diff --git a/.chloggen/dd-receiver-span-id.yaml b/.chloggen/dd-receiver-span-id.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..706c3dffcb6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/dd-receiver-span-id.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+# If your change doesn't affect end users, such as a test fix or a tooling change,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: datadogreceiver
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: "add datadog trace and span id"
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [23057]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
diff --git a/receiver/datadogreceiver/translator.go b/receiver/datadogreceiver/translator.go
index 2fd2a72a4bcc..3b007aa75da8 100644
--- a/receiver/datadogreceiver/translator.go
+++ b/receiver/datadogreceiver/translator.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"mime"
 	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -22,6 +23,18 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	datadogSpanKindKey = "span.kind"
+	// The datadog trace id
+	//
+	// Type: string
+	// Requirement Level: Optional
+	// Examples: '6249785623524942554'
+	attributeDatadogTraceID = "datadog.trace.id"
+	// The datadog span id
+	//
+	// Type: string
+	// Requirement Level: Optional
+	// Examples: '228114450199004348'
+	attributeDatadogSpanID = "datadog.span.id"
 )
 
 func upsertHeadersAttributes(req *http.Request, attrs pcommon.Map) {
@@ -89,7 +102,8 @@ func toTraces(payload *pb.TracerPayload, req *http.Request) ptrace.Traces {
 			if span.Error > 0 {
 				newSpan.Status().SetCode(ptrace.StatusCodeError)
 			}
-
+			newSpan.Attributes().PutStr(attributeDatadogSpanID, strconv.FormatUint(span.SpanID, 10))
+			newSpan.Attributes().PutStr(attributeDatadogTraceID, strconv.FormatUint(span.TraceID, 10))
 			for k, v := range span.GetMeta() {
 				if k = translateDataDogKeyToOtel(k); len(k) > 0 {
 					newSpan.Attributes().PutStr(k, v)
diff --git a/receiver/datadogreceiver/translator_test.go b/receiver/datadogreceiver/translator_test.go
index 46dd95f9369a..94f05eba7342 100644
--- a/receiver/datadogreceiver/translator_test.go
+++ b/receiver/datadogreceiver/translator_test.go
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ func TestTracePayloadV05Unmarshalling(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, translated.SpanCount(), "Span Count wrong")
 	span := translated.ResourceSpans().At(0).ScopeSpans().At(0).Spans().At(0)
 	assert.NotNil(t, span)
-	assert.Equal(t, 5, span.Attributes().Len(), "missing tags")
+	assert.Equal(t, 7, span.Attributes().Len(), "missing attributes")
 	value, exists := span.Attributes().Get("service.name")
 	assert.True(t, exists, "service.name missing")
-	assert.Equal(t, "my-service", value.AsString(), "service.name tag value incorrect")
+	assert.Equal(t, "my-service", value.AsString(), "service.name attribute value incorrect")
 	assert.Equal(t, "my-name", span.Name())
 	spanResource, _ := span.Attributes().Get("dd.span.Resource")
 	assert.Equal(t, "my-resource", spanResource.Str())
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ func TestTracePayloadV07Unmarshalling(t *testing.T) {
 	translated, _ := handlePayload(req)
 	span := translated.GetChunks()[0].GetSpans()[0]
 	assert.NotNil(t, span)
-	assert.Equal(t, 4, len(span.GetMeta()), "missing tags")
+	assert.Equal(t, 4, len(span.GetMeta()), "missing attributes")
 	value, exists := span.GetMeta()["service.name"]
 	assert.True(t, exists, "service.name missing")
-	assert.Equal(t, "my-service", value, "service.name tag value incorrect")
+	assert.Equal(t, "my-service", value, "service.name attribute value incorrect")
 	assert.Equal(t, "my-name", span.GetName())
 	assert.Equal(t, "my-resource", span.GetResource())
 }