diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8edd0ac74b..de5ab27ec9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Changelog
+
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
@@ -56,6 +57,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#472](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/472))
 - Set the `traced_request_attrs` of FalconInstrumentor by an argument correctly.
   ([#473](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/473))
+- Enable passing explicit urls to exclude in instrumentation in FastAPI
+  ([#486](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/486))
 - Distros can now implement `load_instrumentor(EntryPoint)` method to customize instrumentor
   loading behaviour.
   ([#480](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/480))
@@ -63,12 +66,14 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#492](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/492))
 
 ### Added
+
 - Move `opentelemetry-instrumentation` from core repository
   ([#465](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/465))
 
 ## [0.20b0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/releases/tag/v0.20b0) - 2021-04-20
 
 ### Changed
+
 - Restrict DataDog exporter's `ddtrace` dependency to known working versions.
   ([#400](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/400))
 - GRPC instrumentation now correctly injects trace context into outgoing requests.
@@ -80,7 +85,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Update instrumentations to use tracer_provider for creating tracer if given, otherwise use global tracer provider
   ([#402](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/402))
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi` Replaced `name_callback` with `request_hook`
-   and `response_hook` callbacks.
+  and `response_hook` callbacks.
   ([#424](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/424))
 - Update gRPC instrumentation to better wrap server context
   ([#420](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/420))
@@ -90,6 +95,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#265](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/265))
 
 ### Added
+
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib3` Add urllib3 instrumentation
   ([#299](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/299))
 
@@ -118,16 +124,17 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#442](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/442))
 
 ### Removed
+
 - Remove `http.status_text` from span attributes
   ([#406](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/406))
 
-
 ## [0.19b0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/releases/tag/v0.19b0) - 2021-03-26
 
 - Implement context methods for `_InterceptorChannel`
   ([#363](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/363))
 
 ### Changed
+
 - Rename `IdsGenerator` to `IdGenerator`
   ([#350](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/350))
 - `opentelemetry-exporter-datadog` Fix warning when DatadogFormat encounters a request with
@@ -147,18 +154,21 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#372](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/372))
 
 ### Removed
+
 - Removing support for Python 3.5
   ([#374](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/374))
 
 ## [0.18b0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/releases/tag/v0.18b0) - 2021-02-16
 
 ### Added
+
 - `opentelemetry-propagator-ot-trace` Add OT Trace Propagator
   ([#302](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/302))
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging` Added logging instrumentation to enable log - trace correlation.
   ([#345](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/345))
 
 ### Removed
+
 - Remove `component` span attribute in instrumentations.
   `opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiopg`, `opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi` Remove unused `database_type` parameter from `trace_integration` function.
   ([#301](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/301))
@@ -176,6 +186,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [0.17b0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/releases/tag/v0.17b0) - 2021-01-20
 
 ### Added
+
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy` Ensure spans have kind set to "CLIENT"
   ([#278](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/278))
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery` Add support for Celery version 5.x
@@ -210,6 +221,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#273](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/273))
 
 ### Changed
+
 - Fix broken links to project ([#413](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/413))
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi`, `opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi` Return `None` for `CarrierGetter` if key not found
   ([#233](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/233))
@@ -239,6 +251,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#276](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/276))
 
 ### Removed
+
 - Remove Configuration
   ([#285](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/285))
 
@@ -247,6 +260,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [0.16b0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/releases/tag/v0.16b0) - 2020-11-25
 
 ### Added
+
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask` Add span name callback
   ([#152](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/152))
 - `opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws` Add AWS X-Ray Ids Generator Entry Point
@@ -265,6 +279,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#181](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/181))
 
 ### Changed
+
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymemcache` Update pymemcache instrumentation to follow semantic conventions
   ([#183](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/183))
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis` Update redis instrumentation to follow semantic conventions
@@ -289,6 +304,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [0.15b0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/releases/tag/v0.15b0) - 2020-11-02
 
 ### Added
+
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests` Add support for tracking http metrics
   ([#1230](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/1230))
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-django` Added capture of http.route
@@ -297,6 +313,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#1230](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/1230))
 
