diff --git a/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java b/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java
index 07c147a8af9..132489782a0 100644
--- a/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java
+++ b/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java
@@ -1126,7 +1126,8 @@ private Config(final ConfigProvider configProvider, final InstrumenterConfig ins
         runtimeMetricsEnabled
             && configProvider.getBoolean(PERF_METRICS_ENABLED, DEFAULT_PERF_METRICS_ENABLED);
 
-    tracerMetricsEnabled = configProvider.getBoolean(TRACER_METRICS_ENABLED, false);
+    // Enable tracer computed trace metrics by default for Azure Functions
+    tracerMetricsEnabled = configProvider.getBoolean(TRACER_METRICS_ENABLED, azureFunctions);
     tracerMetricsBufferingEnabled =
         configProvider.getBoolean(TRACER_METRICS_BUFFERING_ENABLED, false);
     tracerMetricsMaxAggregates = configProvider.getInteger(TRACER_METRICS_MAX_AGGREGATES, 2048);