diff --git a/modules/0.22/src/main/scala/kamon/http4s/middleware/client/KamonSupport.scala b/modules/0.22/src/main/scala/kamon/http4s/middleware/client/KamonSupport.scala
index 48c2fbe..427585f 100644
--- a/modules/0.22/src/main/scala/kamon/http4s/middleware/client/KamonSupport.scala
+++ b/modules/0.22/src/main/scala/kamon/http4s/middleware/client/KamonSupport.scala
@@ -28,26 +28,34 @@ import org.http4s.client.Client
 
 object KamonSupport {
 
-  private var _instrumentation = instrumentation(Kamon.config())
+  private val defaultComponentName = "http4s.client"
+  private var _instrumentation =
+    instrumentation(Kamon.config(), defaultComponentName)
 
   private def instrumentation(
-      kamonConfig: Config
+      kamonConfig: Config,
+      componentName: String = "http4s.client"
   ): HttpClientInstrumentation = {
     val httpClientConfig =
       kamonConfig.getConfig("kamon.instrumentation.http4s.client")
-    HttpClientInstrumentation.from(httpClientConfig, "http4s.client")
+    HttpClientInstrumentation.from(httpClientConfig, componentName)
   }
 
-  Kamon.onReconfigure(newConfig =>
-    _instrumentation = instrumentation(newConfig)
-  )
-
   def apply[F[_]](underlying: Client[F])(implicit F: Sync[F]): Client[F] =
+    this(underlying, defaultComponentName)
+
+  def apply[F[_]](underlying: Client[F], componentName: String)(implicit
+      F: Sync[F]
+  ): Client[F] = {
+    Kamon.onReconfigure(newConfig =>
+      _instrumentation = instrumentation(newConfig, componentName)
+    )
     Client { request =>
       // this needs to run on the same thread as the caller, so can't be suspended in F
       val ctx = Kamon.currentContext()
       kamonClient(underlying)(request)(ctx)(_instrumentation)
     }
+  }
 
   private def kamonClient[F[_]](
       underlying: Client[F]
diff --git a/modules/0.22/src/test/scala/kamon/http4s/ClientInstrumentationSpec.scala b/modules/0.22/src/test/scala/kamon/http4s/ClientInstrumentationSpec.scala
index d0716d7..70ba33e 100644
--- a/modules/0.22/src/test/scala/kamon/http4s/ClientInstrumentationSpec.scala
+++ b/modules/0.22/src/test/scala/kamon/http4s/ClientInstrumentationSpec.scala
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ class ClientInstrumentationSpec
   }
 
   val client: Client[IO] =
-    KamonSupport[IO](Client.fromHttpApp[IO](service.orNotFound))
+    KamonSupport[IO](
+      Client.fromHttpApp[IO](service.orNotFound),
+      "my-service-name"
+    )
 
   "The Client instrumentation" should {
     "propagate the current context and generate a span inside an action and complete the ws request" in {
@@ -66,7 +69,7 @@ class ClientInstrumentationSpec
 
         span.operationName shouldBe "/tracing/ok"
         span.kind shouldBe Span.Kind.Client
-        span.metricTags.get(plain("component")) shouldBe "http4s.client"
+        span.metricTags.get(plain("component")) shouldBe "my-service-name"
         span.metricTags.get(plain("http.method")) shouldBe "GET"
         span.metricTags.get(plainLong("http.status_code")) shouldBe 200
         span.metricTags.get(
@@ -99,7 +102,7 @@ class ClientInstrumentationSpec
         val span = testSpanReporter().nextSpan().value
         span.operationName shouldBe "/tracing/ok"
         span.kind shouldBe Span.Kind.Client
-        span.metricTags.get(plain("component")) shouldBe "http4s.client"
+        span.metricTags.get(plain("component")) shouldBe "my-service-name"
         span.metricTags.get(plain("http.method")) shouldBe "GET"
         span.hasError shouldBe true
 
@@ -122,7 +125,7 @@ class ClientInstrumentationSpec
         val span = testSpanReporter().nextSpan().value
         span.operationName shouldBe "/tracing/not-found"
         span.kind shouldBe Span.Kind.Client
-        span.metricTags.get(plain("component")) shouldBe "http4s.client"
+        span.metricTags.get(plain("component")) shouldBe "my-service-name"
         span.metricTags.get(plain("http.method")) shouldBe "GET"
         span.metricTags.get(plainLong("http.status_code")) shouldBe 404
         span.metricTags.get(
@@ -149,7 +152,7 @@ class ClientInstrumentationSpec
 