 ### Changed
+
 - `opentelemetry-exporter-datadog` Make `SpanProcessor.on_start` accept parent Context
   ([#1251](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/1251))
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask` Use `url.rule` instead of `request.endpoint` for span name
@@ -313,6 +330,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [0.14b0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v0.14b0) - 2020-10-13
 
 ### Added
+
 - `opentelemetry-exporter-datadog` Add support for span resource labels and service name
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery` Span operation names now include the task type.
   ([#1135](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/1135))
@@ -326,6 +344,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#1154](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/1154))
 
 ### Changed
+
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymongo` Cast PyMongo commands as strings
   ([#1132](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/1132))
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-system-metrics` Fix issue when specific metrics are not available in certain OS
@@ -338,6 +357,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [0.13b0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v0.13b0) - 2020-09-17
 
 ### Added
+
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-falcon` Initial release. Added instrumentation for Falcon 2.0+
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-tornado` Initial release. Supports Tornado 6.x on Python 3.5 and newer.
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client` Add instrumentor and auto instrumentation support for aiohttp
@@ -348,18 +368,21 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#1116](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/1116))
 
 ### Changed
+
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client` Updating span name to match semantic conventions
   ([#972](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/972))
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi` cursors and connections now produce spans when used with context managers
   ([#1028](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/1028))
 
 ### Removed
+
 - Drop support for Python 3.4
   ([#1099](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/1099))
 
 ## [0.12b0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v0.12.0) - 2020-08-14
 
 ### Changed
+
 - `opentelemetry-ext-pymemcache` Change package name to opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymemcache
   ([#966](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/966))
 - `opentelemetry-ext-redis` Update default SpanKind to `SpanKind.CLIENT`
@@ -426,6 +449,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [0.11b0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v0.11.0) - 2020-07-28
 
 ### Added
+
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiopg` Initial release
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi` Initial release
   ([#890](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/890))
@@ -436,6 +460,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - `opentelemetry-ext-grpc` Add metric recording (bytes in/out, errors, latency) to gRPC client
 
 ### Changed
+
 - `opentelemetry-ext-pyramid` Use one general exclude list instead of two
   ([#872](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/872))
 - `opentelemetry-ext-boto` fails to export spans via jaeger
@@ -456,6 +481,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [0.10b0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v0.10.0) - 2020-06-23
 
 ### Added
+
 - `opentelemetry-ext-pymemcache` Initial release
 - `opentelemetry-ext-elasticsearch` Initial release
 - `opentelemetry-ext-celery` Add instrumentation for Celery
@@ -468,6 +494,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [0.9b0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v0.9.0) - 2020-06-10
 
 ### Added
+
 - `opentelemetry-ext-pyramid` Initial release
 - `opentelemetry-ext-boto` Initial release
 - `opentelemetry-ext-botocore` Initial release
@@ -477,6 +504,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [0.8b0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v0.8.0) - 2020-05-27
 
 ### Added
+
 - `opentelemetry-ext-datadog` Add exporter to Datadog
   ([#572](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/572))
 - `opentelemetry-ext-sqlite3` Initial release
@@ -489,12 +517,14 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - `opentelemetry-ext-django` Add support for django >= 1.10 (#717)
 
 ### Changed
+
 - `opentelemetry-ext-grpc` lint: version of grpc causes lint issues
   ([#696](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/696))
 
 ## [0.7b1](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v0.7.1) - 2020-05-12
 
 ### Added
+
 - `opentelemetry-ext-redis` Initial release
 - `opentelemetry-ext-jinja2` Add jinja2 instrumentation
   ([#643](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/643))
@@ -518,12 +548,14 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#654](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/654))
 
 ### Changed
+
 - `opentelemetry-ext-http-requests` Rename package to opentelemetry-ext-requests
   ([#619](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/619))
 
 ## [0.6b0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v0.6.0) - 2020-03-30
 
 ### Added
+
 - `opentelemetry-ext-flask` Add an entry_point to be usable in auto-instrumentation
   ([#327](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/327))
 - `opentelemetry-ext-grpc` Add gRPC integration
@@ -534,11 +566,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [0.4a0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v0.4.0) - 2020-02-21
 
