diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 21d988563e8..2f76be4f52f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Query-frontend: include route name in query stats log lines. #8191
 * [ENHANCEMENT] OTLP: Speed up conversion from OTel to Mimir format by about 8% and reduce memory consumption by about 30%. Can be disabled via `-distributor.direct-otlp-translation-enabled=false` #7957
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Ingester/Querier: Optimise regexps with long lists of alternates. #8221
+* [ENHANCEMENT] Ingester: Include more detail in tracing of queries. #8242
 * [BUGFIX] Rules: improve error handling when querier is local to the ruler. #7567
 * [BUGFIX] Querier, store-gateway: Protect against panics raised during snappy encoding. #7520
 * [BUGFIX] Ingester: Prevent timely compaction of empty blocks. #7624
diff --git a/pkg/ingester/active_series.go b/pkg/ingester/active_series.go
index b8233ae7b20..dc31e0ed536 100644
--- a/pkg/ingester/active_series.go
+++ b/pkg/ingester/active_series.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/mimirpb"
 	"github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/storage/sharding"
 	"github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/util/spanlogger"
+	"github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/util/tracing"
 )
 
 const activeSeriesMaxSizeBytes = 1 * 1024 * 1024
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ func (i *Ingester) ActiveSeries(request *client.ActiveSeriesRequest, stream clie
 
 	spanlog, ctx := spanlogger.NewWithLogger(stream.Context(), i.logger, "Ingester.ActiveSeries")
 	defer spanlog.Finish()
+	ctx = tracing.BridgeOpenTracingToOtel(ctx)
 
 	userID, err := tenant.TenantID(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/ingester/ingester.go b/pkg/ingester/ingester.go
index 240bee2cc6d..f62171d9995 100644
--- a/pkg/ingester/ingester.go
+++ b/pkg/ingester/ingester.go
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ import (
 	util_math "github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/util/math"
 	"github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/util/shutdownmarker"
 	"github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/util/spanlogger"
+	"github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/util/tracing"
 	"github.com/grafana/mimir/pkg/util/validation"
 )
 
@@ -1550,6 +1551,7 @@ func (i *Ingester) QueryExemplars(ctx context.Context, req *client.ExemplarQuery
 
 	spanlog, ctx := spanlogger.NewWithLogger(ctx, i.logger, "Ingester.QueryExemplars")
 	defer spanlog.Finish()
+	ctx = tracing.BridgeOpenTracingToOtel(ctx)
 
 	userID, err := tenant.TenantID(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1996,6 +1998,7 @@ func (i *Ingester) QueryStream(req *client.QueryRequest, stream client.Ingester_
 
 	spanlog, ctx := spanlogger.NewWithLogger(stream.Context(), i.logger, "Ingester.QueryStream")
 	defer spanlog.Finish()
+	ctx = tracing.BridgeOpenTracingToOtel(ctx)
 
 	userID, err := tenant.TenantID(ctx)
 	if err != nil {