diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8d8313ab..9848750a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 license = { text = "BSD-3-Clause" }
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
-dependencies = ["bidict", "pika", "setuptools", "stomp-py>=7"]
+dependencies = ["zocalo","marshmallow","bidict", "pika", "setuptools", "stomp-py>=7", "opentelemetry-api==1.20.0", "opentelemetry-sdk==1.20.0", "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http==1.20.0" ]
 
 [project.urls]
 Download = "https://github.com/DiamondLightSource/python-workflows/releases"
diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 8207c45b..bd711be7 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@ pytest-mock==3.14.0
 pytest-timeout==2.3.1
 stomp-py==8.1.2
 websocket-client==1.8.0
+opentelemetry-api==1.20.0
+opentelemetry-sdk==1.20.0
+opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http==1.20.0
+marshmallow
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/workflows/recipe/__init__.py b/src/workflows/recipe/__init__.py
index 0f1973f4..143d5705 100644
--- a/src/workflows/recipe/__init__.py
+++ b/src/workflows/recipe/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from typing import Any
 
+from opentelemetry import trace
+
 from workflows.recipe.recipe import Recipe
 from workflows.recipe.validate import validate_recipe
 from workflows.recipe.wrapper import RecipeWrapper
@@ -69,6 +71,37 @@ def unwrap_recipe(header, message):
             message = mangle_for_receiving(message)
         if header.get("workflows-recipe") in {True, "True", "true", 1}:
             rw = RecipeWrapper(message=message, transport=transport_layer)
+
+            # Extract recipe_id on the current span
+            span = trace.get_current_span()
+            recipe_id = None
+
+            # Extract recipe ID from environment
+            if isinstance(message, dict):
+                environment = message.get("environment", {})
+                if isinstance(environment, dict):
+                    recipe_id = environment.get("ID")
+
+            if recipe_id:
+                span.set_attribute("recipe_id", recipe_id)
+                span.add_event(
+                    "recipe.id_extracted", attributes={"recipe_id": recipe_id}
+                )
+
+            # Extract span_id and trace_id for logging
+            span_context = span.get_span_context()
+            if span_context and span_context.is_valid:
+                span_id = format(span_context.span_id, "016x")
+                trace_id = format(span_context.trace_id, "032x")
+
+                log_extra = {
+                    "span_id": span_id,
+                    "trace_id": trace_id,
+                }
+
+                if recipe_id:
+                    log_extra["recipe_id"] = recipe_id
+
             if log_extender and rw.environment and rw.environment.get("ID"):
                 with log_extender("recipe_ID", rw.environment["ID"]):
                     return callback(rw, header, message.get("payload"))
diff --git a/src/workflows/services/common_service.py b/src/workflows/services/common_service.py
index de2ef704..c53b02a2 100644
--- a/src/workflows/services/common_service.py
+++ b/src/workflows/services/common_service.py
@@ -9,8 +9,16 @@
 import time
 from typing import Any
 
+from opentelemetry import trace
+from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter
+from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import SERVICE_NAME, Resource
+from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
+from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor
+
 import workflows
 import workflows.logging
+from workflows.transport.middleware.otel_tracing import OTELTracingMiddleware
+from workflows.util.zocalo.configuration import OTEL
 
 
 class Status(enum.Enum):
@@ -185,6 +193,39 @@ def start_transport(self):
             self.transport.subscription_callback_set_intercept(
                 self._transport_interceptor
             )
+
+            # Configure OTELTracing if configuration is available
+            otel_config = (
+                OTEL.config if hasattr(OTEL, "config") and OTEL.config else None
+            )
+
+            if otel_config:
+                # Configure OTELTracing
+                resource = Resource.create(
+                    {
+                        SERVICE_NAME: self._service_name,
+                    }
+                )
+
+                self.log.debug("Configuring OTELTracing")
+                provider = TracerProvider(resource=resource)
+                trace.set_tracer_provider(provider)
+
+                # Configure BatchProcessor and OTLPSpanExporter using config values
+                otlp_exporter = OTLPSpanExporter(
+                    endpoint=otel_config["endpoint"],
+                    timeout=otel_config.get("timeout", 10),
+                )
+                span_processor = BatchSpanProcessor(otlp_exporter)
+                provider.add_span_processor(span_processor)
+
+            # Add OTELTracingMiddleware to the transport layer
+            tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)
+            otel_middleware = OTELTracingMiddleware(
+                tracer, service_name=self._service_name
+            )
+            self._transport.add_middleware(otel_middleware)
+
             metrics = self._environment.get("metrics")
             if metrics:
                 import prometheus_client
diff --git a/src/workflows/transport/middleware/otel_tracing.py b/src/workflows/transport/middleware/otel_tracing.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a3d791fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/workflows/transport/middleware/otel_tracing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import functools
+from collections.abc import Callable
+
+from opentelemetry import trace
+from opentelemetry.propagate import extract
+
+from workflows.transport.middleware import BaseTransportMiddleware
+
+
+class OTELTracingMiddleware(BaseTransportMiddleware):
+    def __init__(self, tracer: trace.Tracer, service_name: str):
+        self.tracer = tracer
+        self.service_name = service_name
+
+    def subscribe(self, call_next: Callable, channel, callback, **kwargs) -> int:
+        @functools.wraps(callback)
+        def wrapped_callback(header, message):
+            # Extract trace context from message headers
+            ctx = extract(header) if header else None
+
+            # Start a new span with the extracted context
+            with self.tracer.start_as_current_span(
+                "transport.subscribe", context=ctx
+            ) as span:
+                span.set_attribute("service_name", self.service_name)
+                span.set_attribute("channel", channel)
+
+                # Call the original callback
+                return callback(header, message)
+
+        # Call the next middleware with the wrapped callback
+        return call_next(channel, wrapped_callback, **kwargs)
diff --git a/src/workflows/util/zocalo/configuration.py b/src/workflows/util/zocalo/configuration.py
index 08a600aa..ca5d77fe 100644
--- a/src/workflows/util/zocalo/configuration.py
+++ b/src/workflows/util/zocalo/configuration.py
@@ -8,6 +8,32 @@
 from workflows.transport.stomp_transport import StompTransport
 
 
+class OTEL:
+    """A Zocalo configuration plugin to pre-populate OTELTracing config defaults"""
+
+    class Schema(PluginSchema):
+        host = fields.Str(required=True)
+        port = fields.Int(required=True)
+        endpoint = fields.Str(required=False)
+        timeout = fields.Int(required=False, load_default=10)
+
+    # Store configuration for access by services
+    config = {}
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def activate(configuration):
+        # Build the full endpoint URL if not provided
+        if "endpoint" not in configuration:
+            endpoint = (
+                f"https://{configuration['host']}:{configuration['port']}/v1/traces"
+            )
+        else:
+            endpoint = configuration["endpoint"]
+
+        OTEL.config["endpoint"] = endpoint
+        OTEL.config["timeout"] = configuration.get("timeout", 10)
+
+
 class Stomp:
     """A Zocalo configuration plugin to pre-populate StompTransport config defaults"""