diff --git a/packages/interceptors-opentelemetry/src/instrumentation.ts b/packages/interceptors-opentelemetry/src/instrumentation.ts
index 833a16955..ef6ce6bff 100644
--- a/packages/interceptors-opentelemetry/src/instrumentation.ts
+++ b/packages/interceptors-opentelemetry/src/instrumentation.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ async function wrapWithSpan<T>(
 export interface InstrumentOptions<T> {
   tracer: otel.Tracer;
   spanName: string;
+  spanOptions?: otel.SpanOptions;
   fn: (span: otel.Span) => Promise<T>;
   context?: otel.Context;
   acceptableErrors?: (err: unknown) => boolean;
@@ -69,14 +70,23 @@ export interface InstrumentOptions<T> {
 export async function instrument<T>({
   tracer,
   spanName,
+  spanOptions = {},
   fn,
   context,
   acceptableErrors,
 }: InstrumentOptions<T>): Promise<T> {
   if (context) {
     return await otel.context.with(context, async () => {
-      return await tracer.startActiveSpan(spanName, async (span) => await wrapWithSpan(span, fn, acceptableErrors));
+      return await tracer.startActiveSpan(
+        spanName,
+        spanOptions,
+        async (span) => await wrapWithSpan(span, fn, acceptableErrors)
+      );
     });
   }
-  return await tracer.startActiveSpan(spanName, async (span) => await wrapWithSpan(span, fn, acceptableErrors));
+  return await tracer.startActiveSpan(
+    spanName,
+    spanOptions,
+    async (span) => await wrapWithSpan(span, fn, acceptableErrors)
+  );
 }
diff --git a/packages/interceptors-opentelemetry/src/worker/index.ts b/packages/interceptors-opentelemetry/src/worker/index.ts
index fb9c035ef..a820d65a3 100644
--- a/packages/interceptors-opentelemetry/src/worker/index.ts
+++ b/packages/interceptors-opentelemetry/src/worker/index.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,13 @@ export class OpenTelemetryActivityInboundInterceptor implements ActivityInboundC
   async execute(input: ActivityExecuteInput, next: Next<ActivityInboundCallsInterceptor, 'execute'>): Promise<unknown> {
     const context = await extractContextFromHeaders(input.headers);
     const spanName = `${SpanName.ACTIVITY_EXECUTE}${SPAN_DELIMITER}${this.ctx.info.activityType}`;
-    return await instrument({ tracer: this.tracer, spanName, fn: () => next(input), context });
+    return await instrument({
+      tracer: this.tracer,
+      spanName,
+      spanOptions: { attributes: { 'messaging.system': 'temporal' }, kind: otel.SpanKind.CONSUMER },
+      fn: () => next(input),
+      context,
+    });
   }
 }