diff --git a/src/Elastic.CommonSchema.NLog/ActivityExtensions.cs b/src/Elastic.CommonSchema.NLog/ActivityExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2805975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Elastic.CommonSchema.NLog/ActivityExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+using System.Diagnostics;
+
+namespace Elastic.CommonSchema.NLog
+{
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Helpers for getting the right values from Activity no matter the format (w3c or hierarchical)
+	/// </summary>
+	internal static class ActivityExtensions
+	{
+		private static readonly ActivitySpanId EmptySpanId = default;
+		private static readonly ActivityTraceId EmptyTraceId = default;
+
+		public static string GetSpanId(this Activity activity) =>
+			activity.IdFormat == ActivityIdFormat.W3C ?
+				SpanIdToHexString(activity.SpanId) :
+				activity.Id;
+
+		public static string GetTraceId(this Activity activity) =>
+			activity.IdFormat == ActivityIdFormat.W3C ?
+				TraceIdToHexString(activity.TraceId) :
+				activity.RootId;
+
+		public static string GetParentId(this Activity activity) =>
+			activity.IdFormat == ActivityIdFormat.W3C ?
+				SpanIdToHexString(activity.ParentSpanId) :
+				activity.ParentId;
+
+		private static string SpanIdToHexString(ActivitySpanId spanId)
+		{
+			if (EmptySpanId.Equals(spanId))
+				return string.Empty;
+
+			var spanHexString = spanId.ToHexString();
+			if (ReferenceEquals(spanHexString, EmptySpanId.ToHexString()))
+				return string.Empty;
+
+			return spanHexString;
+		}
+
+		private static string TraceIdToHexString(ActivityTraceId traceId)
+		{
+			if (EmptyTraceId.Equals(traceId))
+				return string.Empty;
+
+			var traceHexString = traceId.ToHexString();
+			return ReferenceEquals(traceHexString, EmptyTraceId.ToHexString())
+				? string.Empty
+				: traceHexString;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/Elastic.CommonSchema.NLog/EcsLayout.cs b/src/Elastic.CommonSchema.NLog/EcsLayout.cs
index d824040c..70e76be0 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.CommonSchema.NLog/EcsLayout.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.CommonSchema.NLog/EcsLayout.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Runtime.Serialization;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ internal class NlogEcsDocumentCreationOptions : IEcsDocumentCreationOptions
 		public bool IncludeHost { get; set; } = false;
 		public bool IncludeProcess { get; set; } = false;
 		public bool IncludeUser { get; set; } = false;
+		public bool IncludeTraceId { get; set; } = false;
 	}
 
 	/// <summary> An NLOG layout implementation that renders logs as ECS json</summary>
@@ -146,11 +148,11 @@ private static bool NLogWeb4Registered() =>
 
 		// ReSharper disable AutoPropertyCanBeMadeGetOnly.Global
 		/// <inheritdoc cref="BaseFieldSet.TraceId"/>
-		public Layout ApmTraceId { get; set; }
+		public Layout ApmTraceId { get; set; } = FromMethod(_ => ResolveTraceId());
 		/// <inheritdoc cref="BaseFieldSet.TransactionId"/>
 		public Layout ApmTransactionId { get; set; }
 		/// <inheritdoc cref="BaseFieldSet.SpanId"/>
-		public Layout ApmSpanId { get; set; }
+		public Layout ApmSpanId { get; set; } = FromMethod(_ => ResolveSpanId());
 
 		/// <inheritdoc cref="ServiceFieldSet.Name"/>
 		public Layout ApmServiceName { get; set; }
@@ -775,6 +777,10 @@ private static void Populate(IDictionary<string, string> propertyBag, string key
 			propertyBag.Add(usedKey, value);
 		}
 
+		private static string ResolveTraceId() => Activity.Current?.GetTraceId();
+
+		private static string ResolveSpanId() => Activity.Current?.GetSpanId();
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// A subclass of <see cref="EcsDocument"/> that adds additional properties related to Extensions logging.
 		/// <para>For instance it adds scope information to each logged event</para>
diff --git a/src/Elastic.CommonSchema.Serilog/EcsTextFormatterConfiguration.cs b/src/Elastic.CommonSchema.Serilog/EcsTextFormatterConfiguration.cs
index b67bccf7..4416119e 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.CommonSchema.Serilog/EcsTextFormatterConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.CommonSchema.Serilog/EcsTextFormatterConfiguration.cs
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ public class EcsTextFormatterConfiguration<TEcsDocument> : IEcsTextFormatterConf
 		/// <inheritdoc cref="IEcsDocumentCreationOptions.IncludeUser"/>
 		public bool IncludeUser { get; set; } = true;
 
+		/// <inheritdoc cref="IEcsDocumentCreationOptions.IncludeTraceId"/>
+		public bool IncludeTraceId { get; set; } = true;
+
 		/// <inheritdoc cref="IEcsTextFormatterConfiguration.MapHttpAdapter"/>
 		public IHttpAdapter? MapHttpAdapter { get; set; }
 
diff --git a/src/Elastic.CommonSchema/EcsDocument.cs b/src/Elastic.CommonSchema/EcsDocument.cs
index 23fbb888..2fdb9ad6 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.CommonSchema/EcsDocument.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.CommonSchema/EcsDocument.cs
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ public interface IEcsDocumentCreationOptions
 	/// Gets or sets a flag indicating whether user details should be included in the message. Defaults to <c>true</c>.
 	/// </summary>
 	bool IncludeUser { get; set; }
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Gets or sets a flag indicating whether TraceId/SpanId should be included in the message. Defaults to <c>true</c>.
+	/// </summary>
+	bool IncludeTraceId { get; set; }
 }
 
 /// <summary>
@@ -85,11 +90,12 @@ public static TEcsDocument CreateNewWithDefaults<TEcsDocument>(
 			Error = GetError(exception),
 			Service = GetService(initialCache)
 		};
-		SetActivityData(doc);
 
 		if (options?.IncludeHost is null or true) doc.Host = GetHost(initialCache);
 		if (options?.IncludeProcess is null or true) doc.Process = GetProcess(initialCache);
 		if (options?.IncludeUser is null or true) doc.User = GetUser();
+		if (options?.IncludeTraceId is null or true)
+			SetActivityData(doc);
 
 		return doc;
 	}
diff --git a/src/Elastic.Extensions.Logging/Options/ElasticsearchLoggerOptions.cs b/src/Elastic.Extensions.Logging/Options/ElasticsearchLoggerOptions.cs
index 35793e6b..40c547c5 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.Extensions.Logging/Options/ElasticsearchLoggerOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.Extensions.Logging/Options/ElasticsearchLoggerOptions.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ public class ElasticsearchLoggerOptions : IEcsDocumentCreationOptions
 		/// </summary>
 		public bool IncludeUser { get; set; } = true;
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Gets or sets a flag indicating whether TraceId/SpanId should be included in the message. Defaults to <c>true</c>.
+		/// </summary>
+		public bool IncludeTraceId { get; set; } = true;
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// The data stream to log into, defaults to <c>logs-generic-default</c> if neither <see cref="DataStream"/> or <see cref="Index"/> is set.
 		/// </summary>