diff --git a/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/config/TracerConfig.java b/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/config/TracerConfig.java
index cb1e1c1baa1..309d2f51baa 100644
--- a/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/config/TracerConfig.java
+++ b/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/config/TracerConfig.java
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ public final class TracerConfig {
       "trace.http.client.path-resource-name-mapping";
   public static final String HTTP_SERVER_ERROR_STATUSES = "http.server.error.statuses";
   public static final String HTTP_CLIENT_ERROR_STATUSES = "http.client.error.statuses";
+  public static final String TRACE_HTTP_CLIENT_ERROR_STATUSES = "trace.http.client.error.statuses";
 
   public static final String SPLIT_BY_TAGS = "trace.split-by-tags";
 
diff --git a/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java b/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java
index 544fd39dd87..06bbbec5994 100644
--- a/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java
+++ b/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ private Config(final ConfigProvider configProvider, final InstrumenterConfig ins
 
     httpClientErrorStatuses =
         configProvider.getIntegerRange(
-            "trace." + HTTP_CLIENT_ERROR_STATUSES, DEFAULT_HTTP_CLIENT_ERROR_STATUSES, HTTP_CLIENT_ERROR_STATUSES);
+            TRACE_HTTP_CLIENT_ERROR_STATUSES, DEFAULT_HTTP_CLIENT_ERROR_STATUSES, HTTP_CLIENT_ERROR_STATUSES);
 
     httpServerTagQueryString =
         configProvider.getBoolean(
diff --git a/internal-api/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/api/ConfigTest.groovy b/internal-api/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/api/ConfigTest.groovy
index 984ef7cf13f..f97c0e5567a 100644
--- a/internal-api/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/api/ConfigTest.groovy
+++ b/internal-api/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/api/ConfigTest.groovy
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ import static datadog.trace.api.config.TracerConfig.SPAN_TAGS
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.TracerConfig.SPLIT_BY_TAGS
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.TracerConfig.TRACE_AGENT_PORT
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.TracerConfig.TRACE_AGENT_URL
+import static datadog.trace.api.config.TracerConfig.TRACE_HTTP_CLIENT_ERROR_STATUSES
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.TracerConfig.TRACE_PROPAGATION_EXTRACT_FIRST
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.TracerConfig.TRACE_RATE_LIMIT
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.TracerConfig.TRACE_REPORT_HOSTNAME
@@ -965,6 +966,19 @@ class ConfigTest extends DDSpecification {
     integrationNames = new TreeSet<>(names)
   }
 
+  def "verify precedence of aliases"() {
+    setup:
+    def prop = new Properties()
+    prop.setProperty(HTTP_CLIENT_ERROR_STATUSES, "111")
+    prop.setProperty(TRACE_HTTP_CLIENT_ERROR_STATUSES, "123")
+    
+    when:
+    Config config = Config.get(prop)
+
+    then:
+    config.httpClientErrorStatuses == toBitSet((123..123))
+  }
+
   def "test getFloatSettingFromEnvironment(#name)"() {
     setup:
     environmentVariables.set("DD_ENV_ZERO_TEST", "0.0")