diff --git a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/AsyncAwait/HTTPClient+execute.swift b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/AsyncAwait/HTTPClient+execute.swift
index 0437211c6..bbf8c948c 100644
--- a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/AsyncAwait/HTTPClient+execute.swift
+++ b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/AsyncAwait/HTTPClient+execute.swift
@@ -92,7 +92,12 @@ extension HTTPClient {
 
         // this loop is there to follow potential redirects
         while true {
-            let preparedRequest = try HTTPClientRequest.Prepared(currentRequest, dnsOverride: configuration.dnsOverride)
+            let preparedRequest =
+                try HTTPClientRequest.Prepared(
+                    currentRequest,
+                    dnsOverride: configuration.dnsOverride,
+                    tracing: self.configuration.tracing
+                )
             let response = try await {
                 var response = try await self.executeCancellable(preparedRequest, deadline: deadline, logger: logger)
 
diff --git a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/AsyncAwait/HTTPClientRequest+Prepared.swift b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/AsyncAwait/HTTPClientRequest+Prepared.swift
index c39452897..b5649cf90 100644
--- a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/AsyncAwait/HTTPClientRequest+Prepared.swift
+++ b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/AsyncAwait/HTTPClientRequest+Prepared.swift
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
+import Instrumentation
 import NIOCore
 import NIOHTTP1
 import NIOSSL
+import ServiceContextModule
 
 import struct Foundation.URL
 
@@ -45,7 +47,11 @@ extension HTTPClientRequest {
 
 @available(macOS 10.15, iOS 13.0, watchOS 6.0, tvOS 13.0, *)
 extension HTTPClientRequest.Prepared {
-    init(_ request: HTTPClientRequest, dnsOverride: [String: String] = [:]) throws {
+    init(
+        _ request: HTTPClientRequest,
+        dnsOverride: [String: String] = [:],
+        tracing: HTTPClient.TracingConfiguration? = nil
+    ) throws {
         guard !request.url.isEmpty, let url = URL(string: request.url) else {
             throw HTTPClientError.invalidURL
         }
@@ -54,6 +60,12 @@ extension HTTPClientRequest.Prepared {
 
         var headers = request.headers
         headers.addHostIfNeeded(for: deconstructedURL)
+        if let tracer = tracing?.tracer,
+            let context = ServiceContext.current
+        {
+            tracer.inject(context, into: &headers, using: HTTPHeadersInjector.shared)
+        }
+
         let metadata = try headers.validateAndSetTransportFraming(
             method: request.method,
             bodyLength: .init(request.body)
diff --git a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTracingInternalTests.swift b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTracingInternalTests.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53f1138ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTracingInternalTests.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// This source file is part of the AsyncHTTPClient open source project
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2025 Apple Inc. and the AsyncHTTPClient project authors
+// Licensed under Apache License v2.0
+//
+// See LICENSE.txt for license information
+// See CONTRIBUTORS.txt for the list of AsyncHTTPClient project authors
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+import Atomics
+import InMemoryTracing
+import Logging
+import NIOConcurrencyHelpers
+import NIOCore
+import NIOEmbedded
+import NIOFoundationCompat
+import NIOHTTP1
+import NIOHTTPCompression
+import NIOPosix
+import NIOSSL
+import NIOTestUtils
+import NIOTransportServices
+import Tracing
+import XCTest
+
+@testable @_spi(Tracing) import AsyncHTTPClient
+
+#if canImport(Network)
+import Network
+#endif
+
+private func makeTracedHTTPClient(tracer: InMemoryTracer) -> HTTPClient {
+    var config = HTTPClient.Configuration()
+    config.httpVersion = .automatic
+    config.tracing.tracer = tracer
+    return HTTPClient(
+        eventLoopGroupProvider: .singleton,
+        configuration: config
+    )
+}
+
+final class HTTPClientTracingInternalTests: XCTestCaseHTTPClientTestsBaseClass {
+
+    var tracer: InMemoryTracer!
+    var client: HTTPClient!
+
+    override func setUp() {
+        super.setUp()
+        self.tracer = InMemoryTracer()
+        self.client = makeTracedHTTPClient(tracer: tracer)
+    }
+
+    override func tearDown() {
+        if let client = self.client {
+            XCTAssertNoThrow(try client.syncShutdown())
+            self.client = nil
+        }
+        tracer = nil
+    }
+
+    func testTrace_preparedHeaders_include_fromSpan() async throws {
+        let url = self.defaultHTTPBinURLPrefix + "404-does-not-exist"
+        let request = HTTPClientRequest(url: url)
+
+        try tracer.withSpan("operation") { span in
+            let prepared = try HTTPClientRequest.Prepared(request, tracing: self.client.tracing)
+            XCTAssertTrue(prepared.head.headers.count > 2)
+            XCTAssertTrue(prepared.head.headers.contains(name: "in-memory-trace-id"))
+            XCTAssertTrue(prepared.head.headers.contains(name: "in-memory-span-id"))
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTracingTests.swift b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTracingTests.swift
index dd342c2db..047c66e6d 100644
--- a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTracingTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/HTTPClientTracingTests.swift
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
-@_spi(Tracing) import AsyncHTTPClient  // NOT @testable - tests that need @testable go into HTTPClientInternalTests.swift
+@_spi(Tracing) import AsyncHTTPClient  // NOT @testable - tests that need @testable go into HTTPClientTracingInternalTests.swift
 import Atomics
 import InMemoryTracing
 import Logging