diff --git a/integration-tests/profiler/profiler.spec.js b/integration-tests/profiler/profiler.spec.js
index de9ab5626ef..0803e2e9ae4 100644
--- a/integration-tests/profiler/profiler.spec.js
+++ b/integration-tests/profiler/profiler.spec.js
@@ -500,53 +500,65 @@ describe('profiler', () => {
 
     describe('does not trigger for', () => {
       it('a short-lived app that creates no spans', () => {
-        return heuristicsDoesNotTriggerFor([], false)
+        return heuristicsDoesNotTriggerFor([], false, false)
       })
 
       it('a short-lived app that creates a span', () => {
-        return heuristicsDoesNotTriggerFor(['create-span'], true)
+        return heuristicsDoesNotTriggerFor(['create-span'], true, false)
       })
 
       it('a long-lived app that creates no spans', () => {
-        return heuristicsDoesNotTriggerFor(['long-lived'], false)
+        return heuristicsDoesNotTriggerFor(['long-lived'], false, false)
+      })
+
+      it('a short-lived app that creates no spans with the auto env var', () => {
+        return heuristicsDoesNotTriggerFor([], false, true)
+      })
+
+      it('a short-lived app that creates a span with the auto env var', () => {
+        return heuristicsDoesNotTriggerFor(['create-span'], true, true)
+      })
+
+      it('a long-lived app that creates no spans with the auto env var', () => {
+        return heuristicsDoesNotTriggerFor(['long-lived'], false, true)
       })
     })
 
     it('triggers for long-lived span-creating app', () => {
-      return checkProfiles(agent,
-        forkSsi(['create-span', 'long-lived']),
-        timeout,
-        DEFAULT_PROFILE_TYPES,
-        false,
-        // Will receive 2 messages: first one is for the trace, second one is for the profile. We
-        // only need the assertions in checkProfiles to succeed for the one with the profile.
-        2)
+      return heuristicsTrigger(false)
+    })
+
+    it('triggers for long-lived span-creating app with the auto env var', () => {
+      return heuristicsTrigger(true)
     })
   })
 
-  function forkSsi (args) {
+  function forkSsi (args, whichEnv) {
+    const profilerEnablingEnv = whichEnv ? { DD_PROFILING_ENABLED: 'auto' } : { DD_INJECTION_ENABLED: 'profiler' }
     return fork(ssiTestFile, args, {
       cwd,
       env: {
         DD_TRACE_AGENT_PORT: agent.port,
-        DD_INJECTION_ENABLED: 'profiler',
-        DD_INTERNAL_PROFILING_LONG_LIVED_THRESHOLD: '1300'
+        DD_INTERNAL_PROFILING_LONG_LIVED_THRESHOLD: '1300',
+        ...profilerEnablingEnv
       }
     })
   }
 
-  function heuristicsDoesNotTriggerFor (args, allowTraceMessage) {
-    proc = fork(ssiTestFile, args, {
-      cwd,
-      env: {
-        DD_TRACE_AGENT_PORT: agent.port,
-        DD_INJECTION_ENABLED: 'profiler',
-        DD_INTERNAL_PROFILING_LONG_LIVED_THRESHOLD: '1300'
-      }
-    })
+  function heuristicsTrigger (whichEnv) {
+    return checkProfiles(agent,
+      forkSsi(['create-span', 'long-lived'], whichEnv),
+      timeout,
+      DEFAULT_PROFILE_TYPES,
+      false,
+      // Will receive 2 messages: first one is for the trace, second one is for the profile. We
+      // only need the assertions in checkProfiles to succeed for the one with the profile.
+      2)
+  }
 
+  function heuristicsDoesNotTriggerFor (args, allowTraceMessage, whichEnv) {
     return Promise.all([
-      processExitPromise(proc, timeout, false),
+      processExitPromise(forkSsi(args, whichEnv), timeout, false),
       expectTimeout(expectProfileMessagePromise(agent, 1500), allowTraceMessage)
     ])
   }
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/src/config.js b/packages/dd-trace/src/config.js
index fb7367486e7..1ec2462aa69 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/src/config.js
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/src/config.js
@@ -664,9 +664,9 @@ class Config {
     this._setBoolean(env, 'profiling.enabled', coalesce(DD_EXPERIMENTAL_PROFILING_ENABLED, DD_PROFILING_ENABLED))
     this._setString(env, 'profiling.exporters', DD_PROFILING_EXPORTERS)
     this._setBoolean(env, 'profiling.sourceMap', DD_PROFILING_SOURCE_MAP && !isFalse(DD_PROFILING_SOURCE_MAP))
-    if (DD_INJECTION_ENABLED) {
+    if (DD_PROFILING_ENABLED === 'auto' || DD_INJECTION_ENABLED) {
       this._setBoolean(env, 'profiling.ssi', true)
-      if (DD_INJECTION_ENABLED.split(',').includes('profiler')) {
+      if (DD_PROFILING_ENABLED === 'auto' || DD_INJECTION_ENABLED.split(',').includes('profiler')) {
         this._setBoolean(env, 'profiling.heuristicsEnabled', true)
       }
       if (DD_INTERNAL_PROFILING_LONG_LIVED_THRESHOLD) {
@@ -720,9 +720,7 @@ class Config {
     this._setBoolean(env, 'telemetry.dependencyCollection', DD_TELEMETRY_DEPENDENCY_COLLECTION_ENABLED)
     this._setValue(env, 'telemetry.heartbeatInterval', maybeInt(Math.floor(DD_TELEMETRY_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL * 1000)))
     const hasTelemetryLogsUsingFeatures =
-      isTrue(DD_IAST_ENABLED) ||
-      isTrue(DD_PROFILING_ENABLED) ||
-      (typeof DD_INJECTION_ENABLED === 'string' && DD_INJECTION_ENABLED.split(',').includes('profiling'))
+      env['iast.enabled'] || env['profiling.enabled'] || env['profiling.heuristicsEnabled']
         ? true
         : undefined
     this._setBoolean(env, 'telemetry.logCollection', coalesce(DD_TELEMETRY_LOG_COLLECTION_ENABLED,