diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/package.json b/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/package.json
index b7c334edc8b..136d2fc1089 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/package.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/package.json
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     "access": "public"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/lodash.merge": "^4.6.6",
     "@types/mocha": "8.0.4",
     "@types/node": "14.14.10",
     "@types/sinon": "9.0.9",
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@opentelemetry/api": "^0.13.0",
     "@opentelemetry/core": "^0.13.0",
-    "@opentelemetry/resources": "^0.13.0"
+    "@opentelemetry/resources": "^0.13.0",
+    "lodash.merge": "^4.6.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/Meter.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/Meter.ts
index 7d5da2434f1..2e2258c071c 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/Meter.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/Meter.ts
@@ -19,19 +19,19 @@ import { ConsoleLogger, InstrumentationLibrary } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import { Resource } from '@opentelemetry/resources';
 import { BatchObserverMetric } from './BatchObserverMetric';
 import { BaseBoundInstrument } from './BoundInstrument';
-import { Processor } from './export/Processor';
+import { CounterMetric } from './CounterMetric';
+import { PushController } from './export/Controller';
+import { NoopExporter } from './export/NoopExporter';
+import { Processor, UngroupedProcessor } from './export/Processor';
 import { MetricKind } from './export/types';
+import { Metric } from './Metric';
+import { SumObserverMetric } from './SumObserverMetric';
+import { DEFAULT_CONFIG, DEFAULT_METRIC_OPTIONS, MeterConfig } from './types';
 import { UpDownCounterMetric } from './UpDownCounterMetric';
-import { CounterMetric } from './CounterMetric';
 import { UpDownSumObserverMetric } from './UpDownSumObserverMetric';
-import { ValueRecorderMetric } from './ValueRecorderMetric';
-import { Metric } from './Metric';
 import { ValueObserverMetric } from './ValueObserverMetric';
-import { SumObserverMetric } from './SumObserverMetric';
-import { DEFAULT_METRIC_OPTIONS, DEFAULT_CONFIG, MeterConfig } from './types';
-import { UngroupedProcessor } from './export/Processor';
-import { PushController } from './export/Controller';
-import { NoopExporter } from './export/NoopExporter';
+import { ValueRecorderMetric } from './ValueRecorderMetric';
+import merge = require('lodash.merge');
 
 /**
  * Meter is an implementation of the {@link Meter} interface.
@@ -51,15 +51,17 @@ export class Meter implements api.Meter {
    */
   constructor(
     instrumentationLibrary: InstrumentationLibrary,
-    config: MeterConfig = DEFAULT_CONFIG
+    config: MeterConfig = {}
   ) {
-    this._logger = config.logger || new ConsoleLogger(config.logLevel);
-    this._processor = config.processor ?? new UngroupedProcessor();
-    this._resource = config.resource || Resource.createTelemetrySDKResource();
+    const mergedConfig = merge({}, DEFAULT_CONFIG, config);
+    this._logger = mergedConfig.logger || new ConsoleLogger(config.logLevel);
+    this._processor = mergedConfig.processor ?? new UngroupedProcessor();
+    this._resource =
+      mergedConfig.resource || Resource.createTelemetrySDKResource();
     this._instrumentationLibrary = instrumentationLibrary;
     // start the push controller
-    const exporter = config.exporter || new NoopExporter();
-    const interval = config.interval;
+    const exporter = mergedConfig.exporter || new NoopExporter();
+    const interval = mergedConfig.interval;
     this._controller = new PushController(this, exporter, interval);
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/MeterProvider.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/MeterProvider.ts
index fe4661bbdde..e28135f31ed 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/MeterProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/MeterProvider.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { ConsoleLogger } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import * as api from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import { ConsoleLogger } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import { Resource } from '@opentelemetry/resources';
 import { Meter } from '.';
 import { DEFAULT_CONFIG, MeterConfig } from './types';
+import merge = require('lodash.merge');
 
 /**
  * This class represents a meter provider which platform libraries can extend
@@ -31,10 +32,13 @@ export class MeterProvider implements api.MeterProvider {
   readonly resource: Resource;
   readonly logger: api.Logger;
 
-  constructor(config: MeterConfig = DEFAULT_CONFIG) {
-    this.logger = config.logger ?? new ConsoleLogger(config.logLevel);
-    this.resource = config.resource ?? Resource.createTelemetrySDKResource();
-    this._config = Object.assign({}, config, {
+  constructor(config: MeterConfig = {}) {
+    const mergedConfig = merge({}, DEFAULT_CONFIG, config);
+    this.logger =
+      mergedConfig.logger ?? new ConsoleLogger(mergedConfig.logLevel);
+    this.resource =
+      mergedConfig.resource ?? Resource.createTelemetrySDKResource();
+    this._config = Object.assign({}, mergedConfig, {
       logger: this.logger,
       resource: this.resource,
     });