diff --git a/rest/handler/tracinghandler.go b/rest/handler/tracinghandler.go
index be220f1c..4e9e5f1b 100644
--- a/rest/handler/tracinghandler.go
+++ b/rest/handler/tracinghandler.go
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ package handler
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
+	"sync"
 
+	"github.com/zeromicro/go-zero/core/lang"
 	"github.com/zeromicro/go-zero/core/trace"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/propagation"
@@ -10,6 +12,13 @@ import (
 	oteltrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
+var dontTracingSpanNames sync.Map
+
+// DontTracingSpanName disable tracing for the specified spanName.
+func DontTracingSpanName(spanName string) {
+	dontTracingSpanNames.Store(spanName, lang.Placeholder)
+}
+
 // TracingHandler return a middleware that process the opentelemetry.
 func TracingHandler(serviceName, path string) func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
@@ -17,11 +26,21 @@ func TracingHandler(serviceName, path string) func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		tracer := otel.GetTracerProvider().Tracer(trace.TraceName)
 
 		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			defer func() {
+				next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+			}()
+
 			ctx := propagator.Extract(r.Context(), propagation.HeaderCarrier(r.Header))
 			spanName := path
 			if len(spanName) == 0 {
 				spanName = r.URL.Path
 			}
+
+			_, ok := dontTracingSpanNames.Load(spanName)
+			if ok {
+				return
+			}
+
 			spanCtx, span := tracer.Start(
 				ctx,
 				spanName,
@@ -33,7 +52,7 @@ func TracingHandler(serviceName, path string) func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 
 			// convenient for tracking error messages
 			propagator.Inject(spanCtx, propagation.HeaderCarrier(w.Header()))
-			next.ServeHTTP(w, r.WithContext(spanCtx))
+			r = r.WithContext(spanCtx)
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/rest/handler/tracinghandler_test.go b/rest/handler/tracinghandler_test.go
index abbc5127..bbc60911 100644
--- a/rest/handler/tracinghandler_test.go
+++ b/rest/handler/tracinghandler_test.go
@@ -51,3 +51,46 @@ func TestOtelHandler(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestDontTracingSpanName(t *testing.T) {
+	ztrace.StartAgent(ztrace.Config{
+		Name:     "go-zero-test",
+		Endpoint: "http://localhost:14268/api/traces",
+		Batcher:  "jaeger",
+		Sampler:  1.0,
+	})
+
+	DontTracingSpanName("bar")
+
+	for _, test := range []string{"", "bar", "foo"} {
+		t.Run(test, func(t *testing.T) {
+			h := chain.New(TracingHandler("foo", test)).Then(
+				http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+					spanCtx := trace.SpanContextFromContext(r.Context())
+					if test == "bar" {
+						assert.False(t, spanCtx.IsValid())
+						return
+					}
+
+					assert.True(t, spanCtx.IsValid())
+				}))
+			ts := httptest.NewServer(h)
+			defer ts.Close()
+
+			client := ts.Client()
+			err := func(ctx context.Context) error {
+				ctx, span := otel.Tracer("httptrace/client").Start(ctx, "test")
+				defer span.End()
+
+				req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", ts.URL, nil)
+				otel.GetTextMapPropagator().Inject(ctx, propagation.HeaderCarrier(req.Header))
+
+				res, err := client.Do(req)
+				assert.Nil(t, err)
+				return res.Body.Close()
+			}(context.Background())
+
+			assert.Nil(t, err)
+		})
+	}
+}