diff --git a/api/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/GlobalOpenTelemetry.java b/api/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/GlobalOpenTelemetry.java
index 5141307c343..5e3a1e0ecdb 100644
--- a/api/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/GlobalOpenTelemetry.java
+++ b/api/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/GlobalOpenTelemetry.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import io.opentelemetry.api.internal.ConfigUtil;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.internal.GuardedBy;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.internal.IncubatingUtil;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.logs.LoggerProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.Meter;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.MeterBuilder;
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ public final class GlobalOpenTelemetry {
 
   @SuppressWarnings("NonFinalStaticField")
   @Nullable
-  private static volatile ObfuscatedOpenTelemetry globalOpenTelemetry;
+  private static volatile OpenTelemetry globalOpenTelemetry;
 
   @SuppressWarnings("NonFinalStaticField")
   @GuardedBy("mutex")
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ public static void set(OpenTelemetry openTelemetry) {
                 + "instead. Previous invocation set to cause of this exception.",
             setGlobalCaller);
       }
-      globalOpenTelemetry = new ObfuscatedOpenTelemetry(openTelemetry);
+      globalOpenTelemetry = obfuscatedOpenTelemetry(openTelemetry);
       setGlobalCaller = new Throwable();
     }
   }
@@ -261,8 +262,7 @@ private static OpenTelemetry maybeAutoConfigureAndSetGlobal() {
       Object autoConfiguredSdk = initialize.invoke(null);
       Method getOpenTelemetrySdk =
           openTelemetrySdkAutoConfiguration.getMethod("getOpenTelemetrySdk");
-      return new ObfuscatedOpenTelemetry(
-          (OpenTelemetry) getOpenTelemetrySdk.invoke(autoConfiguredSdk));
+      return obfuscatedOpenTelemetry((OpenTelemetry) getOpenTelemetrySdk.invoke(autoConfiguredSdk));
     } catch (NoSuchMethodException | IllegalAccessException e) {
       throw new IllegalStateException(
           "AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdk detected on classpath "
@@ -277,6 +277,14 @@ private static OpenTelemetry maybeAutoConfigureAndSetGlobal() {
     }
   }
 
+  private static OpenTelemetry obfuscatedOpenTelemetry(OpenTelemetry openTelemetry) {
+    OpenTelemetry incubating = IncubatingUtil.obfuscatedOpenTelemetryIfIncubating(openTelemetry);
+    if (incubating != null) {
+      return incubating;
+    }
+    return new ObfuscatedOpenTelemetry(openTelemetry);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Static global instances are obfuscated when they are returned from the API to prevent users
    * from casting them to their SDK-specific implementation. For example, we do not want users to
diff --git a/api/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/internal/IncubatingUtil.java b/api/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/internal/IncubatingUtil.java
index 1ef82d373f2..e03b1e22f8c 100644
--- a/api/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/internal/IncubatingUtil.java
+++ b/api/all/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/internal/IncubatingUtil.java
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 
 package io.opentelemetry.api.internal;
 
+import io.opentelemetry.api.OpenTelemetry;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 /**
  * Incubating utilities.
@@ -26,4 +28,24 @@ public static <T> T incubatingApiIfAvailable(T stableApi, String incubatingClass
       return stableApi;
     }
   }
+
+  @Nullable
+  public static OpenTelemetry obfuscatedOpenTelemetryIfIncubating(OpenTelemetry openTelemetry) {
+    try {
+      Class<?> extendedClass =
+          Class.forName("io.opentelemetry.api.incubator.ExtendedOpenTelemetry");
+      if (extendedClass.isInstance(openTelemetry)) {
+        Class<?> incubatingClass =
+            Class.forName(
+                "io.opentelemetry.api.incubator.internal.ObfuscatedExtendedOpenTelemetry");
+        return (OpenTelemetry)
+            incubatingClass
+                .getDeclaredConstructor(extendedClass)
+                .newInstance(extendedClass.cast(openTelemetry));
+      }
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      // incubator not available
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/api/incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/incubator/internal/ObfuscatedExtendedOpenTelemetry.java b/api/incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/incubator/internal/ObfuscatedExtendedOpenTelemetry.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..93a0b90ea91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/incubator/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/api/incubator/internal/ObfuscatedExtendedOpenTelemetry.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package io.opentelemetry.api.incubator.internal;
+
+import io.opentelemetry.api.OpenTelemetry;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.incubator.ExtendedOpenTelemetry;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.incubator.config.ConfigProvider;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.logs.LoggerProvider;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.MeterProvider;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.TracerBuilder;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.TracerProvider;
+import io.opentelemetry.context.propagation.ContextPropagators;
+import javax.annotation.concurrent.ThreadSafe;
+
+/**
+ * Static global instances are obfuscated when they are returned from the API to prevent users from
+ * casting them to their SDK-specific implementation. For example, we do not want users to use
+ * patterns like {@code (OpenTelemetrySdk) GlobalOpenTelemetry.get()}.
+ *
+ * <p>This class is internal and is hence not for public use. Its APIs are unstable and can change
+ * at any time.
+ */
+@ThreadSafe
+public final class ObfuscatedExtendedOpenTelemetry implements ExtendedOpenTelemetry {
+
+  private final ExtendedOpenTelemetry delegate;
+
+  /**
+   * This constructor is called via reflection from {@link
+   * io.opentelemetry.api.internal.IncubatingUtil#obfuscatedOpenTelemetryIfIncubating(OpenTelemetry)}.
+   */
+  public ObfuscatedExtendedOpenTelemetry(ExtendedOpenTelemetry delegate) {
+    this.delegate = delegate;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public TracerProvider getTracerProvider() {
+    return delegate.getTracerProvider();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public MeterProvider getMeterProvider() {
+    return delegate.getMeterProvider();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public LoggerProvider getLogsBridge() {
+    return delegate.getLogsBridge();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ContextPropagators getPropagators() {
+    return delegate.getPropagators();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public TracerBuilder tracerBuilder(String instrumentationScopeName) {
+    return delegate.tracerBuilder(instrumentationScopeName);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ConfigProvider getConfigProvider() {
+    return delegate.getConfigProvider();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/api/incubator/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/api/incubator/ExtendedOpenTelemetryTest.java b/api/incubator/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/api/incubator/ExtendedOpenTelemetryTest.java
index 4903d00c2e6..651eae4bc14 100644
--- a/api/incubator/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/api/incubator/ExtendedOpenTelemetryTest.java
+++ b/api/incubator/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/api/incubator/ExtendedOpenTelemetryTest.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
+import io.opentelemetry.api.GlobalOpenTelemetry;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.OpenTelemetry;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.incubator.logs.ExtendedDefaultLoggerProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.incubator.logs.ExtendedLogger;
@@ -19,6 +20,11 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.api.testing.internal.AbstractOpenTelemetryTest;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.TracerProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.context.propagation.ContextPropagators;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.OpenTelemetrySdk;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.extension.incubator.ExtendedOpenTelemetrySdk;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.extension.incubator.fileconfig.SdkConfigProvider;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.extension.incubator.fileconfig.internal.model.OpenTelemetryConfigurationModel;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 class ExtendedOpenTelemetryTest extends AbstractOpenTelemetryTest {
@@ -38,12 +44,26 @@ protected LoggerProvider getLoggerProvider() {
     return ExtendedDefaultLoggerProvider.getNoop();
   }
 
