diff --git a/opencensus/exporters/stats/stackdriver/internal/stackdriver_exporter.cc b/opencensus/exporters/stats/stackdriver/internal/stackdriver_exporter.cc
index 6af5ca42..099e5d2c 100644
--- a/opencensus/exporters/stats/stackdriver/internal/stackdriver_exporter.cc
+++ b/opencensus/exporters/stats/stackdriver/internal/stackdriver_exporter.cc
@@ -166,9 +166,11 @@ bool Handler::MaybeRegisterView(
 }  // namespace
 
 // static
-void StackdriverExporter::Register(const StackdriverOptions& opts) {
+grpc::Status StackdriverExporter::Register(const StackdriverOptions& opts) {
   opencensus::stats::StatsExporter::RegisterPushHandler(
       absl::WrapUnique(new Handler(opts)));
+  // TODO: Propagate errors to caller. For now we just return OK.
+  return grpc::Status::OK;
 }
 
 // static, DEPRECATED
diff --git a/opencensus/exporters/stats/stackdriver/stackdriver_exporter.h b/opencensus/exporters/stats/stackdriver/stackdriver_exporter.h
index bbe70ac6..a071d04c 100644
--- a/opencensus/exporters/stats/stackdriver/stackdriver_exporter.h
+++ b/opencensus/exporters/stats/stackdriver/stackdriver_exporter.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
+#include <grpcpp/support/status.h>
 #include "absl/base/macros.h"
 #include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
 #include "absl/time/time.h"
@@ -42,8 +43,9 @@ struct StackdriverOptions {
 // Stackdriver. StackdriverExporter is thread-safe.
 class StackdriverExporter {
  public:
-  // Registers the exporter.
-  static void Register(const StackdriverOptions& opts);
+  // Registers the exporter and returns OK on success or another Status code
+  // otherwise.
+  static grpc::Status Register(const StackdriverOptions& opts);
 
   // TODO: Retire this:
   ABSL_DEPRECATED(
diff --git a/opencensus/exporters/trace/stackdriver/internal/stackdriver_exporter.cc b/opencensus/exporters/trace/stackdriver/internal/stackdriver_exporter.cc
index f0b36535..6f1e17c0 100644
--- a/opencensus/exporters/trace/stackdriver/internal/stackdriver_exporter.cc
+++ b/opencensus/exporters/trace/stackdriver/internal/stackdriver_exporter.cc
@@ -271,12 +271,14 @@ void Handler::Export(
 }  // namespace
 
 // static
-void StackdriverExporter::Register(const StackdriverOptions& opts) {
+grpc::Status StackdriverExporter::Register(const StackdriverOptions& opts) {
   auto channel = ::grpc::CreateCustomChannel(
       kGoogleStackdriverTraceAddress, ::grpc::GoogleDefaultCredentials(),
       ::opencensus::common::WithUserAgent());
   ::opencensus::trace::exporter::SpanExporter::RegisterHandler(
       absl::make_unique<Handler>(opts, channel));
+  // TODO: Propagate errors to caller. For now we just return OK.
+  return grpc::Status::OK;
 }
 
 // static, DEPRECATED
diff --git a/opencensus/exporters/trace/stackdriver/stackdriver_exporter.h b/opencensus/exporters/trace/stackdriver/stackdriver_exporter.h
index 0fcea9b9..1327a94d 100644
--- a/opencensus/exporters/trace/stackdriver/stackdriver_exporter.h
+++ b/opencensus/exporters/trace/stackdriver/stackdriver_exporter.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
+#include <grpcpp/support/status.h>
 #include "absl/base/macros.h"
 #include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
 #include "absl/time/time.h"
@@ -35,8 +36,9 @@ struct StackdriverOptions {
 
 class StackdriverExporter {
  public:
-  // Registers the exporter.
-  static void Register(const StackdriverOptions& opts);
+  // Registers the exporter and returns OK on success or another Status code
+  // otherwise.
+  static grpc::Status Register(const StackdriverOptions& opts);
 
   // TODO: Retire this:
   ABSL_DEPRECATED(