diff --git a/exporters/trace/jaeger/agent.go b/exporters/trace/jaeger/agent.go
index 76b2aff5109..403f2326954 100644
--- a/exporters/trace/jaeger/agent.go
+++ b/exporters/trace/jaeger/agent.go
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ func newAgentClientUDP(params agentClientUDPParams) (*agentClientUDP, error) {
 }
 
 // EmitBatch implements EmitBatch() of Agent interface
-func (a *agentClientUDP) EmitBatch(batch *gen.Batch) error {
+func (a *agentClientUDP) EmitBatch(ctx context.Context, batch *gen.Batch) error {
 	a.thriftBuffer.Reset()
-	if err := a.client.EmitBatch(context.Background(), batch); err != nil {
+	if err := a.client.EmitBatch(ctx, batch); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if a.thriftBuffer.Len() > a.maxPacketSize {
diff --git a/exporters/trace/jaeger/jaeger.go b/exporters/trace/jaeger/jaeger.go
index 2989bb65b31..ca0c34aaa8c 100644
--- a/exporters/trace/jaeger/jaeger.go
+++ b/exporters/trace/jaeger/jaeger.go
@@ -433,7 +433,8 @@ func (e *Exporter) Flush() {
 func (e *Exporter) upload(spans []*sdktrace.SpanSnapshot) error {
 	batchList := jaegerBatchList(spans, e.defaultServiceName)
 	for _, batch := range batchList {
-		err := e.uploader.upload(batch)
+		// TODO (MrAlias): pass an appropriate context (#1799, #1803).
+		err := e.uploader.upload(context.TODO(), batch)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/exporters/trace/jaeger/jaeger_test.go b/exporters/trace/jaeger/jaeger_test.go
index d74e6cde6c2..2e05922304b 100644
--- a/exporters/trace/jaeger/jaeger_test.go
+++ b/exporters/trace/jaeger/jaeger_test.go
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ type testCollectorEndpoint struct {
 	batchesUploaded []*gen.Batch
 }
 
-func (c *testCollectorEndpoint) upload(batch *gen.Batch) error {
+func (c *testCollectorEndpoint) upload(_ context.Context, batch *gen.Batch) error {
 	c.batchesUploaded = append(c.batchesUploaded, batch)
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/exporters/trace/jaeger/uploader.go b/exporters/trace/jaeger/uploader.go
index bfaa6ebc15f..2d9eefdbbb4 100644
--- a/exporters/trace/jaeger/uploader.go
+++ b/exporters/trace/jaeger/uploader.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import (
 
 // batchUploader send a batch of spans to Jaeger
 type batchUploader interface {
-	upload(batch *gen.Batch) error
+	upload(ctx context.Context, batch *gen.Batch) error
 }
 
 type EndpointOption func() (batchUploader, error)
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ type agentUploader struct {
 
 var _ batchUploader = (*agentUploader)(nil)
 
-func (a *agentUploader) upload(batch *gen.Batch) error {
-	return a.client.EmitBatch(batch)
+func (a *agentUploader) upload(ctx context.Context, batch *gen.Batch) error {
+	return a.client.EmitBatch(ctx, batch)
 }
 
 // collectorUploader implements batchUploader interface sending batches to
@@ -202,12 +202,12 @@ type collectorUploader struct {
 
 var _ batchUploader = (*collectorUploader)(nil)
 
-func (c *collectorUploader) upload(batch *gen.Batch) error {
+func (c *collectorUploader) upload(ctx context.Context, batch *gen.Batch) error {
 	body, err := serialize(batch)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", c.endpoint, body)
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "POST", c.endpoint, body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}