diff --git a/ocaml/sdk-gen/csharp/autogen/src/JsonRpc.cs b/ocaml/sdk-gen/csharp/autogen/src/JsonRpc.cs
index 5a4f78e38fa..71eb59797a0 100644
--- a/ocaml/sdk-gen/csharp/autogen/src/JsonRpc.cs
+++ b/ocaml/sdk-gen/csharp/autogen/src/JsonRpc.cs
@@ -337,6 +337,23 @@ protected virtual void PerformPostRequest(Stream postStream, Stream responseStre
                     webRequest.Headers.Add(header.Key, header.Value);
             }
 
+#if (NET462_OR_GREATER || NETSTANDARD2_0_OR_GREATER)
+            // propagate W3C traceparent and tracestate
+            // HttpClient would do this automatically on .NET 5,
+            // and .NET 6 would provide even more control over this: https://blog.ladeak.net/posts/opentelemetry-net6-httpclient
+            // the caller must ensure that the activity is in W3C format (by inheritance or direc setting)
+            var activity = Activity.Current;
+            if (activity != null && activity.IdFormat == ActivityIdFormat.W3C)
+            {
+                webRequest.Headers.Add("traceparent", activity.Id);
+                var state = activity.TraceStateString;
+                if (state?.Length > 0)
+                {
+                    webRequest.Headers.Add("tracestate", state);
+                }
+            }
+#endif
+
             using (var str = webRequest.GetRequestStream())
             {
                 postStream.CopyTo(str);