputStream) {
+    Yaml yaml = new Yaml();
+    try {
+      List<ViewConfigSpecification> result = new ArrayList<>();
+      List<Map<String, Object>> viewConfigs = yaml.load(inputStream);
+      for (Map<String, Object> viewConfigSpecMap : viewConfigs) {
+        Map<String, Object> selectorSpecMap =
+            requireNonNull(
+                getAsType(viewConfigSpecMap, "selector", Map.class), "selector is required");
+        Map<String, Object> viewSpecMap =
+            requireNonNull(getAsType(viewConfigSpecMap, "view", Map.class), "view is required");
+
+        InstrumentType instrumentType =
+            Optional.ofNullable(getAsType(selectorSpecMap, "instrument_type", String.class))
+                .map(InstrumentType::valueOf)
+                .orElse(null);
+        List<String> attributeKeys =
+            Optional.ofNullable(
+                    ((List<Object>) getAsType(viewSpecMap, "attribute_keys", List.class)))
+                .map(objects -> objects.stream().map(String::valueOf).collect(toList()))
+                .orElse(null);
+
+        result.add(
+            ViewConfigSpecification.builder()
+                .selectorSpecification(
+                    SelectorSpecification.builder()
+                        .instrumentName(getAsType(selectorSpecMap, "instrument_name", String.class))
+                        .instrumentType(instrumentType)
+                        .meterName(getAsType(selectorSpecMap, "meter_name", String.class))
+                        .meterVersion(getAsType(selectorSpecMap, "meter_version", String.class))
+                        .meterSchemaUrl(
+                            getAsType(selectorSpecMap, "meter_schema_url", String.class))
+                        .build())
+                .viewSpecification(
+                    ViewSpecification.builder()
+                        .name(getAsType(viewSpecMap, "name", String.class))
+                        .description(getAsType(viewSpecMap, "description", String.class))
+                        .aggregation(getAsType(viewSpecMap, "aggregation", String.class))
+                        .attributeKeys(attributeKeys)
+                        .build())
+                .build());
+      }
+      return result;
+    } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+      throw new ConfigurationException("Failed to parse view config", e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Nullable
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  private static <T> T getAsType(Map<String, Object> map, String key, Class<T> type) {
+    Object value = map.get(key);
+    if (value != null && !type.isInstance(value)) {
+      throw new IllegalStateException(
+          "Expected "
+              + key
+              + " to be type "
+              + type.getName()
+              + " but was "
+              + value.getClass().getName());
+    }
+    return (T) value;
+  }
+
+  // Visible for testing
+  static View toView(ViewSpecification viewSpec) {
+    ViewBuilder builder = View.builder();
+    String name = viewSpec.getName();
+    if (name != null) {
+      builder.setName(name);
+    }
+    String description = viewSpec.getDescription();
+    if (description != null) {
+      builder.setDescription(description);
+    }
+    String aggregation = viewSpec.getAggregation();
+    if (aggregation != null) {
+      builder.setAggregation(toAggregation(aggregation));
+    }
+    List<String> attributeKeys = viewSpec.getAttributeKeys();
+    if (attributeKeys != null) {
+      Set<String> keySet = new HashSet<>(attributeKeys);
+      builder.filterAttributes(keySet::contains);
+    }
+    return builder.build();
+  }
+
+  // Visible for testing
+  static Aggregation toAggregation(String aggregation) {
+    switch (aggregation) {
+      case "sum":
+        return Aggregation.sum();
+      case "last_value":
+        return Aggregation.lastValue();
+      case "drop":
+        return Aggregation.drop();
+      case "histogram":
+        return Aggregation.explicitBucketHistogram();
+      default:
+        throw new ConfigurationException("Unrecognized aggregation " + aggregation);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Visible for testing
+  static InstrumentSelector toInstrumentSelector(SelectorSpecification selectorSpec) {
+    InstrumentSelector.Builder builder = InstrumentSelector.builder();
+    String instrumentName = selectorSpec.getInstrumentName();
+    if (instrumentName != null) {
+      builder.setInstrumentName(instrumentName);
+    }
+    InstrumentType instrumentType = selectorSpec.getInstrumentType();
+    if (instrumentType != null) {
+      builder.setInstrumentType(instrumentType);
