diff --git a/core/generator/gapic-generator-typescript/templates/cjs/typescript_gapic/src/$version/$service_client.ts.njk b/core/generator/gapic-generator-typescript/templates/cjs/typescript_gapic/src/$version/$service_client.ts.njk
index 90553e89770f..6b15efaa0cb9 100644
--- a/core/generator/gapic-generator-typescript/templates/cjs/typescript_gapic/src/$version/$service_client.ts.njk
+++ b/core/generator/gapic-generator-typescript/templates/cjs/typescript_gapic/src/$version/$service_client.ts.njk
@@ -197,6 +197,15 @@ export class {{ service.name }}Client {
     }
     {%- endif %}
 
+    {%- if api.enableTelemetryTracing %}
+      opts.internalTelemetryInfo = {
+        gcpClientService: '{{ api.loggingName }}',
+        gcpClientVersion: '{{ api.naming.version }}',
+        gcpRepo: 'googleapis/google-cloud-node',
+        gcpArtifact: '{{ api.publishName }}',
+      }
+    {%- endif %}
+
     // Choose either gRPC or proto-over-HTTP implementation of google-gax.
     this._gaxModule = {% if not api.legacyProtoLoad %}opts.fallback ? gaxInstance.fallback : gaxInstance{% else %}gax{% endif %};
 
diff --git a/core/generator/gapic-generator-typescript/templates/esm/typescript_gapic/esm/src/$version/$service_client.ts.njk b/core/generator/gapic-generator-typescript/templates/esm/typescript_gapic/esm/src/$version/$service_client.ts.njk
index e505db0eef11..886198d4e43d 100644
--- a/core/generator/gapic-generator-typescript/templates/esm/typescript_gapic/esm/src/$version/$service_client.ts.njk
+++ b/core/generator/gapic-generator-typescript/templates/esm/typescript_gapic/esm/src/$version/$service_client.ts.njk
@@ -203,6 +203,15 @@ export class {{ service.name }}Client {
       gaxInstance = gax as typeof gax;
     }
     {%- endif %}
+    
+    {%- if api.enableTelemetryTracing %}
+      opts.internalTelemetryInfo = {
+        gcpClientService: '{{ api.loggingName }}',
+        gcpClientVersion: '{{ api.naming.version }}',
+        gcpRepo: 'googleapis/google-cloud-node',
+        gcpArtifact: '{{ api.publishName }}',
+      }
+    {%- endif %}
 
     // Choose either gRPC or proto-over-HTTP implementation of google-gax.
     this._gaxModule = {% if not api.legacyProtoLoad %}opts.fallback ? gaxInstance.fallback : gaxInstance{% else %}gax{% endif %};
diff --git a/core/packages/gax/src/clientInterface.ts b/core/packages/gax/src/clientInterface.ts
index b9f3bd8b8e9c..165626715867 100644
--- a/core/packages/gax/src/clientInterface.ts
+++ b/core/packages/gax/src/clientInterface.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ export interface ClientOptions
   // No preference; exception will be thrown if both are set to different values.
   universeDomain?: string;
   universe_domain?: string;
+  enableTelemetryTracing?: boolean;
+  internalTelemetryInfo?: InternalTelemetry;
 }
 
 export interface Descriptors {
@@ -93,3 +95,10 @@ export interface PaginationResponse<
   nextPageRequest?: RequestObject;
   rawResponse?: ResponseObject;
 }
+
+export interface InternalTelemetry {
+  gcpClientService?: string;
+  gcpVersion?: string;
+  gcpRepo?: string;
+  gcpArtifact?: string;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/packages/gax/src/createApiCall.ts b/core/packages/gax/src/createApiCall.ts
index b3fdee987a6d..5c71300866a0 100644
--- a/core/packages/gax/src/createApiCall.ts
+++ b/core/packages/gax/src/createApiCall.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  * Provides function wrappers that implement page streaming and retrying.
  */
 
+import { ClientOptions } from './clientInterface';
 import {createAPICaller} from './apiCaller';
 import {
   APICallback,
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ import {
   RequestType,
   SimpleCallbackFunction,
 } from './apitypes';
+import { ClientOptions } from './clientInterface';
 import {Descriptor} from './descriptor';
 import {CallOptions, CallSettings, convertRetryOptions} from './gax';
 import {retryable} from './normalCalls/retries';
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ export function createApiCall(
   descriptor?: Descriptor,
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
   _fallback?: boolean | 'proto' | 'rest', // unused here, used in fallback.ts implementation
+  clientOptions?: ClientOptions
 ): GaxCall {
   // we want to be able to accept both promise resolving to a function and a
   // function. Currently client librares are only calling this method with a
@@ -67,7 +70,12 @@ export function createApiCall(
   // the following apiCaller will be used for all calls of this function...
   const apiCaller = createAPICaller(settings, descriptor);
 
