diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/context/context.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/context/context.ts
index c3a6dc33f50..1c1fe4cdbef 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/context/context.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/context/context.ts
@@ -84,3 +84,33 @@ export function getParentSpanContext(
 ): SpanContext | undefined {
   return getActiveSpan(context)?.context() || getExtractedSpanContext(context);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Shared key for indicating if instrumentation should be suppressed beyond
+ * this current scope.
+ */
+export const SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY = Context.createKey(
+  'OpenTelemetry Context Key SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION'
+)
+
+/**
+ * Set whether or not instrumentation should be suppressed beyond
+ * this current scope.
+ *
+ * @param context context to set the suppress instrumentation value on.
+ * @param shouldSuppress value to set.
+ */
+export function setSuppressInstrumentation(context: Context, shouldSuppress: boolean): Context {
+  return context.setValue(SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, shouldSuppress)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Return current suppress instrumentation value for the given context,
+ * if it exists.
+ *
+ * @param context context check for the suppress instrumentation value.
+ */
+export function getSuppressInstrumentation(context: Context): boolean | undefined {
+  const value = context.getValue(SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY) as boolean
+  return value
+}
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diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/context/context.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/context/context.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7328d8d957e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/test/context/context.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import * as assert from 'assert';
+
+import {
+  SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY,
+  setSuppressInstrumentation,
+  getSuppressInstrumentation,
+} from '../../src/context/context';
+import { Context } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+
+
+describe('Context Helpers', () => {
+  describe('setSuppressInstrumentation', () => {
+    it('should set suppress instrumentation value', () => {
+      const expectedValue = true
+      const context = setSuppressInstrumentation(Context.ROOT_CONTEXT, expectedValue)
+
+      const value = context.getValue(SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY)
+      const boolValue = value as boolean
+
+      assert.equal(boolValue, expectedValue)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('getSuppressInstrumentation', () => {
+    it('should get value as bool', () => {
+      const expectedValue = false
+      const context = Context.ROOT_CONTEXT.setValue(SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, expectedValue)
+
+      const value = getSuppressInstrumentation(context)
+
+      assert.equal(value, expectedValue)
+    })
+
+    it('should handle null values', () => {
+      const expectedValue = null
+      const context = Context.ROOT_CONTEXT.setValue(SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, expectedValue)
+
+      const value = getSuppressInstrumentation(context)
+
+      assert.equal(value, expectedValue)
+    })
+
+    it('should handle undefined values', () => {
+      const expectedValue = undefined
+      const context = Context.ROOT_CONTEXT.setValue(SUPPRESS_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY, expectedValue)
+
+      const value = getSuppressInstrumentation(context)
+
+      assert.equal(value, expectedValue)
+    })
+  })
+})
+
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/Tracer.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/Tracer.ts
index 694829dda03..2dc355fb1a4 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/Tracer.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/Tracer.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   randomSpanId,
   randomTraceId,
   setActiveSpan,
+  getSuppressInstrumentation
 } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import { Resource } from '@opentelemetry/resources';
 import { BasicTracerProvider } from './BasicTracerProvider';
@@ -69,6 +70,12 @@ export class Tracer implements api.Tracer {
     options: api.SpanOptions = {},
     context = api.context.active()
   ): api.Span {
+    const suppressInstrumentation = getSuppressInstrumentation(context)
+    if (suppressInstrumentation) {
+      this.logger.debug('Instrumentation suppressed, returning NoOp Span');
+      return api.NOOP_SPAN;
+    }
+
     const parentContext = getParent(options, context);
     const spanId = randomSpanId();
     let traceId;
@@ -81,6 +88,7 @@ export class Tracer implements api.Tracer {
       traceId = parentContext.traceId;
       traceState = parentContext.traceState;
     }
+
     const spanKind = options.kind ?? api.SpanKind.INTERNAL;
     const links = options.links ?? [];
     const attributes = { ...this._defaultAttributes, ...options.attributes };
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/test/Tracer.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/test/Tracer.test.ts
index a65b00ce966..cbd6d233e6c 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/test/Tracer.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/test/Tracer.test.ts
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@
  */
 
 import * as assert from 'assert';
-import { NoopSpan, Sampler, SamplingDecision } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import { NoopSpan, Sampler, SamplingDecision, Context, NOOP_SPAN } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { BasicTracerProvider, Tracer, Span } from '../src';
 import {
   InstrumentationLibrary,
   NoopLogger,
   AlwaysOnSampler,
   AlwaysOffSampler,
+  setSuppressInstrumentation
 } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 
 describe('Tracer', () => {
@@ -94,4 +95,20 @@ describe('Tracer', () => {
     assert.strictEqual(lib.name, 'default');
     assert.strictEqual(lib.version, '0.0.1');
   });
+
+  it('should return cached no-op span when suppressInstrumentation true', (done) => {
+    const tracer = new Tracer(
+      { name: 'default', version: '0.0.1' },
+      { sampler: new TestSampler() },
+      tracerProvider
+    );
+
+    const context = setSuppressInstrumentation(Context.ROOT_CONTEXT, true)
+    const span = tracer.startSpan('span3', undefined, context);
+
+    assert.equal(span, NOOP_SPAN);
+    span.end();
+
+    done()
+  });
 });