+    }
+
+    MeterSelector.Builder meterBuilder = MeterSelector.builder();
+    String meterName = selectorSpec.getMeterName();
+    if (meterName != null) {
+      meterBuilder.setName(meterName);
+    }
+    String meterVersion = selectorSpec.getMeterVersion();
+    if (meterVersion != null) {
+      meterBuilder.setVersion(meterVersion);
+    }
+    String meterSchemaUrl = selectorSpec.getMeterSchemaUrl();
+    if (meterSchemaUrl != null) {
+      meterBuilder.setSchemaUrl(meterSchemaUrl);
+    }
+    builder.setMeterSelector(meterBuilder.build());
+
+    return builder.build();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/viewconfig/ViewConfigCustomizer.java b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/viewconfig/ViewConfigCustomizer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d8303a4f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/viewconfig/ViewConfigCustomizer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package io.opentelemetry.sdk.viewconfig;
+
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.AutoConfigurationCustomizer;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.AutoConfigurationCustomizerProvider;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.ConfigProperties;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.ConfigurationException;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.SdkMeterProviderBuilder;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/** SPI implementation for loading view configuration YAML. */
+public final class ViewConfigCustomizer implements AutoConfigurationCustomizerProvider {
+
+  @Override
+  public void customize(AutoConfigurationCustomizer autoConfiguration) {
+    autoConfiguration.addMeterProviderCustomizer(ViewConfigCustomizer::customizeMeterProvider);
+  }
+
+  // Visible for testing
+  static SdkMeterProviderBuilder customizeMeterProvider(
+      SdkMeterProviderBuilder meterProviderBuilder, ConfigProperties configProperties) {
+    List<String> configFileLocations =
+        configProperties.getList("otel.experimental.metrics.view.config");
+    for (String configFileLocation : configFileLocations) {
+      if (configFileLocation.startsWith("classpath:")) {
+        String classpathLocation = configFileLocation.substring("classpath:".length());
+        try (InputStream inputStream =
+            ViewConfigCustomizer.class.getResourceAsStream(classpathLocation)) {
+          if (inputStream == null) {
+            throw new ConfigurationException(
+                "Resource "
+                    + classpathLocation
+                    + " not found on classpath of classloader "
+                    + ViewConfigCustomizer.class.getClassLoader().getClass().getName());
+          }
+          ViewConfig.registerViews(meterProviderBuilder, inputStream);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+          throw new ConfigurationException(
+              "An error occurred reading view config resource on classpath: " + classpathLocation,
+              e);
+        }
+      } else {
+        try (FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(configFileLocation)) {
+          ViewConfig.registerViews(meterProviderBuilder, fileInputStream);
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+          throw new ConfigurationException("View config file not found: " + configFileLocation, e);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+          throw new ConfigurationException(
+              "An error occurred reading view config file: " + configFileLocation, e);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return meterProviderBuilder;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/viewconfig/ViewConfigSpecification.java b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/viewconfig/ViewConfigSpecification.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aad1e67ce3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/viewconfig/ViewConfigSpecification.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package io.opentelemetry.sdk.viewconfig;
+
+import com.google.auto.value.AutoValue;
+
+@AutoValue
+abstract class ViewConfigSpecification {
+
+  static AutoValue_ViewConfigSpecification.Builder builder() {
+    return new AutoValue_ViewConfigSpecification.Builder();
+  }
+
+  abstract SelectorSpecification getSelectorSpecification();
+
+  abstract ViewSpecification getViewSpecification();
+
+  @AutoValue.Builder
+  interface Builder {
+    Builder selectorSpecification(SelectorSpecification selectorSpecification);
+
+    Builder viewSpecification(ViewSpecification viewSpecification);
+
