diff --git a/fahrschein-opentelemetry/build.gradle b/fahrschein-opentelemetry/build.gradle
index ba412153..de1211ce 100644
--- a/fahrschein-opentelemetry/build.gradle
+++ b/fahrschein-opentelemetry/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ plugins {
 
 dependencies {
     api project(':fahrschein')
-    implementation "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api:${property('opentelemetry.version')}"
+    api "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api:${property('opentelemetry.version')}"
     testImplementation "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-testing:${property('opentelemetry.version')}"
     testImplementation "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-extension-trace-propagators:${property('opentelemetry.version')}"
     testImplementation("org.assertj:assertj-core:3.24.2")
diff --git a/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/build.gradle b/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/build.gradle
index b0317f77..ecaf561d 100644
--- a/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/build.gradle
+++ b/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/build.gradle
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ dependencies {
     api project(':fahrschein')
     // optional dependency: will be used if it's found on the classpath.
     compileOnly project(':fahrschein-http-jdk11')
+    implementation project(':fahrschein-opentelemetry')
     implementation project(':fahrschein-http-spring')
     implementation project(':fahrschein-metrics-micrometer')
     implementation "org.springframework:spring-web:${property('spring.version')}"
diff --git a/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/config/Registry.java b/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/config/Registry.java
index d29a3498..dd273325 100644
--- a/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/config/Registry.java
+++ b/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/config/Registry.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
@@ -110,10 +111,17 @@ public static <T> List<T> list(final T... elements) {
         return list;
     }
 
+    public <T> Map<String, T> getBeansOfType(Class<T> clazz) {
+       if (registry instanceof DefaultListableBeanFactory factory) {
+            return factory.getBeansOfType(clazz);
+        } else {
+           LOG.warn("Unable to get beans of type {} from registry of type: {}", clazz.getName(), registry.getClass().getName());
+        }
+        return Collections.emptyMap();
+    }
 
 	public void registerAliasesForNakadiListener() {
-		if (registry instanceof DefaultListableBeanFactory) {
-			DefaultListableBeanFactory factory = (DefaultListableBeanFactory) registry;
+		if (registry instanceof DefaultListableBeanFactory factory) {
 			String[] beans = factory.getBeanNamesForAnnotation(NakadiEventListener.class);
 			Arrays.asList(beans).forEach(bean -> {
 				String alias = bean + "NakadiListener";
diff --git a/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/nakadi/config/FahrscheinNakadiClientFactory.java b/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/nakadi/config/FahrscheinNakadiClientFactory.java
index 6a8d5aba..dc5336fa 100644
--- a/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/nakadi/config/FahrscheinNakadiClientFactory.java
+++ b/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/nakadi/config/FahrscheinNakadiClientFactory.java
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.zalando.fahrschein.CursorManager;
+import org.zalando.fahrschein.EventPublishingHandler;
 import org.zalando.fahrschein.NakadiClient;
 import org.zalando.fahrschein.NakadiClientBuilder;
 import org.zalando.fahrschein.http.api.RequestFactory;
 import org.zalando.spring.boot.fahrschein.nakadi.config.properties.AbstractConfig;
 
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.List;
 
 @Slf4j
 class FahrscheinNakadiClientFactory {
@@ -16,11 +18,14 @@ class FahrscheinNakadiClientFactory {
     private static final URI INVALID_NAKADI_URL = URI.create("https://nakadi-url.invalid/");
 
     static NakadiClient create(AbstractConfig config, CursorManager cursorManager, ObjectMapper objectMapper,
-            RequestFactory requestFactory) {
+                               RequestFactory requestFactory, List<EventPublishingHandler> handlers) {
 
         URI nakadiUri = config.getNakadiUrl() != null ? URI.create(config.getNakadiUrl()) : INVALID_NAKADI_URL;
-        NakadiClientBuilder ncb = NakadiClient.builder(nakadiUri, requestFactory)
-                .withCursorManager(cursorManager).withObjectMapper(objectMapper);
+        NakadiClientBuilder ncb = NakadiClient
+                .builder(nakadiUri, requestFactory)
+                .withCursorManager(cursorManager)
+                .withObjectMapper(objectMapper)
+                .withRequestHandlers(handlers);
 
         if (config.getOauth().getEnabled()) {
             ncb = ncb.withAccessTokenProvider(OAuth.buildAccessTokenProvider(config.getOauth()));
diff --git a/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/nakadi/config/FahrscheinRegistrar.java b/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/nakadi/config/FahrscheinRegistrar.java
index cadfd233..828da274 100644
--- a/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/nakadi/config/FahrscheinRegistrar.java
+++ b/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/nakadi/config/FahrscheinRegistrar.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import org.zalando.fahrschein.CursorManager;
 import org.zalando.fahrschein.NakadiClient;
 import org.zalando.fahrschein.http.api.RequestFactory;
+import org.zalando.fahrschein.opentelemetry.InstrumentedPublishingHandler;
 import org.zalando.spring.boot.fahrschein.config.Registry;
 import org.zalando.spring.boot.fahrschein.nakadi.NakadiPublisher;
 import org.zalando.spring.boot.fahrschein.nakadi.config.properties.AbstractConfig;
@@ -65,15 +66,16 @@ private String registerPublisher(PublisherConfig publisherConfig) {
         });
     }
 
