diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index ea8472cc..5bb147e0 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const { hash, createKeyPair } = require('./lib/crypto')
 const RawStreamSet = require('./lib/raw-stream-set')
 const ConnectionPool = require('./lib/connection-pool')
 const { STREAM_NOT_CONNECTED } = require('./lib/errors')
+const { createTracer } = require('hypertrace')
 
 class HyperDHT extends DHT {
   constructor (opts = {}) {
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ class HyperDHT extends DHT {
 
     const { router, persistent } = defaultCacheOpts(opts)
 
+    this.tracer = createTracer(this)
     this.defaultKeyPair = opts.keyPair || createKeyPair(opts.seed)
     this.listening = new Set()
 
@@ -51,10 +53,12 @@ class HyperDHT extends DHT {
   }
 
   connect (remotePublicKey, opts) {
+    this.tracer.trace('connect')
     return connect(this, remotePublicKey, opts)
   }
 
   createServer (opts, onconnection) {
+    this.tracer.trace('createServer')
     if (typeof opts === 'function') return this.createServer({}, opts)
     if (opts && opts.onconnection) onconnection = opts.onconnection
     const s = new Server(this, opts)
@@ -67,6 +71,7 @@ class HyperDHT extends DHT {
   }
 
   async resume () {
+    this.tracer.trace('resume')
     await super.resume()
     const resuming = []
     for (const server of this.listening) resuming.push(server.resume())
@@ -74,6 +79,7 @@ class HyperDHT extends DHT {
   }
 
   async suspend () {
+    this.tracer.trace('suspend')
     const suspending = []
     for (const server of this.listening) suspending.push(server.suspend())
     await Promise.allSettled(suspending)
@@ -146,6 +152,7 @@ class HyperDHT extends DHT {
   }
 
   findPeer (publicKey, opts = {}) {
+    this.tracer.trace('findPeer')
     const target = opts.hash === false ? publicKey : hash(publicKey)
     opts = { ...opts, map: mapFindPeer }
     return this.query({ target, command: COMMANDS.FIND_PEER, value: null }, opts)
diff --git a/lib/router.js b/lib/router.js
index a5fdb155..17928ec3 100644
--- a/lib/router.js
+++ b/lib/router.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const b4a = require('b4a')
 const { handshake, holepunch } = require('./messages')
 const { COMMANDS } = require('./constants')
 const { BAD_HANDSHAKE_REPLY, BAD_HOLEPUNCH_REPLY } = require('./errors')
+const { createTracer } = require('hypertrace')
 
 const FROM_CLIENT = 0
 const FROM_SERVER = 1
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ const REPLY = 4
 
 module.exports = class Router {
   constructor (dht, opts) {
+    this.tracer = createTracer(this, { parent: dht.tracer })
     this.dht = dht
     this.forwards = new Cache(opts.forwards)
   }
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ module.exports = class Router {
   }
 
   async peerHandshake (target, { noise, peerAddress, relayAddress, socket, session }, to) {
+    this.tracer.trace('peerHandshake', { peerAddress, relayAddress, socket, session, to })
     const dht = this.dht
 
     const requestValue = c.encode(handshake, {
@@ -131,6 +134,7 @@ module.exports = class Router {
   }
 
   async peerHolepunch (target, { id, payload, peerAddress, socket, session }, to) {
+    this.tracer.trace('peerHolepunch', { id, peerAddress, socket, session, to })
     const dht = this.dht
     const requestValue = c.encode(holepunch, {
       mode: FROM_CLIENT,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 03657346..45d401e5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     "dht-rpc": "^6.9.0",
     "events": "^3.3.0",
     "hypercore-crypto": "^3.3.0",
+    "hypertrace": "^1.2.1",
     "noise-curve-ed": "^2.0.0",
     "noise-handshake": "^3.0.0",
     "record-cache": "^1.1.1",