diff --git a/exe/main.cc b/exe/main.cc
index 1b77482437..2cb0b01dbd 100644
--- a/exe/main.cc
+++ b/exe/main.cc
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "motis/data.h"
 #include "motis/import.h"
 #include "motis/logging.h"
+#include "motis/otel_tracer.h"
 #include "motis/server.h"
 
 #include "./flags.h"
@@ -137,6 +138,11 @@ int main(int ac, char** av) {
             (return_value = set_log_level(std::move(log_lvl)))) {
           break;
         }
+
+        if (c.use_otlp()) {
+          init_opentelemetry(*c.otlp_, motis_version);
+        }
+
         return_value = server(data{data_path, c}, c, motis_version);
       } catch (std::exception const& e) {
         std::cerr << "unable to start server: " << e.what() << "\n";
@@ -293,6 +299,7 @@ int main(int ac, char** av) {
       break;
   }
 
+  cleanup_opentelemetry_tracer();
   google::protobuf::ShutdownProtobufLibrary();
   return return_value;
 }
diff --git a/include/motis/config.h b/include/motis/config.h
index 19c2bdd4ec..7b13631c27 100644
--- a/include/motis/config.h
+++ b/include/motis/config.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ struct config {
   bool has_elevators() const;
   bool has_rt_feeds() const;
   bool use_street_routing() const;
+  bool use_otlp() const;
 
   bool operator==(config const&) const = default;
 
@@ -258,6 +259,21 @@ struct config {
   limits get_limits() const { return limits_.value_or(limits{}); }
   std::optional<limits> limits_{};
 
+  struct otlp {
+    bool operator==(otlp const&) const = default;
+    struct http {
+      bool operator==(http const&) const = default;
+      std::string url_{"http://localhost:4318"};
+      std::string content_type_{"json"};
+      bool use_json_name_{false};
+    };
+    std::optional<http> http_{};
+
+    unsigned timeout_{10U};
+    headers_t headers_{};
+  };
+  std::optional<otlp> otlp_{};
+
   struct logging {
     bool operator==(logging const&) const = default;
     std::optional<std::string> log_level_{};
diff --git a/include/motis/ctx_data.h b/include/motis/ctx_data.h
index c6d0092bfc..ec11fac84c 100644
--- a/include/motis/ctx_data.h
+++ b/include/motis/ctx_data.h
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "opentelemetry/context/context.h"
+
 #include "ctx/op_id.h"
 #include "ctx/operation.h"
 
@@ -7,6 +11,8 @@ namespace motis {
 
 struct ctx_data {
   void transition(ctx::transition, ctx::op_id, ctx::op_id) {}
+
+  std::vector<opentelemetry::context::Context> otel_context_stack_;
 };
 
 }  // namespace motis
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/motis/otel_runtime_context.h b/include/motis/otel_runtime_context.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..502f385633
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/motis/otel_runtime_context.h
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include "utl/helpers/algorithm.h"
+
+#include "opentelemetry/context/context.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/context/runtime_context.h"
+
+#include "ctx/operation.h"
+
+#include "motis/ctx_data.h"
+
+namespace motis {
+
+struct otel_runtime_context_storage
+    : public opentelemetry::context::RuntimeContextStorage {
+  opentelemetry::context::Context GetCurrent() noexcept override {
+    auto const op = ctx::current_op<ctx_data>();
+
+    if (op == nullptr) {
+      return default_storage_->GetCurrent();
+    }
+
+    // How to get stack of contexts from op (operation<ctx_data>*)
+    auto& stack = op->data_.otel_context_stack_;
+    return stack.empty() ? opentelemetry::context::Context{} : stack.back();
+  }
+
+  opentelemetry::nostd::unique_ptr<opentelemetry::context::Token> Attach(
+      opentelemetry::context::Context const& context) noexcept override {
+    auto const op = ctx::current_op<ctx_data>();
+
+    if (op == nullptr) {
+      return default_storage_->Attach(context);
+    }
+
+    op->data_.otel_context_stack_.push_back(context);
+    return CreateToken(context);
+  }
+
+  bool Detach(opentelemetry::context::Token& token) noexcept override {
+    auto const op = ctx::current_op<ctx_data>();
+
+    if (op == nullptr) {
+      return default_storage_->Detach(token);
+    }
+
+    auto& stack = op->data_.otel_context_stack_;
+
+    if (utl::find(stack, token) == stack.end()) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    while (!(token == stack.back())) {
+      stack.pop_back();
+    }
+    stack.pop_back();
+    return true;
+  }
+
+private:
+  std::unique_ptr<opentelemetry::context::ThreadLocalContextStorage>
+      default_storage_{std::make_unique<
+          opentelemetry::context::ThreadLocalContextStorage>()};
+};
+
+}  // namespace motis
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diff --git a/include/motis/otel_tracer.h b/include/motis/otel_tracer.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54f51fe36f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/motis/otel_tracer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "opentelemetry/trace/provider.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/trace/span.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/trace/tracer.h"
+
+#include "motis/config.h"
+
+namespace motis {
+
+void init_opentelemetry(config::otlp const&, std::string_view const);
+
+void cleanup_opentelemetry_tracer();
+
+inline opentelemetry::nostd::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::trace::Tracer>
+get_otel_tracer() {
+  return opentelemetry::trace::Provider::GetTracerProvider()->GetTracer(
+      "motis");
+}
+
+}  // namespace motis
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/config.cc b/src/config.cc
index 3834a8357e..cd939d151f 100644
--- a/src/config.cc
+++ b/src/config.cc
@@ -287,4 +287,8 @@ bool config::use_street_routing() const {
       street_routing_);
 }
 
