diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6f35c83d76d..5b8164147ac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
   - The following interface types simply moved from `metric` to `metric/sdkapi`: `Descriptor`, `MeterImpl`, `InstrumentImpl`, `SyncImpl`, `BoundSyncImpl`, `AsyncImpl`, `AsyncRunner`, `AsyncSingleRunner`, and `AsyncBatchRunner`
   - The following struct types moved and are replaced with type aliases, since they are exposed to the user: `Observation`, `Measurement`.
   - The No-op implementations of sync and async instruments are no longer exported, new functions `sdkapi.NewNoopAsyncInstrument()` and `sdkapi.NewNoopSyncInstrument()` are provided instead. (#2271)
+- Update the SDK `BatchSpanProcessor` to export all queued spans when `ForceFlush` is called. (#2080, #2335)
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor.go b/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor.go
index db873c16f52..46f66049edd 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 // Defaults for BatchSpanProcessorOptions.
@@ -153,10 +154,29 @@ func (bsp *batchSpanProcessor) Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+type forceFlushSpan struct {
+	ReadOnlySpan
+	flushed chan struct{}
+}
+
+func (f forceFlushSpan) SpanContext() trace.SpanContext {
+	return trace.NewSpanContext(trace.SpanContextConfig{TraceFlags: trace.FlagsSampled})
+}
+
 // ForceFlush exports all ended spans that have not yet been exported.
 func (bsp *batchSpanProcessor) ForceFlush(ctx context.Context) error {
 	var err error
 	if bsp.e != nil {
+		flushCh := make(chan struct{})
+		if bsp.enqueueBlockOnQueueFull(ctx, forceFlushSpan{flushed: flushCh}, true) {
+			select {
+			case <-flushCh:
+				// Processed any items in queue prior to ForceFlush being called
+			case <-ctx.Done():
+				return ctx.Err()
+			}
+		}
+
 		wait := make(chan error)
 		go func() {
 			wait <- bsp.exportSpans(ctx)
@@ -248,6 +268,10 @@ func (bsp *batchSpanProcessor) processQueue() {
 				otel.Handle(err)
 			}
 		case sd := <-bsp.queue:
+			if ffs, ok := sd.(forceFlushSpan); ok {
+				close(ffs.flushed)
+				continue
+			}
 			bsp.batchMutex.Lock()
 			bsp.batch = append(bsp.batch, sd)
 			shouldExport := len(bsp.batch) >= bsp.o.MaxExportBatchSize
@@ -296,8 +320,12 @@ func (bsp *batchSpanProcessor) drainQueue() {
 }
 
 func (bsp *batchSpanProcessor) enqueue(sd ReadOnlySpan) {
+	bsp.enqueueBlockOnQueueFull(context.TODO(), sd, bsp.o.BlockOnQueueFull)
+}
+
+func (bsp *batchSpanProcessor) enqueueBlockOnQueueFull(ctx context.Context, sd ReadOnlySpan, block bool) bool {
 	if !sd.SpanContext().IsSampled() {
-		return
+		return false
 	}
 
 	// This ensures the bsp.queue<- below does not panic as the
@@ -317,18 +345,24 @@ func (bsp *batchSpanProcessor) enqueue(sd ReadOnlySpan) {
 
 	select {
 	case <-bsp.stopCh:
-		return
+		return false
 	default:
 	}
 
-	if bsp.o.BlockOnQueueFull {
-		bsp.queue <- sd
-		return
+	if block {
+		select {
+		case bsp.queue <- sd:
+			return true
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return false
+		}
 	}
 
 	select {
 	case bsp.queue <- sd:
+		return true
 	default:
 		atomic.AddUint32(&bsp.dropped, 1)
 	}
+	return false
 }
diff --git a/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor_test.go b/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor_test.go
index 84cdf2e49e8..d40ea27df77 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor_test.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace/tracetest"
+
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 
 	sdktrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
@@ -457,3 +460,25 @@ func TestBatchSpanProcessorForceFlushCancellation(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected %q error, got %v", want, got)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestBatchSpanProcessorForceFlushQueuedSpans(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	exp := tracetest.NewInMemoryExporter()
+
+	tp := sdktrace.NewTracerProvider(
+		sdktrace.WithBatcher(exp),
+	)
+
+	tracer := tp.Tracer("tracer")
+
+	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+		_, span := tracer.Start(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("span%d", i))
+		span.End()
+
+		err := tp.ForceFlush(ctx)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		assert.Len(t, exp.GetSpans(), i+1)
+	}
+}