diff --git a/discovery/manager.go b/discovery/manager.go
index 8b304a0faf..6d10717712 100644
--- a/discovery/manager.go
+++ b/discovery/manager.go
@@ -134,6 +134,16 @@ func Name(n string) func(*Manager) {
 	}
 }
 
+// SkipInitialWait sets the name of the manager. This is used in serverless flavours of OTel's prometheusreceiver
+// which is sensitive to startup latencies.
+func SkipInitialWait() func(*Manager) {
+	return func(m *Manager) {
+		m.mtx.Lock()
+		defer m.mtx.Unlock()
+		m.skipStartupWait = true
+	}
+}
+
 // HTTPClientOptions sets the list of HTTP client options to expose to
 // Discoverers. It is up to Discoverers to choose to use the options provided.
 func HTTPClientOptions(opts ...config.HTTPClientOption) func(*Manager) {
@@ -165,6 +175,11 @@ type Manager struct {
 	// should only be modified in unit tests.
 	updatert time.Duration
 
+	// skipStartupWait allows the discovery manager to skip the initial wait before sending updates
+	// to the channel. This is used in serverless flavours of OTel's prometheusreceiver
+	// which is sensitive to startup latencies.
+	skipStartupWait bool
+
 	// The triggerSend channel signals to the Manager that new updates have been received from providers.
 	triggerSend chan struct{}
 
@@ -344,6 +359,33 @@ func (m *Manager) sender() {
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(m.updatert)
 	defer ticker.Stop()
 
+	// Send the targets downstream as soon as you see them if skipStartupWait is
+	// set. If discovery receiver's channel is too busy, fall back to the
+	// regular loop.
+	if m.skipStartupWait {
+		select {
+		case <-m.triggerSend:
+			sentUpdates.WithLabelValues(m.name).Inc()
+			select {
+			case m.syncCh <- m.allGroups():
+			case <-ticker.C:
+				delayedUpdates.WithLabelValues(m.name).Inc()
+				level.Debug(m.logger).Log("msg", "Discovery receiver's channel was full so will retry the next cycle")
+				select {
+				case m.triggerSend <- struct{}{}:
+				default:
+				}
+			case <-m.ctx.Done():
+				return
+			}
+		case <-m.ctx.Done():
+			return
+		}
+
+		// We restart the ticker to ensure that no two updates are less than updatert apart.
+		ticker.Reset(m.updatert)
+	}
+
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-m.ctx.Done():
diff --git a/discovery/manager_test.go b/discovery/manager_test.go
index 5371608112..3c843a9cee 100644
--- a/discovery/manager_test.go
+++ b/discovery/manager_test.go
@@ -775,6 +775,31 @@ func pk(provider, setName string, n int) poolKey {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestTargetSetTargetGroupsPresentOnStartup(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+	discoveryManager := NewManager(ctx, log.NewNopLogger(), SkipInitialWait())
+
+	// Set the updatert to a super long time so we can verify that the skip worked correctly.
+	discoveryManager.updatert = 100 * time.Hour
+	go discoveryManager.Run()
+
+	c := map[string]Configs{
+		"prometheus": {
+			staticConfig("foo:9090"),
+		},
+	}
+	discoveryManager.ApplyConfig(c)
+
+	syncedTargets := <-discoveryManager.SyncCh()
+	require.Equal(t, 1, len(syncedTargets))
+	verifySyncedPresence(t, syncedTargets, "prometheus", "{__address__=\"foo:9090\"}", true)
+	require.Equal(t, 1, len(syncedTargets["prometheus"]))
+	p := pk("static", "prometheus", 0)
+	verifyPresence(t, discoveryManager.targets, p, "{__address__=\"foo:9090\"}", true)
+	require.Equal(t, 1, len(discoveryManager.targets))
+}
+
 func TestTargetSetTargetGroupsPresentOnConfigReload(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer cancel()
diff --git a/scrape/manager.go b/scrape/manager.go
index c2b434308e..9b22ed039c 100644
--- a/scrape/manager.go
+++ b/scrape/manager.go
@@ -137,6 +137,12 @@ type Options struct {
 	EnableProtobufNegotiation bool
 	// Option to increase the interval used by scrape manager to throttle target groups updates.
 	DiscoveryReloadInterval model.Duration
+	// Option to enable discovering targets immediately on start up as opposed
+	// to waiting for the interval defined in DiscoveryReloadInterval before
+	// initializing the scrape pools. Disabled by default. Useful for serverless
+	// flavors of OpenTelemetry contrib's prometheusreceiver where we're
+	// sensitive to start up delays.
+	DiscoveryReloadOnStartup bool
 
 	// Optional HTTP client options to use when scraping.
 	HTTPClientOptions []config_util.HTTPClientOption
@@ -198,8 +204,17 @@ func (m *Manager) reloader() {
 		reloadIntervalDuration = model.Duration(5 * time.Second)
 	}
 
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Duration(reloadIntervalDuration))
+	// Skip the initial reload interval wait for the first reload.
+	if m.opts.DiscoveryReloadOnStartup {
+		select {
+		case <-m.triggerReload:
+			m.reload()
+		case <-m.graceShut:
+			return
+		}
+	}
 
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Duration(reloadIntervalDuration))
 	defer ticker.Stop()
 
 	for {
@@ -289,6 +304,7 @@ func (m *Manager) StopAfterScrapeAttempt(minScrapeTime time.Time) {
 
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	for _, p := range m.scrapePools {
+		p.mtx.Lock()
 		for _, l := range p.loops {
 			l := l
 			wg.Add(1)
@@ -297,6 +313,7 @@ func (m *Manager) StopAfterScrapeAttempt(minScrapeTime time.Time) {
 				wg.Done()
 			}()
 		}
+		p.mtx.Unlock()
 	}
 	wg.Wait()
 
diff --git a/scrape/manager_test.go b/scrape/manager_test.go
index e49d5b4833..46c127f337 100644
--- a/scrape/manager_test.go
+++ b/scrape/manager_test.go
@@ -601,6 +601,44 @@ func TestManagerTargetsUpdates(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestManagerSkipInitialWait(t *testing.T) {
+	opts := Options{DiscoveryReloadOnStartup: true}
+	m := NewManager(&opts, nil, nil)
+
+	ts := make(chan map[string][]*targetgroup.Group, 1)
+	go m.Run(ts)
+	defer m.Stop()
+
+	tgSent := make(map[string][]*targetgroup.Group)
+	tgSent["test"] = []*targetgroup.Group{
+		{
+			Source: "test_source",
+		},
+	}
+
+	select {
+	case ts <- tgSent:
+	case <-time.After(10 * time.Millisecond):
+		t.Error("Scrape manager's channel remained blocked after the set threshold.")
+	}
+
+	// Give some time for the reloader to have picked this up.
+	time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+
+	m.mtxScrape.Lock()
+	tsetActual := m.targetSets
+	m.mtxScrape.Unlock()
+
+	// Make sure all updates have been received.
+	require.Equal(t, tgSent, tsetActual)
+
+	select {
+	case <-m.triggerReload:
+		t.Error("Reload should've already happened")
+	default:
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSetOffsetSeed(t *testing.T) {
 	getConfig := func(prometheus string) *config.Config {
 		cfgText := `