diff --git a/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke/feed_upload_and_sync.go b/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke/feed_upload_and_sync.go
index eddce78888..9823dc0542 100644
--- a/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke/feed_upload_and_sync.go
+++ b/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke/feed_upload_and_sync.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"context"
 	"crypto/md5"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -18,8 +19,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/swarm/spancontext"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/swarm/storage/feed"
 	colorable "github.com/mattn/go-colorable"
+	opentracing "github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
 	"github.com/pborman/uuid"
 	cli "gopkg.in/urfave/cli.v1"
 )
@@ -304,6 +307,11 @@ func feedUploadAndSync(c *cli.Context) error {
 }
 
 func fetchFeed(topic string, user string, endpoint string, original []byte, ruid string) error {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+	ctx, sp := spancontext.StartSpan(ctx, "feed-and-sync.fetch")
+	defer sp.Finish()
+
 	log.Trace("sleeping", "ruid", ruid)
 	time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
 
@@ -312,6 +320,12 @@ func fetchFeed(topic string, user string, endpoint string, original []byte, ruid
 	tn := time.Now()
 	reqUri := endpoint + "/bzz-feed:/?topic=" + topic + "&user=" + user
 	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", reqUri, nil)
+
+	opentracing.GlobalTracer().Inject(
+		sp.Context(),
+		opentracing.HTTPHeaders,
+		opentracing.HTTPHeadersCarrier(req.Header))
+
 	trace := &httptrace.ClientTrace{
 		GetConn: func(_ string) {
 			log.Trace("http get request (feed) - GetConn")
@@ -365,6 +379,7 @@ func fetchFeed(topic string, user string, endpoint string, original []byte, ruid
 	}
 	req = req.WithContext(httptrace.WithClientTrace(req.Context(), trace))
 	transport := http.DefaultTransport
+
 	//transport.TLSClientConfig = &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true}
 
 	res, err := transport.RoundTrip(req)
diff --git a/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke/upload_and_sync.go b/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke/upload_and_sync.go
index 792f5cfb31..15dfee3cf6 100644
--- a/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke/upload_and_sync.go
+++ b/cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke/upload_and_sync.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"context"
 	"crypto/md5"
 	crand "crypto/rand"
 	"errors"
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/swarm/spancontext"
+	opentracing "github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
 	"github.com/pborman/uuid"
 
 	cli "gopkg.in/urfave/cli.v1"
@@ -135,14 +138,24 @@ func uploadAndSync(c *cli.Context) error {
 
 // fetch is getting the requested `hash` from the `endpoint` and compares it with the `original` file
 func fetch(hash string, endpoint string, original []byte, ruid string) error {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+	ctx, sp := spancontext.StartSpan(ctx, "upload-and-sync.fetch")
+	defer sp.Finish()
+
 	log.Trace("sleeping", "ruid", ruid)
 	time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
-
 	log.Trace("http get request", "ruid", ruid, "api", endpoint, "hash", hash)
 
 	tn := time.Now()
 	reqUri := endpoint + "/bzz:/" + hash + "/"
 	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", reqUri, nil)
+
+	opentracing.GlobalTracer().Inject(
+		sp.Context(),
+		opentracing.HTTPHeaders,
+		opentracing.HTTPHeadersCarrier(req.Header))
+
 	trace := &httptrace.ClientTrace{
 		GetConn: func(_ string) {
 			log.Trace("http get request - GetConn")
@@ -195,7 +208,9 @@ func fetch(hash string, endpoint string, original []byte, ruid string) error {
 	}
 	req = req.WithContext(httptrace.WithClientTrace(req.Context(), trace))
 	transport := http.DefaultTransport
+
 	//transport.TLSClientConfig = &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true}
+
 	res, err := transport.RoundTrip(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error(err.Error(), "ruid", ruid)
diff --git a/swarm/api/http/middleware.go b/swarm/api/http/middleware.go
index 3800212c21..42dd34cf5b 100644
--- a/swarm/api/http/middleware.go
+++ b/swarm/api/http/middleware.go
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/swarm/api"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/swarm/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/swarm/sctx"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/swarm/spancontext"
+	opentracing "github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
+	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go/ext"
 	"github.com/pborman/uuid"
 )
 
@@ -94,7 +95,11 @@ func InstrumentOpenTracing(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
 			return
 		}
 		spanName := fmt.Sprintf("http.%s.%s", r.Method, uri.Scheme)
-		ctx, sp := spancontext.StartSpan(r.Context(), spanName)
+		wireContext, _ := opentracing.GlobalTracer().Extract(
+			opentracing.HTTPHeaders,
+			opentracing.HTTPHeadersCarrier(r.Header))
+		sp, ctx := opentracing.StartSpanFromContext(r.Context(), spanName, ext.RPCServerOption(wireContext))
+
 		defer sp.Finish()
 		h.ServeHTTP(w, r.WithContext(ctx))
 	})