diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d0424a8b5c..21a16a8de7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   `SpanContext` ([#1485](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/1485)])
 - `opentelemetry-sdk` Add support for OTEL_TRACE_SAMPLER and OTEL_TRACE_SAMPLER_ARG env variables
   ([#1496](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/1496))
+- Adding `opentelemetry-distro` package to add default configuration for
+  span exporter to OTLP
+  ([#1482](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/1482))
 
 ### Changed
 - `opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin` Updated zipkin exporter status code and error tag
diff --git a/eachdist.ini b/eachdist.ini
index 9cef826d20..ded3a5d8c1 100644
--- a/eachdist.ini
+++ b/eachdist.ini
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ sortfirst=
     opentelemetry-sdk
     opentelemetry-instrumentation
     opentelemetry-proto
+    opentelemetry-distro
     tests/util
     instrumentation/*
     exporter/*
diff --git a/opentelemetry-distro/MANIFEST.in b/opentelemetry-distro/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..191b7d1959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opentelemetry-distro/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+prune tests
+graft src
+global-exclude *.pyc
+global-exclude *.pyo
+global-exclude __pycache__/*
+include MANIFEST.in
+include README.rst
diff --git a/opentelemetry-distro/README.rst b/opentelemetry-distro/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4189131fc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opentelemetry-distro/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+OpenTelemetry Distro
+====================
+
+|pypi|
+
+.. |pypi| image:: https://badge.fury.io/py/opentelemetry-distro.svg
+   :target: https://pypi.org/project/opentelemetry-distro/
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+::
+
+    pip install opentelemetry-distro
+
+
+This package provides entrypoints to configure OpenTelemetry
+
+References
+----------
+
+* `OpenTelemetry Project <https://opentelemetry.io/>`_
diff --git a/opentelemetry-distro/setup.cfg b/opentelemetry-distro/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9340e4608
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opentelemetry-distro/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# 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
+#
+#     http://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.
+#
+[metadata]
+name = opentelemetry-distro
+description = OpenTelemetry Python Distro
+long_description = file: README.rst
+long_description_content_type = text/x-rst
+author = OpenTelemetry Authors
+author_email = cncf-opentelemetry-contributors@lists.cncf.io
+url = https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/tree/master/opentelemetry-distro
+platforms = any
+license = Apache-2.0
+classifiers =
+    Development Status :: 4 - Beta
+    Intended Audience :: Developers
+    License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
+    Programming Language :: Python
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
+
+[options]
+python_requires = >=3.5
+package_dir=
+    =src
+packages=find_namespace:
+zip_safe = False
+include_package_data = True
+install_requires =
+    opentelemetry-api == 0.17.dev0
+    opentelemetry-sdk == 0.17.dev0
+
+[options.packages.find]
+where = src
+
+[options.entry_points]
+opentelemetry_distro =
+    distro = opentelemetry.distro:OpenTelemetryDistro
+opentelemetry_configurator =
+    configurator = opentelemetry.distro:Configurator
+
+[options.extras_require]
+test =
+otlp =
+    opentelemetry-exporter-otlp == 0.17.dev0
diff --git a/opentelemetry-distro/setup.py b/opentelemetry-distro/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da8417d50a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opentelemetry-distro/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# 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
+#
+#     http://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 os
+
+import setuptools
+
+BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+VERSION_FILENAME = os.path.join(
+    BASE_DIR, "src", "opentelemetry", "distro", "version.py"
+)
+PACKAGE_INFO = {}
+with open(VERSION_FILENAME) as f:
+    exec(f.read(), PACKAGE_INFO)
+
+setuptools.setup(version=PACKAGE_INFO["__version__"],)
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/configuration/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-distro/src/opentelemetry/distro/__init__.py
similarity index 93%
rename from opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/configuration/__init__.py
rename to opentelemetry-distro/src/opentelemetry/distro/__init__.py
index b8a99bb62c..8a48d256c7 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/configuration/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-distro/src/opentelemetry/distro/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 # 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 os
 from logging import getLogger
 from typing import Sequence, Tuple
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@
 from opentelemetry import trace
 from opentelemetry.configuration import Configuration
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.configurator import BaseConfigurator
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.distro import BaseDistro
 from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export import MetricsExporter
 from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import Resource
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
@@ -31,10 +33,10 @@
 
 logger = getLogger(__file__)
 
+
 EXPORTER_OTLP = "otlp"
 EXPORTER_OTLP_SPAN = "otlp_span"
 EXPORTER_OTLP_METRIC = "otlp_metric"
-_DEFAULT_EXPORTER = EXPORTER_OTLP
 
