diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/integration/IntegrationAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/integration/IntegrationAutoConfiguration.java
index 5477ff84bc..c5f7832186 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/integration/IntegrationAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/integration/IntegrationAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@ public class IntegrationAutoConfiguration {
 
 		@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
 		@EnableIntegrationManagement(
-				defaultLoggingEnabled = "${spring.integration.management.default-logging-enabled:true}")
+				defaultLoggingEnabled = "${spring.integration.management.default-logging-enabled:true}",
+				observationPatterns = "${spring.integration.management.observation-patterns:}")
 		protected static class EnableIntegrationManagementConfiguration {
 
 		}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/integration/IntegrationProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/integration/IntegrationProperties.java
index 65ace115b1..464142b043 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/integration/IntegrationProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/integration/IntegrationProperties.java
@@ -416,6 +416,12 @@ public class IntegrationProperties {
 		 */
 		private boolean defaultLoggingEnabled = true;
 
+		/**
+		 * Comma-separated simple patterns to match integration components for observation
+		 * instrumentation.
+		 */
+		private List<String> observationPatterns = new ArrayList<>();
+
 		public boolean isDefaultLoggingEnabled() {
 			return this.defaultLoggingEnabled;
 		}
@@ -424,6 +430,14 @@ public class IntegrationProperties {
 			this.defaultLoggingEnabled = defaultLoggingEnabled;
 		}
 
+		public List<String> getObservationPatterns() {
+			return this.observationPatterns;
+		}
+
+		public void setObservationPatterns(List<String> observationPatterns) {
+			this.observationPatterns = observationPatterns;
+		}
+
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/integration/IntegrationAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/integration/IntegrationAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 10eacb6ac6..125c2de84d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/integration/IntegrationAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/integration/IntegrationAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import javax.management.MBeanServer;
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 
+import io.micrometer.observation.ObservationRegistry;
 import io.rsocket.transport.ClientTransport;
 import io.rsocket.transport.netty.client.TcpClientTransport;
 import org.assertj.core.api.InstanceOfAssertFactories;
@@ -62,6 +63,8 @@ import org.springframework.integration.context.IntegrationContextUtils;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.MessageSource;
 import org.springframework.integration.endpoint.MessageProcessorMessageSource;
 import org.springframework.integration.gateway.RequestReplyExchanger;
+import org.springframework.integration.handler.BridgeHandler;
+import org.springframework.integration.handler.LoggingHandler;
 import org.springframework.integration.handler.MessageProcessor;
 import org.springframework.integration.rsocket.ClientRSocketConnector;
 import org.springframework.integration.rsocket.IntegrationRSocketEndpoint;
@@ -491,6 +494,17 @@ class IntegrationAutoConfigurationTests {
 
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void integrationManagementInstrumentedWithObservation() {
+		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues("spring.integration.management.observation-patterns=testHandler")
+				.withBean("testHandler", LoggingHandler.class, () -> new LoggingHandler("warn"))
+				.withBean(ObservationRegistry.class, ObservationRegistry::create)
+				.withBean(BridgeHandler.class, BridgeHandler::new).run((context) -> {
+					assertThat(context).getBean("testHandler").extracting("observationRegistry").isNotNull();
+					assertThat(context).getBean(BridgeHandler.class).extracting("observationRegistry").isNull();
+				});
+	}
+
 	@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
 	static class CustomMBeanExporter {