diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index f73b725..f070290 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 
 # Please keep the list sorted.
 Google Inc.
+LightStep Inc.
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index fe55ebf..788677b 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 Johan Euphrosine <proppy@google.com>
 Kostik Shtoyk <kostik@google.com>
 Kunpei Sakai <namusyaka@gmail.com>
+Matthew Dolan <dolan@lightstep.com>
 Matthew Whisenhunt <matt.whisenhunt@gmail.com>
 Michael McGreevy <mcgreevy@golang.org>
 Nick Craig-Wood <nickcw@gmail.com>
diff --git a/internal/settings.go b/internal/settings.go
index dacdbf1..544d715 100644
--- a/internal/settings.go
+++ b/internal/settings.go
@@ -17,19 +17,20 @@
 // DialSettings holds information needed to establish a connection with a
 // Google API service.
 type DialSettings struct {
-	Endpoint        string
-	Scopes          []string
-	TokenSource     oauth2.TokenSource
-	Credentials     *google.Credentials
-	CredentialsFile string // if set, Token Source is ignored.
-	CredentialsJSON []byte
-	UserAgent       string
-	APIKey          string
-	Audiences       []string
-	HTTPClient      *http.Client
-	GRPCDialOpts    []grpc.DialOption
-	GRPCConn        *grpc.ClientConn
-	NoAuth          bool
+	Endpoint          string
+	Scopes            []string
+	TokenSource       oauth2.TokenSource
+	Credentials       *google.Credentials
+	CredentialsFile   string // if set, Token Source is ignored.
+	CredentialsJSON   []byte
+	UserAgent         string
+	APIKey            string
+	Audiences         []string
+	HTTPClient        *http.Client
+	GRPCDialOpts      []grpc.DialOption
+	GRPCConn          *grpc.ClientConn
+	NoAuth            bool
+	TelemetryDisabled bool
 
 	// Google API system parameters. For more information please read:
 	// https://cloud.google.com/apis/docs/system-parameters
diff --git a/option/option.go b/option/option.go
index 2326c9a..8a4cd16 100644
--- a/option/option.go
+++ b/option/option.go
@@ -223,3 +223,16 @@
 func (w withRequestReason) Apply(o *internal.DialSettings) {
 	o.RequestReason = string(w)
 }
+
+// WithTelemetryDisabled returns a ClientOption that disables default telemetry (OpenCensus)
+// settings on gRPC and HTTP clients.
+// An example reason would be to bind custom telemetry that overrides the defaults.
+func WithTelemetryDisabled() ClientOption {
+	return withTelemetryDisabledOption{}
+}
+
+type withTelemetryDisabledOption struct{}
+
+func (w withTelemetryDisabledOption) Apply(o *internal.DialSettings) {
+	o.TelemetryDisabled = true
+}
diff --git a/option/option_test.go b/option/option_test.go
index 8ae72cc..ec77fef 100644
--- a/option/option_test.go
+++ b/option/option_test.go
@@ -44,25 +44,27 @@
 		WithAudiences("https://example.com/"),
 		WithQuotaProject("user-project"),
 		WithRequestReason("Request Reason"),
+		WithTelemetryDisabled(),
 	}
 	var got internal.DialSettings
 	for _, opt := range opts {
 		opt.Apply(&got)
 	}
 	want := internal.DialSettings{
-		Scopes:          []string{"https://example.com/auth/helloworld", "https://example.com/auth/otherthing"},
-		UserAgent:       "ua",
-		Endpoint:        "https://example.com:443",
-		GRPCConn:        conn,
-		Credentials:     &google.DefaultCredentials{ProjectID: "p"},
-		CredentialsFile: "service-account.json",
-		CredentialsJSON: []byte(`{some: "json"}`),
-		APIKey:          "api-key",
-		Audiences:       []string{"https://example.com/"},
-		QuotaProject:    "user-project",
-		RequestReason:   "Request Reason",
+		Scopes:            []string{"https://example.com/auth/helloworld", "https://example.com/auth/otherthing"},
+		UserAgent:         "ua",
+		Endpoint:          "https://example.com:443",
+		GRPCConn:          conn,
+		Credentials:       &google.DefaultCredentials{ProjectID: "p"},
+		CredentialsFile:   "service-account.json",
+		CredentialsJSON:   []byte(`{some: "json"}`),
+		APIKey:            "api-key",
+		Audiences:         []string{"https://example.com/"},
+		QuotaProject:      "user-project",
+		RequestReason:     "Request Reason",
+		TelemetryDisabled: true,
 	}
 	if !cmp.Equal(got, want, cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(grpc.ClientConn{})) {
-		t.Errorf("\ngot  %#v\nwant %#v", got, want)
+		t.Errorf(cmp.Diff(got, want, cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(grpc.ClientConn{})))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/transport/grpc/dial.go b/transport/grpc/dial.go
index dfc20a5..7526e68 100644
--- a/transport/grpc/dial.go
+++ b/transport/grpc/dial.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 	// Add tracing, but before the other options, so that clients can override the
 	// gRPC stats handler.
 	// This assumes that gRPC options are processed in order, left to right.
-	grpcOpts = addOCStatsHandler(grpcOpts)
+	grpcOpts = addOCStatsHandler(grpcOpts, o)
 	grpcOpts = append(grpcOpts, o.GRPCDialOpts...)
 	if o.UserAgent != "" {
 		grpcOpts = append(grpcOpts, grpc.WithUserAgent(o.UserAgent))
@@ -125,7 +125,10 @@
 	return grpc.DialContext(ctx, o.Endpoint, grpcOpts...)
 }
 
-func addOCStatsHandler(opts []grpc.DialOption) []grpc.DialOption {
+func addOCStatsHandler(opts []grpc.DialOption, settings internal.DialSettings) []grpc.DialOption {
+	if settings.TelemetryDisabled {
+		return opts
+	}
 	return append(opts, grpc.WithStatsHandler(&ocgrpc.ClientHandler{}))
 }
 
diff --git a/transport/http/dial.go b/transport/http/dial.go
index 26c8d8a..1ef67ce 100644
--- a/transport/http/dial.go
+++ b/transport/http/dial.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 		quotaProject:  settings.QuotaProject,
 		requestReason: settings.RequestReason,
 	}
-	trans = addOCTransport(trans)
+	trans = addOCTransport(trans, settings)
 	switch {
 	case settings.NoAuth:
 		// Do nothing.
@@ -142,7 +142,10 @@
 	return http.DefaultTransport
 }
 
-func addOCTransport(trans http.RoundTripper) http.RoundTripper {
+func addOCTransport(trans http.RoundTripper, settings *internal.DialSettings) http.RoundTripper {
+	if settings.TelemetryDisabled {
+		return trans
+	}
 	return &ochttp.Transport{
 		Base:        trans,
 		Propagation: &propagation.HTTPFormat{},