diff --git a/packages/core/src/scope.ts b/packages/core/src/scope.ts
index 8d964f033739..20991fe0132b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/scope.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/scope.ts
@@ -540,6 +540,13 @@ export class Scope implements ScopeInterface {
     return this;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @inheritdoc
+   */
+  public getPropagationContext(): PropagationContext {
+    return this._propagationContext;
+  }
+
   /**
    * This will be called after {@link applyToEvent} is finished.
    */
diff --git a/packages/core/src/tracing/index.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/index.ts
index a0d2716fda49..79ef58f7be2a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/tracing/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/tracing/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export { startIdleTransaction, addTracingExtensions } from './hubextensions';
 export { IdleTransaction, TRACING_DEFAULTS } from './idletransaction';
-export { Span, spanStatusfromHttpCode } from './span';
+export { Span, spanStatusfromHttpCode, spanContextToTraceparent } from './span';
 export { Transaction } from './transaction';
 export { extractTraceparentData, getActiveTransaction } from './utils';
 // eslint-disable-next-line deprecation/deprecation
diff --git a/packages/core/src/tracing/span.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/span.ts
index 59a8ed11d68a..62f41c8016fb 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/tracing/span.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/tracing/span.ts
@@ -265,11 +265,7 @@ export class Span implements SpanInterface {
    * @inheritDoc
    */
   public toTraceparent(): string {
-    let sampledString = '';
-    if (this.sampled !== undefined) {
-      sampledString = this.sampled ? '-1' : '-0';
-    }
-    return `${this.traceId}-${this.spanId}${sampledString}`;
+    return spanContextToTraceparent(this.traceId, this.spanId, this.sampled);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -438,3 +434,13 @@ export function spanStatusfromHttpCode(httpStatus: number): SpanStatusType {
 
   return 'unknown_error';
 }
+
+/** Generate sentry-trace header from span context */
+export function spanContextToTraceparent(traceId: string, maybeSpanId?: string, sampled?: boolean): string {
+  let sampledString = '';
+  if (sampled !== undefined) {
+    sampledString = sampled ? '-1' : '-0';
+  }
+  const spanId = maybeSpanId || uuid4().substring(16);
+  return `${traceId}-${spanId}${sampledString}`;
+}
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/undici/index.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/undici/index.ts
index 38f920283b7e..b033e4b7fa6e 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/undici/index.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/undici/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { Hub } from '@sentry/core';
-import type { EventProcessor, Integration } from '@sentry/types';
+import { spanContextToTraceparent } from '@sentry/core';
+import type { EventProcessor, Integration, Span } from '@sentry/types';
 import {
   dynamicRequire,
   dynamicSamplingContextToSentryBaggageHeader,
@@ -12,7 +13,13 @@ import { LRUMap } from 'lru_map';
 import type { NodeClient } from '../../client';
 import { NODE_VERSION } from '../../nodeVersion';
 import { isSentryRequest } from '../utils/http';
-import type { DiagnosticsChannel, RequestCreateMessage, RequestEndMessage, RequestErrorMessage } from './types';
+import type {
+  DiagnosticsChannel,
+  RequestCreateMessage,
+  RequestEndMessage,
+  RequestErrorMessage,
+  RequestWithSentry,
+} from './types';
 
 export enum ChannelName {
   // https://github.com/nodejs/undici/blob/e6fc80f809d1217814c044f52ed40ef13f21e43c/docs/api/DiagnosticsChannel.md#undicirequestcreate
@@ -124,7 +131,6 @@ export class Undici implements Integration {
       const { request } = message as RequestCreateMessage;
 
       const stringUrl = request.origin ? request.origin.toString() + request.path : request.path;
-      const url = parseUrl(stringUrl);
 
       if (isSentryRequest(stringUrl) || request.__sentry__ !== undefined) {
         return;
@@ -133,52 +139,45 @@ export class Undici implements Integration {
       const client = hub.getClient<NodeClient>();
       const scope = hub.getScope();
 
-      const activeSpan = scope.getSpan();
+      const parentSpan = scope.getSpan();
 
-      if (activeSpan && client) {
+      if (client) {
         const clientOptions = client.getOptions();
 
-        if (shouldCreateSpan(stringUrl)) {
-          const method = request.method || 'GET';
-          const data: Record<string, unknown> = {
-            'http.method': method,
-          };
-          if (url.search) {
-            data['http.query'] = url.search;
+        const shouldAttachTraceData = (url: string): boolean => {
+          if (clientOptions.tracePropagationTargets === undefined) {
+            return true;
           }
-          if (url.hash) {
-            data['http.fragment'] = url.hash;
-          }
-          const span = activeSpan.startChild({
-            op: 'http.client',
-            description: `${method} ${getSanitizedUrlString(url)}`,
-            data,
-          });
-          request.__sentry__ = span;
 
