diff --git a/ddtrace.sym b/ddtrace.sym
index ede2414203..165841d564 100644
--- a/ddtrace.sym
+++ b/ddtrace.sym
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ddtrace_flush_tracer
+ddtrace_close_all_spans_and_flush
 ddtrace_get_profiling_context
 ddtrace_root_span_add_tag
 get_module
diff --git a/ext/auto_flush.c b/ext/auto_flush.c
index 1885b507bb..b27d335567 100644
--- a/ext/auto_flush.c
+++ b/ext/auto_flush.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include "serializer.h"
 #include "span.h"
 
-DDTRACE_PUBLIC ZEND_RESULT_CODE ddtrace_flush_tracer(bool force_on_startup) {
+ZEND_RESULT_CODE ddtrace_flush_tracer(bool force_on_startup) {
     bool success = true;
 
     zval trace, traces;
@@ -57,3 +57,9 @@ DDTRACE_PUBLIC ZEND_RESULT_CODE ddtrace_flush_tracer(bool force_on_startup) {
 
     return success ? SUCCESS : FAILURE;
 }
+
+DDTRACE_PUBLIC void ddtrace_close_all_spans_and_flush()
+{
+    ddtrace_close_all_open_spans(true);
+    ddtrace_flush_tracer(true);
+}
diff --git a/ext/auto_flush.h b/ext/auto_flush.h
index 251a4dcfe4..db6f8584e6 100644
--- a/ext/auto_flush.h
+++ b/ext/auto_flush.h
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 #include <php.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
+ZEND_RESULT_CODE ddtrace_flush_tracer(bool force_on_startup);
+
 // This function is exported and used by appsec
-DDTRACE_PUBLIC ZEND_RESULT_CODE ddtrace_flush_tracer(bool force_on_startup);
+DDTRACE_PUBLIC void ddtrace_close_all_spans_and_flush(void);
 
 #endif  // DDTRACE_AUTO_FLUSH_H