diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/grpc/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/grpc/__init__.py
index 9b6862eba..58d2ebbb1 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/grpc/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-grpc/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/grpc/__init__.py
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ Usage Server
     def serve():
 
         server = grpc.server(futures.ThreadPoolExecutor())
+        server = intercept_server(server, server_interceptor())
 
         helloworld_pb2_grpc.add_GreeterServicer_to_server(Greeter(), server)
         server.add_insecure_port("[::]:50051")