diff --git a/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure-spi/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/spi/internal/ResourceDetector.java b/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure-spi/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/spi/internal/ResourceDetector.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c613165bc58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure-spi/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/spi/internal/ResourceDetector.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.internal;
+
+import io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributeKey;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.ConfigProperties;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.Ordered;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+public interface ResourceDetector<D> extends Ordered {
+  /** Read the data for the resource attributes. */
+  Optional<D> readData(ConfigProperties config);
+
+  /** Registers the attributes that this resource detector can provide. */
+  void registerAttributes(Builder<D> builder);
+
+  /** Greater order means lower priority. The default order is 0. */
+  @Override
+  int order();
+
+  /** Returns the name of this resource detector. */
+  String name();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns whether this resource detector is enabled by default. If not, it will only be used if
+   * explicitly enabled in the configuration.
+   */
+  default boolean defaultEnabled() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  /** A builder for registering attributes that a resource detector can provide. */
+  interface Builder<D> {
+    /**
+     * Adds an attribute to the resource.
+     *
+     * @param key the attribute key
+     * @param getter a function that returns the value of the attribute from the data that is read
+     *     by {@link ResourceDetector#readData(ConfigProperties)}
+     * @return this builder
+     * @param <T> the type of the attribute
+     */
+    <T> Builder<D> add(AttributeKey<T> key, Function<D, Optional<T>> getter);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/ResourceConfiguration.java b/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/ResourceConfiguration.java
index 010d219acba..7d1a8824be2 100644
--- a/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/ResourceConfiguration.java
+++ b/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/ResourceConfiguration.java
@@ -8,19 +8,24 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributeKey;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Attributes;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributesBuilder;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.internal.ResourceDetectorReader;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.internal.SpiHelper;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.ConfigProperties;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.ConfigurationException;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.Ordered;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.ResourceProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.internal.ConditionalResourceProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.internal.DefaultConfigProperties;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.internal.ResourceDetector;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.resources.Resource;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.resources.ResourceBuilder;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URLDecoder;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.BiFunction;
@@ -81,6 +86,7 @@ public static Resource createEnvironmentResource(ConfigProperties config) {
     return Resource.create(resourceAttributes.build());
   }
 
+  @SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes", "unchecked"})
   static Resource configureResource(
       ConfigProperties config,
       SpiHelper spiHelper,
@@ -91,19 +97,39 @@ static Resource configureResource(
         new HashSet<>(config.getList("otel.java.enabled.resource.providers"));
     Set<String> disabledProviders =
         new HashSet<>(config.getList("otel.java.disabled.resource.providers"));
-    for (ResourceProvider resourceProvider : spiHelper.loadOrdered(ResourceProvider.class)) {
-      if (!enabledProviders.isEmpty()
-          && !enabledProviders.contains(resourceProvider.getClass().getName())) {
-        continue;
+    List<Ordered> providers = (List) spiHelper.load(ResourceProvider.class);
+    providers.addAll(spiHelper.load(ResourceDetector.class));
+    providers.sort(Comparator.comparingInt(Ordered::order));
+    for (Ordered ordered : providers) {
+      if (ordered instanceof ResourceProvider) {
+        ResourceProvider provider = (ResourceProvider) ordered;
+
+        if (!enabledProviders.isEmpty()
+            && !enabledProviders.contains(provider.getClass().getName())) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        if (disabledProviders.contains(provider.getClass().getName())) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        if (provider instanceof ConditionalResourceProvider
+            && !((ConditionalResourceProvider) provider).shouldApply(config, result)) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        result = result.merge(provider.createResource(config));
+      } else {
+        ResourceDetector<Object> detector = (ResourceDetector<Object>) ordered;
+
+        String key = String.format("otel.resource.provider.%s.enabled", detector.name());
+        if (!config.getBoolean(key, detector.defaultEnabled())) {
+          continue;
+        }
+
+        ResourceDetectorReader<Object> reader = new ResourceDetectorReader<>(detector);
+
+        if (reader.shouldApply(config, result)) {
+          result = result.merge(reader.createResource(config, result));
+        }
       }
-      if (disabledProviders.contains(resourceProvider.getClass().getName())) {
-        continue;
-      }
-      if (resourceProvider instanceof ConditionalResourceProvider
-          && !((ConditionalResourceProvider) resourceProvider).shouldApply(config, result)) {
-        continue;
-      }
-      result = result.merge(resourceProvider.createResource(config));
     }
 
     result = filterAttributes(result, config);
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/internal/ResourceDetectorReader.java b/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/internal/ResourceDetectorReader.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..35cb72eacdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/internal/ResourceDetectorReader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.internal;
+
+import io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributeKey;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Attributes;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributesBuilder;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.ConfigProperties;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.internal.ResourceDetector;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.resources.Resource;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+@SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
+public final class ResourceDetectorReader<D> {
+
+  private final ResourceDetector<D> resourceDetector;
+
+  public class AttributeBuilder implements ResourceDetector.Builder<D> {
+
+    private AttributeBuilder() {}
+
+    @Override
+    public <T> AttributeBuilder add(AttributeKey<T> key, Function<D, Optional<T>> getter) {
+      attributeGetters.put((AttributeKey) key, Objects.requireNonNull((Function) getter));
+      return this;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private final Map<AttributeKey<Object>, Function<D, Optional<?>>> attributeGetters =
+      new HashMap<>();
+
+  public ResourceDetectorReader(ResourceDetector<D> resourceDetector) {
+    this.resourceDetector = resourceDetector;
+    resourceDetector.registerAttributes(new AttributeBuilder());
+  }
+
+  public boolean shouldApply(ConfigProperties config, Resource existing) {
+    Map<String, String> resourceAttributes = getResourceAttributes(config);
+    return attributeGetters.keySet().stream()
+        .allMatch(key -> shouldUpdate(config, existing, key, resourceAttributes));
+  }
+
+  public Resource createResource(ConfigProperties config, Resource existing) {
+    return resourceDetector
+        .readData(config)
+        .map(
+            data -> {
+              Map<String, String> resourceAttributes = getResourceAttributes(config);
+              AttributesBuilder builder = Attributes.builder();
+              attributeGetters.entrySet().stream()
+                  .filter(e -> shouldUpdate(config, existing, e.getKey(), resourceAttributes))
+                  .forEach(
+                      e ->
+                          e.getValue()
+                              .apply(data)
+                              .ifPresent(value -> putAttribute(builder, e.getKey(), value)));
+              return Resource.create(builder.build());
+            })
+        .orElse(Resource.empty());
+  }
+
+  private static <T> void putAttribute(AttributesBuilder builder, AttributeKey<T> key, T value) {
+    builder.put(key, value);
+  }
+
+  private static Map<String, String> getResourceAttributes(ConfigProperties config) {
+    return config.getMap("otel.resource.attributes");
+  }
+
+  private static boolean shouldUpdate(
+      ConfigProperties config,
+      Resource existing,
+      AttributeKey<?> key,
+      Map<String, String> resourceAttributes) {
+    if (resourceAttributes.containsKey(key.getKey())) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    Object value = existing.getAttribute(key);
+
+    if (key.getKey().equals("service.name")) {
+      return config.getString("otel.service.name") == null && "unknown_service:java".equals(value);
+    }
+
+    return value == null;
+  }
+}