         span.operationName shouldBe "/tracing/error"
         span.kind shouldBe Span.Kind.Client
-        span.metricTags.get(plain("component")) shouldBe "http4s.client"
+        span.metricTags.get(plain("component")) shouldBe "my-service-name"
         span.metricTags.get(plain("http.method")) shouldBe "GET"
         span.hasError shouldBe true
         span.metricTags.get(plainLong("http.status_code")) shouldBe 500
diff --git a/modules/0.23/src/main/scala/kamon/http4s/middleware/client/KamonSupport.scala b/modules/0.23/src/main/scala/kamon/http4s/middleware/client/KamonSupport.scala
index 48c2fbe..427585f 100644
--- a/modules/0.23/src/main/scala/kamon/http4s/middleware/client/KamonSupport.scala
+++ b/modules/0.23/src/main/scala/kamon/http4s/middleware/client/KamonSupport.scala
@@ -28,26 +28,34 @@ import org.http4s.client.Client
 
 object KamonSupport {
 
-  private var _instrumentation = instrumentation(Kamon.config())
+  private val defaultComponentName = "http4s.client"
+  private var _instrumentation =
+    instrumentation(Kamon.config(), defaultComponentName)
 
   private def instrumentation(
-      kamonConfig: Config
+      kamonConfig: Config,
+      componentName: String = "http4s.client"
   ): HttpClientInstrumentation = {
     val httpClientConfig =
       kamonConfig.getConfig("kamon.instrumentation.http4s.client")
-    HttpClientInstrumentation.from(httpClientConfig, "http4s.client")
+    HttpClientInstrumentation.from(httpClientConfig, componentName)
   }
 
-  Kamon.onReconfigure(newConfig =>
-    _instrumentation = instrumentation(newConfig)
-  )
-
   def apply[F[_]](underlying: Client[F])(implicit F: Sync[F]): Client[F] =
+    this(underlying, defaultComponentName)
+
+  def apply[F[_]](underlying: Client[F], componentName: String)(implicit
+      F: Sync[F]
+  ): Client[F] = {
+    Kamon.onReconfigure(newConfig =>
+      _instrumentation = instrumentation(newConfig, componentName)
+    )
     Client { request =>
       // this needs to run on the same thread as the caller, so can't be suspended in F
       val ctx = Kamon.currentContext()
       kamonClient(underlying)(request)(ctx)(_instrumentation)
     }
+  }
 
   private def kamonClient[F[_]](
       underlying: Client[F]
diff --git a/modules/0.23/src/test/scala/kamon/http4s/ClientInstrumentationSpec.scala b/modules/0.23/src/test/scala/kamon/http4s/ClientInstrumentationSpec.scala
index 0efa625..1648f2f 100644
--- a/modules/0.23/src/test/scala/kamon/http4s/ClientInstrumentationSpec.scala
+++ b/modules/0.23/src/test/scala/kamon/http4s/ClientInstrumentationSpec.scala
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ class ClientInstrumentationSpec
   }
 
   val client: Client[IO] =
-    KamonSupport[IO](Client.fromHttpApp[IO](service.orNotFound))
+    KamonSupport[IO](
+      Client.fromHttpApp[IO](service.orNotFound),
+      "my-service-name"
+    )
 
   "The Client instrumentation" should {
     "propagate the current context and generate a span inside an action and complete the ws request" in {
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ class ClientInstrumentationSpec
 
         span.operationName shouldBe "/tracing/ok"
         span.kind shouldBe Span.Kind.Client
-        span.metricTags.get(plain("component")) shouldBe "http4s.client"
+        span.metricTags.get(plain("component")) shouldBe "my-service-name"
         span.metricTags.get(plain("http.method")) shouldBe "GET"
         span.metricTags.get(plainLong("http.status_code")) shouldBe 200
         span.metricTags.get(
@@ -100,7 +103,7 @@ class ClientInstrumentationSpec
         val span = testSpanReporter().nextSpan().value
         span.operationName shouldBe "/tracing/ok"
         span.kind shouldBe Span.Kind.Client
-        span.metricTags.get(plain("component")) shouldBe "http4s.client"
+        span.metricTags.get(plain("component")) shouldBe "my-service-name"
         span.metricTags.get(plain("http.method")) shouldBe "GET"
         span.hasError shouldBe true
 
@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ class ClientInstrumentationSpec
         val span = testSpanReporter().nextSpan().value
         span.operationName shouldBe "/tracing/not-found"
         span.kind shouldBe Span.Kind.Client
-        span.metricTags.get(plain("component")) shouldBe "http4s.client"
+        span.metricTags.get(plain("component")) shouldBe "my-service-name"
         span.metricTags.get(plain("http.method")) shouldBe "GET"
         span.metricTags.get(plainLong("http.status_code")) shouldBe 404
         span.metricTags.get(
@@ -150,7 +153,7 @@ class ClientInstrumentationSpec
 
