diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f4ac8fb2a9eb..0d6a9df268a8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -45,9 +45,16 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 )
 
-require golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210825183410-e898025ed96a
+require (
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.20.0
+	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210825183410-e898025ed96a
+)
 
-require github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.2.0 // indirect
+require (
+	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.2.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.20.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v0.20.0 // indirect
+)
 
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go v0.93.3 // indirect
@@ -154,3 +161,5 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.0 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.0 // indirect
 )
+
+replace sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime => /Users/buringerst/code/src/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a9ec7b532967..73807ac5f620 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -667,13 +667,17 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.23.0/go.mod h1:XItmlyltB5F7CS4xOC1DcqMoFqwtC6OG2xF7mCv7P7E=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib v0.20.0/go.mod h1:G/EtFaa6qaN7+LxqfIAT3GiZa7Wv5DTBUzl5H4LY0Kc=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.20.0/go.mod h1:oVGt1LRbBOBq1A5BQLlUg9UaU/54aiHw8cgjV3aWZ/E=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.20.0/go.mod h1:2AboqHi0CiIZU0qwhtUfCYD1GeUzvvIXWNkhDt7ZMG4=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.20.0 h1:eaP0Fqu7SXHwvjiqDq83zImeehOHX8doTvU9AwXON8g=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.20.0/go.mod h1:Y3ugLH2oa81t5QO+Lty+zXf8zC9L26ax4Nzoxm/dooo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp v0.20.0/go.mod h1:YIieizyaN77rtLJra0buKiNBOm9XQfkPEKBeuhoMwAM=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.20.0 h1:4kzhXFP+btKm4jwxpjIqjs41A7MakRFUS86bqLHTIw8=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v0.20.0/go.mod h1:598I5tYlH1vzBjn+BTuhzTCSb/9debfNp6R3s7Pr1eU=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest v0.20.0 h1:HiITxCawalo5vQzdHfKeZurV8x7ljcqAgiWzF6Vaeaw=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/oteltest v0.20.0/go.mod h1:L7bgKf9ZB7qCwT9Up7i9/pn0PWIa9FqQ2IQ8LoxiGnw=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.20.0/go.mod h1:g/IcepuwNsoiX5Byy2nNV0ySUF1em498m7hBWC279Yc=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/export/metric v0.20.0/go.mod h1:h7RBNMsDJ5pmI1zExLi+bJK+Dr8NQCh0qGhm1KDnNlE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v0.20.0/go.mod h1:knxiS8Xd4E/N+ZqKmUPf3gTTZ4/0TjTXukfxjzSTpHE=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v0.20.0 h1:1DL6EXUdcg95gukhuRRvLDO/4X5THh/5dIV52lqtnbw=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v0.20.0/go.mod h1:6GjCW8zgDjwGHGa6GkyeB8+/5vjT16gUEi0Nf1iBdgw=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:PqfVotwruBrMGOCsRd/89rSnXhoiJIqeYNgFYFoEGnI=
 go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20200306205701-8dd3e2ee1dd5 h1:+FNtrFTmVw0YZGpBGX56XDee331t6JAXeK2bcyhLOOc=
@@ -1207,8 +1211,6 @@ rsc.io/binaryregexp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qTv7/COck+e2FymRvadv62gMdZztPaShugOCi3I+8D8
 rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.0.25/go.mod h1:Mlj9PNLmG9bZ6BHFwFKDo5afkpWyUISkb9Me0GnK66I=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.11.1 h1:7YIHT2QnHJArj/dk9aUkYhfqfK5cIxPOX5gPECfdZLU=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.11.1/go.mod h1:KKwLiTooNGu+JmLZGn9Sl3Gjmfj66eMbCQznLP5zcqA=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20211020170558-c049b76a60c6 h1:fD1pz4yfdADVNfFmcP2aBEtudwUQ1AlLnRBALr33v3s=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20211020170558-c049b76a60c6/go.mod h1:p4QtZmO4uMYipTQNzagwnNoseA6OxSUutVw05NhYDRs=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.10.1 h1:KgU7hfYoscuqag84kxtzKdEC3mKMb99DPI3a0eaV1d0=
diff --git a/internal/controllers/cluster/cluster_controller.go b/internal/controllers/cluster/cluster_controller.go
index f987e76069d8..378fa165a748 100644
--- a/internal/controllers/cluster/cluster_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controllers/cluster/cluster_controller.go
@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	kerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller"
@@ -82,6 +84,12 @@ func (r *Reconciler) SetupWithManager(ctx context.Context, mgr ctrl.Manager, opt
 			handler.EnqueueRequestsFromMapFunc(r.controlPlaneMachineToCluster),
 		).
 		WithOptions(options).
+		WithLoggerCustomizer(func(_ logr.Logger, req reconcile.Request) logr.Logger {
+			return mgr.GetLogger().
+				WithValues("controller", "cluster").
+				WithValues("cluster", klog.KRef(req.Namespace, req.Name).String()).
+				WithValues("traceID", "1234")
+		}).
 		WithEventFilter(predicates.ResourceNotPausedAndHasFilterLabel(ctrl.LoggerFrom(ctx), r.WatchFilterValue)).
 		Build(r)