diff --git a/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/JcTools.java b/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/JcTools.java
index a293c437aff..328e2a993f9 100644
--- a/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/JcTools.java
+++ b/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/JcTools.java
@@ -28,9 +28,28 @@ public static <T> Queue<T> newFixedSizeQueue(int capacity) {
     } catch (java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError e) {
       // Happens when modules such as jdk.unsupported are disabled in a custom JRE distribution
       return new ArrayBlockingQueue<>(capacity);
+    } catch (java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError e) {
+      if (isSunMiscAccessProhibited(e)) {
+        return new ArrayBlockingQueue<>(capacity);
+      } else {
+        throw e;
+      }
     }
   }
 
+  private static boolean isSunMiscAccessProhibited(Throwable t) {
+    String rootCause = rootCause(t).getMessage();
+    return rootCause != null && rootCause.contains("accessClassInPackage.sun.misc");
+  }
+
+  private static Throwable rootCause(Throwable throwable) {
+    Throwable c = throwable;
+    while (c.getCause() != null && c.getCause() != c) {
+      c = c.getCause();
+    }
+    return c;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the capacity of the {@link Queue}. We cast to the implementation so callers do not need
    * to use the shaded classes.
diff --git a/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/JcToolsTest.java b/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/JcToolsTest.java
index edb0168d2ce..138249eb90b 100644
--- a/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/JcToolsTest.java
+++ b/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/JcToolsTest.java
@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
+import java.security.AccessController;
+import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Queue;
 import java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue;
 import org.jctools.queues.MpscArrayQueue;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
 import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
@@ -106,4 +109,20 @@ void capacity_ArrayBlockingQueue() {
     // Assert
     assertThat(queueSize).isEqualTo(10);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  void newFixedSizeQueue_works_with_sunMisc_prohibited() {
+    Assertions.assertNull(System.getSecurityManager());
+    SunMiscProhibitedSecurityManager testingSecurityManager =
+        new SunMiscProhibitedSecurityManager();
+    try {
+      System.setSecurityManager(testingSecurityManager);
+      Queue<Object> queue =
+          AccessController.doPrivileged(
+              (PrivilegedAction<Queue<Object>>) () -> JcTools.newFixedSizeQueue(10));
+      Assertions.assertNotNull(queue);
+    } finally {
+      System.setSecurityManager(null);
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/SunMiscProhibitedSecurityManager.java b/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/SunMiscProhibitedSecurityManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..98cee8f972a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/trace-shaded-deps/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/internal/SunMiscProhibitedSecurityManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.internal;
+
+import java.io.FileDescriptor;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.security.AccessControlException;
+import java.security.Permission;
+
+/**
+ * A security manager which disallows access to classes in sun.misc Running the tests with a
+ * standard security manager is too invasive
+ */
+public class SunMiscProhibitedSecurityManager extends SecurityManager {
+
+  public SunMiscProhibitedSecurityManager() {}
+
+  @Override
+  protected Class<?>[] getClassContext() {
+    return super.getClassContext();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkPermission(Permission perm) {
+    if (perm.getName().equals("accessClassInPackage.sun.misc")) {
+      throw new AccessControlException("access denied " + perm, perm);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkPermission(Permission perm, Object context) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkCreateClassLoader() {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkAccess(Thread t) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkAccess(ThreadGroup g) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkExit(int status) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkExec(String cmd) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkLink(String lib) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkRead(FileDescriptor fd) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkRead(String file) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkRead(String file, Object context) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkWrite(FileDescriptor fd) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkWrite(String file) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkDelete(String file) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkConnect(String host, int port) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkConnect(String host, int port, Object context) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkListen(int port) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkAccept(String host, int port) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkMulticast(InetAddress maddr) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkPropertiesAccess() {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkPropertyAccess(String key) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkPrintJobAccess() {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkPackageAccess(String pkg) {
+    if (pkg.equals("sun.misc")) {
+      super.checkPackageAccess(pkg);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkPackageDefinition(String pkg) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkSetFactory() {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void checkSecurityAccess(String target) {}
+}