diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a218f81de36..761b67574ab 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -581,6 +581,12 @@
       "hash": "QmQine7gvHncNevKtG9QXxf3nXcwSj6aDDmMm52mHofEEp",
       "name": "tar-utils",
       "version": "0.0.3"
+    },
+    {
+      "author": "frist",
+      "hash": "QmWLWmRVSiagqP15jczsGME1qpob6HDbtbHAY2he9W5iUo",
+      "name": "opentracing-go",
+      "version": "0.0.3"
     }
   ],
   "gxVersion": "0.10.0",
diff --git a/plugin/loader/initializer.go b/plugin/loader/initializer.go
index c25e13f6c84..8c87453a887 100644
--- a/plugin/loader/initializer.go
+++ b/plugin/loader/initializer.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package loader
 import (
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/core/coredag"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/plugin"
+	"gx/ipfs/QmWLWmRVSiagqP15jczsGME1qpob6HDbtbHAY2he9W5iUo/opentracing-go"
 
 	ipld "gx/ipfs/Qme5bWv7wtjUNGsK2BNGVUFPKiuxWrsqrtvYwCLRw8YFES/go-ipld-format"
 )
@@ -20,24 +21,37 @@ func initialize(plugins []plugin.Plugin) error {
 
 func run(plugins []plugin.Plugin) error {
 	for _, pl := range plugins {
-		err := runIPLDPlugin(pl)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
+		switch pl := pl.(type) {
+		case plugin.PluginIPLD:
+			err := runIPLDPlugin(pl)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		case plugin.PluginTracer:
+			err := runTracerPlugin(pl)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		default:
+			panic(pl)
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-func runIPLDPlugin(pl plugin.Plugin) error {
-	ipldpl, ok := pl.(plugin.PluginIPLD)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil
+func runIPLDPlugin(pl plugin.PluginIPLD) error {
+	err := pl.RegisterBlockDecoders(ipld.DefaultBlockDecoder)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
+	return pl.RegisterInputEncParsers(coredag.DefaultInputEncParsers)
+}
 
-	err := ipldpl.RegisterBlockDecoders(ipld.DefaultBlockDecoder)
+func runTracerPlugin(pl plugin.PluginTracer) error {
+	tracer, err := pl.InitTracer()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
-	return ipldpl.RegisterInputEncParsers(coredag.DefaultInputEncParsers)
+	opentracing.SetGlobalTracer(tracer)
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/plugin/tracer.go b/plugin/tracer.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ec940f35f5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/tracer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package plugin
+
+import (
+	"gx/ipfs/QmWLWmRVSiagqP15jczsGME1qpob6HDbtbHAY2he9W5iUo/opentracing-go"
+)
+
+// PluginTracer is an interface that can be implemented to add a tracer
+type PluginTracer interface {
+	Plugin
+	InitTracer() (opentracing.Tracer, error)
+}