diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/vercelai/index.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/vercelai/index.ts
index 2c5faf04acef..d2f73e02adc3 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/vercelai/index.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/vercelai/index.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const _vercelAIIntegration = ((options: VercelAiOptions = {}) => {
       instrumentation = instrumentVercelAi();
     },
     setup(client) {
-      instrumentation?.callWhenPatched(() => {
+      function registerProcessors(): void {
         client.on('spanStart', span => {
           const { data: attributes, description: name } = spanToJSON(span);
 
@@ -188,7 +188,13 @@ const _vercelAIIntegration = ((options: VercelAiOptions = {}) => {
 
           return event;
         });
-      });
+      }
+
+      if (options.force) {
+        registerProcessors();
+      } else {
+        instrumentation?.callWhenPatched(registerProcessors);
+      }
     },
   };
 }) satisfies IntegrationFn;
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/vercelai/types.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/vercelai/types.ts
index 50434b70604f..35cfeb33a112 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/vercelai/types.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/tracing/vercelai/types.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ export interface VercelAiOptions {
    * or if you set `isEnabled` to `true` in your ai SDK method telemetry settings
    */
   recordOutputs?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * By default, the instrumentation will register span processors only when the ai package is used.
+   * If you want to register the span processors even when the ai package usage cannot be detected, you can set `force` to `true`.
+   */
+  force?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface VercelAiIntegration extends Integration {