-  return (
+  // Check if telemetry tracing is enabled and also check if internal telemetry information has been passed through the templates
+  const tracingEnabled =
+    clientOptions?.enableTelemetryTracing &&
+    process.env.GOOGLE_SDK_NODE_EXPERIMENTAL_O11Y_ENABLED &&
+    clientOptions?.internalTelemetryInfo !== undefined;
+  const invokeCall = (
     request: RequestType,
     callOptions?: CallOptions,
     callback?: APICallback,
@@ -164,4 +172,12 @@ export function createApiCall(
     // or to cancel the ongoing call.
     return currentApiCaller.result(ongoingCall);
   };
+
+  if (tracingEnabled) {
+    console.log('tracing enabled');
+    return invokeCall;
+  } else {
+    console.log('tracing disabled');
+    return invokeCall;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/core/packages/gax/src/observability/TracerHelper.ts b/core/packages/gax/src/observability/TracerHelper.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9e6173317623
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/packages/gax/src/observability/TracerHelper.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { context, trace, Tracer } from `@opentelemetry/api`;
+import * as grpc from '@grpc/grpc-js';
+
+export interface StaticTraceContext {
+  gcpClientService?: string;
+  gcpVersion?: string;
+  gcpRepo?: string;
+  gcpArtifact?: string;
+}
+
+export interface DynamicTraceContext {
+  clientName: string;
+  methodName: string;
+  rpcType: 'grpc' | 'http';
+}
+
+export function getGaxTracer(): Tracer {
+  return trace.getTracer('google-gax');
+}
+
+export async function traceAttempt() { }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/packages/gax/test/unit/apiCallable.ts b/core/packages/gax/test/unit/apiCallable.ts
index f341ec12f01f..71a32712445f 100644
--- a/core/packages/gax/test/unit/apiCallable.ts
+++ b/core/packages/gax/test/unit/apiCallable.ts
@@ -329,6 +329,30 @@ describe('createApiCall', () => {
       );
     }
   });
+
+  describe('in regards to OpenTelemetry Tracing', () => {
+    let consoleSpy: sinon.SinonSpy;
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      consoleSpy = sinon.spy(console, 'log');
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      consoleSpy.restore();
+      delete process.env.GOOGLE_SDK_NODE_EXPERIMENTAL_O11Y_ENABLED;
+    });
+
+    it('logs "tracing enabled" when GOOGLE_SDK_NODE_EXPERIMENTAL_O11Y_ENABLED and ClientOptions field is set', () => {
+      process.env.GOOGLE_SDK_NODE_EXPERIMENTAL_O11Y_ENABLED = 'true';
+      const mockClientOptions = { enableTelemetryTracing: true };
+      createApiCall(() => { }, { clientOptions: mockClientOptions });
+      assert(consoleSpy.calledWith('tracing enabled'));
+    });
+
+    it('logs "tracing disabled" when GOOGLE_SDK_NODE_EXPERIMENTAL_O11Y_ENABLED is not set', () => {
+      createApiCall(() => { });
+      assert(consoleSpy.calledWith('tracing disabled'));
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 describe('Promise', () => {
diff --git a/core/packages/gax/test/unit/utils.ts b/core/packages/gax/test/unit/utils.ts
index 81440541a1fb..9b1f80177332 100644
--- a/core/packages/gax/test/unit/utils.ts
+++ b/core/packages/gax/test/unit/utils.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import {GaxCallPromise} from '../../src/apitypes';
 import {createApiCall as realCreateApiCall} from '../../src/createApiCall';
+import {ClientOptions} from '../../src/clientInterface';
 import * as gax from '../../src/gax';
 import {GoogleError} from '../../src/googleError';
 import {Descriptor} from '../../src/descriptor';
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ export interface Options {
   returnCancelFunc?: boolean;
   cancel?: Function;
   deadline?: string;
+  clientOptions?: ClientOptions;
 }
 
 export function createApiCall(func: Function, opts?: Options) {
@@ -78,6 +80,8 @@ export function createApiCall(func: Function, opts?: Options) {
     }),
     settings,
     descriptor,
+    undefined,
+    opts?.clientOptions,
   ) as GaxCallPromise;
 }