diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jakarta-ws-annotations/build.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jakarta-ws-annotations/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..50d4514d644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jakarta-ws-annotations/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+
+muzzle {
+  pass {
+    group = "jakarta.jws"
+    module = "jakarta.jws-api"
+    versions = "[3.0.0,]"
+  }
+}
+
+apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+
+addTestSuiteForDir('latestDepTest', 'test')
+
+dependencies {
+  // todo correct version non rs
+  compileOnly group: 'jakarta.jws', name: 'jakarta.jws-api', version: '3.0.0'
+
+  //todo also make jakarta
+  testImplementation group: 'jakarta.jws', name: 'jakarta.jws-api', version: '3.0.0'
+  latestDepTestImplementation group: 'jakarta.jws', name: 'jakarta.jws-api', version: '+'
+}
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jakarta-ws-annotations/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/jakartaws/WebServiceDecorator.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jakarta-ws-annotations/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/jakartaws/WebServiceDecorator.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1364b4b6536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jakarta-ws-annotations/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/jakartaws/WebServiceDecorator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package datadog.trace.instrumentation.jakartaws;
+
+import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentSpan;
+import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.InternalSpanTypes;
+import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.UTF8BytesString;
+import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.decorator.BaseDecorator;
+
+public class WebServiceDecorator extends BaseDecorator {
+  public static final WebServiceDecorator DECORATE = new WebServiceDecorator();
+
+  public static final CharSequence JAKARTA_WS_REQUEST =
+      UTF8BytesString.create("jakarta-ws.request");
+  public static final CharSequence JAKARTA_WS_ENDPOINT =
+      UTF8BytesString.create("jakarta-ws-endpoint");
+
+  private WebServiceDecorator() {}
+
+  @Override
+  protected String[] instrumentationNames() {
+    return new String[] {"jakarta-ws"};
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected CharSequence spanType() {
+    return InternalSpanTypes.SOAP;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected CharSequence component() {
+    return JAKARTA_WS_ENDPOINT;
+  }
+
+  public void onJakartaWsSpan(final AgentSpan span, final Class<?> target, final String method) {
+    span.setResourceName(spanNameForMethod(target, method));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jakarta-ws-annotations/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/jakartaws/WebServiceInstrumentation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jakarta-ws-annotations/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/jakartaws/WebServiceInstrumentation.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ff5f9de2e6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jakarta-ws-annotations/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/jakartaws/WebServiceInstrumentation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+package datadog.trace.instrumentation.jakartaws;
+
+import static datadog.trace.agent.tooling.bytebuddy.matcher.HierarchyMatchers.declaresAnnotation;
+import static datadog.trace.agent.tooling.bytebuddy.matcher.HierarchyMatchers.hasSuperMethod;
+import static datadog.trace.agent.tooling.bytebuddy.matcher.HierarchyMatchers.hasSuperType;
+import static datadog.trace.agent.tooling.bytebuddy.matcher.NameMatchers.named;
+import static datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentTracer.activateSpan;
+import static datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentTracer.startSpan;
+import static datadog.trace.instrumentation.jakartaws.WebServiceDecorator.DECORATE;
+import static datadog.trace.instrumentation.jakartaws.WebServiceDecorator.JAKARTA_WS_REQUEST;
+import static net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatchers.isDeclaredBy;
+import static net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatchers.isMethod;
+import static net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatchers.isPublic;
+import static net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatchers.isStatic;
+import static net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatchers.not;
+
+import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
+import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.Instrumenter;
+import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.InstrumenterModule;
+import datadog.trace.bootstrap.CallDepthThreadLocalMap;
+import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentScope;
+import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentSpan;
+import jakarta.jws.WebService;
+import net.bytebuddy.asm.Advice;
+import net.bytebuddy.description.type.TypeDescription;
+import net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatcher;
+
+@AutoService(InstrumenterModule.class)
+public final class WebServiceInstrumentation extends InstrumenterModule.Tracing
+    implements Instrumenter.ForBootstrap, Instrumenter.ForTypeHierarchy {
+  private static final String WEB_SERVICE_ANNOTATION_NAME = "jakarta.jws.WebService";
+
+  public WebServiceInstrumentation() {
+    super("jakarta-ws");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String hierarchyMarkerType() {
+    return null; // bootstrap type
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ElementMatcher<TypeDescription> hierarchyMatcher() {
+    return hasSuperType(declaresAnnotation(named(WEB_SERVICE_ANNOTATION_NAME)));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String[] helperClassNames() {
+    return new String[] {
+      packageName + ".WebServiceDecorator",
+    };
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void methodAdvice(MethodTransformer transformer) {
+    transformer.applyAdvice(
+        isMethod()
+            .and(isPublic())
+            .and(not(isStatic()))
+            .and(
+                hasSuperMethod(
+                    isDeclaredBy(declaresAnnotation(named(WEB_SERVICE_ANNOTATION_NAME))))),
+        getClass().getName() + "$InvokeAdvice");
+  }
+
+  public static final class InvokeAdvice {
+
+    @Advice.OnMethodEnter(suppress = Throwable.class)
+    public static AgentScope beginRequest(
+        @Advice.This Object thiz, @Advice.Origin("#m") String method) {
+      final int callDepth = CallDepthThreadLocalMap.incrementCallDepth(WebService.class);
+      if (callDepth > 0) {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      AgentSpan span = startSpan(JAKARTA_WS_REQUEST);
