diff --git a/src/lwt/opentelemetry_lwt.ml b/src/lwt/opentelemetry_lwt.ml
index d458eca2..0ba9c569 100644
--- a/src/lwt/opentelemetry_lwt.ml
+++ b/src/lwt/opentelemetry_lwt.ml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-
 open Opentelemetry
+open Lwt.Syntax
 
 module Span_id = Span_id
 module Trace_id = Trace_id
@@ -20,6 +20,35 @@ module Trace = struct
     Collector.send_trace [rs]
       ~over:(fun () -> Lwt.wakeup_later wake ())
       ~ret:(fun () -> fut)
+
+  (** Sync span guard *)
+  let with_
+      ?trace_state ?service_name ?attrs
+      ?kind ?(trace_id=Trace_id.create()) ?parent ?links
+      name (f:Trace_id.t * Span_id.t -> 'a Lwt.t) : 'a Lwt.t =
+    let start_time = Timestamp_ns.now_unix_ns() in
+    let span_id = Span_id.create() in
+    let finally ok =
+      let status = match ok with
+        | Ok () -> default_status ~code:Status_code_ok ()
+        | Error e -> default_status ~code:Status_code_error ~message:e () in
+      let span, _ =
+        Span.create
+          ?kind ~trace_id ?parent ?links ~id:span_id
+          ?trace_state ?service_name ?attrs
+          ~start_time ~end_time:(Timestamp_ns.now_unix_ns())
+          ~status
+          name in
+      emit [span]
+    in
+    Lwt.catch
+      (fun () ->
+         let* x = f (trace_id,span_id) in
+         let+ () = finally (Ok ()) in
+         x)
+      (fun e ->
+         let+ () = finally (Error (Printexc.to_string e)) in
+         Lwt.fail e)
 end
 
 module Metrics = struct