diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/builder/helper.go b/pkg/apiserver/builder/helper.go
index f41626e2e2a..e42614687b1 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/builder/helper.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/builder/helper.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	genericapiserver "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/openapi"
 	k8sscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
+	k8stracing "k8s.io/component-base/tracing"
 	"k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/common"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apiserver/endpoints/filters"
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ func SetupConfig(
 
 		handler := genericapiserver.DefaultBuildHandlerChain(requestHandler, c)
 		handler = filters.WithAcceptHeader(handler)
+		handler = k8stracing.WithTracing(handler, serverConfig.TracerProvider, "grafana-apiserver")
 
 		return handler
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/services/apiserver/standalone/options/tracing.go b/pkg/services/apiserver/standalone/options/tracing.go
index a330c7aec26..3a532a67428 100644
--- a/pkg/services/apiserver/standalone/options/tracing.go
+++ b/pkg/services/apiserver/standalone/options/tracing.go
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
+	genericfeatures "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/features"
 	genericapiserver "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server"
+	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
+	k8stracing "k8s.io/component-base/tracing"
 )
 
 type TracingOptions struct {
@@ -69,6 +72,12 @@ func (o *TracingOptions) Validate() []error {
 }
 
 func (o *TracingOptions) ApplyTo(config *genericapiserver.RecommendedConfig) error {
+	if err := utilfeature.DefaultMutableFeatureGate.SetFromMap(map[string]bool{
+		string(genericfeatures.APIServerTracing): false,
+	}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	tracingCfg := tracing.NewEmptyTracingConfig()
 	var err error
 
@@ -103,6 +112,10 @@ func (o *TracingOptions) ApplyTo(config *genericapiserver.RecommendedConfig) err
 	o.TracingService = ts
 	config.TracerProvider = ts.GetTracerProvider()
 
+	if config.LoopbackClientConfig != nil {
+		config.LoopbackClientConfig.Wrap(k8stracing.WrapperFor(config.TracerProvider))
+	}
+
 	config.AddPostStartHookOrDie("grafana-tracing-service", func(hookCtx genericapiserver.PostStartHookContext) error {
 		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())