diff --git a/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/MetricExporterConfiguration.java b/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/MetricExporterConfiguration.java
index e1f1c1398e7..bbbf4d1b339 100644
--- a/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/MetricExporterConfiguration.java
+++ b/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/MetricExporterConfiguration.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.MetricExporter;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.MetricReader;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.PeriodicMetricReader;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.PeriodicMetricReaderBuilder;
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -84,11 +85,16 @@ static MetricReader configureReader(
       closeables.add(customizedMetricExporter);
     }
     InternalTelemetryVersion telemetryVersion = InternalTelemetryConfiguration.getVersion(config);
-    MetricReader reader =
+    PeriodicMetricReaderBuilder readerBuilder =
         PeriodicMetricReader.builder(customizedMetricExporter)
             .setInternalTelemetryVersion(telemetryVersion)
-            .setInterval(config.getDuration("otel.metric.export.interval", DEFAULT_EXPORT_INTERVAL))
-            .build();
+            .setInterval(
+                config.getDuration("otel.metric.export.interval", DEFAULT_EXPORT_INTERVAL));
+    Integer maxExportBatchSize = config.getInt("otel.metric.export.max.batch.size");
+    if (maxExportBatchSize != null) {
+      readerBuilder.setMaxExportBatchSize(maxExportBatchSize);
+    }
+    MetricReader reader = readerBuilder.build();
     closeables.add(reader);
     MetricReader customizedMetricReader = metricReaderCustomizer.apply(reader, config);
     if (customizedMetricReader != reader) {
diff --git a/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/testFullConfig/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/MetricExporterConfigurationTest.java b/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/testFullConfig/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/MetricExporterConfigurationTest.java
index 7a3e9518784..b1c1a05b510 100644
--- a/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/testFullConfig/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/MetricExporterConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure/src/testFullConfig/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/autoconfigure/MetricExporterConfigurationTest.java
@@ -104,6 +104,54 @@ void configureReader_customizeReader_otlp() {
         .isEqualTo(Duration.ofSeconds(123).toNanos());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void configureReader_periodicMetricReader_defaults() {
+    List<Closeable> closeables = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    MetricReader reader =
+        MetricExporterConfiguration.configureReader(
+            "otlp", CONFIG_PROPERTIES, spiHelper, (a, b) -> a, (a, b) -> a, closeables);
+    cleanup.addCloseables(closeables);
+
+    assertThat(reader).isInstanceOf(PeriodicMetricReader.class);
+    assertThat(reader).extracting("intervalNanos").isEqualTo(Duration.ofMinutes(1).toNanos());
+    assertThat(reader).extracting("maxExportBatchSize").isEqualTo(0);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void configureReader_periodicMetricReader_configured() {
+    List<Closeable> closeables = new ArrayList<>();
+    ConfigProperties config =
+        DefaultConfigProperties.createFromMap(
+            ImmutableMap.of(
+                "otel.metric.export.interval", "10s", "otel.metric.export.max.batch.size", "200"));
+
+    MetricReader reader =
+        MetricExporterConfiguration.configureReader(
+            "otlp", config, spiHelper, (a, b) -> a, (a, b) -> a, closeables);
+    cleanup.addCloseables(closeables);
+
+    assertThat(reader).isInstanceOf(PeriodicMetricReader.class);
+    assertThat(reader).extracting("intervalNanos").isEqualTo(Duration.ofSeconds(10).toNanos());
+    assertThat(reader).extracting("maxExportBatchSize").isEqualTo(200);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void configureReader_periodicMetricReader_invalidMaxExportBatchSize() {
+    List<Closeable> closeables = new ArrayList<>();
+    ConfigProperties config =
+        DefaultConfigProperties.createFromMap(
+            ImmutableMap.of("otel.metric.export.max.batch.size", "0"));
+
+    assertThatThrownBy(
+            () ->
+                MetricExporterConfiguration.configureReader(
+                    "otlp", config, spiHelper, (a, b) -> a, (a, b) -> a, closeables))
+        .isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class)
+        .hasMessage("maxExportBatchSize must be positive");
+    cleanup.addCloseables(closeables);
+  }
+
   @ParameterizedTest
   @MethodSource("knownExporters")
   void configureExporter_KnownSpiExportersOnClasspath(