diff --git a/instrumentation/grape/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/grape/instrumentation.rb b/instrumentation/grape/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/grape/instrumentation.rb
index d31def440..66c89c23a 100644
--- a/instrumentation/grape/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/grape/instrumentation.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/grape/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/grape/instrumentation.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@ module OpenTelemetry
   module Instrumentation
     module Grape
       # The Instrumentation class contains logic to detect and install the Grape instrumentation
+      # # Configuration keys and options
+      # ## `:ignored_events`
+      #
+      # Default is `[]`. Specifies which ActiveSupport::Notifications events published by Grape to ignore.
+      # Ignored events will not be published as Span events.
+      #
+      # ## `:install_rack`
+      #
+      # Default is `true`. Specifies whether or not to install the Rack instrumentation as part of installing the Grape instrumentation.
+      # This is useful in cases where you have multiple Rack applications but want to manually specify where to insert the tracing middleware.
       class Instrumentation < OpenTelemetry::Instrumentation::Base
         # Minimum Grape version needed for compatibility with this instrumentation
         MINIMUM_VERSION = Gem::Version.new('1.2.0')
@@ -27,6 +37,7 @@ class Instrumentation < OpenTelemetry::Instrumentation::Base
         end
 
         option :ignored_events, default: [], validate: :array
+        option :install_rack, default: true, validate: :boolean
 
         private
 
@@ -35,6 +46,8 @@ def gem_version
         end
 
         def install_rack_instrumentation
+          return unless config[:install_rack]
+
           OpenTelemetry::Instrumentation::Rack::Instrumentation.instance.install({})
         end
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/grape/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/grape_test.rb b/instrumentation/grape/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/grape_test.rb
index f9d6744cd..782dcc8d5 100644
--- a/instrumentation/grape/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/grape_test.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/grape/test/opentelemetry/instrumentation/grape_test.rb
@@ -418,5 +418,56 @@ class IgnoredEventAPI < Grape::API
         _(events_per_name('grape.endpoint_render').length).must_equal 0
       end
     end
+
+    describe 'when install_rack is set to false' do
+      class BasicAPI < Grape::API
+        format :json
+        get :hello do
+          { message: 'Hello, world!' }
+        end
+      end
+
+      let(:config) { { install_rack: false } }
+
+      let(:app) do
+        builder = Rack::Builder.app do
+          run BasicAPI
+        end
+        Rack::MockRequest.new(builder)
+      end
+
+      let(:request_path) { '/hello' }
+      let(:expected_span_name) { 'HTTP GET /hello' }
+
+      describe 'missing rack installation' do
+        it 'disables tracing' do
+          app.get request_path
+          _(exporter.finished_spans).must_be_empty
+        end
+      end
+
+      describe 'when rack is manually installed' do
+        let(:app) do
+          build_rack_app(BasicAPI)
+        end
+
+        before do
+          OpenTelemetry::Instrumentation::Rack::Instrumentation.instance.install
+        end
+
+        it 'creates a span' do
+          app.get request_path
+          _(exporter.finished_spans.first.attributes).must_equal(
+            'code.namespace' => 'BasicAPI',
+            'http.method' => 'GET',
+            'http.host' => 'unknown',
+            'http.scheme' => 'http',
+            'http.target' => '/hello',
+            'http.route' => '/hello',
+            'http.status_code' => 200
+          )
+        end
+      end
+    end
   end
 end