diff --git a/task/activity.go b/task/activity.go
index 56bd2f9..47eba9a 100644
--- a/task/activity.go
+++ b/task/activity.go
@@ -107,12 +107,14 @@ type ActivityContext interface {
 	GetTaskID() int32
 	GetTaskExecutionID() string
 	Context() context.Context
+	GetTraceContext() *protos.TraceContext
 }
 
 type activityContext struct {
 	TaskID          int32
 	TaskExecutionID string
 	Name            string
+	TraceContext    *protos.TraceContext
 
 	rawInput []byte
 	ctx      context.Context
@@ -122,10 +124,12 @@ type activityContext struct {
 type Activity func(ctx ActivityContext) (any, error)
 
 func newTaskActivityContext(ctx context.Context, taskID int32, ts *protos.TaskScheduledEvent) *activityContext {
+
 	return &activityContext{
 		TaskID:          taskID,
 		TaskExecutionID: ts.TaskExecutionId,
 		Name:            ts.Name,
+		TraceContext:    ts.ParentTraceContext,
 		rawInput:        []byte(ts.Input.GetValue()),
 		ctx:             ctx,
 	}
@@ -147,3 +151,7 @@ func (actx *activityContext) GetTaskID() int32 {
 func (actx *activityContext) GetTaskExecutionID() string {
 	return actx.TaskExecutionID
 }
+
+func (actx *activityContext) GetTraceContext() *protos.TraceContext {
+	return actx.TraceContext
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/orchestrations_test.go b/tests/orchestrations_test.go
index 2403f2e..eb544d4 100644
--- a/tests/orchestrations_test.go
+++ b/tests/orchestrations_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/propagation"
 
 	"github.com/dapr/durabletask-go/api"
 	"github.com/dapr/durabletask-go/api/protos"
@@ -21,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/dapr/durabletask-go/backend/sqlite"
 	"github.com/dapr/durabletask-go/task"
 	"github.com/dapr/durabletask-go/tests/utils"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 )
 
 var tracer = otel.Tracer("orchestration-test")
@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@ func Test_SingleActivity_TaskSpan(t *testing.T) {
 		if err := ctx.GetInput(&name); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+		ctx.GetTraceContext()
 		_, childSpan := tracer.Start(ctx.Context(), "activityChild")
 		childSpan.End()
 		return fmt.Sprintf("Hello, %s!", name), nil
@@ -1544,6 +1546,72 @@ func Test_TaskExecutionId(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func Test_ActivityTraceContext(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("TraceContext is propagated in the activity context", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Registration
+		r := task.NewTaskRegistry()
+		require.NoError(t, r.AddOrchestratorN("TraceContextOrchestration", func(ctx *task.OrchestrationContext) (any, error) {
+			if err := ctx.CallActivity("ActivityWithContext", task.WithActivityRetryPolicy(&task.RetryPolicy{
+				MaxAttempts:          3,
+				InitialRetryInterval: 10 * time.Millisecond,
+			})).Await(nil); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			return nil, nil
+		}))
+
+		traceParentMap := make(map[string]string)
+		var executionId string
+		require.NoError(t, r.AddActivityN("ActivityWithContext", func(ctx task.ActivityContext) (any, error) {
+			executionId = ctx.GetTaskExecutionID()
+			tp := ctx.GetTraceContext().GetTraceParent()
+			traceParentMap[executionId] = tp
+
+			// Create a new context
+			newCtx := context.Background()
+
+			// Create a TextMapCarrier with the traceparent
+			carrier := propagation.MapCarrier{}
+			carrier.Set("traceparent", tp)
+
+			// Use the TraceContext propagator to extract the trace context
+			propagator := propagation.TraceContext{}
+			newCtx = propagator.Extract(newCtx, carrier)
+
+			_, childSpan := tracer.Start(context.Background(), "ActivityWith1Context")
+			childSpan.End()
+			return nil, nil
+		}))
+
+		// Initialization
+		ctx := context.Background()
+		exporter := utils.InitTracing()
+
+		client, worker := initTaskHubWorker(ctx, r)
+		defer worker.Shutdown(ctx)
+
+		// Run the orchestration
+		id, err := client.ScheduleNewOrchestration(ctx, "TraceContextOrchestration")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		metadata, err := client.WaitForOrchestrationCompletion(ctx, id)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		assert.Equal(t, protos.OrchestrationStatus_ORCHESTRATION_STATUS_COMPLETED, metadata.RuntimeStatus)
+		assert.NotEmpty(t, executionId)
+		assert.NotEmpty(t, traceParentMap[executionId])
+
+		// Validate the exported OTel traces include patch spans
+		spans := exporter.GetSpans().Snapshots()
+		utils.AssertSpanSequence(t, spans,
+			utils.AssertOrchestratorCreated("TraceContextOrchestration", id),
+			utils.AssertSpan("ActivityWith1Context"),
+			utils.AssertActivity("ActivityWithContext", id, 0),
+			utils.AssertOrchestratorExecuted("TraceContextOrchestration", id, "COMPLETED"),
+		)
+	})
+}
+
 func Test_OrchestrationPatching_DefaultToPatched(t *testing.T) {
 	// Registration
 	r := task.NewTaskRegistry()