diff --git a/crates/astria-composer/src/main.rs b/crates/astria-composer/src/main.rs
index 4cbff824a..0dea447e6 100644
--- a/crates/astria-composer/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/astria-composer/src/main.rs
@@ -38,11 +38,10 @@ async fn main() -> ExitCode {
     if !cfg.no_metrics {
         telemetry_conf = telemetry_conf
             .metrics_addr(&cfg.metrics_http_listener_addr)
-            .service_name(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"));
+            .service_name(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"))
+            .register_metrics(metrics_init::register);
     }
 
-    metrics_init::register();
-
     if let Err(e) = telemetry_conf
         .try_init()
         .wrap_err("failed to setup telemetry")
diff --git a/crates/astria-conductor/src/main.rs b/crates/astria-conductor/src/main.rs
index ee4e78a6f..c96d907ef 100644
--- a/crates/astria-conductor/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/astria-conductor/src/main.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ async fn main() -> ExitCode {
     if !cfg.no_metrics {
         telemetry_conf = telemetry_conf
             .metrics_addr(&cfg.metrics_http_listener_addr)
-            .service_name(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"));
+            .service_name(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"))
+            .register_metrics(|| {}); // conductor currently has no metrics
     }
 
     if let Err(e) = telemetry_conf
diff --git a/crates/astria-sequencer-relayer/src/main.rs b/crates/astria-sequencer-relayer/src/main.rs
index fde982f4d..b5e3dab8b 100644
--- a/crates/astria-sequencer-relayer/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/astria-sequencer-relayer/src/main.rs
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ async fn main() -> ExitCode {
     if !cfg.no_metrics {
         telemetry_conf = telemetry_conf
             .metrics_addr(&cfg.metrics_http_listener_addr)
-            .service_name(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"));
+            .service_name(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"))
+            .register_metrics(metrics_init::register);
     }
-    metrics_init::register();
 
     if let Err(e) = telemetry_conf
         .try_init()
diff --git a/crates/astria-sequencer/src/main.rs b/crates/astria-sequencer/src/main.rs
index a233ae81a..a89f003c5 100644
--- a/crates/astria-sequencer/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/astria-sequencer/src/main.rs
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ async fn main() -> ExitCode {
     if !cfg.no_metrics {
         telemetry_conf = telemetry_conf
             .metrics_addr(&cfg.metrics_http_listener_addr)
-            .service_name(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"));
+            .service_name(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"))
+            .register_metrics(metrics_init::register);
     }
-    metrics_init::register();
 
     if let Err(e) = telemetry_conf
         .try_init()
diff --git a/crates/astria-telemetry/src/lib.rs b/crates/astria-telemetry/src/lib.rs
index b3e82d360..fd3268920 100644
--- a/crates/astria-telemetry/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/astria-telemetry/src/lib.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ impl Error {
     fn exporter_install(source: BuildError) -> Self {
         Self(ErrorKind::ExporterInstall(source))
     }
+
+    fn no_metric_register_func() -> Self {
+        Self(ErrorKind::NoMetricRegisterFunc)
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
@@ -90,6 +94,11 @@ enum ErrorKind {
     BucketError(#[source] BuildError),
     #[error("failed installing prometheus metrics exporter")]
     ExporterInstall(#[source] BuildError),
+    #[error(
+        "telemetry was configured to run with metrics, but no function/closure to register \
+         metrics was provided"
+    )]
+    NoMetricRegisterFunc,
 }
 
 #[must_use = "the otel config must be initialized to be useful"]
@@ -136,6 +145,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     metrics_addr: Option<String>,
     service_name: String,
     metric_buckets: Option<Vec<f64>>,
+    register_metrics: Option<Box<dyn Fn()>>,
 }
 
 impl Config {
@@ -150,6 +160,7 @@ impl Config {
             metrics_addr: None,
             service_name: String::new(),
             metric_buckets: None,
+            register_metrics: None,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -237,6 +248,14 @@ impl Config {
         }
     }
 
+    #[must_use = "telemetry must be initialized to be useful"]
+    pub fn register_metrics<F: Fn() + 'static>(self, f: F) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            register_metrics: Some(Box::new(f)),
+            ..self
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Initialize telemetry, consuming the config.
     ///
     /// # Errors
@@ -252,6 +271,7 @@ impl Config {
             metrics_addr,
             service_name,
             metric_buckets,
+            register_metrics,
         } = self;
 
         let env_filter = {
@@ -322,6 +342,11 @@ impl Config {
                     .map_err(Error::bucket_error)?;
             }
 
+            let Some(register_metrics) = register_metrics else {
+                return Err(Error::no_metric_register_func());
+            };
+            register_metrics();
+
             metrics_builder.install().map_err(Error::exporter_install)?;
         }