diff --git a/metapackages/plugins-node-core/README.md b/metapackages/plugins-node-core/README.md
index 768aeb5210..a831a7f60d 100644
--- a/metapackages/plugins-node-core/README.md
+++ b/metapackages/plugins-node-core/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ This package depends on all core node plugins maintained by OpenTelemetry author
 ## Plugins
 
 - [@opentelemetry/plugin-grpc][otel-plugin-grpc]
+- [@opentelemetry/plugin-grpc-js][otel-plugin-grpc-js]
 - [@opentelemetry/plugin-http][otel-plugin-http]
 - [@opentelemetry/plugin-https][otel-plugin-https]
 
@@ -33,5 +34,6 @@ Apache 2.0 - See [LICENSE][license-url] for more information.
 [npm-img]: https://badge.fury.io/js/%40opentelemetry%2Fplugins-node-core.svg
 
 [otel-plugin-grpc]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/master/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-grpc
+[otel-plugin-grpc-js]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/master/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-grpc-js
 [otel-plugin-http]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/master/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-http
 [otel-plugin-https]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/master/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-https
diff --git a/metapackages/plugins-node-core/package.json b/metapackages/plugins-node-core/package.json
index 2eb161393f..e4ea03b0df 100644
--- a/metapackages/plugins-node-core/package.json
+++ b/metapackages/plugins-node-core/package.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     },
     "dependencies": {
         "@opentelemetry/plugin-grpc": "^0.9.0",
+        "@opentelemetry/plugin-grpc-js": "^0.9.0",
         "@opentelemetry/plugin-http": "^0.9.0",
         "@opentelemetry/plugin-https": "^0.9.0"
     }
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-node/README.md b/packages/opentelemetry-node/README.md
index 258e95ff80..93f600d966 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-node/README.md
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-node/README.md
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ For example, `OTEL_NO_PATCH_MODULES=pg,https` will disable the postgres plugin a
 
 ## Examples
 
-See how to automatically instrument [http](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/master/examples/http) and [gRPC](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/master/examples/grpc) using node-sdk.
+See how to automatically instrument [http](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/master/examples/http) and [gRPC](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/master/examples/grpc) / [grpc-js](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/master/examples/grpc-js) using node-sdk.
 
 ## Useful links
 
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-node/src/config.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-node/src/config.ts
index 65b7630761..1d04cd868e 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-node/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-node/src/config.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export interface NodeTracerConfig extends TracerConfig {
 export const DEFAULT_INSTRUMENTATION_PLUGINS: Plugins = {
   mongodb: { enabled: true, path: '@opentelemetry/plugin-mongodb' },
   grpc: { enabled: true, path: '@opentelemetry/plugin-grpc' },
+  '@grpc/grpc-js': { enabled: true, path: '@opentelemetry/plugin-grpc-js' },
   http: { enabled: true, path: '@opentelemetry/plugin-http' },
   https: { enabled: true, path: '@opentelemetry/plugin-https' },
   mysql: { enabled: true, path: '@opentelemetry/plugin-mysql' },