diff --git a/inventory/sample/group_vars/etcd.yml b/inventory/sample/group_vars/etcd.yml
index f07c7209cd16c39191d4de023b6b71517a97036d..68beeb62b2f28ad5ae64abea71edfc5e80ab91d9 100644
--- a/inventory/sample/group_vars/etcd.yml
+++ b/inventory/sample/group_vars/etcd.yml
@@ -24,3 +24,12 @@
 ### ETCD: disable peer client cert authentication.
 # This affects ETCD_PEER_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH variable
 # etcd_peer_client_auth: true
+
+## Enable distributed tracing
+## To enable this experimental feature, set the etcd_experimental_enable_distributed_tracing: true, along with the
+## etcd_experimental_distributed_tracing_sample_rate to choose how many samples to collect per million spans,
+## the default sampling rate is 0 https://etcd.io/docs/v3.5/op-guide/monitoring/#distributed-tracing
+# etcd_experimental_enable_distributed_tracing: false
+# etcd_experimental_distributed_tracing_sample_rate: 100
+# etcd_experimental_distributed_tracing_address: "localhost:4317"
+# etcd_experimental_distributed_tracing_service_name: etcd
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diff --git a/roles/etcd/defaults/main.yml b/roles/etcd/defaults/main.yml
index bf38acee556877dee096fbaf75a4f1e0fd863f3a..5eca0ee9e2b41dc1d0a7de3c3689de8adc0f64be 100644
--- a/roles/etcd/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/etcd/defaults/main.yml
@@ -120,3 +120,10 @@ etcd_experimental_initial_corrupt_check: true
 # may contain some private data, so it is recommended to set it to false
 # in the production environment.
 unsafe_show_logs: false
+
+# Enable distributed tracing
+# https://etcd.io/docs/v3.5/op-guide/monitoring/#distributed-tracing
+etcd_experimental_enable_distributed_tracing: false
+etcd_experimental_distributed_tracing_sample_rate: 100
+etcd_experimental_distributed_tracing_address: "localhost:4317"
+etcd_experimental_distributed_tracing_service_name: etcd
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diff --git a/roles/etcd/templates/etcd.env.j2 b/roles/etcd/templates/etcd.env.j2
index 2abd9cc806e411c2bfebcd9d5cf50532b1c638f7..13a2437e181ef3e32f35f2775d168b71c99000a3 100644
--- a/roles/etcd/templates/etcd.env.j2
+++ b/roles/etcd/templates/etcd.env.j2
@@ -68,3 +68,11 @@ ETCDCTL_CERT={{ etcd_cert_dir }}/admin-{{ inventory_hostname }}.pem
 # ETCD 3.5.x issue
 # https://groups.google.com/a/kubernetes.io/g/dev/c/B7gJs88XtQc/m/rSgNOzV2BwAJ?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer
 ETCD_EXPERIMENTAL_INITIAL_CORRUPT_CHECK={{ etcd_experimental_initial_corrupt_check }}
+
+{% if etcd_experimental_enable_distributed_tracing %}
+ETCD_EXPERIMENTAL_ENABLE_DISTRIBUTED_TRACING=true
+ETCD_EXPERIMENTAL_DISTRIBUTED_TRACING_SAMPLE_RATE={{ etcd_experimental_distributed_tracing_sample_rate }}
+ETCD_EXPERIMENTAL_DISTRIBUTED_TRACING_ADDRESS={{ etcd_experimental_distributed_tracing_address }}
+ETCD_EXPERIMENTAL_DISTRIBUTED_TRACING_SERVICE_NAME={{ etcd_experimental_distributed_tracing_service_name }}
+ETCD_EXPERIMENTAL_DISTRIBUTED_TRACING_INSTANCE_ID={{ etcd_member_name }}
+{% endif %}
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