diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/TraceView/components/TraceTimelineViewer/SpanDetail/index.test.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/TraceView/components/TraceTimelineViewer/SpanDetail/index.test.tsx
index 9b382bff768..f65d347c241 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/TraceView/components/TraceTimelineViewer/SpanDetail/index.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/TraceView/components/TraceTimelineViewer/SpanDetail/index.test.tsx
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ describe('<SpanDetail>', () => {
   it('renders deep link URL', () => {
     render(<SpanDetail {...(props as unknown as SpanDetailProps)} />);
     expect(screen.getByTestId('share-span-button')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText('test-spanID')).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
   it('renders the flame graph', async () => {
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/TraceView/components/TraceTimelineViewer/SpanDetail/index.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/TraceView/components/TraceTimelineViewer/SpanDetail/index.tsx
index 4550f310064..19ddc677310 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/TraceView/components/TraceTimelineViewer/SpanDetail/index.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/TraceView/components/TraceTimelineViewer/SpanDetail/index.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-import { css } from '@emotion/css';
+import { css, cx } from '@emotion/css';
 import { SpanStatusCode } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import { t } from '@grafana/i18n';
 import { TraceToProfilesOptions } from '@grafana/o11y-ds-frontend';
 import { usePluginLinks } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { TimeZone } from '@grafana/schema';
-import { useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Icon, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 
 import { pyroscopeProfileIdTagKey } from '../../../createSpanLink';
 import { autoColor } from '../../Theme';
@@ -174,6 +174,23 @@ const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
       gap: '10px',
       marginBottom: theme.spacing(2),
     }),
+    debugInfo: css({
+      label: 'debugInfo',
+      display: 'block',
+      letterSpacing: '0.25px',
+      margin: '0.5em 0 -0.75em',
+      textAlign: 'right',
+    }),
+    debugLabel: css({
+      label: 'debugLabel',
+      '&::before': {
+        color: autoColor(theme, '#bbb'),
+        content: 'attr(data-label)',
+      },
+    }),
+    LinkIcon: css({
+      fontSize: '1.5em',
+    }),
   };
 };
 
@@ -350,7 +367,7 @@ export default function SpanDetail(props: SpanDetailProps) {
     app,
   });
 
-  const focusSpanLink = createFocusSpanLink(traceID, spanID);
+  const { interpolatedParams, ...focusSpanLink } = createFocusSpanLink(traceID, spanID);
   const resourceLinksGetter = useResourceAttributesExtensionLinks({
     process,
     spanTags: tags,
@@ -455,6 +472,30 @@ export default function SpanDetail(props: SpanDetailProps) {
             traceName={traceName}
           />
         )}
+
+        <small className={styles.debugInfo}>
+          {/* TODO: fix keyboard a11y */}
+          {/* eslint-disable-next-line jsx-a11y/click-events-have-key-events, jsx-a11y/no-static-element-interactions */}
+          <a
+            {...focusSpanLink}
+            onClick={(e) => {
+              // click handling logic copied from react router:
+              // https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/blob/997b4d67e506d39ac6571cb369d6d2d6b3dda557/packages/react-router-dom/index.tsx#L392-L394s
+              if (
+                focusSpanLink.onClick &&
+                e.button === 0 && // Ignore everything but left clicks
+                (!e.currentTarget.target || e.currentTarget.target === '_self') && // Let browser handle "target=_blank" etc.
+                !(e.metaKey || e.altKey || e.ctrlKey || e.shiftKey) // Ignore clicks with modifier keys
+              ) {
+                e.preventDefault();
+                focusSpanLink.onClick(e);
+              }
+            }}
+          >
+            <Icon name={'link'} className={cx(alignIcon, styles.LinkIcon)}></Icon>
+          </a>
+          <span className={styles.debugLabel} data-label="SpanID:" /> {spanID}
+        </small>
       </div>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/TraceView/components/TraceTimelineViewer/SpanDetailRow.test.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/TraceView/components/TraceTimelineViewer/SpanDetailRow.test.tsx
index 629e6da37c5..c4c94b9b102 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/TraceView/components/TraceTimelineViewer/SpanDetailRow.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/TraceView/components/TraceTimelineViewer/SpanDetailRow.test.tsx
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ const setup = (propOverrides?: SpanDetailRowProps) => {
     logItemToggle: jest.fn(),
     logsToggle: jest.fn(),
     processToggle: jest.fn(),
-    createFocusSpanLink: jest.fn(),
+    createFocusSpanLink: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({}),
     hoverIndentGuideIds: new Map(),
     span: testSpan,
     tagsToggle: jest.fn(),