diff --git a/airlock/views/workspace.py b/airlock/views/workspace.py
index ab57f64e0..ab580ce8a 100644
--- a/airlock/views/workspace.py
+++ b/airlock/views/workspace.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.views.decorators.http import require_http_methods
 from django.views.decorators.vary import vary_on_headers
+from opentelemetry import trace
 
 from airlock.business_logic import RequestFileType, UrlPath, bll
 from airlock.file_browser_api import get_workspace_tree
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@
 from .helpers import get_path_item_from_tree_or_404, get_workspace_or_raise, serve_file
 
 
+tracer = trace.get_tracer_provider().get_tracer(__name__)
+
+
 def grouped_workspaces(workspaces):
     workspaces_by_project = defaultdict(list)
     for workspace in workspaces:
@@ -43,7 +47,8 @@ def workspace_view(request, workspace_name: str, path: str = ""):
         template = "file_browser/contents.html"
         selected_only = True
 
-    tree = get_workspace_tree(workspace, path, selected_only)
+    with tracer.start_as_current_span("build_workspace_tree") as _span:
+        tree = get_workspace_tree(workspace, path, selected_only)
 
     path_item = get_path_item_from_tree_or_404(tree, path)
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/views/test_workspace.py b/tests/integration/views/test_workspace.py
index 0c4186193..f2ddafbc2 100644
--- a/tests/integration/views/test_workspace.py
+++ b/tests/integration/views/test_workspace.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 from airlock.business_logic import RequestFileType, UrlPath
 from tests import factories
+from tests.conftest import get_trace
 
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
@@ -22,6 +23,12 @@ def test_workspace_view(airlock_client):
     assert "file.txt" in response.rendered_content
     assert "release-request-button" not in response.rendered_content
 
+    traces = get_trace()
+    # We have one trace in this view, for the workspace tree
+    assert len(traces) == 1
+    trace = traces[0]
+    assert trace.name == "build_workspace_tree"
+
 
 def test_workspace_view_with_existing_request_for_user(airlock_client):
     user = factories.create_user(output_checker=True)