diff --git a/lib/src/sdk/trace/tracer_provider.dart b/lib/src/sdk/trace/tracer_provider.dart
index 63720640..ccced25f 100644
--- a/lib/src/sdk/trace/tracer_provider.dart
+++ b/lib/src/sdk/trace/tracer_provider.dart
@@ -27,14 +27,18 @@ class TracerProviderBase implements api.TracerProvider {
   @protected
   final sdk.SpanLimits spanLimits;
 
+  final sdk.TimeProvider _timeProvider;
+
   TracerProviderBase(
       {this.processors =
           const [], // Default to a TracerProvider which does not emit traces.
       resource,
+      sdk.TimeProvider? timeProvider,
       this.sampler = const sdk.ParentBasedSampler(sdk.AlwaysOnSampler()),
       this.idGenerator = const sdk.IdGenerator(),
       this.spanLimits = const sdk.SpanLimits()})
-      : resource = resource ?? sdk.Resource([]);
+      : resource = resource ?? sdk.Resource([]),
+        _timeProvider = timeProvider ?? sdk.DateTimeTimeProvider();
 
   List<sdk.SpanProcessor> get spanProcessors => processors;
 
@@ -50,7 +54,7 @@ class TracerProviderBase implements api.TracerProvider {
             processors,
             resource,
             sampler,
-            sdk.DateTimeTimeProvider(),
+            _timeProvider,
             idGenerator,
             sdk.InstrumentationScope(name, version, schemaUrl, attributes),
             spanLimits));
diff --git a/test/unit/sdk/trace_provider_test.dart b/test/unit/sdk/trace_provider_test.dart
index 82b8a324..36d28370 100644
--- a/test/unit/sdk/trace_provider_test.dart
+++ b/test/unit/sdk/trace_provider_test.dart
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Please see https://github.com/Workiva/opentelemetry-dart/blob/master/LICENSE for more information
 
 @TestOn('vm')
+import 'package:fixnum/src/int64.dart';
 import 'package:mockito/mockito.dart';
+import 'package:opentelemetry/src/sdk/time_providers/time_provider.dart';
+import 'package:opentelemetry/src/sdk/trace/read_only_span.dart';
 import 'package:opentelemetry/src/sdk/trace/span_processors/span_processor.dart';
 import 'package:opentelemetry/src/sdk/trace/tracer_provider.dart';
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
@@ -36,6 +39,13 @@ void main() {
     expect(provider.spanProcessors, [mockProcessor1, mockProcessor2]);
   });
 
+  test('traceProvider custom timeProvider', () {
+    final mockTimeProvider = FakeTimeProvider(now: Int64(123));
+    final provider = TracerProviderBase(timeProvider: mockTimeProvider);
+    final span = provider.getTracer('foo').startSpan('bar') as ReadOnlySpan;
+    expect(span.startTime, Int64(123));
+  });
+
   test('tracerProvider force flushes all processors', () {
     final mockProcessor1 = MockSpanProcessor();
     final mockProcessor2 = MockSpanProcessor();
@@ -55,3 +65,11 @@ void main() {
     verify(mockProcessor2.shutdown()).called(1);
   });
 }
+
+class FakeTimeProvider extends Mock implements TimeProvider {
+  FakeTimeProvider({required Int64 now}) : _now = now;
+  final Int64 _now;
+
+  @override
+  Int64 get now => _now;
+}