+    ViewConfigSpecification build();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/viewconfig/ViewSpecification.java b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/viewconfig/ViewSpecification.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6495a4a488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/viewconfig/ViewSpecification.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package io.opentelemetry.sdk.viewconfig;
+
+import com.google.auto.value.AutoValue;
+import java.util.List;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+@AutoValue
+abstract class ViewSpecification {
+
+  static AutoValue_ViewSpecification.Builder builder() {
+    return new AutoValue_ViewSpecification.Builder();
+  }
+
+  @Nullable
+  abstract String getName();
+
+  @Nullable
+  abstract String getDescription();
+
+  @Nullable
+  abstract String getAggregation();
+
+  @Nullable
+  abstract List<String> getAttributeKeys();
+
+  @AutoValue.Builder
+  interface Builder {
+    Builder name(@Nullable String name);
+
+    Builder description(@Nullable String description);
+
+    Builder aggregation(@Nullable String aggregation);
+
+    Builder attributeKeys(@Nullable List<String> attributeKeys);
+
+    ViewSpecification build();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.AutoConfigurationCustomizerProvider b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.AutoConfigurationCustomizerProvider
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e33fbf08e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.AutoConfigurationCustomizerProvider
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+io.opentelemetry.sdk.viewconfig.ViewConfigCustomizer
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/viewconfig/ViewConfigCustomizerTest.java b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/viewconfig/ViewConfigCustomizerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f16dee518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/viewconfig/ViewConfigCustomizerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package io.opentelemetry.sdk.viewconfig;
+
+import static io.opentelemetry.sdk.testing.assertj.MetricAssertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatCode;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Attributes;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdk;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.ConfigProperties;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.SdkMeterProvider;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.testing.exporter.InMemoryMetricReader;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class ViewConfigCustomizerTest {
+
+  @Test
+  void customizeMeterProvider_Spi() {
+    InMemoryMetricReader reader = InMemoryMetricReader.create();
+    AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdk.builder()
+        .setResultAsGlobal(false)
+        .addPropertiesSupplier(
+            () -> {
+              return ImmutableMap.of(
+                  "otel.traces.exporter",
+                  "none",
+                  "otel.experimental.metrics.view.config",
+                  "classpath:/view-config-customizer-test.yaml");
+            })
+        .addMeterProviderCustomizer(
+            (meterProviderBuilder, configProperties) ->
+                meterProviderBuilder.registerMetricReader(reader))
+        .build()
+        .getOpenTelemetrySdk()
+        .getSdkMeterProvider()
+        .get("test-meter")
+        .counterBuilder("counter")
+        .buildWithCallback(
+            callback -> {
+              // Attributes with keys baz and qux should be filtered out
+              callback.record(
+                  1,
+                  Attributes.builder()
+                      .put("foo", "val")
+                      .put("bar", "val")
+                      .put("baz", "val")
+                      .put("qux", "val")
+                      .build());
+            });
+
+    assertThat(reader.collectAllMetrics())
+        .satisfiesExactly(
+            metricData -> {
+              assertThat(metricData)
+                  .hasLongSum()
+                  .points()
+                  .satisfiesExactly(
+                      point ->
+                          assertThat(point)
+                              .hasValue(1)
+                              .hasAttributes(
+                                  Attributes.builder()
+                                      .put("foo", "val")
+                                      .put("bar", "val")
+                                      .build()));
+            });
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void customizeMeterProvider_MultipleFiles() {
