diff --git a/endtoend/components/BUILD.bazel b/endtoend/components/BUILD.bazel
index 5cdfc9e78d..c875280c2f 100644
--- a/endtoend/components/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/endtoend/components/BUILD.bazel
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ go_library(
         "eth1.go",
         "log.go",
         "slasher.go",
+        "tracing_sink.go",
         "validator.go",
     ],
     importpath = "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/endtoend/components",
diff --git a/endtoend/components/tracing_sink.go b/endtoend/components/tracing_sink.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..892c1450fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/endtoend/components/tracing_sink.go
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+package components
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"syscall"
+
+	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/endtoend/helpers"
+	e2e "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/endtoend/params"
+)
+
+// TracingSink to capture HTTP requests from opentracing pushes. This is meant
+// to capture all opentracing spans from Prysm during an end-to-end test. Spans
+// are normally sent to a jaeger (https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/1.25/getting-started/)
+// endpoint, but here we instead replace that with our own http request sink.
+// The request sink receives any requests, raw marshals them and base64-encodes them,
+// then writes them newline-delimited into a file.
+//
+// The output file from this component can then be used by tools/replay-http in
+// the Prysm repository to replay requests to a jaeger collector endpoint. This
+// can then be used to visualize the spans themselves in the jaeger UI.
+type TracingSink struct {
+	started  chan struct{}
+	endpoint string
+	server   *http.Server
+}
+
+// NewTracingSink initializes the tracing sink component.
+func NewTracingSink(endpoint string) *TracingSink {
+	return &TracingSink{
+		started:  make(chan struct{}, 1),
+		endpoint: endpoint,
+	}
+}
+
+// Start the tracing sink.
+func (ts *TracingSink) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
+	go ts.initializeSink()
+	close(ts.started)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Started checks whether a tracing sink is started and ready to be queried.
+func (ts *TracingSink) Started() <-chan struct{} {
+	return ts.started
+}
+
+// Initialize an http handler that writes all requests to a file.
+func (ts *TracingSink) initializeSink() {
+	ts.server = &http.Server{Addr: ts.endpoint}
+	defer func() {
+		if err := ts.server.Close(); err != nil {
+			log.WithError(err).Error("Failed to close http server")
+			return
+		}
+	}()
+	stdOutFile, err := helpers.DeleteAndCreateFile(e2e.TestParams.LogPath, e2e.TracingRequestSinkFileName)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.WithError(err).Error("Failed to create stdout file")
+		return
+	}
+	cleanup := func() {
+		if err := stdOutFile.Close(); err != nil {
+			log.WithError(err).Error("Could not close stdout file")
+		}
+	}
+
+	http.HandleFunc("/", func(_ http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if err := captureRequest(stdOutFile, r); err != nil {
+			log.WithError(err).Error("Failed to capture http request")
+			return
+		}
+	})
+	sigs := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	signal.Notify(sigs, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
+	go func() {
+		<-sigs
+		cleanup()
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}()
+	if err := ts.server.ListenAndServe(); err != http.ErrServerClosed {
+		log.WithError(err).Error("Failed to serve http")
+	}
+}
+
+// Captures raw requests in base64 encoded form in a line-delimited file.
+func captureRequest(f io.Writer, r *http.Request) error {
+	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+	err := r.Write(buf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	encoded := make([]byte, base64.StdEncoding.EncodedLen(len(buf.Bytes())))
+	base64.StdEncoding.Encode(encoded, buf.Bytes())
+	encoded = append(encoded, []byte("\n")...)
+	_, err = f.Write(encoded)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/endtoend/endtoend_test.go b/endtoend/endtoend_test.go
index 2949dc87a5..c9d3f0b8e4 100644
--- a/endtoend/endtoend_test.go
+++ b/endtoend/endtoend_test.go
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ func (r *testRunner) run() {
 	ctx, done := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	g, ctx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
 
+	tracingSink := components.NewTracingSink(config.TracingSinkEndpoint)
+	g.Go(func() error {
+		return tracingSink.Start(ctx)
+	})
+
 	// ETH1 node.
 	eth1Node := components.NewEth1Node()
 	g.Go(func() error {
@@ -129,7 +134,7 @@ func (r *testRunner) run() {
 
