diff --git a/propagation/http.go b/propagation/http.go
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/propagation/http.go
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+// Copyright 2019, OpenCensus Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// Package propagation implement uber-trace-id header propagation used
+// by Jaeger.
+package propagation
+
+import (
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"go.opencensus.io/trace"
+	"go.opencensus.io/trace/propagation"
+)
+
+const (
+	httpHeader   = `uber-trace-id`
+	maxLenHeader = 200
+)
+
+var _ propagation.HTTPFormat = (*HTTPFormat)(nil)
+
+// HTTPFormat implements propagation.HTTPFormat to propagate
+// traces in HTTP headers for Jaeger traces.
+type HTTPFormat struct{}
+
+// SpanContextFromRequest extracts a Jaeger Trace span context from incoming requests.
+func (f *HTTPFormat) SpanContextFromRequest(req *http.Request) (sc trace.SpanContext, ok bool) {
+	h := req.Header.Get(httpHeader)
+
+	if h == "" || len(h) > maxLenHeader {
+		return trace.SpanContext{}, false
+	}
+
+	// Parse the trace id field.
+	traceHeaderParts := strings.Split(h, `:`)
+	if len(traceHeaderParts) != 4 {
+		return trace.SpanContext{}, false
+	}
+
+	traceID, err := hex.DecodeString(traceHeaderParts[0])
+	if err != nil {
+		return trace.SpanContext{}, false
+	}
+	if len(traceID) == 8 {
+		copy(sc.TraceID[8:16], traceID)
+	} else {
+		copy(sc.TraceID[:], traceID)
+	}
+
+	spanID, err := hex.DecodeString(traceHeaderParts[1])
+	if err != nil {
+		return trace.SpanContext{}, false
+	}
+	copy(sc.SpanID[:], spanID)
+
+	opt, err := strconv.Atoi(traceHeaderParts[3])
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return trace.SpanContext{}, false
+	}
+
+	sc.TraceOptions = trace.TraceOptions(opt)
+
+	return sc, true
+}
+
+// SpanContextToRequest modifies the given request to include a Jaeger Trace header.
+func (f *HTTPFormat) SpanContextToRequest(sc trace.SpanContext, req *http.Request) {
+	header := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%s:%d",
+		strings.Replace(sc.TraceID.String(), "0000000000000000", "", 1), //Replacing 0 if string is 8bit
+		sc.SpanID.String(),
+		"", //Parent span deprecated and will therefore be ignored.
+		int64(sc.TraceOptions))
+	req.Header.Set(httpHeader, header)
+}
diff --git a/propagation/http_test.go b/propagation/http_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c33ed23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/propagation/http_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+// Copyright 2019, OpenCensus Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package propagation
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	"go.opencensus.io/trace"
+)
+
+func TestHTTPFormat(t *testing.T) {
+	format := &HTTPFormat{}
+	traceID := [16]byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 66, 179, 103, 245, 105, 105, 242, 156}
+	traceID2 := [16]byte{66, 179, 103, 245, 105, 105, 242, 156, 66, 179, 103, 245, 105, 105, 242, 156}
+	spanID1 := [8]byte{104, 185, 184, 89, 243, 185, 19, 51}
+	spanID2 := [8]byte{67, 211, 230, 84, 180, 39, 182, 139}
+	tests := []struct {
+		incoming        string
+		wantSpanContext trace.SpanContext
+	}{
+		{
+			incoming: "42b367f56969f29c:68b9b859f3b91333::1",
+			wantSpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
+				TraceID:      traceID,
+				SpanID:       spanID1,
+				TraceOptions: 1,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			incoming: "42b367f56969f29c:43d3e654b427b68b::0",
+			wantSpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
+				TraceID:      traceID,
+				SpanID:       spanID2,
+				TraceOptions: 0,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			incoming: "42b367f56969f29c42b367f56969f29c:43d3e654b427b68b::0",
+			wantSpanContext: trace.SpanContext{
+				TraceID:      traceID2,
+				SpanID:       spanID2,
+				TraceOptions: 0,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.incoming, func(t *testing.T) {
+			req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "http://example.com", nil)
+			req.Header.Add(httpHeader, tt.incoming)
+			sc, ok := format.SpanContextFromRequest(req)
+			if !ok {
+				t.Errorf("exporter.SpanContextFromRequest() = false; want true")
+			}
+			if got, want := sc, tt.wantSpanContext; !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
+				t.Errorf("exporter.SpanContextFromRequest() returned span context %v; want %v", got, want)
+			}
+
+			req, _ = http.NewRequest("GET", "http://example.com", nil)
+			format.SpanContextToRequest(sc, req)
+
+			if got, want := req.Header.Get(httpHeader), tt.incoming; got != want {
+				t.Errorf("exporter.SpanContextToRequest() returned header %q; want %q", got, want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}