+    ConfigProperties properties =
+        withConfigFileLocations(
+            "classpath:/view-config-customizer-test.yaml", "classpath:/full-config.yaml");
+
+    assertThatCode(
+            () ->
+                ViewConfigCustomizer.customizeMeterProvider(SdkMeterProvider.builder(), properties))
+        .doesNotThrowAnyException();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void customizeMeterProvider_AbsolutePath() {
+    ConfigProperties properties =
+        withConfigFileLocations(
+            ViewConfigTest.class.getResource("/view-config-customizer-test.yaml").getFile());
+
+    assertThatCode(
+            () ->
+                ViewConfigCustomizer.customizeMeterProvider(SdkMeterProvider.builder(), properties))
+        .doesNotThrowAnyException();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void customizeMeterProvider_Invalid() {
+    assertThatThrownBy(
+            () ->
+                ViewConfigCustomizer.customizeMeterProvider(
+                    SdkMeterProvider.builder(),
+                    withConfigFileLocations("classpath:" + UUID.randomUUID())))
+        .hasMessageMatching("Resource .* not found on classpath of classloader .*");
+    assertThatThrownBy(
+            () ->
+                ViewConfigCustomizer.customizeMeterProvider(
+                    SdkMeterProvider.builder(), withConfigFileLocations("/" + UUID.randomUUID())))
+        .hasMessageContaining("View config file not found:");
+    assertThatThrownBy(
+            () ->
+                ViewConfigCustomizer.customizeMeterProvider(
+                    SdkMeterProvider.builder(),
+                    withConfigFileLocations("classpath:/empty-selector-config.yaml")))
+        .hasMessageContaining("Failed to parse view config")
+        .hasRootCauseMessage("selector is required");
+  }
+
+  private static ConfigProperties withConfigFileLocations(String... fileLocations) {
+    ConfigProperties properties = mock(ConfigProperties.class);
+    when(properties.getList("otel.experimental.metrics.view.config"))
+        .thenReturn(Arrays.asList(fileLocations));
+    return properties;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/viewconfig/ViewConfigTest.java b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/viewconfig/ViewConfigTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ecc8200904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/viewconfig/ViewConfigTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package io.opentelemetry.sdk.viewconfig;
+
+import static io.opentelemetry.sdk.testing.assertj.OpenTelemetryAssertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.as;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
+
+import io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributeKey;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Attributes;
+import io.opentelemetry.context.Context;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.ConfigurationException;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.SdkMeterProvider;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.SdkMeterProviderBuilder;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.common.InstrumentType;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.internal.view.ViewRegistryBuilder;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.view.Aggregation;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.view.InstrumentSelector;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.view.View;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import org.assertj.core.api.InstanceOfAssertFactories;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class ViewConfigTest {
+
+  @Test
+  void registerViews_FullConfig() {
+    SdkMeterProviderBuilder builder = SdkMeterProvider.builder();
+
+    ViewConfig.registerViews(builder, resourceFileInputStream("full-config.yaml"));
+
+    assertThat(builder)
+        .extracting(
+            "viewRegistryBuilder", as(InstanceOfAssertFactories.type(ViewRegistryBuilder.class)))
+        .extracting("orderedViews", as(InstanceOfAssertFactories.list(Object.class)))
+        .hasSize(2);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void loadViewConfig_FullConfig() {
+    List<ViewConfigSpecification> viewConfigSpecs =
+        ViewConfig.loadViewConfig(resourceFileInputStream("full-config.yaml"));
+
+    assertThat(viewConfigSpecs)
+        .satisfiesExactly(
+            viewConfigSpec -> {
+              SelectorSpecification selectorSpec = viewConfigSpec.getSelectorSpecification();
+              assertThat(selectorSpec.getInstrumentName()).isEqualTo("name1");