 		// Wait for all required nodes to start.
 		requiredComponents := []e2etypes.ComponentRunner{
-			eth1Node, bootNode, beaconNodes, validatorNodes,
+			tracingSink, eth1Node, bootNode, beaconNodes, validatorNodes,
 		}
 		if config.TestSlasher && slasherNodes != nil {
 			requiredComponents = append(requiredComponents, slasherNodes)
diff --git a/endtoend/minimal_e2e_test.go b/endtoend/minimal_e2e_test.go
index e16121c758..a1520f76a5 100644
--- a/endtoend/minimal_e2e_test.go
+++ b/endtoend/minimal_e2e_test.go
@@ -34,10 +34,13 @@ func e2eMinimal(t *testing.T, usePrysmSh bool) {
 		epochsToRun, err = strconv.Atoi(epochStr)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 	}
-
+	const tracingEndpoint = "127.0.0.1:9411"
 	testConfig := &types.E2EConfig{
 		BeaconFlags: []string{
 			fmt.Sprintf("--slots-per-archive-point=%d", params.BeaconConfig().SlotsPerEpoch*16),
+			fmt.Sprintf("--tracing-endpoint=http://%s", tracingEndpoint),
+			"--enable-tracing",
+			"--trace-sample-fraction=1.0",
 		},
 		ValidatorFlags:      []string{},
 		EpochsToRun:         uint64(epochsToRun),
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ func e2eMinimal(t *testing.T, usePrysmSh bool) {
 		TestSlasher:         true,
 		UsePrysmShValidator: usePrysmSh,
 		UsePprof:            !longRunning,
+		TracingSinkEndpoint: tracingEndpoint,
 		Evaluators: []types.Evaluator{
 			ev.PeersConnect,
 			ev.HealthzCheck,
diff --git a/endtoend/params/params.go b/endtoend/params/params.go
index b22eedcb4a..f16154e38d 100644
--- a/endtoend/params/params.go
+++ b/endtoend/params/params.go
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ var TestParams *params
 // BootNodeLogFileName is the file name used for the beacon chain node logs.
 var BootNodeLogFileName = "bootnode.log"
 
+// TracingRequestSinkFileName is the file name for writing raw trace requests.
+var TracingRequestSinkFileName = "tracing-http-requests.log.gz"
+
 // BeaconNodeLogFileName is the file name used for the beacon chain node logs.
 var BeaconNodeLogFileName = "beacon-%d.log"
 
diff --git a/endtoend/types/types.go b/endtoend/types/types.go
index a403c3e08e..f5a2f628fd 100644
--- a/endtoend/types/types.go
+++ b/endtoend/types/types.go
@@ -11,15 +11,16 @@ import (
 
 // E2EConfig defines the struct for all configurations needed for E2E testing.
 type E2EConfig struct {
+	TestSync            bool
+	UsePrysmShValidator bool
+	UsePprof            bool
+	TestDeposits        bool
+	TestSlasher         bool
+	EpochsToRun         uint64
+	TracingSinkEndpoint string
+	Evaluators          []Evaluator
 	BeaconFlags         []string
 	ValidatorFlags      []string
-	EpochsToRun         uint64
-	TestSync            bool
-	TestSlasher         bool
-	TestDeposits        bool
-	UsePprof            bool
-	UsePrysmShValidator bool
-	Evaluators          []Evaluator
 }
 
 // Evaluator defines the structure of the evaluators used to
diff --git a/tools/replay-http/BUILD.bazel b/tools/replay-http/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1351379223
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/replay-http/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_binary")
+load("@prysm//tools/go:def.bzl", "go_library")
+
+go_library(
+    name = "go_default_library",
+    srcs = ["main.go"],
+    importpath = "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/tools/replay-http",
+    visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
+    deps = ["@com_github_sirupsen_logrus//:go_default_library"],
+)
+
+go_binary(
+    name = "replay-http",
+    embed = [":go_default_library"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
diff --git a/tools/replay-http/main.go b/tools/replay-http/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c35d2fffd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/replay-http/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/**
+Tool for replaying http requests from a file of base64 encoded, line-delimited
+Go http raw requests. Credits to https://gist.github.com/kasey/c9e663eae5baebbf8fbe548c2b1d961b.
+*/
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"flag"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+var (
+	filePath = flag.String("file", "", "file of line-delimited, base64-encoded Go http requests")
+	endpoint = flag.String("endpoint", "http://localhost:14268/api/traces", "host:port endpoint to make HTTP requests to")
+)
+
+func main() {
+	flag.Parse()
+	if *filePath == "" {
+		log.Fatal("Must provide --file")
+	}
+
+	f, err := os.Open(path.Clean(*filePath))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		if err := f.Close(); err != nil {
+			log.WithError(err).Error("Could not close stdout file")
+		}
+	}()
+	lr := bufio.NewReader(f)
+	for {
+		line, err := lr.ReadBytes([]byte("\n")[0])
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			os.Exit(0)
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		line = line[0 : len(line)-1]
+		decoded := make([]byte, base64.StdEncoding.DecodedLen(len(line)))
+		_, err = base64.StdEncoding.Decode(decoded, line)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		dbuf := bytes.NewBuffer(decoded)
+		req, err := http.ReadRequest(bufio.NewReader(dbuf))
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		parsed, err := url.Parse(*endpoint)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		req.URL = parsed
+		req.RequestURI = ""
+		log.Println(req)
+		resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		respBuf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+		if err := resp.Write(respBuf); err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		log.Println(respBuf.String())
+	}
+}