diff --git a/rpc/client_opt.go b/rpc/client_opt.go
index 3fa045a9b9..482755c888 100644
--- a/rpc/client_opt.go
+++ b/rpc/client_opt.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/propagation"
 )
 
 // ClientOption is a configuration option for the RPC client.
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ type clientConfig struct {
 	httpClient  *http.Client
 	httpHeaders http.Header
 	httpAuth    HTTPAuth
+	tmprop      propagation.TextMapPropagator
 
 	// WebSocket options
 	wsDialer           *websocket.Dialer
@@ -95,6 +97,22 @@ func WithHeaders(headers http.Header) ClientOption {
 	})
 }
 
+// WithTextMapPropagator configures OpenTelemetry trace propagation.
+// Note, by default, trace context is NOT propagated by rpc.Client.
+// To enable propagation via the `traceparent` header, you must explicitly
+// enable it by setting a propagator, e.g.
+//
+//	prop := propagation.TraceContext{}
+//	c, err := rpc.DialOptions(ctx, "http://", rpc.WithTextMapPropagator(prop))
+func WithTextMapPropagator(tmp propagation.TextMapPropagator) ClientOption {
+	if tmp == nil {
+		panic("nil TextMapPropagator configured")
+	}
+	return optionFunc(func(cfg *clientConfig) {
+		cfg.tmprop = tmp
+	})
+}
+
 // WithHTTPClient configures the http.Client used by the RPC client.
 func WithHTTPClient(c *http.Client) ClientOption {
 	return optionFunc(func(cfg *clientConfig) {
diff --git a/rpc/http.go b/rpc/http.go
index 2bd761e9cd..6340175736 100644
--- a/rpc/http.go
+++ b/rpc/http.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ type httpConn struct {
 	mu        sync.Mutex // protects headers
 	headers   http.Header
 	auth      HTTPAuth
+	tmprop    propagation.TextMapPropagator
 }
 
 // httpConn implements ServerCodec, but it is treated specially by Client
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ func newClientTransportHTTP(endpoint string, cfg *clientConfig) reconnectFunc {
 		headers: headers,
 		url:     endpoint,
 		auth:    cfg.httpAuth,
+		tmprop:  cfg.tmprop,
 		closeCh: make(chan interface{}),
 	}
 
@@ -230,6 +232,9 @@ func (hc *httpConn) doRequest(ctx context.Context, body []byte) (io.ReadCloser,
 	req.Header = hc.headers.Clone()
 	hc.mu.Unlock()
 	setHeaders(req.Header, headersFromContext(ctx))
+	if hc.tmprop != nil {
+		hc.tmprop.Inject(ctx, propagation.HeaderCarrier(req.Header))
+	}
 
 	if hc.auth != nil {
 		if err := hc.auth(req.Header); err != nil {
diff --git a/rpc/tracing_test.go b/rpc/tracing_test.go
index 58dc2f1758..fa2ef09e76 100644
--- a/rpc/tracing_test.go
+++ b/rpc/tracing_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package rpc
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
@@ -541,6 +542,76 @@ func TestTracingBatchHTTPTooLarge(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// newHeaderRecordingServer creates an HTTP test server that responds to any
+// JSON-RPC call and records the traceparent header of incoming requests.
+func newHeaderRecordingServer(t *testing.T, headerCh chan<- string) *httptest.Server {
+	t.Helper()
+	httpsrv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		headerCh <- r.Header.Get("traceparent")
+		var msg jsonrpcMessage
+		if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&msg); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("invalid request body: %v", err)
+		}
+		resp := jsonrpcMessage{Version: vsn, ID: msg.ID, Result: []byte("null")}
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", contentType)
+		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(&resp)
+	}))
+	t.Cleanup(httpsrv.Close)
+	return httpsrv
+}
+
+// TestTracingClientPropagation verifies that the client injects the W3C
+// traceparent header into outgoing HTTP requests when configured with the
+// WithTextMapPropagator option.
+func TestTracingClientPropagation(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	headerCh := make(chan string, 1)
+	httpsrv := newHeaderRecordingServer(t, headerCh)
+
+	client, err := DialOptions(context.Background(), httpsrv.URL, WithTextMapPropagator(propagation.TraceContext{}))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to dial: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(client.Close)
+
+	// Build a context carrying a sampled remote span context.
+	const (
+		traceID = "4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736"
+		spanID  = "00f067aa0ba902b7"
+	)
+	tid, err := trace.TraceIDFromHex(traceID)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	sid, err := trace.SpanIDFromHex(spanID)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	sc := trace.NewSpanContext(trace.SpanContextConfig{
+		TraceID:    tid,
+		SpanID:     sid,
+		TraceFlags: trace.FlagsSampled,
+	})
+	ctx := trace.ContextWithSpanContext(context.Background(), sc)
+
+	if err := client.CallContext(ctx, nil, "test_foo"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("RPC call failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	want := "00-" + traceID + "-" + spanID + "-01"
+	if got := <-headerCh; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("traceparent header: got %q, want %q", got, want)
+	}
+
+	// A call without a span context in ctx must not produce a traceparent header.
+	if err := client.CallContext(context.Background(), nil, "test_foo"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("RPC call failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got := <-headerCh; got != "" {
+		t.Errorf("traceparent header without span context: got %q, want none", got)
+	}
+}
+
 // TestTracingHTTPTimeout verifies that when a non-batch call exceeds the HTTP
 // server's WriteTimeout, the SERVER span ends with error status (carrying the
 // timeout error message).