 RANDOM_IDS_GENERATOR = "random"
 _DEFAULT_IDS_GENERATOR = RANDOM_IDS_GENERATOR
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ def _get_service_name() -> str:
 
 
 def _get_exporter_names() -> Sequence[str]:
-    exporter = Configuration().EXPORTER or _DEFAULT_EXPORTER
+    exporter = Configuration().EXPORTER or EXPORTER_OTLP
     if exporter.lower().strip() == "none":
         return []
 
@@ -87,11 +89,6 @@ def _init_tracing(
         )
 
 
-def _init_metrics(exporters: Sequence[MetricsExporter]):
-    if exporters:
-        logger.warning("automatic metric initialization is not supported yet.")
-
-
 def _import_tracer_provider_config_components(
     selected_components, entry_point_name
 ) -> Sequence[Tuple[str, object]]:
@@ -158,13 +155,27 @@ def _initialize_components():
     ids_generator_name = _get_ids_generator()
     ids_generator = _import_ids_generator(ids_generator_name)
     _init_tracing(trace_exporters, ids_generator)
-
     # We don't support automatic initialization for metric yet but have added
     # some boilerplate in order to make sure current implementation does not
     # lock us out of supporting metrics later without major surgery.
     _init_metrics(metric_exporters)
 
 
+def _init_metrics(exporters: Sequence[MetricsExporter]):
+    if exporters:
+        logger.warning("automatic metric initialization is not supported yet.")
+
+
 class Configurator(BaseConfigurator):
     def _configure(self, **kwargs):
         _initialize_components()
+
+
+class OpenTelemetryDistro(BaseDistro):
+    """
+    The OpenTelemetry provided Distro configures a default set of
+    configuration out of the box.
+    """
+
+    def _configure(self, **kwargs):
+        os.environ.setdefault("OTEL_EXPORTER", "otlp")
diff --git a/opentelemetry-distro/src/opentelemetry/distro/version.py b/opentelemetry-distro/src/opentelemetry/distro/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86e1dbb17a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opentelemetry-distro/src/opentelemetry/distro/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# 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
+#
+#     http://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.
+
+__version__ = "0.17.dev0"
diff --git a/opentelemetry-distro/tests/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-distro/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/configuration/test_configurator.py b/opentelemetry-distro/tests/test_configurator.py
similarity index 94%
rename from opentelemetry-sdk/tests/configuration/test_configurator.py
rename to opentelemetry-distro/tests/test_configurator.py
index ebd6768444..90ee7fe931 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/configuration/test_configurator.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-distro/tests/test_configurator.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 from opentelemetry.configuration import Configuration
-from opentelemetry.sdk.configuration import (
+from opentelemetry.distro import (
     _get_ids_generator,
     _import_ids_generator,
     _init_tracing,
@@ -78,11 +78,10 @@ class TestTraceInit(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super()
         self.get_provider_patcher = patch(
-            "opentelemetry.sdk.configuration.TracerProvider", Provider,
+            "opentelemetry.distro.TracerProvider", Provider
         )
         self.get_processor_patcher = patch(
-            "opentelemetry.sdk.configuration.BatchExportSpanProcessor",
-            Processor,
+            "opentelemetry.distro.BatchExportSpanProcessor", Processor
         )
         self.set_provider_patcher = patch(
             "opentelemetry.trace.set_tracer_provider"
@@ -133,7 +132,8 @@ def test_trace_init_otlp(self):
         del environ["OTEL_SERVICE_NAME"]
 
     @patch.dict(environ, {"OTEL_IDS_GENERATOR": "custom_ids_generator"})
-    @patch("opentelemetry.sdk.configuration.iter_entry_points")
+    @patch("opentelemetry.distro.IdsGenerator", new=IdsGenerator)
+    @patch("opentelemetry.distro.iter_entry_points")
     def test_trace_init_custom_ids_generator(self, mock_iter_entry_points):
         mock_iter_entry_points.configure_mock(
             return_value=[
diff --git a/opentelemetry-distro/tests/test_distro.py b/opentelemetry-distro/tests/test_distro.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62d3a7e5e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opentelemetry-distro/tests/test_distro.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# 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
+#
+#     http://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.
+# type: ignore
+
+import os
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+from pkg_resources import DistributionNotFound, require
+
+from opentelemetry.distro import OpenTelemetryDistro
+
+
+class TestDistribution(TestCase):
+    def test_package_available(self):
+        try:
+            require(["opentelemetry-distro"])
+        except DistributionNotFound:
+            self.fail("opentelemetry-distro not installed")
+
+    def test_default_configuration(self):
+        distro = OpenTelemetryDistro()
+        self.assertIsNone(os.environ.get("OTEL_EXPORTER"))
+        distro.configure()
+        self.assertEqual("otlp", os.environ.get("OTEL_EXPORTER"))
diff --git a/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/auto_instrumentation/sitecustomize.py b/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/auto_instrumentation/sitecustomize.py
index 3465619ea3..72be01fd18 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/auto_instrumentation/sitecustomize.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/auto_instrumentation/sitecustomize.py
@@ -24,8 +24,15 @@
 
