diff --git a/defaults.toml b/defaults.toml
index 4e756ce..97a56ad 100644
--- a/defaults.toml
+++ b/defaults.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ concurrency = 32
 [tracing.logging]
 format = "normal"
 targets = "info"
+log_spans = false
 
 [tracing.console]
 buffer_capacity = 102400
diff --git a/src/config/commandline.rs b/src/config/commandline.rs
index 852d909..f929d3e 100644
--- a/src/config/commandline.rs
+++ b/src/config/commandline.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ impl Args {
             old_repo_cache_capacity,
             log_format,
             log_targets,
+            log_spans,
             console_address,
             console_buffer_capacity,
             opentelemetry_url,
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ impl Args {
             logging: Logging {
                 format: log_format,
                 targets: log_targets.map(Serde::new),
+                log_spans,
             },
             console: Console {
                 address: console_address,
@@ -550,6 +552,8 @@ struct Logging {
     format: Option<LogFormat>,
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     targets: Option<Serde<Targets>>,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "std::ops::Not::not")]
+    log_spans: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default, serde::Serialize)]
@@ -854,6 +858,9 @@ pub(super) struct Args {
     /// Log levels to print to stdout, respects RUST_LOG formatting
     #[arg(long)]
     log_targets: Option<Targets>,
+    /// Whether to log openning and closing of tracing spans to stdout
+    #[arg(long)]
+    log_spans: bool,
 
     /// Address and port to expose tokio-console metrics
     #[arg(long)]
diff --git a/src/config/defaults.rs b/src/config/defaults.rs
index 74f4a34..a56489a 100644
--- a/src/config/defaults.rs
+++ b/src/config/defaults.rs
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ struct TracingDefaults {
 struct LoggingDefaults {
     format: LogFormat,
     targets: Serde<Targets>,
+    log_spans: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, serde::Serialize)]
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ impl Default for LoggingDefaults {
         LoggingDefaults {
             format: LogFormat::Normal,
             targets: "info".parse().expect("Valid targets string"),
+            log_spans: false,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/config/file.rs b/src/config/file.rs
index 541baf4..bb85d95 100644
--- a/src/config/file.rs
+++ b/src/config/file.rs
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ pub(crate) struct Logging {
     pub(crate) format: LogFormat,
 
     pub(crate) targets: Serde<Targets>,
+
+    pub(crate) log_spans: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize)]
diff --git a/src/init_tracing.rs b/src/init_tracing.rs
index 6ddf7e6..bf4cd8a 100644
--- a/src/init_tracing.rs
+++ b/src/init_tracing.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ use opentelemetry_sdk::{propagation::TraceContextPropagator, Resource};
 use tracing::subscriber::set_global_default;
 use tracing_error::ErrorLayer;
 use tracing_log::LogTracer;
-use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, registry::LookupSpan, Layer, Registry};
+use tracing_subscriber::{
+    fmt::format::FmtSpan, layer::SubscriberExt, registry::LookupSpan, Layer, Registry,
+};
 
 pub(super) fn init_tracing(tracing: &Tracing) -> color_eyre::Result<()> {
     color_eyre::install()?;
@@ -15,7 +17,13 @@ pub(super) fn init_tracing(tracing: &Tracing) -> color_eyre::Result<()> {
 
     opentelemetry::global::set_text_map_propagator(TraceContextPropagator::new());
 
-    let format_layer = tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer();
+    let fmt_span = if tracing.logging.log_spans {
+        FmtSpan::NEW | FmtSpan::CLOSE
+    } else {
+        FmtSpan::NONE
+    };
+
+    let format_layer = tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer().with_span_events(fmt_span);
 
     match tracing.logging.format {
         LogFormat::Compact => with_format(format_layer.compact(), tracing),