diff --git a/plugins/out_stackdriver/stackdriver.c b/plugins/out_stackdriver/stackdriver.c
index 997ec2f5de5..79813ec2cf1 100644
--- a/plugins/out_stackdriver/stackdriver.c
+++ b/plugins/out_stackdriver/stackdriver.c
@@ -1288,6 +1288,7 @@ static int pack_json_payload(int insert_id_extracted,
         ctx->labels_key,
         ctx->severity_key,
         ctx->trace_key,
+        ctx->span_id_key,
         ctx->log_name_key,
         stream
         /* more special fields are required to be added, but, if this grows with more
@@ -1465,6 +1466,10 @@ static flb_sds_t stackdriver_format(struct flb_stackdriver *ctx,
     char stackdriver_trace[PATH_MAX];
     const char *new_trace;
 
+    /* Parameters for spanID */
+    int spanid_extracted = FLB_FALSE;
+    flb_sds_t spanid;
+
     /* Parameters for log name */
     int log_name_extracted = FLB_FALSE;
     flb_sds_t log_name = NULL;
@@ -1817,6 +1822,7 @@ static flb_sds_t stackdriver_format(struct flb_stackdriver *ctx,
          *  "jsonPayload": {...},
          *  "timestamp": "...",
          *  "trace": "..."
+         *  "spanId": "..."
          * }
          */
         entry_size = 3;
@@ -1837,6 +1843,14 @@ static flb_sds_t stackdriver_format(struct flb_stackdriver *ctx,
             entry_size += 1;
         }
 
+        /* Extract spanid */
+        spanid_extracted = FLB_FALSE;
+        if (ctx->span_id_key
+            && get_string(&spanid, obj, ctx->span_id_key) == 0) {
+            spanid_extracted = FLB_TRUE;
+            entry_size += 1;
+        }
+
         /* Extract log name */
         log_name_extracted = FLB_FALSE;
         if (ctx->log_name_key
@@ -1941,6 +1955,16 @@ static flb_sds_t stackdriver_format(struct flb_stackdriver *ctx,
             flb_sds_destroy(trace);
         }
 
+        /* Add spanId into the log entry */
+        if (spanid_extracted == FLB_TRUE) {
+            msgpack_pack_str(&mp_pck, 6);
+            msgpack_pack_str_body(&mp_pck, "spanId", 6);
+            len = flb_sds_len(spanid);
+            msgpack_pack_str(&mp_pck, len);
+            msgpack_pack_str_body(&mp_pck, spanid, len);
+            flb_sds_destroy(spanid);
+        }
+
         /* Add insertId field into the log entry */
         if (insert_id_extracted == FLB_TRUE) {
             msgpack_pack_str(&mp_pck, 8);
diff --git a/plugins/out_stackdriver/stackdriver.h b/plugins/out_stackdriver/stackdriver.h
index 58ca39c4236..e21778153b5 100644
--- a/plugins/out_stackdriver/stackdriver.h
+++ b/plugins/out_stackdriver/stackdriver.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #define DEFAULT_LABELS_KEY "logging.googleapis.com/labels"
 #define DEFAULT_SEVERITY_KEY "logging.googleapis.com/severity"
 #define DEFAULT_TRACE_KEY "logging.googleapis.com/trace"
+#define DEFAULT_SPANID_KEY "logging.googleapis.com/spanId"
 #define DEFAULT_LOG_NAME_KEY "logging.googleapis.com/logName"
 #define DEFAULT_INSERT_ID_KEY "logging.googleapis.com/insertId"
 #define SOURCELOCATION_FIELD_IN_JSON "logging.googleapis.com/sourceLocation"
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ struct flb_stackdriver {
     flb_sds_t resource;
     flb_sds_t severity_key;
     flb_sds_t trace_key;
+    flb_sds_t span_id_key;
     flb_sds_t log_name_key;
     flb_sds_t http_request_key;
     int http_request_key_size;
diff --git a/plugins/out_stackdriver/stackdriver_conf.c b/plugins/out_stackdriver/stackdriver_conf.c
index d1d99c52334..43647e089a6 100644
--- a/plugins/out_stackdriver/stackdriver_conf.c
+++ b/plugins/out_stackdriver/stackdriver_conf.c
@@ -314,6 +314,14 @@ struct flb_stackdriver *flb_stackdriver_conf_create(struct flb_output_instance *
         ctx->trace_key = flb_sds_create(DEFAULT_TRACE_KEY);
     }
 
+    tmp = flb_output_get_property("span_id_key", ins);
+    if (tmp) {
+        ctx->span_id_key = flb_sds_create(tmp);
+    }
+    else {
+        ctx->span_id_key = flb_sds_create(DEFAULT_SPANID_KEY);
+    }
+
     tmp = flb_output_get_property("log_name_key", ins);
     if (tmp) {
         ctx->log_name_key = flb_sds_create(tmp);
@@ -525,6 +533,7 @@ int flb_stackdriver_conf_destroy(struct flb_stackdriver *ctx)
     flb_sds_destroy(ctx->resource);
     flb_sds_destroy(ctx->severity_key);
     flb_sds_destroy(ctx->trace_key);
+    flb_sds_destroy(ctx->span_id_key);
     flb_sds_destroy(ctx->log_name_key);
     flb_sds_destroy(ctx->http_request_key);
     flb_sds_destroy(ctx->labels_key);
diff --git a/tests/runtime/data/stackdriver/stackdriver_test_trace.h b/tests/runtime/data/stackdriver/stackdriver_test_trace.h
index 15c7bc911ba..44cf011398d 100644
--- a/tests/runtime/data/stackdriver/stackdriver_test_trace.h
+++ b/tests/runtime/data/stackdriver/stackdriver_test_trace.h
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 	"1591111124," \
 	"{"	\
         "\"trace\": \"test-trace-id-xyz\"" \
+        "\"spanId\": \"test-span-id-abc\"" \
 	"}]"
-	
\ No newline at end of file
+