diff --git a/sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/MultiSpanProcessor.java b/sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/MultiSpanProcessor.java
index 705351e83f5..136fb67db52 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/MultiSpanProcessor.java
+++ b/sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/MultiSpanProcessor.java
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of the {@code SpanProcessor} that simply forwards all received events to a list of
@@ -19,6 +21,15 @@
 final class MultiSpanProcessor implements SpanProcessor {
   private final List<SpanProcessor> spanProcessorsStart;
   private final List<SpanProcessor> spanProcessorsEnd;
+
+  /**
+   * Will invoke {@link SpanProcessor#onEnd(ReadableSpan, Consumer)} of all processors from {@link
+   * #spanProcessorsEnd} in order. The output from the first processor is passed to the second, the
+   * output from the second to the third and so on. The output of the last processor is passed to
+   * the {@link Consumer} provided as second argument to this biconsumer.
+   */
+  private BiConsumer<ReadableSpan, Consumer<ReadableSpan>> processorsEndInvoker;
+
   private final List<SpanProcessor> spanProcessorsAll;
   private final AtomicBoolean isShutdown = new AtomicBoolean(false);
 
@@ -46,11 +57,14 @@ public boolean isStartRequired() {
     return !spanProcessorsStart.isEmpty();
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void onEnd(ReadableSpan span, Consumer<ReadableSpan> spanOutput) {
+    processorsEndInvoker.accept(span, spanOutput);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void onEnd(ReadableSpan readableSpan) {
-    for (SpanProcessor spanProcessor : spanProcessorsEnd) {
-      spanProcessor.onEnd(readableSpan);
-    }
+    onEnd(readableSpan, span -> {});
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -91,6 +105,14 @@ private MultiSpanProcessor(List<SpanProcessor> spanProcessors) {
         spanProcessorsEnd.add(spanProcessor);
       }
     }
+    processorsEndInvoker = (span, drain) -> drain.accept(span);
+    for (int i = spanProcessorsEnd.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+      BiConsumer<ReadableSpan, Consumer<ReadableSpan>> nextStage = processorsEndInvoker;
+      SpanProcessor processor = spanProcessorsEnd.get(i);
+      processorsEndInvoker =
+          (span, finalOutput) ->
+              processor.onEnd(span, outputSpan -> nextStage.accept(outputSpan, finalOutput));
+    }
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SpanProcessor.java b/sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SpanProcessor.java
index ba9fb037c84..b23a8fa5d7d 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SpanProcessor.java
+++ b/sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/SpanProcessor.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import javax.annotation.concurrent.ThreadSafe;
 
 /**
@@ -67,6 +68,11 @@ static SpanProcessor composite(Iterable<SpanProcessor> processors) {
    */
   boolean isStartRequired();
 
+  default void onEnd(ReadableSpan span, Consumer<ReadableSpan> spanOutput) {
+    onEnd(span);
+    spanOutput.accept(span);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Called when a {@link io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Span} is ended, if the {@link
    * Span#isRecording()} returns true.
diff --git a/sdk/trace/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/MultiSpanProcessorTest.java b/sdk/trace/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/MultiSpanProcessorTest.java
index c51fe61c954..ae24c9554af 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/MultiSpanProcessorTest.java
+++ b/sdk/trace/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/MultiSpanProcessorTest.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.same;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doCallRealMethod;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
@@ -36,8 +37,10 @@ class MultiSpanProcessorTest {
   void setUp() {
     when(spanProcessor1.isStartRequired()).thenReturn(true);
     when(spanProcessor1.isEndRequired()).thenReturn(true);
+    doCallRealMethod().when(spanProcessor1).onEnd(any(), any());
     when(spanProcessor1.forceFlush()).thenReturn(CompletableResultCode.ofSuccess());
     when(spanProcessor1.shutdown()).thenReturn(CompletableResultCode.ofSuccess());
+    doCallRealMethod().when(spanProcessor2).onEnd(any(), any());
     when(spanProcessor2.isStartRequired()).thenReturn(true);
     when(spanProcessor2.isEndRequired()).thenReturn(true);
     when(spanProcessor2.forceFlush()).thenReturn(CompletableResultCode.ofSuccess());