         span.operationName shouldBe "/tracing/error"
         span.kind shouldBe Span.Kind.Client
-        span.metricTags.get(plain("component")) shouldBe "http4s.client"
+        span.metricTags.get(plain("component")) shouldBe "my-service-name"
         span.metricTags.get(plain("http.method")) shouldBe "GET"
         span.hasError shouldBe true
         span.metricTags.get(plainLong("http.status_code")) shouldBe 500
diff --git a/modules/1.0/src/main/scala/kamon/http4s/middleware/client/KamonSupport.scala b/modules/1.0/src/main/scala/kamon/http4s/middleware/client/KamonSupport.scala
index 48c2fbe..427585f 100644
--- a/modules/1.0/src/main/scala/kamon/http4s/middleware/client/KamonSupport.scala
+++ b/modules/1.0/src/main/scala/kamon/http4s/middleware/client/KamonSupport.scala
@@ -28,26 +28,34 @@ import org.http4s.client.Client
 
 object KamonSupport {
 
-  private var _instrumentation = instrumentation(Kamon.config())
+  private val defaultComponentName = "http4s.client"
+  private var _instrumentation =
+    instrumentation(Kamon.config(), defaultComponentName)
 
   private def instrumentation(
-      kamonConfig: Config
+      kamonConfig: Config,
+      componentName: String = "http4s.client"
   ): HttpClientInstrumentation = {
     val httpClientConfig =
       kamonConfig.getConfig("kamon.instrumentation.http4s.client")
-    HttpClientInstrumentation.from(httpClientConfig, "http4s.client")
+    HttpClientInstrumentation.from(httpClientConfig, componentName)
   }
 
-  Kamon.onReconfigure(newConfig =>
-    _instrumentation = instrumentation(newConfig)
-  )
-
   def apply[F[_]](underlying: Client[F])(implicit F: Sync[F]): Client[F] =
+    this(underlying, defaultComponentName)
+
+  def apply[F[_]](underlying: Client[F], componentName: String)(implicit
+      F: Sync[F]
+  ): Client[F] = {
+    Kamon.onReconfigure(newConfig =>
+      _instrumentation = instrumentation(newConfig, componentName)
+    )
     Client { request =>
       // this needs to run on the same thread as the caller, so can't be suspended in F
       val ctx = Kamon.currentContext()
       kamonClient(underlying)(request)(ctx)(_instrumentation)
     }
+  }
 
   private def kamonClient[F[_]](
       underlying: Client[F]
diff --git a/modules/1.0/src/test/scala/kamon/http4s/ClientInstrumentationSpec.scala b/modules/1.0/src/test/scala/kamon/http4s/ClientInstrumentationSpec.scala
index 0efa625..1648f2f 100644
--- a/modules/1.0/src/test/scala/kamon/http4s/ClientInstrumentationSpec.scala
+++ b/modules/1.0/src/test/scala/kamon/http4s/ClientInstrumentationSpec.scala
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ class ClientInstrumentationSpec
   }
 
   val client: Client[IO] =
-    KamonSupport[IO](Client.fromHttpApp[IO](service.orNotFound))
+    KamonSupport[IO](
+      Client.fromHttpApp[IO](service.orNotFound),
+      "my-service-name"
+    )
 
   "The Client instrumentation" should {
     "propagate the current context and generate a span inside an action and complete the ws request" in {
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ class ClientInstrumentationSpec
 
         span.operationName shouldBe "/tracing/ok"
         span.kind shouldBe Span.Kind.Client
-        span.metricTags.get(plain("component")) shouldBe "http4s.client"
+        span.metricTags.get(plain("component")) shouldBe "my-service-name"
         span.metricTags.get(plain("http.method")) shouldBe "GET"
         span.metricTags.get(plainLong("http.status_code")) shouldBe 200
         span.metricTags.get(
@@ -100,7 +103,7 @@ class ClientInstrumentationSpec
         val span = testSpanReporter().nextSpan().value
         span.operationName shouldBe "/tracing/ok"
         span.kind shouldBe Span.Kind.Client
-        span.metricTags.get(plain("component")) shouldBe "http4s.client"
+        span.metricTags.get(plain("component")) shouldBe "my-service-name"
         span.metricTags.get(plain("http.method")) shouldBe "GET"
         span.hasError shouldBe true
 
@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ class ClientInstrumentationSpec
         val span = testSpanReporter().nextSpan().value
         span.operationName shouldBe "/tracing/not-found"
         span.kind shouldBe Span.Kind.Client
-        span.metricTags.get(plain("component")) shouldBe "http4s.client"
+        span.metricTags.get(plain("component")) shouldBe "my-service-name"
         span.metricTags.get(plain("http.method")) shouldBe "GET"
         span.metricTags.get(plainLong("http.status_code")) shouldBe 404
         span.metricTags.get(
@@ -150,7 +153,7 @@ class ClientInstrumentationSpec
 
         span.operationName shouldBe "/tracing/error"
         span.kind shouldBe Span.Kind.Client
-        span.metricTags.get(plain("component")) shouldBe "http4s.client"
+        span.metricTags.get(plain("component")) shouldBe "my-service-name"
         span.metricTags.get(plain("http.method")) shouldBe "GET"
         span.hasError shouldBe true
         span.metricTags.get(plainLong("http.status_code")) shouldBe 500