+              assertThat(selectorSpec.getInstrumentType()).isEqualTo(InstrumentType.COUNTER);
+              assertThat(selectorSpec.getMeterName()).isEqualTo("meterName1");
+              assertThat(selectorSpec.getMeterVersion()).isEqualTo("1.0.0");
+              assertThat(selectorSpec.getMeterSchemaUrl()).isEqualTo("http://example1.com");
+              ViewSpecification viewSpec = viewConfigSpec.getViewSpecification();
+              assertThat(viewSpec.getName()).isEqualTo("name1");
+              assertThat(viewSpec.getDescription()).isEqualTo("description1");
+              assertThat(viewSpec.getAggregation()).isEqualTo("sum");
+              assertThat(viewSpec.getAttributeKeys()).containsExactly("foo", "bar");
+            },
+            viewConfigSpec -> {
+              SelectorSpecification selectorSpec = viewConfigSpec.getSelectorSpecification();
+              assertThat(selectorSpec.getInstrumentName()).isEqualTo("name2");
+              assertThat(selectorSpec.getInstrumentType()).isEqualTo(InstrumentType.COUNTER);
+              assertThat(selectorSpec.getMeterName()).isEqualTo("meterName2");
+              assertThat(selectorSpec.getMeterVersion()).isEqualTo("2.0.0");
+              assertThat(selectorSpec.getMeterSchemaUrl()).isEqualTo("http://example2.com");
+              ViewSpecification viewSpec = viewConfigSpec.getViewSpecification();
+              assertThat(viewSpec.getName()).isEqualTo("name2");
+              assertThat(viewSpec.getDescription()).isEqualTo("description2");
+              assertThat(viewSpec.getAggregation()).isEqualTo("last_value");
+              assertThat(viewSpec.getAttributeKeys()).containsExactly("baz", "qux");
+            });
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void loadViewConfig_Invalid() {
+    assertThatThrownBy(
+            () -> ViewConfig.loadViewConfig(resourceFileInputStream("empty-view-config.yaml")))
+        .isInstanceOf(ConfigurationException.class)
+        .hasMessageContaining("Failed to parse view config")
+        .hasRootCauseMessage("view is required");
+    assertThatThrownBy(
+            () -> ViewConfig.loadViewConfig(resourceFileInputStream("empty-selector-config.yaml")))
+        .isInstanceOf(ConfigurationException.class)
+        .hasMessageContaining("Failed to parse view config")
+        .hasRootCauseMessage("selector is required");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void toView_Empty() {
+    View view = ViewConfig.toView(ViewSpecification.builder().build());
+    assertThat(view).isEqualTo(View.builder().build());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void toView() {
+    View view =
+        ViewConfig.toView(
+            ViewSpecification.builder()
+                .name("name")
+                .description("description")
+                .aggregation("sum")
+                .attributeKeys(Arrays.asList("foo", "bar"))
+                .build());
+    assertThat(view.getName()).isEqualTo("name");
+    assertThat(view.getDescription()).isEqualTo("description");
+    assertThat(view.getAggregation()).isEqualTo(Aggregation.sum());
+    assertThat(
+            view.getAttributesProcessor()
+                .process(
+                    Attributes.builder()
+                        .put("foo", "val")
+                        .put("bar", "val")
+                        .put("baz", "val")
+                        .build(),
+                    Context.current()))
+        .containsEntry("foo", "val")
+        .containsEntry("bar", "val")
+        .satisfies(
+            (Consumer<Attributes>)
+                attributes -> assertThat(attributes.get(AttributeKey.stringKey("baz"))).isBlank());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void toAggregation() {
+    assertThat(ViewConfig.toAggregation("sum")).isEqualTo(Aggregation.sum());
+    assertThat(ViewConfig.toAggregation("last_value")).isEqualTo(Aggregation.lastValue());
+    assertThat(ViewConfig.toAggregation("histogram")).isEqualTo(Aggregation.histogram());
+    assertThat(ViewConfig.toAggregation("drop")).isEqualTo(Aggregation.drop());
+    assertThatThrownBy(() -> ViewConfig.toAggregation("foo"))
+        .isInstanceOf(ConfigurationException.class)
+        .hasMessageContaining("Unrecognized aggregation foo");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void toInstrumentSelector_Empty() {
+    InstrumentSelector selector =
+        ViewConfig.toInstrumentSelector(SelectorSpecification.builder().build());
+    assertThat(selector).isEqualTo(InstrumentSelector.builder().build());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void toInstrumentSelector() {
+    InstrumentSelector selector =
+        ViewConfig.toInstrumentSelector(
