diff --git a/propagators/opentelemetry_process_propagator/src/opentelemetry_process_propagator.erl b/propagators/opentelemetry_process_propagator/src/opentelemetry_process_propagator.erl
index 4c50d1fd..ce579a1f 100644
--- a/propagators/opentelemetry_process_propagator/src/opentelemetry_process_propagator.erl
+++ b/propagators/opentelemetry_process_propagator/src/opentelemetry_process_propagator.erl
@@ -39,7 +39,12 @@ fetch_ctx(Pid) ->
             otel_ctx(Dictionary)
     end.
 
--spec pdict(pid()) -> [{term(), term()}] | undefined.
+-spec pdict(pid() | atom()) -> [{term(), term()}] | undefined.
+pdict(Name) when is_atom(Name) ->
+    case whereis(Name) of
+        undefined -> undefined;
+        Pid -> pdict(Pid)
+    end;
 pdict(Pid) ->
     case process_info(Pid, dictionary) of
         {dictionary, Dict} ->
diff --git a/propagators/opentelemetry_process_propagator/test/opentelemetry_process_propagator_test.exs b/propagators/opentelemetry_process_propagator/test/opentelemetry_process_propagator_test.exs
index 9d74e774..d2b927cc 100644
--- a/propagators/opentelemetry_process_propagator/test/opentelemetry_process_propagator_test.exs
+++ b/propagators/opentelemetry_process_propagator/test/opentelemetry_process_propagator_test.exs
@@ -55,6 +55,24 @@ defmodule OpentelemetryProcessPropagatorTest do
 
       assert_receive ^ctx
     end
+
+    test "fetches the parent ctx when parent is named" do
+      Process.register(self(), TestParent)
+
+      span_ctx = Tracer.start_span("test")
+      Tracer.set_current_span(span_ctx)
+
+      ctx = Ctx.get_current()
+
+      pid = self()
+
+      :proc_lib.spawn(fn ->
+        p_ctx = fetch_parent_ctx()
+        send(pid, p_ctx)
+      end)
+
+      assert_receive ^ctx
+    end
   end
 
   describe "fetch_parent_ctx/1" do
diff --git a/propagators/opentelemetry_process_propagator/test/task_test.exs b/propagators/opentelemetry_process_propagator/test/task_test.exs
index 0d847b3b..6cd4ecfe 100644
--- a/propagators/opentelemetry_process_propagator/test/task_test.exs
+++ b/propagators/opentelemetry_process_propagator/test/task_test.exs
@@ -360,9 +360,26 @@ defmodule OpentelemetryProcessPropagator.TaskTest do
     end
   end
 
-  test "start_link" do
+  test "start_link with named parent" do
     Tracer.with_span "parent span", %{attributes: %{a: 1}} do
+      Process.register(self(), TestParent)
+
+      # Elixir.Task.Supervised.start(TestParent, [], {:erlang, :apply, [fn ->
+      #   Process.get() |> IO.inspect(label: "A")
+      #
+      #   ctx = OpentelemetryProcessPropagator.fetch_parent_ctx()
+      #   OpenTelemetry.Ctx.attach(ctx)
+      #   # Process.get() |> IO.inspect(label: "Supervised")
+      #   ctx_test_function(:start_link)
+      #
+      #   :ok
+      # end, []]})
+
       Task.start_link(fn ->
+        Process.get() |> IO.inspect(label: "B")
+
+        ctx = OpentelemetryProcessPropagator.fetch_parent_ctx()
+        OpenTelemetry.Ctx.attach(ctx)
         ctx_test_function(:start_link)
 
         :ok
@@ -374,6 +391,7 @@ defmodule OpentelemetryProcessPropagator.TaskTest do
 
     assert_receive {:span, span(name: "already traced fun", parent_span_id: ^root_span_id, attributes: attrs)}
     assert %{value: :start_link} == attributes(attrs)
+    assert false
   end
 
   test "start_link_mfa" do