diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/MeterProvider.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/MeterProvider.ts
index 09bd9f8e66a..e2098ab5138 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/MeterProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-metrics/src/MeterProvider.ts
@@ -24,12 +24,15 @@ import { DEFAULT_CONFIG, MeterConfig } from './types';
  * This class represents a meter provider which platform libraries can extend
  */
 export class MeterProvider implements types.MeterProvider {
+  private readonly _config: MeterConfig;
   private readonly _meters: Map<string, Meter> = new Map();
-  readonly resource: Resource = Resource.createTelemetrySDKResource();
+  readonly resource: Resource;
   readonly logger: types.Logger;
 
-  constructor(private _config: MeterConfig = DEFAULT_CONFIG) {
-    this.logger = _config.logger || new ConsoleLogger(_config.logLevel);
+  constructor(config: MeterConfig = DEFAULT_CONFIG) {
+    this.logger = config.logger || new ConsoleLogger(config.logLevel);
+    this.resource = config.resource || Resource.createTelemetrySDKResource();
+    this._config = Object.assign({}, config, { logger: this.logger, resource: this.resource });
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/BasicTracerProvider.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/BasicTracerProvider.ts
index fe44199e617..06b285adb6c 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/BasicTracerProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/BasicTracerProvider.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { Resource } from '@opentelemetry/resources';
  * This class represents a basic tracer provider which platform libraries can extend
  */
 export class BasicTracerProvider implements api.TracerProvider {
+  private readonly _config: TracerConfig;
   private readonly _registeredSpanProcessors: SpanProcessor[] = [];
   private readonly _tracers: Map<string, Tracer> = new Map();
 
@@ -34,9 +35,10 @@ export class BasicTracerProvider implements api.TracerProvider {
   readonly logger: api.Logger;
   readonly resource: Resource;
 
-  constructor(private _config: TracerConfig = DEFAULT_CONFIG) {
-    this.logger = _config.logger || new ConsoleLogger(_config.logLevel);
-    this.resource = _config.resource || Resource.createTelemetrySDKResource();
+  constructor(config: TracerConfig = DEFAULT_CONFIG) {
+    this.logger = config.logger || new ConsoleLogger(config.logLevel);
+    this.resource = config.resource || Resource.createTelemetrySDKResource();
+    this._config = Object.assign({}, config, { logger: this.logger, resource: this.resource });
   }
 
   getTracer(name: string, version = '*', config?: TracerConfig): Tracer {