+            SelectorSpecification.builder()
+                .instrumentName("name")
+                .instrumentType(InstrumentType.COUNTER)
+                .meterName("meterName")
+                .meterVersion("meterVersion")
+                .meterSchemaUrl("http://example.com")
+                .build());
+
+    assertThat(selector.getInstrumentNameFilter().test("name")).isTrue();
+    assertThat(selector.getInstrumentNameFilter().test("name1")).isFalse();
+    assertThat(selector.getInstrumentType()).isEqualTo(InstrumentType.COUNTER);
+    assertThat(selector.getMeterSelector().getNameFilter().test("meterName")).isTrue();
+    assertThat(selector.getMeterSelector().getNameFilter().test("meterName1")).isFalse();
+    assertThat(selector.getMeterSelector().getVersionFilter().test("meterVersion")).isTrue();
+    assertThat(selector.getMeterSelector().getVersionFilter().test("meterVersion1")).isFalse();
+    assertThat(selector.getMeterSelector().getSchemaUrlFilter().test("http://example.com"))
+        .isTrue();
+    assertThat(selector.getMeterSelector().getSchemaUrlFilter().test("http://example1.com"))
+        .isFalse();
+  }
+
+  private static InputStream resourceFileInputStream(String resourceFileName) {
+    URL resourceUrl = ViewConfigTest.class.getResource("/" + resourceFileName);
+    if (resourceUrl == null) {
+      throw new IllegalStateException("Could not find resource file: " + resourceFileName);
+    }
+    String path = resourceUrl.getFile();
+    try {
+      return new FileInputStream(path);
+    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+      throw new IllegalStateException("File not found: " + path, e);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/test/resources/empty-selector-config.yaml b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/test/resources/empty-selector-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..657a53c0f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/test/resources/empty-selector-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+- selector:
+  view:
+    name: name1
+    description: description1
+    aggregation: sum
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/test/resources/empty-view-config.yaml b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/test/resources/empty-view-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57c527ed3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/test/resources/empty-view-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+- selector:
+    instrument_name: name1
+    instrument_type: COUNTER
+    meter_name: meterName1
+    meter_version: 1.0.0
+    meter_schema_url: http://example1.com
+  view:
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/test/resources/full-config.yaml b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/test/resources/full-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f0245d8c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/test/resources/full-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+- selector:
+    instrument_name: name1
+    instrument_type: COUNTER
+    meter_name: meterName1
+    meter_version: 1.0.0
+    meter_schema_url: http://example1.com
+  view:
+    name: name1
+    description: description1
+    aggregation: sum
+    attribute_keys:
+      - foo
+      - bar
+- selector:
+    instrument_name: name2
+    instrument_type: COUNTER
+    meter_name: meterName2
+    meter_version: 2.0.0
+    meter_schema_url: http://example2.com
+  view:
+    name: name2
+    description: description2
+    aggregation: last_value
+    attribute_keys:
+      - baz
+      - qux
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/test/resources/view-config-customizer-test.yaml b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/test/resources/view-config-customizer-test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..afa6514b62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk-extensions/metric-incubator/src/test/resources/view-config-customizer-test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+- selector:
+    instrument_type: OBSERVABLE_COUNTER
+  view:
+    attribute_keys:
+      - foo
+      - bar
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index df1796944a..80d2b64ce8 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ include(":sdk:trace-shaded-deps")
 include(":sdk-extensions:autoconfigure")
 include(":sdk-extensions:autoconfigure-spi")
 include(":sdk-extensions:aws")
+include(":sdk-extensions:metric-incubator")
 include(":sdk-extensions:resources")
 include(":sdk-extensions:tracing-incubator")
 include(":sdk-extensions:jaeger-remote-sampler")