diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index dbc77491..78a6781f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ futures-util = { version = "0.3.15", optional = true }
 secrecy = "0.8.0"
 cfg-if = "1.0.0"
 either = "1.8.0"
+tracing = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1.17.0", default-features = false, features = [
@@ -46,8 +47,9 @@ tokio = { version = "1.17.0", default-features = false, features = [
 wiremock = "0.5.3"
 
 [features]
-default = ["native-tls"]
+default = ["native-tls", "trace"]
 rustls = ["rustls-tls"]  # Leagcy support (<=0.17.0)
+trace = ["tracing"]
 
 # Enables native-tls specific functionality not available by default.
 native-tls = ["reqwest/native-tls"]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 1803a353..f45cea68 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -179,6 +179,11 @@ pub use self::{
     page::Page,
 };
 
+#[cfg(feature = "trace")]
+use tracing::{self, field, Instrument};
+
+const GITHUB_SERVICE: &str = "github.com";
+
 /// A convenience type with a default error type of [`Error`].
 pub type Result<T, E = error::Error> = std::result::Result<T, E>;
 
@@ -920,10 +925,40 @@ impl Octocrab {
                 }
             };
 
-            let result = request.send().await;
+            #[cfg(feature = "trace")]
+            let span = tracing::info_span!(
+                "github api call",
+                attempt=retries,
+                url=field::Empty,
+                service_name.name=field::Empty,
+                status=field::Empty,
+                error=field::Empty,
+            );
+            let result = if cfg!(feature = "trace") {
+                let service = self.base_url.host_str().unwrap_or(GITHUB_SERVICE);
+                span.record("service.name", service);
+                span.in_scope(|| {
+                    request.send()
+                }).await
+            } else {
+                request.send().await
+            };
+
             let status = match &result {
-                Ok(v) => Some(v.status()),
-                Err(e) => e.status(),
+                Ok(v) => {
+                    if cfg!(feature = "trace") {
+                        span.record("status", v.status().as_u16());
+                    }
+                    Some(v.status())
+                },
+                Err(e) => {
+                    if cfg!(feature = "trace") {
+                        let status = e.status().and_then(|s| Some(s.as_u16()));
+                        span.record("status", status);
+                        span.record("error", format!("{e:?}"));
+                    }
+                    e.status()
+                },
             };
             if let Some(StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED) = status {
                 if let AuthState::Installation { ref token, .. } = self.auth_state {