diff --git a/src/oc_reporter_zipkin.erl b/src/oc_reporter_zipkin.erl
index 1c2db7b..7294157 100644
--- a/src/oc_reporter_zipkin.erl
+++ b/src/oc_reporter_zipkin.erl
@@ -66,10 +66,46 @@ zipkin_span(Span, LocalEndpoint) ->
        <<"shared">> => false, %% TODO: get from attributes?
        <<"localEndpoint">> => LocalEndpoint,
        %% <<"remoteEndpoint">> =>  %% TODO: get from attributes?
-       <<"annotations">> => [],
+       <<"annotations">> => to_annotations(Span#span.time_events),
        <<"tags">> => to_tags(Span#span.attributes) %% TODO: merge with oc_tags?
      }.
 
+to_annotations(TimeEvents) ->
+    to_annotations(TimeEvents, []).
+
+to_annotations([], Annotations) ->
+    Annotations;
+to_annotations([{Timestamp, #annotation{description=Description,
+                                        attributes=Attributes}} | Rest], Annotations) ->
+    to_annotations(Rest, [#{<<"timestamp">> => wts:to_absolute(Timestamp),
+                            <<"value">> => annotation_value(Description, Attributes)} | Annotations]);
+to_annotations([{Timestamp, MessageEvent=#message_event{}} | Rest], Annotations) ->
+    to_annotations(Rest, [#{<<"timestamp">> => wts:to_absolute(Timestamp),
+                            <<"value">> => annotation_value(MessageEvent)} | Annotations]).
+
+annotation_value(Description, Attributes) ->
+    AttrString = lists:join(", ", [[Key, "=", to_string(Value)] ||
+                                      {Key, Value} <- maps:to_list(Attributes)]),
+    iolist_to_binary([Description, " Attributes:{", AttrString, "}"]).
+
+annotation_value(#message_event{type=Type,
+                                id=Id,
+                                uncompressed_size=UncompressedSize,
+                                compressed_size=CompressedSize}) ->
+    iolist_to_binary(["MessageEvent:{type=", atom_to_binary(Type, utf8),
+                      ", id=", integer_to_binary(Id),
+                      ", uncompressed_size=", integer_to_binary(UncompressedSize),
+                      ", compressed_size=", integer_to_binary(CompressedSize), "}"]).
+
+
+to_string(Value) when is_function(Value) ->
+    to_string(Value());
+to_string(Value) when is_list(Value) ;
+                      is_binary(Value) ->
+    Value;
+to_string(Value) ->
+    io_lib:format("~p", [Value]).
+
 to_tag(_Name, Value) when is_function(Value) ->
     Value();
 to_tag(_Name, Value) when is_list(Value) ->
diff --git a/test/oc_reporters_SUITE.erl b/test/oc_reporters_SUITE.erl
index 5400828..3396282 100644
--- a/test/oc_reporters_SUITE.erl
+++ b/test/oc_reporters_SUITE.erl
@@ -120,6 +120,13 @@ zipkin_reporter(_Config) ->
                                     #{attributes => #{<<"attr1">> => <<"val1">>,
                                                       <<"attr_as_function">> =>
                                                           fun () -> <<"val2">> end}}),
+
+        Annotation = oc_span:annotation( <<"description">>, #{<<"key1">> => <<"value1">>,
+                                                              <<"key2">> => <<"value2">>}),
+        MessageEvent = oc_span:message_event('SENT', 5555, 200, 100),
+        oc_trace:add_time_event(Annotation, Child),
+        oc_trace:add_time_event(MessageEvent, Child),
+
         oc_trace:finish_span(Child),
         oc_trace:finish_span(Parent),
 
@@ -138,7 +145,13 @@ zipkin_reporter(_Config) ->
                                 <<"shared">> := false,
                                 <<"tags">> := #{},
                                 <<"traceId">> := ParentTraceId},
-                              #{<<"annotations">> := [],
+                              #{<<"annotations">> :=
+                                    [#{<<"timestamp">> := _,
+                                       <<"value">> :=
+                                           <<"description Attributes:{key1=value1, key2=value2}">>},
+                                     #{<<"timestamp">> := _,
+                                       <<"value">> :=
+                                           <<"MessageEvent:{type=SENT, id=5555, uncompressed_size=200, compressed_size=100}">>}],
                                 <<"debug">> := false,
                                 <<"id">> := ChildSpanId,
                                 <<"localEndpoint">> := #{<<"serviceName">> := "ct-service"},