+      span.setMeasured(true);
+      DECORATE.onJakartaWsSpan(span, thiz.getClass(), method);
+      DECORATE.afterStart(span);
+      return activateSpan(span);
+    }
+
+    @Advice.OnMethodExit(onThrowable = Throwable.class, suppress = Throwable.class)
+    public static void finishRequest(
+        @Advice.Enter final AgentScope scope, @Advice.Thrown final Throwable error) {
+      if (null == scope) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      CallDepthThreadLocalMap.reset(WebService.class);
+
+      AgentSpan span = scope.span();
+      if (null != error) {
+        DECORATE.onError(span, error);
+      }
+      DECORATE.beforeFinish(span);
+      scope.close();
+      span.finish();
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jakarta-ws-annotations/src/test/groovy/WebServiceTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jakarta-ws-annotations/src/test/groovy/WebServiceTest.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b34d15fff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jakarta-ws-annotations/src/test/groovy/WebServiceTest.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+import datadog.trace.agent.test.AgentTestRunner
+import datadog.trace.api.DDSpanTypes
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail
+
+class WebServiceTest extends AgentTestRunner {
+
+  def "test successful interface request is traced"() {
+    when:
+    new TestService1Impl().send("success")
+
+    then:
+    assertTraces(1) {
+      trace(1) {
+        span {
+          operationName "jakarta-ws.request"
+          resourceName "TestService1Impl.send"
+          spanType DDSpanTypes.SOAP
+          errored false
+          parent()
+          tags {
+            "component" "jakarta-ws-endpoint"
+            defaultTags()
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  def "test successful class request is traced"() {
+    when:
+    new TestService2().send("success")
+
+    then:
+    assertTraces(1) {
+      trace(1) {
+        span {
+          operationName "jakarta-ws.request"
+          resourceName "TestService2.send"
+          spanType DDSpanTypes.SOAP
+          errored false
+          parent()
+          tags {
+            "component" "jakarta-ws-endpoint"
+            defaultTags()
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  def "test failing interface request is traced"() {
+    when:
+    try {
+      new TestService1Impl().send("fail")
+      fail("expected exception")
+    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+      // expected
+    }
+
+    then:
+    assertTraces(1) {
+      trace(1) {
+        span {
+          operationName "jakarta-ws.request"
+          resourceName "TestService1Impl.send"
+          spanType DDSpanTypes.SOAP
+          errored true
+          parent()
+          tags {
+            "component" "jakarta-ws-endpoint"
+            "error.message" "bad request"
+            "error.type" IllegalArgumentException.name
+            "error.stack" String
+            defaultTags()
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  def "test failing class request is traced"() {
+    when:
+    try {
+      new TestService2().send("fail")
+      fail("expected exception")
+    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+      // expected
+    }
+
+    then:
+    assertTraces(1) {
+      trace(1) {
+        span {
+          operationName "jakarta-ws.request"
+          resourceName "TestService2.send"
+          spanType DDSpanTypes.SOAP
+          errored true
+          parent()
+          tags {
+            "component" "jakarta-ws-endpoint"
+            "error.message" "bad request"
+            "error.type" IllegalArgumentException.name
+            "error.stack" String
+            defaultTags()
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  def "test other methods are not traced"() {
+    when:
+    new TestService1Impl().random()
+    new TestService2().random()
+
+    then:
+    assertTraces(0) {}
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jakarta-ws-annotations/src/test/java/TestService1.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jakarta-ws-annotations/src/test/java/TestService1.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e46ca7e6b43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jakarta-ws-annotations/src/test/java/TestService1.java
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import jakarta.jws.WebService;
+
+@WebService
+public interface TestService1 {
+  String send(String message);
+}
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jakarta-ws-annotations/src/test/java/TestService1Impl.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jakarta-ws-annotations/src/test/java/TestService1Impl.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d564aa3bc92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jakarta-ws-annotations/src/test/java/TestService1Impl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+public class TestService1Impl implements TestService1 {
+  @Override
+  public String send(final String request) {
+    if ("fail".equals(request)) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("bad request");
+    }
+    return random();
+  }
+
+  public String random() {
+    return Double.toHexString(Math.random());
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jakarta-ws-annotations/src/test/java/TestService2.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jakarta-ws-annotations/src/test/java/TestService2.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3510db5c05c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/jakarta-ws-annotations/src/test/java/TestService2.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import jakarta.jws.WebService;
+
+@WebService
+public class TestService2 {
+  public String send(final String request) {
+    if ("fail".equals(request)) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("bad request");
+    }
+    return random();
+  }
+
+  protected String random() {
+    return Double.toHexString(Math.random());
+  }
+}
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index fd85c4210f6..6e6bb98a524 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ include ':dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jackson-core:jackson-core-2.16'
 include ':dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jacoco'
 include ':dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jakarta-jms'
 include ':dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jakarta-rs-annotations-3'
+include ':dd-java-agent:instrumentation:jakarta-ws-annotations'
 include ':dd-java-agent:instrumentation:java-concurrent'
 include ':dd-java-agent:instrumentation:java-concurrent:java-completablefuture'
 include ':dd-java-agent:instrumentation:java-concurrent:java-concurrent-21'