diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/test/helper.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/test/helper.ts
index 1cff15d01f..e15e0ba7d5 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/test/helper.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/test/helper.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export const mockedReadableSpan: ReadableSpan = {
   parentSpanId: '78a8915098864388',
   startTime: [1574120165, 429803070],
   endTime: [1574120165, 438688070],
+  ended: true,
   status: { code: 0 },
   attributes: { component: 'document-load' },
   links: [
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger/test/jaeger.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger/test/jaeger.test.ts
index 1df7889658..b24e6b4538 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger/test/jaeger.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger/test/jaeger.test.ts
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ describe('JaegerExporter', () => {
         spanContext,
         startTime: [1566156729, 709],
         endTime: [1566156731, 709],
+        ended: true,
         status: {
           code: types.CanonicalCode.DATA_LOSS,
         },
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger/test/transform.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger/test/transform.test.ts
index 719b1ed5de..5068ce7295 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger/test/transform.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger/test/transform.test.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ describe('transform', () => {
         spanContext,
         startTime: [1566156729, 709],
         endTime: [1566156731, 709],
+        ended: true,
         status: {
           code: types.CanonicalCode.OK,
         },
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ describe('transform', () => {
         spanContext,
         startTime: [1566156729, 709],
         endTime: [1566156731, 709],
+        ended: true,
         status: {
           code: types.CanonicalCode.DATA_LOSS,
           message: 'data loss',
@@ -189,6 +191,7 @@ describe('transform', () => {
         spanContext,
         startTime: [1566156729, 709],
         endTime: [1566156731, 709],
+        ended: true,
         status: {
           code: types.CanonicalCode.OK,
         },
@@ -233,6 +236,7 @@ describe('transform', () => {
         },
         startTime: [1566156729, 709],
         endTime: [1566156731, 709],
+        ended: true,
         status: {
           code: types.CanonicalCode.DATA_LOSS,
           message: 'data loss',
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-stackdriver-trace/test/exporter.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-stackdriver-trace/test/exporter.test.ts
index 69634563cf..211fd46f2e 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-stackdriver-trace/test/exporter.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-stackdriver-trace/test/exporter.test.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ describe('Stackdriver Trace Exporter', () => {
         duration: [32, 800000000],
         startTime: [1566156729, 709],
         endTime: [1566156731, 709],
+        ended: true,
         events: [],
         kind: types.SpanKind.CLIENT,
         links: [],
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ describe('Stackdriver Trace Exporter', () => {
         duration: [32, 800000000],
         startTime: [1566156729, 709],
         endTime: [1566156731, 709],
+        ended: true,
         events: [],
         kind: types.SpanKind.CLIENT,
         links: [],
@@ -174,6 +176,7 @@ describe('Stackdriver Trace Exporter', () => {
         duration: [32, 800000000],
         startTime: [1566156729, 709],
         endTime: [1566156731, 709],
+        ended: true,
         events: [],
         kind: types.SpanKind.CLIENT,
         links: [],
@@ -204,6 +207,7 @@ describe('Stackdriver Trace Exporter', () => {
         duration: [32, 800000000],
         startTime: [1566156729, 709],
         endTime: [1566156731, 709],
+        ended: true,
         events: [],
         kind: types.SpanKind.CLIENT,
         links: [],
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-stackdriver-trace/test/transform.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-stackdriver-trace/test/transform.test.ts
index 4d52a8bac7..f79da9e353 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-stackdriver-trace/test/transform.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-stackdriver-trace/test/transform.test.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ describe('transform', () => {
       duration: [32, 800000000],
       startTime: [1566156729, 709],
       endTime: [1566156731, 709],
+      ended: true,
       events: [],
       kind: types.SpanKind.CLIENT,
       links: [],
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/test/zipkin.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/test/zipkin.test.ts
index b88dbab9b0..2cde0c5da8 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/test/zipkin.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/test/zipkin.test.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ function getReadableSpan() {
     },
     startTime: [startTime, 0],
     endTime: [startTime + duration, 0],
+    ended: true,
     duration: [duration, 0],
     status: {
       code: types.CanonicalCode.OK,
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ describe('ZipkinExporter', () => {
         },
         startTime: [startTime, 0],
         endTime: [startTime + duration, 0],
+        ended: true,
         duration: [duration, 0],
         status: {
           code: types.CanonicalCode.OK,
@@ -163,6 +165,7 @@ describe('ZipkinExporter', () => {
         },
         startTime: [startTime, 0],
         endTime: [startTime + duration, 0],
+        ended: true,
         duration: [duration, 0],
         status: {
           code: types.CanonicalCode.OK,
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/Span.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/Span.ts
index 0ae73d8f93..7292cb43a6 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/Span.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/Span.ts
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ export class Span implements types.Span, ReadableSpan {
     return this._duration;
   }
 
+  get ended(): boolean {
+    return this._ended;
+  }
+
   private _isSpanEnded(): boolean {
     if (this._ended) {
       this._logger.warn(
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/export/ReadableSpan.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/export/ReadableSpan.ts
index 039752268d..3d461d285d 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/export/ReadableSpan.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/src/export/ReadableSpan.ts
@@ -36,4 +36,5 @@ export interface ReadableSpan {
   readonly links: Link[];
   readonly events: TimedEvent[];
   readonly duration: HrTime;
+  readonly ended: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/test/Span.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/test/Span.test.ts
index 573d58a0fb..0eeeda7ab9 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/test/Span.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-tracing/test/Span.test.ts
@@ -358,4 +358,11 @@ describe('Span', () => {
     span.updateName('bar-span');
     assert.strictEqual(span.name, 'foo-span');
   });
+
+  it('should have ended', () => {
+    const span = new Span(tracer, name, spanContext, SpanKind.SERVER);
+    assert.strictEqual(span.ended, false);
+    span.end();
+    assert.strictEqual(span.ended, true);
+  });
 });