diff --git a/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Samples/Tools/Benchmark/BenchmarkConfig.cs b/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Samples/Tools/Benchmark/BenchmarkConfig.cs
index dc287c8a4d..590e89297a 100644
--- a/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Samples/Tools/Benchmark/BenchmarkConfig.cs
+++ b/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Samples/Tools/Benchmark/BenchmarkConfig.cs
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ public class BenchmarkConfig
         [Option(Required = false, HelpText = "Enable Client Telemetry")]
         public bool EnableTelemetry { get; set; }
 
+        [Option(Required = false, HelpText = "Enable Distributed Tracing")]
+        public bool EnableDistributedTracing { get; set; }
+
         [Option(Required = false, HelpText = "Client Telemetry Schedule in Seconds")]
         public int  TelemetryScheduleInSec { get; set; }
 
@@ -219,6 +222,8 @@ internal Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.CosmosClient CreateCosmosClient(string accountKe
                 clientOptions.ConsistencyLevel = (Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.ConsistencyLevel)Enum.Parse(typeof(Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.ConsistencyLevel), this.ConsistencyLevel, ignoreCase: true);
             }
 
+            clientOptions.EnableDistributedTracing = this.EnableDistributedTracing;
+
             return new Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.CosmosClient(
                         this.EndPoint,
                         accountKey,
diff --git a/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Samples/Tools/Benchmark/run.sh b/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Samples/Tools/Benchmark/run.sh
index 2edfb67530..81cafc4a4a 100644
--- a/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Samples/Tools/Benchmark/run.sh
+++ b/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Samples/Tools/Benchmark/run.sh
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ sleep 10 #Wait
 dotnet run -c Release  -- -n 2000000 -w ReadStreamExistsV3 --WorkloadName ReadStreamExistsV3WithTelemetry  --enableTelemetry --telemetryScheduleInSec 60 --telemetryEndpoint $TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT --tcp 10 --pl $PL -e $ACCOUNT_ENDPOINT -k $ACCOUNT_KEY  --enablelatencypercentiles --disablecoresdklogging --publishresults --resultspartitionkeyvalue $RESULTS_PK --commitid $COMMIT_ID --commitdate $COMMIT_DATE --committime $COMMIT_TIME  --branchname $BRANCH_NAME --database testdb --container testcol --partitionkeypath /pk 
 sleep 10 #Wait
 
-# Open telemetry enabled ReadStreamExistsV3. This is needed to see the impact of open telemetry. 
-dotnet run -c Release  -- -n 2000000 -w ReadStreamExistsV3 --WorkloadName ReadStreamExistsV3WithOpenTelemetry  --enableOpenTelemetry --tcp 10 --pl $PL -e $ACCOUNT_ENDPOINT -k $ACCOUNT_KEY  --enablelatencypercentiles --disablecoresdklogging --publishresults --resultspartitionkeyvalue $RESULTS_PK --commitid $COMMIT_ID --commitdate $COMMIT_DATE --committime $COMMIT_TIME  --branchname $BRANCH_NAME --database testdb --container testcol --partitionkeypath /pk 
+# Open telemetry enabled ReadStreamExistsV3. This is needed to see the impact of distributed tracing (without listener) 
+dotnet run -c Release  -- -n 2000000 -w ReadStreamExistsV3 --WorkloadName ReadStreamExistsV3WithDistributedTracingWOListener  --enableDistributedTracing --tcp 10 --pl $PL -e $ACCOUNT_ENDPOINT -k $ACCOUNT_KEY  --enablelatencypercentiles --disablecoresdklogging --publishresults --resultspartitionkeyvalue $RESULTS_PK --commitid $COMMIT_ID --commitdate $COMMIT_DATE --committime $COMMIT_TIME  --branchname $BRANCH_NAME --database testdb --container testcol --partitionkeypath /pk 
 sleep 10 #Wait
 
 #Point read operations