-    private String registerNakadiClient(AbstractConfig consumerConfig, String type) {
-        return registry.registerIfAbsent(consumerConfig.getId() + "-" + type, NakadiClient.class, () -> {
-            log.info(LOG_PREFIX + "NakadiClient ...", consumerConfig.getId());
-            final String requestFactoryRef = registerRequestFactory(consumerConfig);
+    private String registerNakadiClient(AbstractConfig config, String type) {
+        return registry.registerIfAbsent(config.getId() + "-" + type, NakadiClient.class, () -> {
+            log.info(LOG_PREFIX + "NakadiClient ...", config.getId());
+            final String requestFactoryRef = registerRequestFactory(config);
             return genericBeanDefinition(FahrscheinNakadiClientFactory.class)
-                .addConstructorArgValue(consumerConfig)
-                .addConstructorArgReference(registerCursorManager(consumerConfig, requestFactoryRef))
-                .addConstructorArgReference(registerObjectMapper(consumerConfig))
+                .addConstructorArgValue(config)
+                .addConstructorArgReference(registerCursorManager(config, requestFactoryRef))
+                .addConstructorArgReference(registerObjectMapper(config))
                 .addConstructorArgReference(requestFactoryRef)
+                .addConstructorArgValue(registry.getBeansOfType(InstrumentedPublishingHandler.class).values().stream().toList())
                 .setFactoryMethod(CREATE);
         });
     }
diff --git a/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/nakadi/config/MeterRegistryAwareBeanPostProcessor.java b/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/nakadi/config/MeterRegistryAwareBeanPostProcessor.java
index aa8cfad5..a6617e39 100644
--- a/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/nakadi/config/MeterRegistryAwareBeanPostProcessor.java
+++ b/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/nakadi/config/MeterRegistryAwareBeanPostProcessor.java
@@ -28,8 +28,4 @@ public void setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) throws BeansException {
         this.beanFactory = beanFactory;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Object postProcessAfterInitialization(Object bean, String beanName) throws BeansException {
-        return bean;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/nakadi/config/NakadiClientAutoConfiguration.java b/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/nakadi/config/NakadiClientAutoConfiguration.java
index 517a897f..3c89ed27 100644
--- a/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/nakadi/config/NakadiClientAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/nakadi/config/NakadiClientAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
 
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.MeterRegistry;
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.simple.SimpleMeterRegistry;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Tracer;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigureAfter;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.zalando.fahrschein.opentelemetry.InstrumentedPublishingHandler;
 
 @Configuration
 @AutoConfigureAfter(name = { 
@@ -31,4 +33,11 @@ public static MeterRegistry consoleLoggingRegistry() {
     public static BeanPostProcessor meterRegistryAwareBeanPostProcessor() {
         return new MeterRegistryAwareBeanPostProcessor();
     }
+
+    @Bean
+    @ConditionalOnBean({Tracer.class})
+    public static InstrumentedPublishingHandler instrumentedPublishingHandler(Tracer tracer) {
+        return new InstrumentedPublishingHandler(tracer);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/nakadi/ApplicationTest.java b/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/nakadi/ApplicationTest.java
index 0d122940..53fda367 100644
--- a/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/nakadi/ApplicationTest.java
+++ b/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/nakadi/ApplicationTest.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringExtension;
 import org.zalando.fahrschein.AccessTokenProvider;
+import org.zalando.fahrschein.EventPublishingHandler;
 import org.zalando.fahrschein.NakadiClient;
 import org.zalando.fahrschein.http.api.ContentEncoding;
 import org.zalando.spring.boot.fahrschein.config.TimeSpan;
@@ -46,6 +47,9 @@ public class ApplicationTest {
     @Autowired
     private MeterRegistry meterRegistry;
 
+    @Autowired
+    private List<EventPublishingHandler> publisherHandlers;
+
     @Autowired
     @Qualifier("fahrscheinConfigProperties")
     private FahrscheinConfigProperties configProperties;
@@ -54,6 +58,7 @@ public class ApplicationTest {
     public void contextLoads() {
         assertThat(meterRegistry).isNotNull();
         assertThat(publisher).isNotNull();
+        assertThat(publisherHandlers).hasSize(1);
 
         Map<String, NakadiClient> clientBeans = aac.getBeansOfType(NakadiClient.class);
         assertThat(clientBeans).hasSize(2);
diff --git a/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/nakadi/ExampleApplication.java b/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/nakadi/ExampleApplication.java
index e130e01e..86651e98 100644
--- a/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/nakadi/ExampleApplication.java
+++ b/fahrschein-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/org/zalando/spring/boot/fahrschein/nakadi/ExampleApplication.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package org.zalando.spring.boot.fahrschein.nakadi;
 
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Tracer;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.TracerProvider;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
@@ -24,6 +26,11 @@ public void configureTasks(ScheduledTaskRegistrar taskRegistrar) {
 
 	}
 
+	@Bean(name = "tracer")
+	public Tracer tracer() {
+		return TracerProvider.noop().get("testing");
+	}
+
 	@Bean(destroyMethod = "shutdown")
 	public Executor taskScheduler() {
 		return Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(6);