diff --git a/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/sampling/PrioritySampling.java b/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/sampling/PrioritySampling.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2596e734bc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/sampling/PrioritySampling.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package datadog.trace.api.sampling;
+
+public class PrioritySampling {
+  /**
+   * Implementation detail of the client. will not be sent to the agent or propagated.
+   *
+   * <p>Internal value used when the priority sampling flag has not been set on the span context.
+   */
+  public static final int UNSET = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
+  /** The sampler has decided to drop the trace. */
+  public static final int SAMPLER_DROP = 0;
+  /** The sampler has decided to keep the trace. */
+  public static final int SAMPLER_KEEP = 1;
+  /** The user has decided to drop the trace. */
+  public static final int USER_DROP = -1;
+  /** The user has decided to keep the trace. */
+  public static final int USER_KEEP = 2;
+
+  private PrioritySampling() {}
+}
diff --git a/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/DDSpan.java b/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/DDSpan.java
index 5e43123f7ca..fa979c6912c 100644
--- a/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/DDSpan.java
+++ b/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/DDSpan.java
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Include;
 import datadog.trace.api.DDTags;
 import datadog.trace.api.interceptor.MutableSpan;
-import datadog.trace.common.sampling.PrioritySampling;
+import datadog.trace.api.sampling.PrioritySampling;
 import datadog.trace.common.util.Clock;
 import io.opentracing.Span;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
diff --git a/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/DDSpanContext.java b/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/DDSpanContext.java
index 284ff01ee4f..0407f2ce536 100644
--- a/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/DDSpanContext.java
+++ b/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/DDSpanContext.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
 import datadog.opentracing.decorators.AbstractDecorator;
 import datadog.trace.api.DDTags;
-import datadog.trace.common.sampling.PrioritySampling;
+import datadog.trace.api.sampling.PrioritySampling;
 import io.opentracing.tag.Tags;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
diff --git a/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/DDTracer.java b/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/DDTracer.java
index a712af1e20e..4b4ea6b1cb2 100644
--- a/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/DDTracer.java
+++ b/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/DDTracer.java
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
 import datadog.trace.api.DDTags;
 import datadog.trace.api.interceptor.MutableSpan;
 import datadog.trace.api.interceptor.TraceInterceptor;
+import datadog.trace.api.sampling.PrioritySampling;
 import datadog.trace.common.DDTraceConfig;
 import datadog.trace.common.Service;
 import datadog.trace.common.sampling.AllSampler;
-import datadog.trace.common.sampling.PrioritySampling;
 import datadog.trace.common.sampling.RateByServiceSampler;
 import datadog.trace.common.sampling.Sampler;
 import datadog.trace.common.writer.DDAgentWriter;
diff --git a/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/propagation/HTTPCodec.java b/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/propagation/HTTPCodec.java
index 942448fff35..40591a7a094 100644
--- a/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/propagation/HTTPCodec.java
+++ b/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/opentracing/propagation/HTTPCodec.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package datadog.opentracing.propagation;
 
 import datadog.opentracing.DDSpanContext;
-import datadog.trace.common.sampling.PrioritySampling;
+import datadog.trace.api.sampling.PrioritySampling;
 import io.opentracing.propagation.TextMap;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URLDecoder;
diff --git a/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/sampling/PrioritySampling.java b/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/sampling/PrioritySampling.java
index aca9c678524..18446bcdfe0 100644
--- a/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/sampling/PrioritySampling.java
+++ b/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/sampling/PrioritySampling.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package datadog.trace.common.sampling;
 
+/** @deprecated Replaced by {@link datadog.trace.api.sampling.PrioritySampling} . */
+@Deprecated
 public class PrioritySampling {
   /**
    * Implementation detail of the client. will not be sent to the agent or propagated.
diff --git a/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/sampling/RateByServiceSampler.java b/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/sampling/RateByServiceSampler.java
index 0287d8d56a3..2ae24703b5b 100644
--- a/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/sampling/RateByServiceSampler.java
+++ b/dd-trace-ot/src/main/java/datadog/trace/common/sampling/RateByServiceSampler.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import datadog.opentracing.DDSpan;
+import datadog.trace.api.sampling.PrioritySampling;
 import datadog.trace.common.writer.DDApi.ResponseListener;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
diff --git a/dd-trace-ot/src/test/groovy/datadog/opentracing/DDSpanSerializationTest.groovy b/dd-trace-ot/src/test/groovy/datadog/opentracing/DDSpanSerializationTest.groovy
index 1c35d641bce..7d36ee982c3 100644
--- a/dd-trace-ot/src/test/groovy/datadog/opentracing/DDSpanSerializationTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-trace-ot/src/test/groovy/datadog/opentracing/DDSpanSerializationTest.groovy
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package datadog.opentracing
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps
 import datadog.trace.api.DDTags
-import datadog.trace.common.sampling.PrioritySampling
+import datadog.trace.api.sampling.PrioritySampling
 import datadog.trace.common.writer.ListWriter
 import spock.lang.Specification
 import spock.lang.Timeout
diff --git a/dd-trace-ot/src/test/groovy/datadog/opentracing/DDSpanTest.groovy b/dd-trace-ot/src/test/groovy/datadog/opentracing/DDSpanTest.groovy
index fa10e49531a..db8a734071d 100644
--- a/dd-trace-ot/src/test/groovy/datadog/opentracing/DDSpanTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-trace-ot/src/test/groovy/datadog/opentracing/DDSpanTest.groovy
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package datadog.opentracing
 
