diff --git a/instrumentation/annotations/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/auto/instrumentation/traceannotation/TraceDecorator.java b/instrumentation/annotations/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/auto/instrumentation/traceannotation/TraceDecorator.java
index 86f1663bbd..29677e23d4 100644
--- a/instrumentation/annotations/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/auto/instrumentation/traceannotation/TraceDecorator.java
+++ b/instrumentation/annotations/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/auto/instrumentation/traceannotation/TraceDecorator.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package io.opentelemetry.auto.instrumentation.traceannotation;
 import io.opentelemetry.OpenTelemetry;
 import io.opentelemetry.auto.bootstrap.instrumentation.decorator.BaseDecorator;
 import io.opentelemetry.extensions.auto.annotations.WithSpan;
+import io.opentelemetry.trace.Span;
+import io.opentelemetry.trace.Span.Kind;
 import io.opentelemetry.trace.Tracer;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 
@@ -42,4 +44,9 @@ public class TraceDecorator extends BaseDecorator {
 
     return spanNameForMethod(method);
   }
+
+  public Span.Kind extractSpanKind(final Method method) {
+    WithSpan annotation = method.getAnnotation(WithSpan.class);
+    return annotation != null ? annotation.kind() : Kind.INTERNAL;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/instrumentation/annotations/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/auto/instrumentation/traceannotation/WithSpanAdvice.java b/instrumentation/annotations/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/auto/instrumentation/traceannotation/WithSpanAdvice.java
index d6050204b6..25d0b32006 100644
--- a/instrumentation/annotations/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/auto/instrumentation/traceannotation/WithSpanAdvice.java
+++ b/instrumentation/annotations/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/auto/instrumentation/traceannotation/WithSpanAdvice.java
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ public class WithSpanAdvice {
   @Advice.OnMethodEnter(suppress = Throwable.class)
   public static SpanWithScope onEnter(@Advice.Origin final Method method) {
     final Span span =
-        TRACER.spanBuilder(DECORATE.spanNameForMethodWithAnnotation(method)).startSpan();
+        TRACER
+            .spanBuilder(DECORATE.spanNameForMethodWithAnnotation(method))
+            .setSpanKind(DECORATE.extractSpanKind(method))
+            .startSpan();
     DECORATE.afterStart(span);
     return new SpanWithScope(span, currentContextWith(span));
   }
diff --git a/instrumentation/annotations/src/test/groovy/WithSpanInstrumentationTest.groovy b/instrumentation/annotations/src/test/groovy/WithSpanInstrumentationTest.groovy
index 5e9cbf409a..67df66e331 100644
--- a/instrumentation/annotations/src/test/groovy/WithSpanInstrumentationTest.groovy
+++ b/instrumentation/annotations/src/test/groovy/WithSpanInstrumentationTest.groovy
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.auto.test.AgentTestRunner
 import io.opentelemetry.auto.test.utils.ConfigUtils
 import io.opentelemetry.test.annotation.TracedWithSpan
+import io.opentelemetry.trace.Span
 
 /**
- * This test verifies that auto instrumentation supports {@link io.opentelemetry.contrib.auto.annotations.WithSpan} contrib annotation.
+ * This test verifies that auto instrumentation supports {@link io.opentelemetry.extensions.auto.annotations.WithSpan} contrib annotation.
  */
 class WithSpanInstrumentationTest extends AgentTestRunner {
 
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ class WithSpanInstrumentationTest extends AgentTestRunner {
       trace(0, 1) {
         span(0) {
           operationName "TracedWithSpan.otel"
+          spanKind Span.Kind.INTERNAL
           parent()
           errored false
           attributes {
@@ -75,6 +77,27 @@ class WithSpanInstrumentationTest extends AgentTestRunner {
     }
   }
 
+  def "should take span kind from annotation"() {
+    setup:
+    new TracedWithSpan().oneOfAKind()
+
+    expect:
+    assertTraces(1) {
+      trace(0, 1) {
+        span(0) {
+          operationName "TracedWithSpan.oneOfAKind"
+          spanKind Span.Kind.PRODUCER
+          parent()
+          errored false
+          attributes {
+            "providerAttr" "Otel"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+
   def "should ignore method excluded by trace.methods.exclude configuration"() {
     setup:
     new TracedWithSpan().ignored()
diff --git a/instrumentation/annotations/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/test/annotation/TracedWithSpan.java b/instrumentation/annotations/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/test/annotation/TracedWithSpan.java
index 68488e937b..dff76e5c59 100644
--- a/instrumentation/annotations/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/test/annotation/TracedWithSpan.java
+++ b/instrumentation/annotations/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/test/annotation/TracedWithSpan.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package io.opentelemetry.test.annotation;
 
 import io.opentelemetry.OpenTelemetry;
 import io.opentelemetry.extensions.auto.annotations.WithSpan;
+import io.opentelemetry.trace.Span.Kind;
 import io.opentelemetry.trace.Tracer;
 
 public class TracedWithSpan {
@@ -42,4 +43,10 @@ public class TracedWithSpan {
     TRACER.getCurrentSpan().setAttribute("providerAttr", "Otel");
     return "hello!";
   }
+
+  @WithSpan(kind = Kind.PRODUCER)
+  public String oneOfAKind() {
+    TRACER.getCurrentSpan().setAttribute("providerAttr", "Otel");
+    return "hello!";
+  }
 }