diff --git a/internal/io/mqtt/sink.go b/internal/io/mqtt/sink.go
index 7bf7c32ec1..5906915fb3 100644
--- a/internal/io/mqtt/sink.go
+++ b/internal/io/mqtt/sink.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/lf-edge/ekuiper/v2/internal/conf"
 	"github.com/lf-edge/ekuiper/v2/internal/pkg/util"
+	"github.com/lf-edge/ekuiper/v2/internal/topo/node/tracenode"
 	"github.com/lf-edge/ekuiper/v2/pkg/cast"
 	"github.com/lf-edge/ekuiper/v2/pkg/connection"
 )
@@ -115,7 +116,16 @@ func (ms *Sink) Collect(ctx api.StreamContext, item api.RawTuple) error {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
+	traced, _, span := tracenode.TraceInput(ctx, item, fmt.Sprintf("%s_emit", ctx.GetOpId()))
+	if traced {
+		defer span.End()
+		traceID := span.SpanContext().TraceID()
+		spanID := span.SpanContext().SpanID()
+		if props == nil {
+			props = make(map[string]string)
+		}
+		props["traceparent"] = tracenode.BuildTraceParentId(traceID, spanID)
+	}
 	ctx.GetLogger().Debugf("publishing to topic %s", tpc)
 	return ms.cli.Publish(ctx, tpc, ms.adconf.Qos, ms.adconf.Retained, item.Raw(), props)
 }
diff --git a/internal/io/mqtt/source.go b/internal/io/mqtt/source.go
index 7646a8279a..3c6687dcfc 100644
--- a/internal/io/mqtt/source.go
+++ b/internal/io/mqtt/source.go
@@ -113,12 +113,17 @@ func (ms *SourceConnector) Subscribe(ctx api.StreamContext, ingest api.BytesInge
 
 func (ms *SourceConnector) onMessage(ctx api.StreamContext, msg any, ingest api.BytesIngest) {
 	rcvTime := timex.GetNow()
-	payload, meta, _ := ms.cli.ParseMsg(ctx, msg)
+	payload, meta, props := ms.cli.ParseMsg(ctx, msg)
 	if ms.eof != nil && ms.eofPayload != nil && bytes.Equal(ms.eofPayload, payload) {
 		ms.eof(ctx)
 		return
 	}
-	// TODO property trace
+	// extract trace id
+	if props != nil {
+		if tid, ok := props["traceparent"]; ok {
+			meta["traceId"] = tid
+		}
+	}
 	ingest(ctx, payload, meta, rcvTime)
 }