diff --git a/lib/instrumentation/http-shared.js b/lib/instrumentation/http-shared.js
index b01397c9238..419c626f5bb 100644
--- a/lib/instrumentation/http-shared.js
+++ b/lib/instrumentation/http-shared.js
@@ -207,7 +207,10 @@ exports.traceOutgoingRequest = function (agent, moduleName, method) {
   return function wrapHttpRequest(orig) {
     return function wrappedHttpRequest(input, options, cb) {
       const parentRunContext = ins.currRunContext();
-      var span = ins.createSpan(null, 'external', 'http', { exitSpan: true });
+      var span =
+        input?.headers?.['x-amz-invocation-type'] === 'RequestResponse'
+          ? null
+          : ins.createSpan(null, 'external', 'http', { exitSpan: true });
       var id = span && span.transaction.id;
       agent.logger.debug('intercepted call to %s.%s %o', moduleName, method, {
         id,
diff --git a/lib/lambda.js b/lib/lambda.js
index 4ec510c5c91..73d9024bea7 100644
--- a/lib/lambda.js
+++ b/lib/lambda.js
@@ -705,6 +705,14 @@ function elasticApmAwsLambda(agent) {
       // Look for trace-context info in headers or messageAttributes.
       let traceparent;
       let tracestate;
+      if (
+        triggerType === TRIGGER_GENERIC &&
+        event.traceparent &&
+        event.tracestate
+      ) {
+        traceparent = event.traceparent;
+        tracestate = event.tracestate;
+      }
       if (
         (triggerType === TRIGGER_API_GATEWAY || triggerType === TRIGGER_ELB) &&
         event.headers