diff --git a/ddtrace/tracer/textmap.go b/ddtrace/tracer/textmap.go
index 3224016fa0..5e0302df1f 100644
--- a/ddtrace/tracer/textmap.go
+++ b/ddtrace/tracer/textmap.go
@@ -110,11 +110,15 @@ type PropagatorConfig struct {
 	ParentHeader string
 
 	// PriorityHeader specifies the map key that will be used to store the sampling priority.
-	// It deafults to DefaultPriorityHeader.
+	// It defaults to DefaultPriorityHeader.
 	PriorityHeader string
 
 	// MaxTagsHeaderLen specifies the maximum length of trace tags header value.
 	MaxTagsHeaderLen int
+
+	// B3 specifies if B3 headers should be added for trace propagation.
+	// See https://github.com/openzipkin/b3-propagation
+	B3 bool
 }
 
 // NewPropagator returns a new propagator which uses TextMap to inject
@@ -151,28 +155,39 @@ type chainedPropagator struct {
 }
 
 // getPropagators returns a list of propagators based on the list found in the
-// given environment variable. If the list doesn't contain a value or has invalid
-// values, the default propagator will be returned.
+// given environment variable. If the list doesn't contain any valid values the
+// default propagator will be returned. Any invalid values in the list will log
+// a warning and be ignored.
 func getPropagators(cfg *PropagatorConfig, env string) []Propagator {
 	dd := &propagator{cfg}
 	ps := os.Getenv(env)
+	defaultPs := []Propagator{dd}
+	if cfg.B3 {
+		defaultPs = append(defaultPs, &propagatorB3{})
+	}
 	if ps == "" {
-		return []Propagator{dd}
+		return defaultPs
 	}
 	var list []Propagator
+	if cfg.B3 {
+		list = append(list, &propagatorB3{})
+	}
 	for _, v := range strings.Split(ps, ",") {
 		switch strings.ToLower(v) {
 		case "datadog":
 			list = append(list, dd)
 		case "b3":
-			list = append(list, &propagatorB3{})
+			if !cfg.B3 {
+				// propagatorB3 hasn't already been added, add a new one.
+				list = append(list, &propagatorB3{})
+			}
 		default:
 			log.Warn("unrecognized propagator: %s\n", v)
 		}
 	}
 	if len(list) == 0 {
 		// return the default
-		return []Propagator{dd}
+		return defaultPs
 	}
 	return list
 }
diff --git a/ddtrace/tracer/textmap_test.go b/ddtrace/tracer/textmap_test.go
index 1fb0fbd818..41f4608b66 100644
--- a/ddtrace/tracer/textmap_test.go
+++ b/ddtrace/tracer/textmap_test.go
@@ -458,6 +458,58 @@ func TestB3(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.True(ok)
 		assert.Equal(2, p)
 	})
+
+	t.Run("config", func(t *testing.T) {
+		os.Setenv("DD_PROPAGATION_STYLE_INJECT", "datadog")
+		defer os.Unsetenv("DD_PROPAGATION_STYLE_INJECT")
+
+		var tests = []struct {
+			in  []uint64
+			out map[string]string
+		}{
+			{
+				[]uint64{1412508178991881, 1842642739201064},
+				map[string]string{
+					b3TraceIDHeader: "000504ab30404b09",
+					b3SpanIDHeader:  "00068bdfb1eb0428",
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				[]uint64{9530669991610245, 9455715668862222},
+				map[string]string{
+					b3TraceIDHeader: "0021dc1807524785",
+					b3SpanIDHeader:  "002197ec5d8a250e",
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				[]uint64{1, 1},
+				map[string]string{
+					b3TraceIDHeader: "0000000000000001",
+					b3SpanIDHeader:  "0000000000000001",
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		for _, test := range tests {
+			t.Run("", func(t *testing.T) {
+				tracer := newTracer(WithPropagator(NewPropagator(&PropagatorConfig{B3: true})))
+				root := tracer.StartSpan("web.request").(*span)
+				root.SetTag(ext.SamplingPriority, -1)
+				root.SetBaggageItem("item", "x")
+				ctx, ok := root.Context().(*spanContext)
+				ctx.traceID = test.in[0]
+				ctx.spanID = test.in[1]
+				headers := TextMapCarrier(map[string]string{})
+				err := tracer.Inject(ctx, headers)
+
+				assert := assert.New(t)
+				assert.True(ok)
+				assert.Nil(err)
+				assert.Equal(test.out[b3TraceIDHeader], headers[b3TraceIDHeader])
+				assert.Equal(test.out[b3SpanIDHeader], headers[b3SpanIDHeader])
+			})
+		}
+	})
 }
 
 func assertTraceTags(t *testing.T, expected, actual string) {