diff --git a/sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/configurator.rb b/sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/configurator.rb
index 925a21fd6..96bb90acd 100644
--- a/sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/configurator.rb
+++ b/sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/configurator.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class Configurator # rubocop:disable Metrics/ClassLength
       private_constant :USE_MODE_UNSPECIFIED, :USE_MODE_ONE, :USE_MODE_ALL
 
       attr_writer :logger, :http_extractors, :http_injectors, :text_extractors,
-                  :text_injectors, :resource
+                  :text_injectors
 
       def initialize
         @adapter_names = []
@@ -27,13 +27,17 @@ def initialize
         @text_injectors = nil
         @span_processors = []
         @use_mode = USE_MODE_UNSPECIFIED
-        @resource = OpenTelemetry::SDK::Resources::Resource.create
+        @resource = Resources::Resource.telemetry_sdk
       end
 
       def logger
         @logger ||= Logger.new(STDOUT)
       end
 
+      def resource=(new_resource)
+        @resource = @resource.merge(new_resource)
+      end
+
       # Install an instrumentation adapter with specificied optional +config+.
       # Use can be called multiple times to install multiple instrumentation
       # adapters. Only +use+ or +use_all+, but not both when installing
diff --git a/sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/resource.rb b/sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/resource.rb
index ebaf32e37..0390383da 100644
--- a/sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/resource.rb
+++ b/sdk/lib/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/resource.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module Resources
       # for which telemetry (metrics or traces) is reported.
       class Resource
         class << self
-          private :new # rubocop:disable Style/AccessModifierDeclarations
+          private :new
 
           # Returns a newly created {Resource} with the specified labels
           #
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ def create(labels = {})
 
             new(frozen_labels)
           end
+
+          def telemetry_sdk
+            create(
+              Constants::TELEMETRY_SDK_RESOURCE[:name] => 'opentelemetry',
+              Constants::TELEMETRY_SDK_RESOURCE[:language] => 'ruby',
+              Constants::TELEMETRY_SDK_RESOURCE[:version] => "semver:#{OpenTelemetry::SDK::VERSION}"
+            )
+          end
         end
 
         # @api private
diff --git a/sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk/configurator_test.rb b/sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk/configurator_test.rb
index 26bf22b97..c332720b9 100644
--- a/sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk/configurator_test.rb
+++ b/sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk/configurator_test.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,24 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe '#resource=' do
+    let(:configurator_resource) { configurator.instance_variable_get(:@resource) }
+    let(:configurator_resource_labels) { configurator_resource.label_enumerator.to_h }
+    let(:expected_resource_labels) do
+      {
+        'telemetry.sdk.name' => 'opentelemetry',
+        'telemetry.sdk.language' => 'ruby',
+        'telemetry.sdk.version' => "semver:#{OpenTelemetry::SDK::VERSION}",
+        'test_key' => 'test_value'
+      }
+    end
+
+    it 'merges the resource' do
+      configurator.resource = OpenTelemetry::SDK::Resources::Resource.create('test_key' => 'test_value')
+      _(configurator_resource_labels).must_equal(expected_resource_labels)
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#use' do
     it 'can be called multiple times' do
       configurator.use('TestAdapter', enabled: true)
diff --git a/sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/resource_test.rb b/sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/resource_test.rb
index 4896f02c1..e1d27be11 100644
--- a/sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/resource_test.rb
+++ b/sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk/resources/resource_test.rb
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe '.telemetry_sdk' do
+    it 'returns a resource for the telemetry sdk' do
+      resource_labels = Resource.telemetry_sdk.label_enumerator.to_h
+      _(resource_labels['telemetry.sdk.name']).must_equal('opentelemetry')
+      _(resource_labels['telemetry.sdk.language']).must_equal('ruby')
+      _(resource_labels['telemetry.sdk.version']).must_match(/semver:\b\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}/)
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#merge' do
     it 'merges two resources into a third' do
       res1 = Resource.create('k1' => 'v1', 'k2' => 'v2')