diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-bootstrap/src/main/java/datadog/trace/bootstrap/Agent.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-bootstrap/src/main/java/datadog/trace/bootstrap/Agent.java
index 4c0461ce769..0170819cf78 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-bootstrap/src/main/java/datadog/trace/bootstrap/Agent.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-bootstrap/src/main/java/datadog/trace/bootstrap/Agent.java
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ public void run() {
      * logging facility. Likewise on IBM JDKs OkHttp may indirectly load 'IBMSASL' which in turn loads LogManager.
      */
     InstallDatadogTracerCallback installDatadogTracerCallback =
-        new InstallDatadogTracerCallback(initTelemetry, inst);
+        new InstallDatadogTracerCallback(initTelemetry, inst, delayOkHttp);
     if (delayOkHttp) {
       log.debug("Custom logger detected. Delaying Datadog Tracer initialization.");
       registerLogManagerCallback(installDatadogTracerCallback);
@@ -497,19 +497,21 @@ public void execute() {
   }
 
   protected static class InstallDatadogTracerCallback extends ClassLoadCallBack {
-    private final InitializationTelemetry initTelemetry;
     private final Instrumentation instrumentation;
     private final Object sco;
     private final Class<?> scoClass;
+    private final boolean delayOkHttp;
 
     public InstallDatadogTracerCallback(
-        InitializationTelemetry initTelemetry, Instrumentation instrumentation) {
-      this.initTelemetry = initTelemetry;
+        InitializationTelemetry initTelemetry,
+        Instrumentation instrumentation,
+        boolean delayOkHttp) {
+      this.delayOkHttp = delayOkHttp;
       this.instrumentation = instrumentation;
       try {
         scoClass =
             AGENT_CLASSLOADER.loadClass("datadog.communication.ddagent.SharedCommunicationObjects");
-        sco = scoClass.getConstructor().newInstance();
+        sco = scoClass.getConstructor(boolean.class).newInstance(delayOkHttp);
       } catch (ClassNotFoundException
           | NoSuchMethodException
           | InstantiationException
@@ -517,6 +519,9 @@ public InstallDatadogTracerCallback(
           | InvocationTargetException e) {
         throw new UndeclaredThrowableException(e);
       }
+
+      installDatadogTracer(initTelemetry, scoClass, sco);
+      maybeInstallLogsIntake(scoClass, sco);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -526,11 +531,13 @@ public AgentThread agentThread() {
 
     @Override
     public void execute() {
-      installDatadogTracer(initTelemetry, scoClass, sco);
+      if (delayOkHttp) {
+        resumeRemoteComponents();
+      }
+
       maybeStartAppSec(scoClass, sco);
       maybeStartIast(instrumentation, scoClass, sco);
       maybeStartCiVisibility(instrumentation, scoClass, sco);
-      maybeInstallLogsIntake(scoClass, sco);
       // start debugger before remote config to subscribe to it before starting to poll
       maybeStartDebugger(instrumentation, scoClass, sco);
       maybeStartRemoteConfig(scoClass, sco);
@@ -539,6 +546,18 @@ public void execute() {
         startTelemetry(instrumentation, scoClass, sco);
       }
     }
+
+    private void resumeRemoteComponents() {
+      try {
+        // remote components were paused for custom log-manager/jmx-builder
+        // add small delay before resuming remote I/O to help stabilization
+        Thread.sleep(1_000);
+        scoClass.getMethod("resume").invoke(sco);
+      } catch (InterruptedException ignore) {
+      } catch (Throwable e) {
+        log.error("Error resuming remote components", e);
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   protected static class StartProfilingAgentCallback extends ClassLoadCallBack {