diff --git a/sdk/logs/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/SdkLoggerProviderBuilder.java b/sdk/logs/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/SdkLoggerProviderBuilder.java
index 76bb35357d2..e20c6b04e1f 100644
--- a/sdk/logs/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/SdkLoggerProviderBuilder.java
+++ b/sdk/logs/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/SdkLoggerProviderBuilder.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public SdkLoggerProvider build() {
    */
   public SdkLoggerProviderBuilder addResource(Resource resource) {
     Objects.requireNonNull(resource, "resource");
-    this.resource.merge(resource);
+    this.resource = this.resource.merge(resource);
     return this;
   }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/logs/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/SdkLoggerProviderBuilderTest.java b/sdk/logs/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/SdkLoggerProviderBuilderTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5c49d35e5ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/logs/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/logs/SdkLoggerProviderBuilderTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package io.opentelemetry.sdk.logs;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributeKey;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Attributes;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.resources.Resource;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class SdkLoggerProviderBuilderTest {
+
+  @Test
+  void addResource() {
+    Resource customResource =
+        Resource.create(
+            Attributes.of(
+                AttributeKey.stringKey("custom_attribute_key"), "custom_attribute_value"));
+
+    SdkLoggerProvider sdkLoggerProvider =
+        SdkLoggerProvider.builder().addResource(customResource).build();
+
+    assertThat(sdkLoggerProvider)
+        .extracting("sharedState")
+        .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("resource", Resource.getDefault().merge(customResource));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/SdkMeterProviderBuilder.java b/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/SdkMeterProviderBuilder.java
index d4c1fe49f89..1cad7d5b2e6 100644
--- a/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/SdkMeterProviderBuilder.java
+++ b/sdk/metrics/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/SdkMeterProviderBuilder.java
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ public SdkMeterProvider build() {
    */
   public SdkMeterProviderBuilder addResource(Resource resource) {
     Objects.requireNonNull(resource, "resource");
-    this.resource.merge(resource);
+    this.resource = this.resource.merge(resource);
     return this;
   }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/metrics/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/SdkMeterProviderBuilderTest.java b/sdk/metrics/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/SdkMeterProviderBuilderTest.java
index 74e5e5dcc12..bb15dc070d1 100644
--- a/sdk/metrics/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/SdkMeterProviderBuilderTest.java
+++ b/sdk/metrics/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/SdkMeterProviderBuilderTest.java
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
+import io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributeKey;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Attributes;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.resources.Resource;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.testing.exporter.InMemoryMetricReader;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -23,4 +25,22 @@ void defaultResource() {
         .extracting("sharedState")
         .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("resource", Resource.getDefault());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  void addResource() {
+    Resource customResource =
+        Resource.create(
+            Attributes.of(
+                AttributeKey.stringKey("custom_attribute_key"), "custom_attribute_value"));
+
+    SdkMeterProvider sdkMeterProvider =
+        SdkMeterProvider.builder()
+            .registerMetricReader(InMemoryMetricReader.create())
+            .addResource(customResource)
+            .build();
+
+    assertThat(sdkMeterProvider)
+        .extracting("sharedState")
+        .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("resource", Resource.getDefault().merge(customResource));
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SdkTracerProviderBuilder.java b/sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SdkTracerProviderBuilder.java
index 98f8d25cb8e..963f3b16160 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SdkTracerProviderBuilder.java
+++ b/sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SdkTracerProviderBuilder.java
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public SdkTracerProvider build() {
    */
   public SdkTracerProviderBuilder addResource(Resource resource) {
     Objects.requireNonNull(resource, "resource");
-    this.resource.merge(resource);
+    this.resource = this.resource.merge(resource);
     return this;
   }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/trace/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SdkTracerProviderBuilderTest.java b/sdk/trace/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SdkTracerProviderBuilderTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2f7b4c8ef75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/trace/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SdkTracerProviderBuilderTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributeKey;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Attributes;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.resources.Resource;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class SdkTracerProviderBuilderTest {
+
+  @Test
+  void addResource() {
+    Resource customResource =
+        Resource.create(
+            Attributes.of(
+                AttributeKey.stringKey("custom_attribute_key"), "custom_attribute_value"));
+
+    SdkTracerProvider sdkTracerProvider =
+        SdkTracerProvider.builder().addResource(customResource).build();
+
+    assertThat(sdkTracerProvider)
+        .extracting("sharedState")
+        .hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("resource", Resource.getDefault().merge(customResource));
+  }
+}