diff --git a/ddtrace/__init__.py b/ddtrace/__init__.py
index 1954c1961c9..1f2049cd0a5 100644
--- a/ddtrace/__init__.py
+++ b/ddtrace/__init__.py
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@
 from .version import get_version  # noqa: E402
 
 
+# TODO(mabdinur): Remove this once we have a better way to start the mini agent
+from ddtrace.internal.serverless.mini_agent import maybe_start_serverless_mini_agent as _start_mini_agent
+
+_start_mini_agent()
+
 # DEV: Import deprecated tracer module in order to retain side-effect of package
 # initialization, which added this module to sys.modules. We catch deprecation
 # warnings as this is only to retain a side effect of the package
diff --git a/ddtrace/_trace/tracer.py b/ddtrace/_trace/tracer.py
index 6027976d6dc..fa0c89cdd7f 100644
--- a/ddtrace/_trace/tracer.py
+++ b/ddtrace/_trace/tracer.py
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 from ddtrace.internal.serverless import in_aws_lambda
 from ddtrace.internal.serverless import in_azure_function
 from ddtrace.internal.serverless import in_gcp_function
-from ddtrace.internal.serverless.mini_agent import maybe_start_serverless_mini_agent
 from ddtrace.internal.service import ServiceStatusError
 from ddtrace.internal.utils import _get_metas_to_propagate
 from ddtrace.internal.utils.deprecations import DDTraceDeprecationWarning
@@ -211,8 +210,6 @@ def __init__(
         :param dogstatsd_url: The DogStatsD URL.
         """
 
-        maybe_start_serverless_mini_agent()
-
         self._filters: List[TraceFilter] = []
 
         # globally set tags