diff --git a/interop-testing/src/main/java/io/grpc/testing/integration/TestServiceClient.java b/interop-testing/src/main/java/io/grpc/testing/integration/TestServiceClient.java
index e6829be11cb..244d1a6d910 100644
--- a/interop-testing/src/main/java/io/grpc/testing/integration/TestServiceClient.java
+++ b/interop-testing/src/main/java/io/grpc/testing/integration/TestServiceClient.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import com.google.auth.oauth2.OAuth2Credentials;
 import com.google.auth.oauth2.ServiceAccountCredentials;
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.io.Files;
 import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
 import io.grpc.CallOptions;
@@ -57,6 +58,9 @@
 import io.grpc.netty.NettyChannelBuilder;
 import io.grpc.okhttp.InternalOkHttpChannelBuilder;
 import io.grpc.okhttp.OkHttpChannelBuilder;
+import io.grpc.opentelemetry.GrpcOpenTelemetry;
+import io.grpc.opentelemetry.GrpcTraceBinContextPropagator;
+import io.grpc.opentelemetry.InternalGrpcOpenTelemetry;
 import io.grpc.stub.ClientCalls;
 import io.grpc.stub.MetadataUtils;
 import io.grpc.stub.StreamObserver;
@@ -68,6 +72,8 @@
 import io.grpc.testing.integration.Messages.StreamingOutputCallRequest;
 import io.grpc.testing.integration.Messages.StreamingOutputCallResponse;
 import io.grpc.testing.integration.Messages.TestOrcaReport;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.OpenTelemetrySdk;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdk;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.InputStream;
@@ -136,7 +142,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
   private int soakResponseSize = 314159;
   private String additionalMetadata = "";
   private static LoadBalancerProvider customBackendMetricsLoadBalancerProvider;
-
+  private boolean useOpenTelemetryTracing;
   private Tester tester = new Tester();
 
   @VisibleForTesting
@@ -216,6 +222,8 @@ void parseArgs(String[] args) throws Exception {
         soakResponseSize = Integer.parseInt(value);
       } else if ("additional_metadata".equals(key)) {
         additionalMetadata = value;
+      } else if ("use_open_telemetry_tracing".equals(key)) {
+        useOpenTelemetryTracing = Boolean.parseBoolean(value);
       } else {
         System.err.println("Unknown argument: " + key);
         usage = true;
@@ -294,6 +302,14 @@ void parseArgs(String[] args) throws Exception {
           + "\n                              Additional metadata to send in each request, as a "
           + "\n                              semicolon-separated list of key:value pairs. Default "
             + c.additionalMetadata
+          + "\n --use_open_telemetry_tracing "
+          + "\n                              Whether to use open telemetry tracing. Use otel "
+          + "\n                              AutoConfig to configure sdk. To use w3c, use"
+          + "\n                              '-Dotel.propagators=tracecontext'. If you do not "
+          + "\n                              specify otel.propagators system property, default "
+          + "\n                              propagator is grpc-trace-bin. Default "
+            + c.useOpenTelemetryTracing
+
       );
       System.exit(1);
     }
@@ -678,6 +694,32 @@ protected ManagedChannelBuilder<?> createChannelBuilder() {
         if (addMdInterceptor != null) {
           nettyBuilder.intercept(addMdInterceptor);
         }
+        if (useOpenTelemetryTracing) {
+          OpenTelemetrySdk openTelemetrySdk = AutoConfiguredOpenTelemetrySdk.builder()
+              .addPropagatorCustomizer((reader, config) -> {
+                if (config.getString("otel.propagators") == null) {
+                  return GrpcTraceBinContextPropagator.defaultInstance();
+                } else {
+                  return reader;
+                }
+              })
+              .addPropertiesSupplier(() -> ImmutableMap.of(
+                  "otel.logs.exporter", "none",
+                  "otel.traces.exporter", "none",
+                  "otel.metrics.exporter", "none"))
+              .build()
+              .getOpenTelemetrySdk();
+
+          GrpcOpenTelemetry.Builder grpcOpentelemetryBuilder = GrpcOpenTelemetry.newBuilder()
+              .sdk(openTelemetrySdk);
+          InternalGrpcOpenTelemetry.enableTracing(grpcOpentelemetryBuilder, true);
+          GrpcOpenTelemetry grpcOpenTelemetry = grpcOpentelemetryBuilder.build();
+          // Disabling census-tracing is necessary to avoid trace ID mismatches.
+          // This is because census-tracing overrides the grpc-trace-bin header with
+          // OpenTelemetry's GrpcTraceBinPropagator.
+          InternalNettyChannelBuilder.setTracingEnabled(nettyBuilder, false);
+          grpcOpenTelemetry.configureChannelBuilder(nettyBuilder);
+        }
         return nettyBuilder.intercept(createCensusStatsClientInterceptor());
       }
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry/src/main/java/io/grpc/opentelemetry/MetadataSetter.java b/opentelemetry/src/main/java/io/grpc/opentelemetry/MetadataSetter.java
index 5892c7accfe..553e13e56f1 100644
--- a/opentelemetry/src/main/java/io/grpc/opentelemetry/MetadataSetter.java
+++ b/opentelemetry/src/main/java/io/grpc/opentelemetry/MetadataSetter.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import com.google.common.io.BaseEncoding;
 import io.grpc.Metadata;
 import io.opentelemetry.context.propagation.TextMapSetter;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ public static MetadataSetter getInstance() {
 
   @Override
   public void set(@Nullable Metadata carrier, String key, String value) {
+    logger.log(Level.FINE, "Setting text trace header key={0} value={1}",
+        new Object[]{key, value});
     if (carrier == null) {
       logger.log(Level.FINE, "Carrier is null, setting no data");
       return;
@@ -57,6 +60,8 @@ public void set(@Nullable Metadata carrier, String key, String value) {
   }
 
   void set(@Nullable Metadata carrier, String key, byte[] value) {
+    logger.log(Level.FINE, "Setting binary trace header key={0} value={1}",
+        new Object[]{key, Arrays.toString(value)});
     if (carrier == null) {
       logger.log(Level.FINE, "Carrier is null, setting no data");
       return;