diff --git a/opentracing-impl/src/main/java/io/opentracing/NoopTracer.java b/opentracing-impl/src/main/java/io/opentracing/NoopTracer.java
index 5a95402e..d0d75457 100644
--- a/opentracing-impl/src/main/java/io/opentracing/NoopTracer.java
+++ b/opentracing-impl/src/main/java/io/opentracing/NoopTracer.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 public final class NoopTracer implements Tracer {
 
+    public final static NoopTracer INSTANCE = new NoopTracer();
+
     @Override
     public SpanBuilder buildSpan(String operationName) {
         return NoopSpanBuilder.INSTANCE;