 ### Added
+
 - `opentelemetry-ext-psycopg2` Initial release
 - `opentelemetry-ext-dbapi` Initial release
 - `opentelemetry-ext-mysql` Initial release
 
 ### Changed
+
 - `opentelemetry-ext-pymongo` Updating network connection attribute names
   ([#350](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/350))
 - `opentelemetry-ext-wsgi` Updating network connection attribute names
@@ -549,10 +583,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [0.3a0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v0.3.0) - 2019-12-11
 
 ### Added
+
 - `opentelemetry-ext-flask` Initial release
 - `opentelemetry-ext-pymongo` Initial release
 
 ### Changed
+
 - `opentelemetry-ext-wsgi` Support new semantic conventions
   ([#299](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/299))
 - `opentelemetry-ext-wsgi` Updates for core library changes
@@ -560,11 +596,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [0.2a0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v0.2.0) - 2019-10-29
 
 ### Changed
+
 - `opentelemetry-ext-wsgi` Updates for core library changes
 - `opentelemetry-ext-http-requests` Updates for core library changes
 
 ## [0.1a0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v0.1.0) - 2019-09-30
 
 ### Added
+
 - `opentelemetry-ext-wsgi` Initial release
 - `opentelemetry-ext-http-requests` Initial release
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/README.rst b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/README.rst
index ab76664448..949cc18708 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/README.rst
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/README.rst
@@ -51,9 +51,14 @@ Usage
 
     FastAPIInstrumentor.instrument_app(app)
 
+You can also pass the list of urls to exclude explicitly to the instrumentation call:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    FastAPIInstrumentor.instrument_app(app, "client/.*/info,healthcheck")
 
 References
 ----------
 
 * `OpenTelemetry Project <https://opentelemetry.io/>`_
-* `OpenTelemetry Python Examples <https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/tree/main/docs/examples>`_
\ No newline at end of file
+* `OpenTelemetry Python Examples <https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/tree/main/docs/examples>`_
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/fastapi/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/fastapi/__init__.py
index 7adf26da73..933b027018 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.asgi.package import _instruments
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.instrumentor import BaseInstrumentor
 from opentelemetry.semconv.trace import SpanAttributes
-from opentelemetry.util.http import get_excluded_urls
+from opentelemetry.util.http import get_excluded_urls, parse_excluded_urls
 
-_excluded_urls = get_excluded_urls("FASTAPI")
+_excluded_urls_from_env = get_excluded_urls("FASTAPI")
 
 
 class FastAPIInstrumentor(BaseInstrumentor):
@@ -35,12 +35,19 @@ class FastAPIInstrumentor(BaseInstrumentor):
     _original_fastapi = None
 
     @staticmethod
-    def instrument_app(app: fastapi.FastAPI, tracer_provider=None):
+    def instrument_app(
+        app: fastapi.FastAPI, tracer_provider=None, excluded_urls=None,
+    ):
         """Instrument an uninstrumented FastAPI application."""
         if not getattr(app, "is_instrumented_by_opentelemetry", False):
+            if excluded_urls is None:
+                excluded_urls = _excluded_urls_from_env
+            else:
+                excluded_urls = parse_excluded_urls(excluded_urls)
+
             app.add_middleware(
                 OpenTelemetryMiddleware,
-                excluded_urls=_excluded_urls,
+                excluded_urls=excluded_urls,
                 span_details_callback=_get_route_details,
                 tracer_provider=tracer_provider,
             )
@@ -52,6 +59,12 @@ def instrumentation_dependencies(self) -> Collection[str]:
     def _instrument(self, **kwargs):
         self._original_fastapi = fastapi.FastAPI
         _InstrumentedFastAPI._tracer_provider = kwargs.get("tracer_provider")
+        _excluded_urls = kwargs.get("excluded_urls")
+        _InstrumentedFastAPI._excluded_urls = (
+            _excluded_urls_from_env
+            if _excluded_urls is None
+            else parse_excluded_urls(_excluded_urls)
+        )
         fastapi.FastAPI = _InstrumentedFastAPI
 