-import datadog.trace.common.sampling.PrioritySampling
+import datadog.trace.api.sampling.PrioritySampling
 import datadog.trace.common.writer.ListWriter
 import spock.lang.Specification
 import spock.lang.Timeout
diff --git a/dd-trace-ot/src/test/groovy/datadog/opentracing/SpanFactory.groovy b/dd-trace-ot/src/test/groovy/datadog/opentracing/SpanFactory.groovy
index f33d93bdf2a..207e0d62bbf 100644
--- a/dd-trace-ot/src/test/groovy/datadog/opentracing/SpanFactory.groovy
+++ b/dd-trace-ot/src/test/groovy/datadog/opentracing/SpanFactory.groovy
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package datadog.opentracing
 
-import datadog.trace.common.sampling.PrioritySampling
+import datadog.trace.api.sampling.PrioritySampling
 import datadog.trace.common.writer.ListWriter
 
 class SpanFactory {
diff --git a/dd-trace-ot/src/test/groovy/datadog/opentracing/decorators/URLAsResourceNameTest.groovy b/dd-trace-ot/src/test/groovy/datadog/opentracing/decorators/URLAsResourceNameTest.groovy
index aa273fb1b43..6074b5a1752 100644
--- a/dd-trace-ot/src/test/groovy/datadog/opentracing/decorators/URLAsResourceNameTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-trace-ot/src/test/groovy/datadog/opentracing/decorators/URLAsResourceNameTest.groovy
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package datadog.opentracing.decorators
 import datadog.opentracing.DDSpanContext
 import datadog.opentracing.DDTracer
 import datadog.opentracing.PendingTrace
-import datadog.trace.common.sampling.PrioritySampling
+import datadog.trace.api.sampling.PrioritySampling
 import datadog.trace.common.writer.ListWriter
 import io.opentracing.tag.Tags
 import spock.lang.Specification
diff --git a/dd-trace-ot/src/test/groovy/datadog/opentracing/propagation/HTTPCodecTest.groovy b/dd-trace-ot/src/test/groovy/datadog/opentracing/propagation/HTTPCodecTest.groovy
index e2a2491da16..04cb302b5bd 100644
--- a/dd-trace-ot/src/test/groovy/datadog/opentracing/propagation/HTTPCodecTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-trace-ot/src/test/groovy/datadog/opentracing/propagation/HTTPCodecTest.groovy
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package datadog.opentracing.propagation
 import datadog.opentracing.DDSpanContext
 import datadog.opentracing.DDTracer
 import datadog.opentracing.PendingTrace
-import datadog.trace.common.sampling.PrioritySampling
+import datadog.trace.api.sampling.PrioritySampling
 import datadog.trace.common.writer.ListWriter
 import io.opentracing.propagation.TextMapExtractAdapter
 import io.opentracing.propagation.TextMapInjectAdapter
diff --git a/dd-trace-ot/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/api/sampling/RateByServiceSamplerTest.groovy b/dd-trace-ot/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/api/sampling/RateByServiceSamplerTest.groovy
index 93afde98597..20a69dccd61 100644
--- a/dd-trace-ot/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/api/sampling/RateByServiceSamplerTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-trace-ot/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/api/sampling/RateByServiceSamplerTest.groovy
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package datadog.trace.api.sampling
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import datadog.opentracing.DDSpan
 import datadog.opentracing.SpanFactory
-import datadog.trace.common.sampling.PrioritySampling
 import datadog.trace.common.sampling.RateByServiceSampler
 import spock.lang.Specification
 import spock.lang.Timeout
diff --git a/dd-trace-ot/src/traceAgentTest/groovy/DDApiIntegrationTest.groovy b/dd-trace-ot/src/traceAgentTest/groovy/DDApiIntegrationTest.groovy
index 3d02a8059ae..7451f673640 100644
--- a/dd-trace-ot/src/traceAgentTest/groovy/DDApiIntegrationTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-trace-ot/src/traceAgentTest/groovy/DDApiIntegrationTest.groovy
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import datadog.opentracing.DDSpanContext
 import datadog.opentracing.DDTracer
 import datadog.opentracing.PendingTrace
 import datadog.trace.common.Service
-import datadog.trace.common.sampling.PrioritySampling
+import datadog.trace.api.sampling.PrioritySampling
 import datadog.trace.common.writer.DDAgentWriter
 import datadog.trace.common.writer.DDApi
 import datadog.trace.common.writer.ListWriter