 
 def _load_distros():
-    # will be implemented in a subsequent PR
-    pass
+    for entry_point in iter_entry_points("opentelemetry_distro"):
+        try:
+            entry_point.load()().configure()  # type: ignore
+            logger.debug("Distribution %s configured", entry_point.name)
+        except Exception as exc:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+            logger.exception(
+                "Distribution %s configuration failed", entry_point.name
+            )
+            raise exc
 
 
 def _load_instrumentors():
diff --git a/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/distro.py b/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/distro.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63cacf1f6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/distro.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# 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
+#
+#     http://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.
+# type: ignore
+
+"""
+OpenTelemetry Base Distribution (Distro)
+"""
+
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from logging import getLogger
+
+_LOG = getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class BaseDistro(ABC):
+    """An ABC for distro"""
+
+    _instance = None
+
+    def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
+
+        if cls._instance is None:
+            cls._instance = object.__new__(cls, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        return cls._instance
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def _configure(self, **kwargs):
+        """Configure the distribution"""
+
+    def configure(self, **kwargs):
+        """Configure the distribution"""
+        self._configure(**kwargs)
+
+
+__all__ = ["BaseDistro"]
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/setup.cfg b/opentelemetry-sdk/setup.cfg
index f7ad42ba99..b1ecb357d2 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/setup.cfg
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/setup.cfg
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ zip_safe = False
 include_package_data = True
 install_requires =
     opentelemetry-api == 0.17.dev0
-    opentelemetry-instrumentation == 0.17.dev0
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = src
@@ -56,8 +55,6 @@ opentelemetry_tracer_provider =
 opentelemetry_exporter =
     console_span = opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export:ConsoleSpanExporter
     console_metrics = opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export:ConsoleMetricsExporter
-opentelemetry_configurator =
-    sdk_configurator = opentelemetry.sdk.configuration:Configurator
 opentelemetry_ids_generator =
     random = opentelemetry.sdk.trace.ids_generator:RandomIdsGenerator
 
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 853a297003..718d91ef9d 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ DISTDIR=dist
   mkdir -p $DISTDIR
   rm -rf $DISTDIR/*
 
- for d in opentelemetry-api/ opentelemetry-sdk/ opentelemetry-instrumentation/ opentelemetry-proto/ exporter/*/ instrumentation/*/ propagator/*/; do
+ for d in opentelemetry-api/ opentelemetry-sdk/ opentelemetry-instrumentation/ opentelemetry-proto/ opentelemetry-distro/ exporter/*/ instrumentation/*/ propagator/*/; do
    (
      echo "building $d"
      cd "$d"
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 3ef615bb7e..6f27fa0dcb 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ envlist =
     py3{5,6,7,8,9}-test-core-getting-started
     pypy3-test-core-getting-started
 
+    ; opentelemetry-distro
+    py3{5,6,7,8,9}-test-core-distro
+    pypy3-test-core-distro
+
     ; opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger
     py3{5,6,7,8,9}-test-exporter-jaeger
 
@@ -79,6 +83,7 @@ changedir =
   test-core-instrumentation: opentelemetry-instrumentation/tests
   test-core-getting-started: docs/getting_started/tests
   test-core-opentracing-shim: shim/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim/tests
+  test-core-distro: opentelemetry-distro/tests
 
   test-exporter-jaeger: exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger/tests
   test-exporter-opencensus: exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-opencensus/tests
@@ -97,6 +102,7 @@ commands_pre =
   test: pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-api {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-instrumentation {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-sdk {toxinidir}/tests/util
 
   test-core-proto: pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-proto
+  distro: pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-distro {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-distro
   instrumentation: pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-instrumentation
 
   getting-started: pip install -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-instrumentation -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-contrib/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-contrib/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-python-contrib/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask
@@ -167,6 +173,7 @@ commands_pre =
   python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin[test]
   python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-b3[test]
   python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger[test]
+  python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-distro[test]
 
 commands =
   python scripts/eachdist.py lint --check-only