diff --git a/packages/cpsuLambda/src/handler.ts b/packages/cpsuLambda/src/handler.ts
index c3d835483..446c47f00 100644
--- a/packages/cpsuLambda/src/handler.ts
+++ b/packages/cpsuLambda/src/handler.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ function append_headers(headers: Record<string, string>, logger: Logger) {
   if (headers["x-correlation-id"]) {
     headers_to_append["x-correlation-id"] = headers["x-correlation-id"]
   }
+  if (headers["x-request-id"]) {
+    headers_to_append["x-request-id"] = headers["x-request-id"]
+  }
   logger.appendKeys(headers_to_append)
+  logger.info("added headers to logger for tracing", {headers_to_append})
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/cpsuLambda/tests/testHandler.test.ts b/packages/cpsuLambda/tests/testHandler.test.ts
index 2ec937396..191634aae 100644
--- a/packages/cpsuLambda/tests/testHandler.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cpsuLambda/tests/testHandler.test.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ describe("generic handler", () => {
         "apigw-request-id": "test-apigw-request-id",
         "nhsd-correlation-id": "test-nhsd-correlation-id",
         "nhsd-request-id": "test-nhsd-request-id",
-        "x-correlation-id": "test-x-correlation-id"
+        "x-correlation-id": "test-x-correlation-id",
+        "x-request-id": "test-x-request-id"
       }
     }
 
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ describe("generic handler", () => {
     expect(logger_call["nhsd-correlation-id"]).toEqual("test-nhsd-correlation-id")
     expect(logger_call["nhsd-request-id"]).toEqual("test-nhsd-request-id")
     expect(logger_call["x-correlation-id"]).toEqual("test-x-correlation-id")
+    expect(logger_call["x-request-id"]).toEqual("test-x-request-id")
   })
 })