diff --git a/api/BUILD b/api/BUILD
index e2fceae4c1b..957ac227bda 100644
--- a/api/BUILD
+++ b/api/BUILD
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+# Copyright 2019, OpenTelemetry Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 
 cc_library(
diff --git a/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/span_id.h b/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/span_id.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..74fc7393e69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/include/opentelemetry/trace/span_id.h
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// Copyright 2019, OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <cstring>
+
+#include "opentelemetry/nostd/span.h"
+
+namespace opentelemetry
+{
+namespace trace
+{
+
+class SpanId final
+{
+public:
+  // The size in bytes of the SpanId.
+  static constexpr int kSize = 8;
+
+  // An invalid SpanId (all zeros).
+  SpanId() noexcept : rep_{0} {}
+
+  // Creates a SpanId with the given ID.
+  explicit SpanId(nostd::span<const uint8_t, kSize> id) noexcept { memcpy(rep_, id.data(), kSize); }
+
+  // Populates the buffer with the lowercase base16 representation of the ID.
+  void ToLowerBase16(nostd::span<char, 2 * kSize> buffer) const noexcept
+  {
+    constexpr char kHex[] = "0123456789ABCDEF";
+    for (int i = 0; i < kSize; ++i)
+    {
+      buffer[i * 2 + 0] = kHex[(rep_[i] >> 4) & 0xF];
+      buffer[i * 2 + 1] = kHex[(rep_[i] >> 0) & 0xF];
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Returns a nostd::span of the ID.
+  nostd::span<const uint8_t, kSize> Id() const noexcept
+  {
+    return nostd::span<const uint8_t, kSize>(rep_);
+  }
+
+  bool operator==(const SpanId &that) const noexcept { return memcmp(rep_, that.rep_, kSize) == 0; }
+
+  bool operator!=(const SpanId &that) const noexcept { return !(*this == that); }
+
+  // Returns false if the SpanId is all zeros.
+  bool IsValid() const noexcept { return *this != SpanId(); }
+
+  // Copies the opaque SpanId data to dest.
+  void CopyBytesTo(nostd::span<uint8_t, kSize> dest) const noexcept
+  {
+    memcpy(dest.data(), rep_, kSize);
+  }
+
+private:
+  uint8_t rep_[kSize];
+};
+
+}  // namespace trace
+}  // namespace opentelemetry
diff --git a/api/test/trace/BUILD b/api/test/trace/BUILD
index a2228032838..2ea3261c95a 100644
--- a/api/test/trace/BUILD
+++ b/api/test/trace/BUILD
@@ -8,3 +8,14 @@ cc_test(
         "@com_google_googletest//:gtest_main",
     ],
 )
+
+cc_test(
+    name = "span_id_test",
+    srcs = [
+        "span_id_test.cc",
+    ],
+    deps = [
+        "//api",
+        "@com_google_googletest//:gtest_main",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/api/test/trace/CMakeLists.txt b/api/test/trace/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e8d6bca1fe..7aed0a9197f 100644
--- a/api/test/trace/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/api/test/trace/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,8 @@ add_executable(noop_test noop_test.cc)
 target_link_libraries(noop_test ${GTEST_BOTH_LIBRARIES}
                       ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} opentelemetry_api)
 gtest_add_tests(TARGET noop_test TEST_PREFIX trace. TEST_LIST noop_test)
+
+add_executable(span_id_test span_id_test.cc)
+target_link_libraries(span_id_test ${GTEST_BOTH_LIBRARIES}
+                      ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} opentelemetry_api)
+gtest_add_tests(TARGET span_id_test TEST_PREFIX trace. TEST_LIST span_id_test)
diff --git a/api/test/trace/span_id_test.cc b/api/test/trace/span_id_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c25c086cc50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/test/trace/span_id_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#include "opentelemetry/trace/span_id.h"
+
+#include <cstring>
+#include <string>
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+namespace
+{
+
+using opentelemetry::trace::SpanId;
+
+std::string Hex(const opentelemetry::trace::SpanId &span)
+{
+  char buf[16];
+  span.ToLowerBase16(buf);
+  return std::string(buf, sizeof(buf));
+}
+
+TEST(SpanIdTest, DefaultConstruction)
+{
+  SpanId id;
+  EXPECT_FALSE(id.IsValid());
+  EXPECT_EQ("0000000000000000", Hex(id));
+}
+
+TEST(SpanIdTest, ValidId)
+{
+  constexpr uint8_t buf[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8};
+  SpanId id(buf);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(id.IsValid());
+  EXPECT_EQ("0102030405060708", Hex(id));
+  EXPECT_NE(SpanId(), id);
+  EXPECT_EQ(SpanId(buf), id);
+}
+
+TEST(SpanIdTest, CopyBytesTo)
+{
+  constexpr uint8_t src[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8};
+  SpanId id(src);
+  uint8_t buf[8];
+  id.CopyBytesTo(buf);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(memcmp(src, buf, 8) == 0);
+}
+}  // namespace