     def _uninstrument(self, **kwargs):
@@ -60,12 +73,13 @@ def _uninstrument(self, **kwargs):
 
 class _InstrumentedFastAPI(fastapi.FastAPI):
     _tracer_provider = None
+    _excluded_urls = None
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.add_middleware(
             OpenTelemetryMiddleware,
-            excluded_urls=_excluded_urls,
+            excluded_urls=_InstrumentedFastAPI._excluded_urls,
             span_details_callback=_get_route_details,
             tracer_provider=_InstrumentedFastAPI._tracer_provider,
         )
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/tests/test_fastapi_instrumentation.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/tests/test_fastapi_instrumentation.py
index 524d53c6f9..e3e6f8f4c5 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/tests/test_fastapi_instrumentation.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi/tests/test_fastapi_instrumentation.py
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ def _create_app(self):
         self._instrumentor.instrument_app(app)
         return app
 
+    def _create_app_explicit_excluded_urls(self):
+        app = self._create_fastapi_app()
+        to_exclude = "/user/123,/foobar"
+        self._instrumentor.instrument_app(app, excluded_urls=to_exclude)
+        return app
+
     def setUp(self):
         super().setUp()
         self.env_patch = patch.dict(
@@ -39,7 +45,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         )
         self.env_patch.start()
         self.exclude_patch = patch(
-            "opentelemetry.instrumentation.fastapi._excluded_urls",
+            "opentelemetry.instrumentation.fastapi._excluded_urls_from_env",
             get_excluded_urls("FASTAPI"),
         )
         self.exclude_patch.start()
@@ -84,6 +90,17 @@ def test_fastapi_excluded_urls(self):
         spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
         self.assertEqual(len(spans), 0)
 
+    def test_fastapi_excluded_urls_not_env(self):
+        """Ensure that given fastapi routes are excluded when passed explicitly (not in the environment)"""
+        app = self._create_app_explicit_excluded_urls()
+        client = TestClient(app)
+        client.get("/user/123")
+        spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
+        self.assertEqual(len(spans), 0)
+        client.get("/foobar")
+        spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
+        self.assertEqual(len(spans), 0)
+
     @staticmethod
     def _create_fastapi_app():
         app = fastapi.FastAPI()
@@ -124,6 +141,20 @@ def _create_app(self):
         self._instrumentor.instrument(tracer_provider=tracer_provider)
         return self._create_fastapi_app()
 
+    def _create_app_explicit_excluded_urls(self):
+        resource = Resource.create({"key1": "value1", "key2": "value2"})
+        tracer_provider, exporter = self.create_tracer_provider(
+            resource=resource
+        )
+        self.memory_exporter = exporter
+
+        to_exclude = "/user/123,/foobar"
+        self._instrumentor.uninstrument()  # Disable previous instrumentation (setUp)
+        self._instrumentor.instrument(
+            tracer_provider=tracer_provider, excluded_urls=to_exclude,
+        )
+        return self._create_fastapi_app()
+
     def test_request(self):
         self._client.get("/foobar")
         spans = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
diff --git a/util/opentelemetry-util-http/src/opentelemetry/util/http/__init__.py b/util/opentelemetry-util-http/src/opentelemetry/util/http/__init__.py
index dfa186bf16..7a4bb01ecf 100644
--- a/util/opentelemetry-util-http/src/opentelemetry/util/http/__init__.py
+++ b/util/opentelemetry-util-http/src/opentelemetry/util/http/__init__.py
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ def get_excluded_urls(instrumentation):
         _root.format("{}_EXCLUDED_URLS".format(instrumentation)), []
     )
 
+    return parse_excluded_urls(excluded_urls)
+
+
+def parse_excluded_urls(excluded_urls):
+    """
+    Small helper to put an arbitrary url list inside of ExcludeList
+    """
     if excluded_urls:
         excluded_urls = [
             excluded_url.strip() for excluded_url in excluded_urls.split(",")