diff --git a/test/new-e2e/tests/apm/docker_test.go b/test/new-e2e/tests/apm/docker_test.go
index cf78c1842074a6..fb1761f3b00777 100644
--- a/test/new-e2e/tests/apm/docker_test.go
+++ b/test/new-e2e/tests/apm/docker_test.go
@@ -113,6 +113,18 @@ func (s *DockerFakeintakeSuite) TestAutoVersionStats() {
 	}, 2*time.Minute, 10*time.Second, "Failed finding version tags")
 }
 
+func (s *DockerFakeintakeSuite) TestIsTraceRootTag() {
+	err := s.Env().FakeIntake.Client().FlushServerAndResetAggregators()
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+
+	service := fmt.Sprintf("tracegen-auto-is-trace-root-tag-%s", s.transport)
+	defer waitTracegenShutdown(&s.Suite, s.Env().FakeIntake)
+	defer runTracegenDocker(s.Env().RemoteHost, service, tracegenCfg{transport: s.transport})()
+	s.EventuallyWithTf(func(c *assert.CollectT) {
+		testIsTraceRootTag(s.T(), c, s.Env().FakeIntake)
+	}, 2*time.Minute, 10*time.Second, "Failed finding is_trace_root tag")
+}
+
 func (s *DockerFakeintakeSuite) TestStatsForService() {
 	err := s.Env().FakeIntake.Client().FlushServerAndResetAggregators()
 	s.Require().NoError(err)
diff --git a/test/new-e2e/tests/apm/tests.go b/test/new-e2e/tests/apm/tests.go
index a3214c469ab079..5a45b6c0e5318c 100644
--- a/test/new-e2e/tests/apm/tests.go
+++ b/test/new-e2e/tests/apm/tests.go
@@ -110,6 +110,25 @@ func testAutoVersionStats(t *testing.T, c *assert.CollectT, intake *components.F
 	}
 }
 
+func testIsTraceRootTag(t *testing.T, c *assert.CollectT, intake *components.FakeIntake) {
+	t.Helper()
+	stats, err := intake.Client().GetAPMStats()
+	assert.NoError(c, err)
+	assert.NotEmpty(c, stats)
+	t.Log("Got apm stats:", spew.Sdump(stats))
+	for _, p := range stats {
+		for _, s := range p.StatsPayload.Stats {
+			t.Log("Client Payload:", spew.Sdump(s))
+			for _, b := range s.Stats {
+				for _, cs := range b.Stats {
+					t.Logf("Got IsTraceRoot: %v", cs.GetIsTraceRoot())
+					assert.Equal(t, trace.TraceRootFlag_TRUE, cs.GetIsTraceRoot())
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func getContainerTags(t *testing.T, tp *trace.TracerPayload) (map[string]string, bool) {
 	ctags, ok := tp.Tags["_dd.tags.container"]
 	if !ok {
diff --git a/test/new-e2e/tests/apm/vm_test.go b/test/new-e2e/tests/apm/vm_test.go
index 145223e6683811..1870590cb0b795 100644
--- a/test/new-e2e/tests/apm/vm_test.go
+++ b/test/new-e2e/tests/apm/vm_test.go
@@ -220,6 +220,29 @@ func (s *VMFakeintakeSuite) TestAutoVersionStats() {
 	}, 3*time.Minute, 10*time.Second, "Failed finding stats")
 }
 
+func (s *VMFakeintakeSuite) TestIsTraceRootTag() {
+	err := s.Env().FakeIntake.Client().FlushServerAndResetAggregators()
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+
+	service := fmt.Sprintf("tracegen-stats-%s", s.transport)
+
+	// Wait for agent to be live
+	s.T().Log("Waiting for Trace Agent to be live.")
+	s.Require().NoError(waitRemotePort(s, 8126))
+
+	// Run Trace Generator
+	s.T().Log("Starting Trace Generator.")
+	defer waitTracegenShutdown(&s.Suite, s.Env().FakeIntake)
+	shutdown := runTracegenDocker(s.Env().RemoteHost, service, tracegenCfg{transport: s.transport})
+	defer shutdown()
+
+	s.EventuallyWithTf(func(c *assert.CollectT) {
+		s.logStatus()
+		testIsTraceRootTag(s.T(), c, s.Env().FakeIntake)
+		s.logJournal()
+	}, 3*time.Minute, 10*time.Second, "Failed finding stats")
+}
+
 func (s *VMFakeintakeSuite) TestBasicTrace() {
 	err := s.Env().FakeIntake.Client().FlushServerAndResetAggregators()
 	s.Require().NoError(err)