diff --git a/services/thumbnails/pkg/command/server.go b/services/thumbnails/pkg/command/server.go
index d0ec65fd7..6e32f7fbe 100644
--- a/services/thumbnails/pkg/command/server.go
+++ b/services/thumbnails/pkg/command/server.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/oklog/run"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/config/configlog"
 	ogrpc "github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/service/grpc"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/tracing"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/version"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/thumbnails/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/thumbnails/pkg/config/parser"
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/thumbnails/pkg/server/debug"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/thumbnails/pkg/server/grpc"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/thumbnails/pkg/server/http"
-	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/thumbnails/pkg/tracing"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
 
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ func Server(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 		},
 		Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
 			logger := logging.Configure(cfg.Service.Name, cfg.Log)
-			err := tracing.Configure(cfg)
+
+			traceProvider, err := tracing.GetServiceTraceProvider(cfg.Tracing, cfg.Service.Name)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ func Server(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 				grpc.Namespace(cfg.GRPC.Namespace),
 				grpc.Address(cfg.GRPC.Addr),
 				grpc.Metrics(metrics),
+				grpc.TraceProvider(traceProvider),
 			)
 
 			gr.Add(service.Run, func(_ error) {
@@ -77,7 +79,6 @@ func Server(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 				debug.Logger(logger),
 				debug.Config(cfg),
 			)
-
 			if err != nil {
 				logger.Info().Err(err).Str("transport", "debug").Msg("Failed to initialize server")
 				return err
@@ -95,7 +96,6 @@ func Server(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 				http.Metrics(metrics),
 				http.Namespace(cfg.HTTP.Namespace),
 			)
-
 			if err != nil {
 				logger.Info().
 					Err(err).
diff --git a/services/thumbnails/pkg/config/tracing.go b/services/thumbnails/pkg/config/tracing.go
index 82ca1c6dc..304ab143e 100644
--- a/services/thumbnails/pkg/config/tracing.go
+++ b/services/thumbnails/pkg/config/tracing.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package config
 
+import "github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/tracing"
+
 // Tracing defines the available tracing configuration.
 type Tracing struct {
 	Enabled   bool   `yaml:"enabled" env:"OCIS_TRACING_ENABLED;THUMBNAILS_TRACING_ENABLED" desc:"Activates tracing."`
@@ -7,3 +9,13 @@ type Tracing struct {
 	Endpoint  string `yaml:"endpoint" env:"OCIS_TRACING_ENDPOINT;THUMBNAILS_TRACING_ENDPOINT" desc:"The endpoint of the tracing agent."`
 	Collector string `yaml:"collector" env:"OCIS_TRACING_COLLECTOR;THUMBNAILS_TRACING_COLLECTOR" desc:"The HTTP endpoint for sending spans directly to a collector, i.e. http://jaeger-collector:14268/api/traces. Only used if the tracing endpoint is unset."`
 }
+
+// Convert Tracing to the tracing package's Config struct.
+func (t Tracing) Convert() tracing.Config {
+	return tracing.Config{
+		Enabled:   t.Enabled,
+		Type:      t.Type,
+		Endpoint:  t.Endpoint,
+		Collector: t.Collector,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/services/thumbnails/pkg/server/grpc/option.go b/services/thumbnails/pkg/server/grpc/option.go
index ede5c1207..1b858c835 100644
--- a/services/thumbnails/pkg/server/grpc/option.go
+++ b/services/thumbnails/pkg/server/grpc/option.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/thumbnails/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/thumbnails/pkg/metrics"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
 // Option defines a single option function.
@@ -14,14 +15,15 @@ type Option func(o *Options)
 
 // Options defines the available options for this package.
 type Options struct {
-	Name      string
-	Address   string
-	Logger    log.Logger
-	Context   context.Context
-	Config    *config.Config
-	Metrics   *metrics.Metrics
-	Namespace string
-	Flags     []cli.Flag
+	Name          string
+	Address       string
+	Logger        log.Logger
+	Context       context.Context
+	Config        *config.Config
+	Metrics       *metrics.Metrics
+	Namespace     string
+	Flags         []cli.Flag
+	TraceProvider trace.TracerProvider
 }
 