+bool config::use_otlp() const {
+  return otlp_.has_value() && otlp_->http_.has_value();
+}
+
 }  // namespace motis
diff --git a/src/otel_tracer.cc b/src/otel_tracer.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..951dd695f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/otel_tracer.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#include "motis/otel_tracer.h"
+
+#include <chrono>
+#include <memory>
+#include <utility>
+
+#include "utl/verify.h"
+
+#include "opentelemetry/context/propagation/global_propagator.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/context/runtime_context.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_http.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_http_exporter_factory.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/sdk/resource/resource.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/sdk/trace/samplers/always_on_factory.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/sdk/trace/simple_processor_factory.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/sdk/trace/tracer_provider.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/sdk/trace/tracer_provider_factory.h"
+#include "opentelemetry/trace/propagation/http_trace_context.h"
+
+#include "motis/otel_runtime_context.h"
+
+namespace motis {
+
+static std::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::sdk::trace::TracerProvider> provider_;
+
+void init_opentelemetry_tracer(
+    opentelemetry::sdk::resource::Resource const& resource,
+    config::otlp const& c) {
+
+  auto const& http_opts = c.http_.value();
+  auto opts = opentelemetry::exporter::otlp::OtlpHttpExporterOptions{};
+  opts.url = http_opts.url_;
+  if (http_opts.content_type_ == "json") {
+    opts.content_type =
+        opentelemetry::exporter::otlp::HttpRequestContentType::kJson;
+  } else if (http_opts.content_type_ == "binary") {
+    opts.content_type =
+        opentelemetry::exporter::otlp::HttpRequestContentType::kBinary;
+  } else {
+    utl::fail("Invalid OTLP content type {}", http_opts.content_type_);
+  }
+  opts.use_json_name = http_opts.use_json_name_;
+  opts.timeout = std::chrono::seconds(c.timeout_);
+  for (auto [key, value] : c.headers_) {
+    opts.http_headers.insert({key, value});
+  }
+
+  auto exporter =
+      opentelemetry::exporter::otlp::OtlpHttpExporterFactory::Create(opts);
+
+  auto processor =
+      opentelemetry::sdk::trace::SimpleSpanProcessorFactory::Create(
+          std::move(exporter));
+
+  auto sampler = opentelemetry::sdk::trace::AlwaysOnSamplerFactory::Create();
+
+  auto provider =
+      std::shared_ptr{opentelemetry::sdk::trace::TracerProviderFactory::Create(
+          std::move(processor), resource, std::move(sampler))};
+  opentelemetry::trace::Provider::SetTracerProvider(provider);
+  provider_ = provider;
+}
+
+void init_opentelemetry(config::otlp const& c,
+                        std::string_view const motis_version) {
+  auto resource_attributes = opentelemetry::sdk::resource::ResourceAttributes{
+      {"service.name", "motis"}, {"service.version", motis_version}};
+  auto resource =
+      opentelemetry::sdk::resource::Resource::Create(resource_attributes);
+
+  opentelemetry::context::RuntimeContext::SetRuntimeContextStorage(
+      std::make_shared<otel_runtime_context_storage>());
+
+  if (c.http_.has_value()) {
+    init_opentelemetry_tracer(resource, c);
+  }
+
+  opentelemetry::context::propagation::GlobalTextMapPropagator::
+      SetGlobalPropagator(
+          std::make_shared<
+              opentelemetry::trace::propagation::HttpTraceContext>());
+}
+
+void cleanup_opentelemetry_tracer() {
+  if (provider_) {
+    provider_->ForceFlush();
+    provider_.reset();
+  }
+
+  auto const none = std::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::trace::NoopTracerProvider>();
+  opentelemetry::trace::Provider::SetTracerProvider(none);
+}
+
+}  // namespace motis
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diff --git a/tools/ubsan-suppress.txt b/tools/ubsan-suppress.txt
index 98924a5a37..cf11b9113b 100644
--- a/tools/ubsan-suppress.txt
+++ b/tools/ubsan-suppress.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 src:*/LuaJIT/*
-src:*/libressl/*
\ No newline at end of file
+src:*/libressl/*
+src:*/curl/*
\ No newline at end of file