diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e4883e6d..5d831f2d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ full = [
     "http1",
     "http2",
     "tokio",
+    "tracing",
 ]
 
 client = ["hyper/client", "dep:tracing", "dep:futures-channel", "dep:tower-service"]
@@ -71,6 +72,8 @@ http2 = ["hyper/http2"]
 
 tokio = ["dep:tokio", "tokio/net", "tokio/rt", "tokio/time"]
 
+tracing = ["dep:tracing"]
+
 # internal features used in CI
 __internal_happy_eyeballs_tests = []
 
diff --git a/src/rt/tokio.rs b/src/rt/tokio.rs
index e5f2eab7..57e3c372 100644
--- a/src/rt/tokio.rs
+++ b/src/rt/tokio.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ use std::{
 use hyper::rt::{Executor, Sleep, Timer};
 use pin_project_lite::pin_project;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
+use tracing::instrument::Instrument;
+
 /// Future executor that utilises `tokio` threads.
 #[non_exhaustive]
 #[derive(Default, Debug, Clone)]
@@ -49,6 +52,10 @@ where
     Fut::Output: Send + 'static,
 {
     fn execute(&self, fut: Fut) {
+        #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
+        tokio::spawn(fut.in_current_span());
+
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "tracing"))]
         tokio::spawn(fut);
     }
 }