 // newOptions initializes the available default options.
@@ -90,3 +92,10 @@ func Flags(flags []cli.Flag) Option {
 		o.Flags = append(o.Flags, flags...)
 	}
 }
+
+// TraceProvider provides a function to set the TraceProvider option
+func TraceProvider(val trace.TracerProvider) Option {
+	return func(o *Options) {
+		o.TraceProvider = val
+	}
+}
diff --git a/services/thumbnails/pkg/server/grpc/server.go b/services/thumbnails/pkg/server/grpc/server.go
index 9201aace5..270cd994c 100644
--- a/services/thumbnails/pkg/server/grpc/server.go
+++ b/services/thumbnails/pkg/server/grpc/server.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ func NewService(opts ...Option) grpc.Service {
 		grpc.Context(options.Context),
 		grpc.Flags(options.Flags...),
 		grpc.Version(version.GetString()),
+		grpc.TraceProvider(options.TraceProvider),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		options.Logger.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Error creating thumbnail service")
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ func NewService(opts ...Option) grpc.Service {
 		)
 		thumbnail = decorators.NewInstrument(thumbnail, options.Metrics)
 		thumbnail = decorators.NewLogging(thumbnail, options.Logger)
-		thumbnail = decorators.NewTracing(thumbnail)
+		thumbnail = decorators.NewTracing(thumbnail, options.TraceProvider)
 	}
 
 	_ = thumbnailssvc.RegisterThumbnailServiceHandler(
diff --git a/services/thumbnails/pkg/service/grpc/v0/decorators/tracing.go b/services/thumbnails/pkg/service/grpc/v0/decorators/tracing.go
index 636143d96..f34166e3e 100644
--- a/services/thumbnails/pkg/service/grpc/v0/decorators/tracing.go
+++ b/services/thumbnails/pkg/service/grpc/v0/decorators/tracing.go
@@ -6,27 +6,28 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 
 	thumbnailssvc "github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/protogen/gen/ocis/services/thumbnails/v0"
-	thumbnailsTracing "github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/thumbnails/pkg/tracing"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 )
 
 // NewTracing returns a service that instruments traces.
-func NewTracing(next DecoratedService) DecoratedService {
+func NewTracing(next DecoratedService, tp trace.TracerProvider) DecoratedService {
 	return tracing{
 		Decorator: Decorator{next: next},
+		tp:        tp,
 	}
 }
 
 type tracing struct {
 	Decorator
+	tp trace.TracerProvider
 }
 
 // GetThumbnail implements the ThumbnailServiceHandler interface.
 func (t tracing) GetThumbnail(ctx context.Context, req *thumbnailssvc.GetThumbnailRequest, rsp *thumbnailssvc.GetThumbnailResponse) error {
 	var span trace.Span
 
-	if thumbnailsTracing.TraceProvider != nil {
-		tracer := thumbnailsTracing.TraceProvider.Tracer("thumbnails")
+	if t.tp != nil {
+		tracer := t.tp.Tracer("thumbnails")
 		spanOpts := []trace.SpanStartOption{
 			trace.WithSpanKind(trace.SpanKindServer),
 		}
diff --git a/services/thumbnails/pkg/tracing/tracing.go b/services/thumbnails/pkg/tracing/tracing.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 984cdc95b..000000000
--- a/services/thumbnails/pkg/tracing/tracing.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-package tracing
-
-import (
-	pkgtrace "github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/tracing"
-	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/thumbnails/pkg/config"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
-)
-
-var (
-	// TraceProvider is the global trace provider for the thumbnails service.
-	TraceProvider = trace.NewNoopTracerProvider()
-)
-
-func Configure(cfg *config.Config) error {
-	var err error
-	if cfg.Tracing.Enabled {
-		if TraceProvider, err = pkgtrace.GetTraceProvider(cfg.Tracing.Endpoint, cfg.Tracing.Collector, cfg.Service.Name, cfg.Tracing.Type); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}