diff --git a/airflow/providers/openlineage/extractors/manager.py b/airflow/providers/openlineage/extractors/manager.py
index 480ffc9f39981..6d9fabc5cf47b 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/openlineage/extractors/manager.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/openlineage/extractors/manager.py
@@ -63,8 +63,9 @@ def __init__(self):
             for operator_class in extractor.get_operator_classnames():
                 self.extractors[operator_class] = extractor
 
-        env_extractors = conf.get("openlinege", "extractors", fallback=os.getenv("OPENLINEAGE_EXTRACTORS"))
-        if env_extractors is not None:
+        env_extractors = conf.get("openlineage", "extractors", fallback=os.getenv("OPENLINEAGE_EXTRACTORS"))
+        # skip either when it's empty string or None
+        if env_extractors:
             for extractor in env_extractors.split(";"):
                 extractor: type[BaseExtractor] = try_import_from_string(extractor.strip())
                 for operator_class in extractor.get_operator_classnames():
diff --git a/airflow/providers/openlineage/provider.yaml b/airflow/providers/openlineage/provider.yaml
index 9bd98e8b937c9..ebfe31749bf5b 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/openlineage/provider.yaml
+++ b/airflow/providers/openlineage/provider.yaml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ config:
           Semicolon separated paths to custom OpenLineage extractors.
         type: string
         example: full.path.to.ExtractorClass;full.path.to.AnotherExtractorClass
-        default: ""
+        default: ~
         version_added: ~
       config_path:
         description: |
diff --git a/tests/providers/openlineage/extractors/test_base.py b/tests/providers/openlineage/extractors/test_base.py
index 7c2174fe5b270..309e0c1a79f52 100644
--- a/tests/providers/openlineage/extractors/test_base.py
+++ b/tests/providers/openlineage/extractors/test_base.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 # under the License.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import os
 from typing import Any
 from unittest import mock
 
@@ -27,11 +28,13 @@
 from airflow.models.baseoperator import BaseOperator
 from airflow.operators.python import PythonOperator
 from airflow.providers.openlineage.extractors.base import (
+    BaseExtractor,
     DefaultExtractor,
     OperatorLineage,
 )
 from airflow.providers.openlineage.extractors.manager import ExtractorManager
 from airflow.providers.openlineage.extractors.python import PythonExtractor
+from tests.test_utils.config import conf_vars
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.db_test
 
@@ -52,6 +55,12 @@ class CompleteRunFacet(BaseFacet):
 FINISHED_FACETS: dict[str, BaseFacet] = {"complete": CompleteRunFacet(True)}
 
 
+class ExampleExtractor(BaseExtractor):
+    @classmethod
+    def get_operator_classnames(cls):
+        return ["ExampleOperator"]
+
+
 class ExampleOperator(BaseOperator):
     def execute(self, context) -> Any:
         pass
@@ -221,6 +230,24 @@ def test_extraction_without_on_start():
     )
 
 
+@mock.patch.dict(
+    os.environ,
+    {"OPENLINEAGE_EXTRACTORS": "tests.providers.openlineage.extractors.test_base.ExampleExtractor"},
+)
+def test_extractors_env_var():
+    extractor = ExtractorManager().get_extractor_class(ExampleOperator(task_id="example"))
+    assert extractor is ExampleExtractor
+
+
+@mock.patch.dict(os.environ, {"OPENLINEAGE_EXTRACTORS": "no.such.extractor"})
+@conf_vars(
+    {("openlineage", "extractors"): "tests.providers.openlineage.extractors.test_base.ExampleExtractor"}
+)
+def test_config_has_precedence_over_env_var():
+    extractor = ExtractorManager().get_extractor_class(ExampleOperator(task_id="example"))
+    assert extractor is ExampleExtractor
+
+
 def test_does_not_use_default_extractor_when_not_a_method():
     extractor_class = ExtractorManager().get_extractor_class(BrokenOperator(task_id="a"))
     assert extractor_class is None