diff --git a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-flask/src/opentelemetry/ext/flask/__init__.py b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-flask/src/opentelemetry/ext/flask/__init__.py
index 9b21696c59b..eb008eeadc4 100644
--- a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-flask/src/opentelemetry/ext/flask/__init__.py
+++ b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-flask/src/opentelemetry/ext/flask/__init__.py
@@ -160,9 +160,9 @@ def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
         self._original_flask = None
 
-    def _instrument(self):
+    def _instrument(self, **kwargs):
         self._original_flask = flask.Flask
         flask.Flask = _InstrumentedFlask
 
-    def _uninstrument(self):
+    def _uninstrument(self, **kwargs):
         flask.Flask = self._original_flask
diff --git a/opentelemetry-auto-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/auto_instrumentation/instrumentor.py b/opentelemetry-auto-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/auto_instrumentation/instrumentor.py
index 9deb6b15238..f5d7cf7ddc2 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-auto-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/auto_instrumentation/instrumentor.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-auto-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/auto_instrumentation/instrumentor.py
@@ -26,22 +26,29 @@
 class BaseInstrumentor(ABC):
     """An ABC for instrumentors"""
 
-    def __init__(self):
-        self._is_instrumented = False
+    _instance = None
+    _is_instrumented = False
+
+    def __new__(cls):
+
+        if cls._instance is None:
+            cls._instance = object.__new__(cls)
+
+        return cls._instance
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def _instrument(self) -> None:
+    def _instrument(self, **kwargs):
         """Instrument"""
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def _uninstrument(self) -> None:
+    def _uninstrument(self, **kwargs):
         """Uninstrument"""
 
-    def instrument(self) -> None:
+    def instrument(self, **kwargs):
         """Instrument"""
 
         if not self._is_instrumented:
-            result = self._instrument()
+            result = self._instrument(**kwargs)
             self._is_instrumented = True
             return result
 
@@ -49,11 +56,11 @@ def instrument(self) -> None:
 
         return None
 
-    def uninstrument(self) -> None:
+    def uninstrument(self, **kwargs):
         """Uninstrument"""
 
         if self._is_instrumented:
-            result = self._uninstrument()
+            result = self._uninstrument(**kwargs)
             self._is_instrumented = False
             return result
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-auto-instrumentation/tests/test_instrumentor.py b/opentelemetry-auto-instrumentation/tests/test_instrumentor.py
index 1324213536c..40e762230af 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-auto-instrumentation/tests/test_instrumentor.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-auto-instrumentation/tests/test_instrumentor.py
@@ -20,21 +20,20 @@
 
 
 class TestInstrumentor(TestCase):
-    def test_protect(self):
-        class Instrumentor(BaseInstrumentor):
-            def _instrument(self):
-                return "instrumented"
+    class Instrumentor(BaseInstrumentor):
+        def _instrument(self, **kwargs):
+            return "instrumented"
 
-            def _uninstrument(self):
-                return "uninstrumented"
+        def _uninstrument(self, **kwargs):
+            return "uninstrumented"
 
-        instrumentor = Instrumentor()
+    def test_protect(self):
+        instrumentor = self.Instrumentor()
 
         with self.assertLogs(level=WARNING):
             self.assertIs(instrumentor.uninstrument(), None)
 
         self.assertEqual(instrumentor.instrument(), "instrumented")
-
         with self.assertLogs(level=WARNING):
             self.assertIs(instrumentor.instrument(), None)
 
@@ -42,3 +41,6 @@ def _uninstrument(self):
 
         with self.assertLogs(level=WARNING):
             self.assertIs(instrumentor.uninstrument(), None)
+
+    def test_singleton(self):
+        self.assertIs(self.Instrumentor(), self.Instrumentor())