diff --git a/opentracing-api/src/main/java/io/opentracing/Span.java b/opentracing-api/src/main/java/io/opentracing/Span.java
index a8e2f144..cd6b28f0 100644
--- a/opentracing-api/src/main/java/io/opentracing/Span.java
+++ b/opentracing-api/src/main/java/io/opentracing/Span.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  */
 package io.opentracing;
 
+import io.opentracing.tag.AbstractTag;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
@@ -44,6 +45,9 @@ public interface Span {
     /** Same as {@link #setTag(String, String)}, but for numeric values. */
     Span setTag(String key, Number value);
 
+    /** Same as {@link #setTag(String, String)}, but with typed value. */
+    <T> Span setTag(AbstractTag<T> key, T value);
+
     /**
      * Log key:value pairs to the Span with the current walltime timestamp.
      *
diff --git a/opentracing-api/src/main/java/io/opentracing/Tracer.java b/opentracing-api/src/main/java/io/opentracing/Tracer.java
index fad37cfe..edd263f3 100644
--- a/opentracing-api/src/main/java/io/opentracing/Tracer.java
+++ b/opentracing-api/src/main/java/io/opentracing/Tracer.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 package io.opentracing;
 
 import io.opentracing.propagation.Format;
+import io.opentracing.tag.AbstractTag;
 
 /**
  * Tracer is a simple, thin interface for Span creation and propagation across arbitrary transports.
@@ -173,6 +174,9 @@ interface SpanBuilder {
         /** Same as {@link Span#setTag(String, Number)}, but for the span being built. */
         SpanBuilder withTag(String key, Number value);
 
+        /** Same as {@link AbstractTag#set(Span, T)}, but for the span being built. */
+        <T> SpanBuilder withTag(AbstractTag<T> tag, T value);
+
         /** Specify a timestamp of when the Span was started, represented in microseconds since epoch. */
         SpanBuilder withStartTimestamp(long microseconds);
 
diff --git a/opentracing-mock/src/main/java/io/opentracing/mock/MockSpan.java b/opentracing-mock/src/main/java/io/opentracing/mock/MockSpan.java
index 92a87a14..b2594f4d 100644
--- a/opentracing-mock/src/main/java/io/opentracing/mock/MockSpan.java
+++ b/opentracing-mock/src/main/java/io/opentracing/mock/MockSpan.java
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 package io.opentracing.mock;
 
 import io.opentracing.References;
+import io.opentracing.Span;
+import io.opentracing.SpanContext;
+import io.opentracing.tag.AbstractTag;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -22,9 +25,6 @@
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 
-import io.opentracing.Span;
-import io.opentracing.SpanContext;
-
 /**
  * MockSpans are created via MockTracer.buildSpan(...), but they are also returned via calls to
  * MockTracer.finishedSpans(). They provide accessors to all Span state.
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ public MockSpan setTag(String key, Number value) {
         return setObjectTag(key, value);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public <T> Span setTag(AbstractTag<T> key, T value) {
+        return setObjectTag(key.getKey(), value);
+    }
+
     private synchronized MockSpan setObjectTag(String key, Object value) {
         finishedCheck("Adding tag {%s:%s} to already finished span", key, value);
         tags.put(key, value);
diff --git a/opentracing-mock/src/main/java/io/opentracing/mock/MockTracer.java b/opentracing-mock/src/main/java/io/opentracing/mock/MockTracer.java
index 25670a69..36336314 100644
--- a/opentracing-mock/src/main/java/io/opentracing/mock/MockTracer.java
+++ b/opentracing-mock/src/main/java/io/opentracing/mock/MockTracer.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import io.opentracing.propagation.Binary;
 import io.opentracing.propagation.Format;
 import io.opentracing.propagation.TextMap;
+import io.opentracing.tag.AbstractTag;
 import io.opentracing.util.ThreadLocalScopeManager;
 
 /**
@@ -346,6 +347,12 @@ public SpanBuilder withTag(String key, Number value) {
             return this;
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public <T> Tracer.SpanBuilder withTag(AbstractTag<T> tag, T value) {
+            this.initialTags.put(tag.getKey(), value);
+            return this;
+        }
+
         @Override
         public SpanBuilder withStartTimestamp(long microseconds) {
             this.startMicros = microseconds;
diff --git a/opentracing-noop/src/main/java/io/opentracing/noop/NoopSpan.java b/opentracing-noop/src/main/java/io/opentracing/noop/NoopSpan.java
index e1aa9899..94f71778 100644
--- a/opentracing-noop/src/main/java/io/opentracing/noop/NoopSpan.java
+++ b/opentracing-noop/src/main/java/io/opentracing/noop/NoopSpan.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 import io.opentracing.Span;
 import io.opentracing.SpanContext;
+import io.opentracing.tag.AbstractTag;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -42,6 +43,11 @@ public void finish(long finishMicros) {}
     @Override
     public NoopSpan setTag(String key, Number value) { return this; }
 
+    @Override
+    public <T> Span setTag(AbstractTag<T> key, T value) {
+        return this;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public NoopSpan log(Map<String, ?> fields) { return this; }
 
diff --git a/opentracing-noop/src/main/java/io/opentracing/noop/NoopSpanBuilder.java b/opentracing-noop/src/main/java/io/opentracing/noop/NoopSpanBuilder.java
index db7a0c5e..e6ea1c4a 100644
--- a/opentracing-noop/src/main/java/io/opentracing/noop/NoopSpanBuilder.java
+++ b/opentracing-noop/src/main/java/io/opentracing/noop/NoopSpanBuilder.java
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@
 import io.opentracing.Span;
 import io.opentracing.SpanContext;
 import io.opentracing.Tracer;
-
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Map;
+import io.opentracing.tag.AbstractTag;
 
 public interface NoopSpanBuilder extends Tracer.SpanBuilder {
     NoopSpanBuilder INSTANCE = new NoopSpanBuilderImpl();
@@ -60,6 +58,11 @@ public Tracer.SpanBuilder withTag(String key, Number value) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public <T> Tracer.SpanBuilder withTag(AbstractTag<T> key, T value) {
+        return this;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Tracer.SpanBuilder withStartTimestamp(long microseconds) {
         return this;