diff --git a/util/tracing/detect/detect.go b/util/tracing/detect/detect.go
index 27c969180a63..cb94490e28c2 100644
--- a/util/tracing/detect/detect.go
+++ b/util/tracing/detect/detect.go
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ type detector struct {
 var ServiceName string
 var Recorder *TraceRecorder
 
+// Resource is the resource used by the tracer provider. It may be set
+// by an importing program before TracerProvider is first invoked to
+// override the detected resource (e.g. to keep the semconv schema URL
+// consistent with the program's own).
+var Resource *resource.Resource
+
 var detectors map[string]detector
 var once sync.Once
 var tp trace.TracerProvider
@@ -97,13 +103,8 @@ func detect() error {
 	// enable log with traceID when valid exporter
 	bklog.EnableLogWithTraceID(true)
 
-	res, err := resource.Detect(context.Background(), serviceNameDetector{})
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	res, err = resource.Merge(resource.Default(), res)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	if Resource == nil {
+		Resource = detectResource()
 	}
 
 	sp := sdktrace.NewBatchSpanProcessor(exp)
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ func detect() error {
 		Recorder.flush = sp.ForceFlush
 	}
 
-	sdktp := sdktrace.NewTracerProvider(sdktrace.WithSpanProcessor(sp), sdktrace.WithResource(res))
+	sdktp := sdktrace.NewTracerProvider(sdktrace.WithSpanProcessor(sp), sdktrace.WithResource(Resource))
 	closers = append(closers, sdktp.Shutdown)
 
 	exporter = exp
diff --git a/util/tracing/detect/resource.go b/util/tracing/detect/resource.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..95e406fbc9fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/tracing/detect/resource.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package detect
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
+	semconv "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/semconv/v1.17.0"
+)
+
+func detectResource() *resource.Resource {
+	res, err := resource.New(context.Background(),
+		resource.WithDetectors(serviceNameDetector{}),
+		resource.WithFromEnv(),
+		resource.WithDetectors(telemetrySDK{}),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		otel.Handle(err)
+	}
+	return res
+}
+
+type (
+	telemetrySDK struct{}
+)
+
+var (
+	_ resource.Detector = telemetrySDK{}
+)
+
+// Detect returns a *Resource that describes the OpenTelemetry SDK used.
+func (telemetrySDK) Detect(context.Context) (*resource.Resource, error) {
+	return resource.NewWithAttributes(
+		semconv.SchemaURL,
+		semconv.TelemetrySDKName("opentelemetry"),
+		semconv.TelemetrySDKLanguageGo,
+		// otel.Version instead of sdk.Version: the root sdk package
+		// does not exist yet at the otel version pinned by this branch,
+		// and its builtin telemetrySDK detector reports otel.Version too.
+		semconv.TelemetrySDKVersion(otel.Version()),
+	), nil
+}
diff --git a/util/tracing/detect/resource_test.go b/util/tracing/detect/resource_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5327f5336f1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/tracing/detect/resource_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package detect
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+)
+
+func TestResource(t *testing.T) {
+	prevHandler := otel.GetErrorHandler()
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		otel.SetErrorHandler(prevHandler)
+	})
+
+	var resourceErr error
+	otel.SetErrorHandler(otel.ErrorHandlerFunc(func(err error) {
+		resourceErr = err
+	}))
+
+	res := detectResource()
+
+	// Should not have an empty schema url. Only happens when
+	// there is a schema conflict.
+	require.NotEqual(t, "", res.SchemaURL())
+
+	// No error should have been invoked.
+	require.NoError(t, resourceErr)
+}