diff --git a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-grpc/src/opentelemetry/ext/grpc/__init__.py b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-grpc/src/opentelemetry/ext/grpc/__init__.py
index da6cc1ac79c..e9e10e40de1 100644
--- a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-grpc/src/opentelemetry/ext/grpc/__init__.py
+++ b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-grpc/src/opentelemetry/ext/grpc/__init__.py
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
         SimpleExportSpanProcessor,
     )
 
+    from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export import ConsoleMetricsExporter
+
     try:
         from .gen import helloworld_pb2, helloworld_pb2_grpc
     except ImportError:
@@ -42,7 +44,9 @@
     trace.get_tracer_provider().add_span_processor(
         SimpleExportSpanProcessor(ConsoleSpanExporter())
     )
-    instrumentor = GrpcInstrumentorClient()
+
+    # Optional - export GRPC specific metrics (latency, bytes in/out, errors) by passing an exporter
+    instrumentor = GrpcInstrumentorClient(exporter=ConsoleMetricsExporter(), interval=10)
     instrumentor.instrument()
 
     def run():
@@ -109,6 +113,7 @@ def serve():
         serve()
 """
 from contextlib import contextmanager
+from functools import partial
 
 import grpc
 from wrapt import wrap_function_wrapper as _wrap
@@ -139,11 +144,21 @@ def wrapper_fn(self, original_func, instance, args, kwargs):
 
 class GrpcInstrumentorClient(BaseInstrumentor):
     def _instrument(self, **kwargs):
+        exporter = kwargs.get("exporter", None)
+        interval = kwargs.get("interval", 30)
         if kwargs.get("channel_type") == "secure":
-            _wrap("grpc", "secure_channel", self.wrapper_fn)
+            _wrap(
+                "grpc",
+                "secure_channel",
+                partial(self.wrapper_fn, exporter, interval),
+            )
 
         else:
-            _wrap("grpc", "insecure_channel", self.wrapper_fn)
+            _wrap(
+                "grpc",
+                "insecure_channel",
+                partial(self.wrapper_fn, exporter, interval),
+            )
 
     def _uninstrument(self, **kwargs):
         if kwargs.get("channel_type") == "secure":
@@ -152,10 +167,19 @@ def _uninstrument(self, **kwargs):
         else:
             unwrap(grpc, "insecure_channel")
 
-    @contextmanager
-    def wrapper_fn(self, original_func, instance, args, kwargs):
-        with original_func(*args, **kwargs) as channel:
-            yield intercept_channel(channel, client_interceptor())
+    def wrapper_fn(
+        self, exporter, interval, original_func, instance, args, kwargs
+    ):
+        channel = original_func(*args, **kwargs)
+        tracer_provider = kwargs.get("tracer_provider")
+        return intercept_channel(
+            channel,
+            client_interceptor(
+                tracer_provider=tracer_provider,
+                exporter=exporter,
+                interval=interval,
+            ),
+        )
 
 
 def client_interceptor(tracer_provider=None, exporter=None, interval=30):
diff --git a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-grpc/tests/test_client_interceptor.py b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-grpc/tests/test_client_interceptor.py
index a5b24f3873b..ad27f353bf8 100644
--- a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-grpc/tests/test_client_interceptor.py
+++ b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-grpc/tests/test_client_interceptor.py
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@
 
 import opentelemetry.ext.grpc
 from opentelemetry import trace
-from opentelemetry.ext.grpc import client_interceptor
-from opentelemetry.ext.grpc.grpcext import intercept_channel
+from opentelemetry.ext.grpc import GrpcInstrumentorClient
 from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.aggregate import (
     MinMaxSumCountAggregator,
     SumAggregator,
@@ -37,23 +36,23 @@
 class TestClientProto(TestBase):
     def setUp(self):
         super().setUp()
-        self.server = create_test_server(25565)
-        self.server.start()
-        self.interceptor = client_interceptor(
+        GrpcInstrumentorClient().instrument(
             exporter=self.memory_metrics_exporter
         )
-        self.channel = intercept_channel(
-            grpc.insecure_channel("localhost:25565"), self.interceptor
-        )
+        self.server = create_test_server(25565)
+        self.server.start()
+        self.channel = grpc.insecure_channel("localhost:25565")
         self._stub = test_server_pb2_grpc.GRPCTestServerStub(self.channel)
 
     def tearDown(self):
         super().tearDown()
+        GrpcInstrumentorClient().uninstrument()
         self.memory_metrics_exporter.clear()
         self.server.stop(None)
 
     def _verify_success_records(self, num_bytes_out, num_bytes_in, method):
-        self.interceptor.controller.tick()
+        # pylint: disable=protected-access,no-member
+        self.channel._interceptor.controller.tick()
         records = self.memory_metrics_exporter.get_exported_metrics()
         self.assertEqual(len(records), 3)
 
@@ -163,7 +162,8 @@ def test_stream_stream(self):
         )
 
     def _verify_error_records(self, method):
-        self.interceptor.controller.tick()
+        # pylint: disable=protected-access,no-member
+        self.channel._interceptor.controller.tick()
         records = self.memory_metrics_exporter.get_exported_metrics()
         self.assertEqual(len(records), 3)