diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry/span.go b/instrumentation/opentelemetry/span.go
index 0872fbdb..58eca3c1 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry/span.go
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry/span.go
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ func (s *Span) AddEvent(name string, ts time.Time, attributes map[string]interfa
 	s.Span.AddEvent(name, trace.WithTimestamp(ts), trace.WithAttributes(otAttributes...))
 }
 
+func (s *Span) GetSpanId() string {
+	return s.Span.SpanContext().SpanID().String()
+}
+
 func SpanFromContext(ctx context.Context) sdk.Span {
 	return &Span{trace.SpanFromContext(ctx)}
 }
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry/span_test.go b/instrumentation/opentelemetry/span_test.go
index 1855e730..b4a3219b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry/span_test.go
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry/span_test.go
@@ -148,3 +148,9 @@ func TestLen(t *testing.T) {
 	// service.instance.id is added implicitly in StartSpan so 3 attributes will be present.
 	assert.Equal(t, 3, s.GetAttributes().Len())
 }
+
+func TestGetSpanID(t *testing.T) {
+	_, s, _ := StartSpan(context.Background(), "test_span", &sdk.SpanOptions{})
+	spanId := s.GetSpanId()
+	assert.NotEqual(t, 0, len(spanId))
+}
diff --git a/sdk/internal/mock/span.go b/sdk/internal/mock/span.go
index c04d7794..60e59f60 100644
--- a/sdk/internal/mock/span.go
+++ b/sdk/internal/mock/span.go
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ func (s *Span) AddEvent(name string, ts time.Time, attributes map[string]interfa
 	s.spanEvents = append(s.spanEvents, spanEvent{name, ts, attributes})
 }
 
+// This function has no use, it has been added just so that the interface in sdk/span.go remains implemented
+func (s *Span) GetSpanId() string {
+	return ""
+}
+
 type spanKey string
 
 func SpanFromContext(ctx context.Context) sdk.Span {
diff --git a/sdk/span.go b/sdk/span.go
index 8dc1f75e..85fb249c 100644
--- a/sdk/span.go
+++ b/sdk/span.go
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ type Span interface {
 
 	// AddEvent adds an event to the Span with the provided name, timestamp and attributes.
 	AddEvent(name string, ts time.Time, attributes map[string]interface{})
+
+	//GetSpanId fetches the ID of the span that it is called upon
+	GetSpanId() string
 }
 
 // SpanFromContext retrieves the existing span from a context