diff --git a/experimental/CHANGELOG.md b/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
index f3b556773e..dc40e891f6 100644
--- a/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ For notes on migrating to 2.x / 0.200.x see [the upgrade guide](doc/upgrade-to-2
 
 ### :rocket: Features
 
+* feat(sdk-node): wire up metric producers from declarative config [#6712](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/6712) @MikeGoldsmith
+
 ### :bug: Bug Fixes
 
 * fix(sdk-node): warn and ignore zero exporter timeout in declarative config [#6711](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/6711) @MikeGoldsmith
diff --git a/experimental/packages/configuration/src/index.ts b/experimental/packages/configuration/src/index.ts
index 0ddde3c3bf..e0a7735303 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/configuration/src/index.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/configuration/src/index.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export type {
   Sampler as SamplerConfigModel,
   SpanExporter as SpanExporterConfigModel,
   SpanProcessor as SpanProcessorConfigModel,
+  MetricProducer as MetricProducerConfigModel,
   NameStringValuePair as NameStringValuePairConfigModel,
   HttpTls as HttpTlsConfigModel,
   SeverityNumber as SeverityNumberConfigModel,
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/src/utils.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/src/utils.ts
index 5c3c28cbb4..d80eb9a36f 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/src/utils.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/src/utils.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ import type {
   LogRecordExporterConfigModel,
   InstrumentTypeConfigModel,
   AggregationConfigModel,
+  MetricProducerConfigModel,
   PeriodicMetricReaderConfigModel,
   SpanExporterConfigModel,
   SamplerConfigModel,
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ import type {
   LoggerProviderOptions,
   LogRecordProcessor,
 } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-logs';
+import type { MetricProducer } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics';
 import {
   BatchLogRecordProcessor,
   ConsoleLogRecordExporter,
@@ -514,6 +516,33 @@ export function getOtlpMetricExporterFromEnv(): PushMetricExporter {
   return new OTLPProtoMetricExporter();
 }
 
+function getMetricProducersFromConfiguration(
+  producers: MetricProducerConfigModel[] | undefined
+): MetricProducer[] | undefined {
+  if (!producers || producers.length === 0) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const result: MetricProducer[] = [];
+  for (const producer of producers) {
+    if (producer.opencensus) {
+      try {
+        const {
+          OpenCensusMetricProducer,
+          // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports
+        } = require('@opentelemetry/shim-opencensus');
+        result.push(new OpenCensusMetricProducer());
+      } catch {
+        diag.warn(
+          'OpenCensus metric producer configured but @opentelemetry/shim-opencensus is not installed.'
+        );
+      }
+    } else {
+      diag.warn('Unsupported metric producer configured.');
+    }
+  }
+  return result.length > 0 ? result : undefined;
+}
+
 export function getPeriodicMetricReaderFromConfiguration(
   periodic: PeriodicMetricReaderConfigModel
 ): IMetricReader | undefined {
@@ -548,17 +577,23 @@ export function getPeriodicMetricReaderFromConfiguration(
       });
     }
 
+    const metricProducers = getMetricProducersFromConfiguration(
+      periodic.producers
+    );
+
     if (exporter) {
       // TODO(6425): add cardinality_limits
       return new PeriodicExportingMetricReader({
         exportIntervalMillis: periodic.interval ?? 60_000,
         exportTimeoutMillis: periodic.timeout ?? 30_000,
         exporter,
+        metricProducers,
       });
     }
     if (periodic.exporter.console) {
       return new PeriodicExportingMetricReader({
         exporter: new ConsoleMetricExporter(),
+        metricProducers,
       });
     }
   }
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/test/start.test.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/test/start.test.ts
index d23729a6a7..8f6021b068 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/test/start.test.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/test/start.test.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import {
 import { ATTR_OS_TYPE } from '@opentelemetry/resources/src/semconv';
 import {
   getLogRecordExporter,
+  getPeriodicMetricReaderFromConfiguration,
   getSpanExporter,
   setupContextManager,
 } from '../src/utils';
@@ -963,6 +964,30 @@ describe('startNodeSDK', function () {
       assert.equal(getLogRecordExporter(exporter), undefined);
     });
 
+    it('should create metric reader with opencensus producer when shim is available', async () => {
+      const reader = getPeriodicMetricReaderFromConfiguration({
+        exporter: { console: {} },
+        producers: [{ opencensus: {} }],
+      });
+      assert.ok(reader !== undefined);
+      await (reader as PeriodicExportingMetricReader).shutdown();
+    });
+
+    it('should warn for unsupported metric producer', async () => {
+      const warnSpy = Sinon.spy(diag, 'warn');
+      const reader = getPeriodicMetricReaderFromConfiguration({
+        exporter: { console: {} },
+        producers: [{ 'unknown/producer': {} }],
+      });
+      assert.ok(reader !== undefined);
+      assert.ok(
+        warnSpy.args.some(args =>
+          String(args[0]).includes('Unsupported metric producer')
+        )
+      );
+      await (reader as PeriodicExportingMetricReader).shutdown();
+    });
+
     it('should warn when exporter timeout is 0', async () => {
       const warnSpy = Sinon.spy(diag, 'warn');
       const exporter = getSpanExporter({