+  @BeforeEach
+  void setUp() {
+    GlobalOpenTelemetry.resetForTest();
+  }
+
   @Test
   void incubatingApiIsLoaded() {
     assertIsExtended(OpenTelemetry.noop());
     assertIsExtended(OpenTelemetry.propagating(ContextPropagators.noop()));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void globalOpenTelemetry() {
+    GlobalOpenTelemetry.set(
+        ExtendedOpenTelemetrySdk.create(
+            OpenTelemetrySdk.builder().build(),
+            SdkConfigProvider.create(new OpenTelemetryConfigurationModel())));
+    assertThat(GlobalOpenTelemetry.get()).isInstanceOf(ExtendedOpenTelemetry.class);
+  }
+
   private static void assertIsExtended(OpenTelemetry openTelemetry) {
     assertThat(openTelemetry.getMeter("test").counterBuilder("test"))
         .isInstanceOf(ExtendedLongCounterBuilder.class);
diff --git a/api/incubator/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/api/incubator/internal/ObfuscatedExtendedOpenTelemetryTest.java b/api/incubator/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/api/incubator/internal/ObfuscatedExtendedOpenTelemetryTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5752419bb78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/incubator/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/api/incubator/internal/ObfuscatedExtendedOpenTelemetryTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package io.opentelemetry.api.incubator.internal;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import io.opentelemetry.api.incubator.ExtendedOpenTelemetry;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.incubator.config.ConfigProvider;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.logs.LoggerProvider;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.MeterProvider;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.TracerBuilder;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.TracerProvider;
+import io.opentelemetry.context.propagation.ContextPropagators;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class ObfuscatedExtendedOpenTelemetryTest {
+
+  @Test
+  void delegatesAllCallsToDelegate() {
+    ExtendedOpenTelemetry delegate = mock(ExtendedOpenTelemetry.class);
+
+    TracerProvider tracerProvider = mock(TracerProvider.class);
+    MeterProvider meterProvider = mock(MeterProvider.class);
+    LoggerProvider loggerProvider = mock(LoggerProvider.class);
+    ContextPropagators propagators = mock(ContextPropagators.class);
+    TracerBuilder tracerBuilder = mock(TracerBuilder.class);
+    ConfigProvider configProvider = mock(ConfigProvider.class);
+
+    when(delegate.getTracerProvider()).thenReturn(tracerProvider);
+    when(delegate.getMeterProvider()).thenReturn(meterProvider);
+    when(delegate.getLogsBridge()).thenReturn(loggerProvider);
+    when(delegate.getPropagators()).thenReturn(propagators);
+    when(delegate.tracerBuilder("test-instrumentation")).thenReturn(tracerBuilder);
+    when(delegate.getConfigProvider()).thenReturn(configProvider);
+
+    ObfuscatedExtendedOpenTelemetry obfuscated = new ObfuscatedExtendedOpenTelemetry(delegate);
+
+    assertThat(obfuscated.getTracerProvider()).isSameAs(tracerProvider);
+    verify(delegate).getTracerProvider();
+
+    assertThat(obfuscated.getMeterProvider()).isSameAs(meterProvider);
+    verify(delegate).getMeterProvider();
+
+    assertThat(obfuscated.getLogsBridge()).isSameAs(loggerProvider);
+    verify(delegate).getLogsBridge();
+
+    assertThat(obfuscated.getPropagators()).isSameAs(propagators);
+    verify(delegate).getPropagators();
+
+    assertThat(obfuscated.tracerBuilder("test-instrumentation")).isSameAs(tracerBuilder);
+    verify(delegate).tracerBuilder("test-instrumentation");
+
+    assertThat(obfuscated.getConfigProvider()).isSameAs(configProvider);
+    verify(delegate).getConfigProvider();
+  }
+}