-          const shouldAttachTraceData = (url: string): boolean => {
-            if (clientOptions.tracePropagationTargets === undefined) {
-              return true;
-            }
+          const cachedDecision = this._headersUrlMap.get(url);
+          if (cachedDecision !== undefined) {
+            return cachedDecision;
+          }
 
-            const cachedDecision = this._headersUrlMap.get(url);
-            if (cachedDecision !== undefined) {
-              return cachedDecision;
-            }
+          const decision = stringMatchesSomePattern(url, clientOptions.tracePropagationTargets);
+          this._headersUrlMap.set(url, decision);
+          return decision;
+        };
 
-            const decision = stringMatchesSomePattern(url, clientOptions.tracePropagationTargets);
-            this._headersUrlMap.set(url, decision);
-            return decision;
-          };
+        const span = shouldCreateSpan(stringUrl) ? createRequestSpan(request, stringUrl, parentSpan) : undefined;
+        if (span) {
+          request.__sentry__ = span;
+        }
 
-          if (shouldAttachTraceData(stringUrl)) {
+        if (shouldAttachTraceData(stringUrl)) {
+          if (span) {
             request.addHeader('sentry-trace', span.toTraceparent());
-            if (span.transaction) {
-              const dynamicSamplingContext = span.transaction.getDynamicSamplingContext();
-              const sentryBaggageHeader = dynamicSamplingContextToSentryBaggageHeader(dynamicSamplingContext);
-              if (sentryBaggageHeader) {
-                request.addHeader('baggage', sentryBaggageHeader);
-              }
+            const dynamicSamplingContext = span.transaction?.getDynamicSamplingContext();
+            const sentryBaggageHeader = dynamicSamplingContextToSentryBaggageHeader(dynamicSamplingContext);
+            if (sentryBaggageHeader) {
+              request.addHeader('baggage', sentryBaggageHeader);
+            }
+          } else {
+            const { traceId, sampled, dsc } = scope.getPropagationContext();
+            request.addHeader('sentry-trace', spanContextToTraceparent(traceId, undefined, sampled));
+            const sentryBaggageHeader = dynamicSamplingContextToSentryBaggageHeader(dsc);
+            if (sentryBaggageHeader) {
+              request.addHeader('baggage', sentryBaggageHeader);
             }
           }
         }
@@ -265,3 +264,24 @@ export class Undici implements Integration {
     });
   }
 }
+
+/** */
+function createRequestSpan(request: RequestWithSentry, stringUrl: string, parentSpan?: Span): Span | undefined {
+  const url = parseUrl(stringUrl);
+  const method = request.method || 'GET';
+  const data: Record<string, unknown> = {
+    'http.method': method,
+  };
+  if (url.search) {
+    data['http.query'] = url.search;
+  }
+  if (url.hash) {
+    data['http.fragment'] = url.hash;
+  }
+  const span = parentSpan?.startChild({
+    op: 'http.client',
+    description: `${method} ${getSanitizedUrlString(url)}`,
+    data,
+  });
+  return span;
+}
diff --git a/packages/types/src/scope.ts b/packages/types/src/scope.ts
index 1351d2ce3161..2e3030b48415 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/scope.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/scope.ts
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@ export interface Scope {
    */
   setSDKProcessingMetadata(newData: { [key: string]: unknown }): this;
 
+  /**
+   * Returns propagation context on the scope.
+   */
+  getPropagationContext(): PropagationContext;
+
   /**
    * Add propagation context to the scope, used for distributed tracing
    */
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/baggage.ts b/packages/utils/src/baggage.ts
index 406ee3adc819..7826b011744d 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/baggage.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/baggage.ts
@@ -83,8 +83,11 @@ export function baggageHeaderToDynamicSamplingContext(
  */
 export function dynamicSamplingContextToSentryBaggageHeader(
   // this also takes undefined for convenience and bundle size in other places
-  dynamicSamplingContext: Partial<DynamicSamplingContext>,
+  dynamicSamplingContext?: Partial<DynamicSamplingContext>,
 ): string | undefined {
+  if (!dynamicSamplingContext) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
   // Prefix all DSC keys with "sentry-" and put them into a new object
   const sentryPrefixedDSC = Object.entries(dynamicSamplingContext).reduce<Record<string, string>>(
     (acc, [dscKey, dscValue]) => {