diff --git a/ddtrace/opentelemetry/tracer.go b/ddtrace/opentelemetry/tracer.go
index e813fc7d939..9a5f26bc86e 100644
--- a/ddtrace/opentelemetry/tracer.go
+++ b/ddtrace/opentelemetry/tracer.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func (t *oteltracer) Start(ctx context.Context, spanName string, opts ...oteltra
 		} else if sctx := oteltrace.SpanFromContext(ctx).SpanContext(); sctx.IsValid() {
 			// if the span doesn't originate from the Datadog tracer,
 			// use SpanContextW3C implementation struct to pass span context information
-			ddopts = append(ddopts, tracer.ChildOf(tracer.FromGenericCtx(&otelCtxToDDCtx{sctx})))
+			ddopts = append(ddopts, tracer.ChildOf(tracer.FromGenericCtx(otelToDDSpanContext(sctx))))
 		}
 	}
 	if t := ssConfig.Timestamp(); !t.IsZero() {
@@ -165,3 +165,25 @@ func (c *otelCtxToDDCtx) SpanID() uint64 {
 }
 
 func (c *otelCtxToDDCtx) ForeachBaggageItem(_ func(k, v string) bool) {}
+
+// TODO: add baggage??
+func otelToDDSpanContext(otelCtx oteltrace.SpanContext) *tracer.SpanContext {
+	// otelCtx.TraceID() and SpanID() are arrays, so we can assign directly.
+	var traceID [16]byte = otelCtx.TraceID()
+	spanIDBytes := otelCtx.SpanID()
+	var spanID uint64 = binary.BigEndian.Uint64(spanIDBytes[:])
+
+	// Interpret TraceFlags as sampling priority
+	var samplingPriority *int
+	if otelCtx.IsSampled() {
+		p := 1
+		samplingPriority = &p
+	} else {
+		samplingPriority = nil
+	}
+	// Traceflags??
+	sc := tracer.NewSpanContextFromFields(traceID, spanID, samplingPriority, nil)
+	tracer.ParseTracestate(sc, otelCtx.TraceState().String())
+
+	return sc
+}
diff --git a/ddtrace/opentelemetry/tracer_test.go b/ddtrace/opentelemetry/tracer_test.go
index 98de1eb5f25..27eba75f279 100644
--- a/ddtrace/opentelemetry/tracer_test.go
+++ b/ddtrace/opentelemetry/tracer_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-go/v2/internal/telemetry/telemetrytest"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	otelbaggage "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/baggage"
@@ -398,3 +399,24 @@ func TestMergeOtelDDBaggage(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal("otelValue", value)
 	})
 }
+
+func Test_DDOpenTelemetryTracer(t *testing.T) {
+	ddOTelTracer := NewTracerProvider(
+		tracer.WithSamplingRules([]tracer.SamplingRule{
+			{Rate: 0}, // This should be applied only when a brand new root span is started and should be ignored for a non-root span
+		}),
+	).Tracer("")
+
+	parentSpanContext := oteltrace.NewSpanContext(oteltrace.SpanContextConfig{
+		TraceID:    oteltrace.TraceID{0xAA},
+		SpanID:     oteltrace.SpanID{0x01},
+		TraceFlags: oteltrace.FlagsSampled, // the parent span is sampled, so its child spans should be sampled too
+	})
+	ctx := oteltrace.ContextWithSpanContext(context.Background(), parentSpanContext)
+	_, span := ddOTelTracer.Start(ctx, "test")
+	span.End()
+
+	childSpanContext := span.SpanContext()
+	require.Equal(t, parentSpanContext.TraceID(), childSpanContext.TraceID())
+	require.True(t, childSpanContext.IsSampled(), "parent span is sampled, but child span is not sampled") // this test fails
+}
diff --git a/ddtrace/tracer/spancontext.go b/ddtrace/tracer/spancontext.go
index 7352ef4cc42..62bc6b7924e 100644
--- a/ddtrace/tracer/spancontext.go
+++ b/ddtrace/tracer/spancontext.go
@@ -709,3 +709,21 @@ func spanIDHexEncoded(u uint64, padding int) string {
 	}
 	return string(buf[i:])
 }
+
+// NewSpanContextFromFields creates a new SpanContext from primitive fields.
+// This is intended for use by integrations (e.g., OpenTelemetry).
+func NewSpanContextFromFields(traceID [16]byte, spanID uint64, samplingPriority *int, baggage map[string]string) *SpanContext {
+	sc := &SpanContext{
+		traceID: traceID,
+		spanID:  spanID,
+		baggage: make(map[string]string, len(baggage)),
+		trace:   newTrace(),
+	}
+	for k, v := range baggage {
+		sc.setBaggageItem(k, v)
+	}
+	if samplingPriority != nil {
+		sc.setSamplingPriority(*samplingPriority, samplernames.Unknown)
+	}
+	return sc
+}
diff --git a/ddtrace/tracer/textmap.go b/ddtrace/tracer/textmap.go
index 3927fdfa6ae..b603f241b0c 100644
--- a/ddtrace/tracer/textmap.go
+++ b/ddtrace/tracer/textmap.go
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ func (*propagatorW3c) extractTextMap(reader TextMapReader) (*SpanContext, error)
 	if err := parseTraceparent(&ctx, parentHeader); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	parseTracestate(&ctx, stateHeader)
+	ParseTracestate(&ctx, stateHeader)
 	return &ctx, nil
 }
 
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ func parseTraceparent(ctx *SpanContext, header string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// parseTracestate attempts to parse tracestateHeader which is a list
+// ParseTracestate attempts to parse tracestateHeader which is a list
 // with up to 32 comma-separated (,) list-members.
 // An example value would be: `vendorname1=opaqueValue1,vendorname2=opaqueValue2,dd=s:1;o:synthetics`,
 // Where `dd` list contains values that would be in x-datadog-tags as well as those needed for propagation information.
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ func parseTraceparent(ctx *SpanContext, header string) error {
 // `origin` = `o`
 // `last parent` = `p`
 // `_dd.p.` prefix = `t.`
-func parseTracestate(ctx *SpanContext, header string) {
+func ParseTracestate(ctx *SpanContext, header string) {
 	if header == "" {
 		// The W3C spec says tracestate can be empty but should avoid sending it.
 		// https://www.w3.org/TR/trace-context-1/#tracestate-header-field-values
diff --git a/ddtrace/tracer/textmap_test.go b/ddtrace/tracer/textmap_test.go
index 81019f610a2..968caa49c9f 100644
--- a/ddtrace/tracer/textmap_test.go
+++ b/ddtrace/tracer/textmap_test.go
@@ -2390,7 +2390,7 @@ func FuzzComposeTracestate(f *testing.F) {
 			t.Skipf("Skipping invalid tags")
 		}
 		traceState := composeTracestate(sendCtx, priority, oldState)
-		parseTracestate(recvCtx, traceState)
+		ParseTracestate(recvCtx, traceState)
 		setPropagatingTag(sendCtx, tracestateHeader, traceState)
 		if !reflect.DeepEqual(sendCtx.trace.propagatingTags, recvCtx.trace.propagatingTags) {
 			t.Fatalf(`Inconsistent composing/parsing: