diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a74a9fe319..e476f444b2 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ project('spring-rabbit') {
 		optionalApi "ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:$logbackVersion"
 		optionalApi 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core'
 		optionalApi 'io.micrometer:micrometer-core'
+		api 'io.micrometer:micrometer-observation'
 		optionalApi 'io.micrometer:micrometer-tracing'
 		// Spring Data projection message binding support
 		optionalApi ("org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons") {
diff --git a/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/listener/AbstractMessageListenerContainer.java b/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/listener/AbstractMessageListenerContainer.java
index 4e276dd05c..5a905f7639 100644
--- a/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/listener/AbstractMessageListenerContainer.java
+++ b/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/listener/AbstractMessageListenerContainer.java
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.support.DefaultMessagePropertiesConverter;
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.support.ListenerExecutionFailedException;
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.support.MessagePropertiesConverter;
+import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.support.micrometer.MessageReceiverContext;
+import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.support.micrometer.RabbitListenerObservation;
 import org.springframework.amqp.support.ConditionalExceptionLogger;
 import org.springframework.amqp.support.ConsumerTagStrategy;
 import org.springframework.amqp.support.postprocessor.MessagePostProcessorUtils;
@@ -91,6 +93,8 @@
 
 import com.rabbitmq.client.Channel;
 import com.rabbitmq.client.ShutdownSignalException;
+import io.micrometer.observation.Observation;
+import io.micrometer.observation.ObservationRegistry;
 
 /**
  * @author Mark Pollack
@@ -238,7 +242,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractMessageListenerContainer extends RabbitAccessor
 
 	private MicrometerHolder micrometerHolder;
 
-	private boolean micrometerEnabled = true;
+	private boolean micrometerEnabled = false;
+
+	private boolean tracingEnabled = false;
 
 	private boolean isBatchListener;
 
@@ -254,6 +260,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractMessageListenerContainer extends RabbitAccessor
 
 	private MessageAckListener messageAckListener = (success, deliveryTag, cause) -> { };
 
+	private ObservationRegistry observationRegistry;
+
 	@Override
 	public void setApplicationEventPublisher(ApplicationEventPublisher applicationEventPublisher) {
 		this.applicationEventPublisher = applicationEventPublisher;
@@ -1151,7 +1159,8 @@ public void setMicrometerTags(Map<String, String> tags) {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Set to false to disable micrometer listener timers.
+	 * Set to true to enable micrometer listener timers. Ignored when
+	 * {@link #setTracingEnabled(boolean)} is true.
 	 * @param micrometerEnabled false to disable.
 	 * @since 2.2
 	 */
@@ -1159,6 +1168,15 @@ public void setMicrometerEnabled(boolean micrometerEnabled) {
 		this.micrometerEnabled = micrometerEnabled;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Enable tracing via micrometer.
+	 * @param tracingEnabled true to enable.
+	 * @since 3.0
+	 */
+	public void setTracingEnabled(boolean tracingEnabled) {
+		this.tracingEnabled = tracingEnabled;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Get the consumeDelay - a time to wait before consuming in ms.
 	 * @return the consume delay.
@@ -1230,7 +1248,7 @@ public void afterPropertiesSet() {
 		validateConfiguration();
 		initialize();
 		try {
-			if (this.micrometerHolder == null && MICROMETER_PRESENT && this.micrometerEnabled
+			if (this.micrometerHolder == null && MICROMETER_PRESENT && this.micrometerEnabled && !this.tracingEnabled
 					&& this.applicationContext != null) {
 				String id = getListenerId();
 				if (id == null) {
@@ -1246,6 +1264,7 @@ public void afterPropertiesSet() {
 		if (this.isAsyncReplies() && !AcknowledgeMode.MANUAL.equals(this.acknowledgeMode)) {
 			this.acknowledgeMode = AcknowledgeMode.MANUAL;
 		}
+		// TODO - get obs registry from context if present
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -1499,8 +1518,22 @@ protected void invokeErrorHandler(Throwable ex) {
 	 * @see #invokeListener
 	 * @see #handleListenerException
 	 */
-	@SuppressWarnings(UNCHECKED)
 	protected void executeListener(Channel channel, Object data) {
+		Observation observation;
+		if (!this.tracingEnabled || data instanceof List) {
+			observation = Observation.NOOP;
+		}
+		else {
+			observation = Observation.createNotStarted(RabbitListenerObservation.LISTENER_OBSERVATION.getName(),
+						new MessageReceiverContext((Message) data), this.observationRegistry)
+					.lowCardinalityKeyValue(RabbitListenerObservation.ListenerLowCardinalityTags.LISTENER_ID.asString(),
+							getListenerId());
+		}
+		observation.observe(() -> executeListenerAndHandleException(channel, data));
+	}
+
+	@SuppressWarnings(UNCHECKED)
+	protected void executeListenerAndHandleException(Channel channel, Object data) {
 		if (!isRunning()) {
 			if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
 				logger.warn(
diff --git a/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/support/micrometer/MessageReceiverContext.java b/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/support/micrometer/MessageReceiverContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6932017452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/support/micrometer/MessageReceiverContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.support.micrometer;
+
+import org.springframework.amqp.core.Message;
+
+import io.micrometer.observation.transport.ReceiverContext;
+
+/**
+ * {@link ReceiverContext} for {@link Message}s.
+ *
+ * @author Gary Russell
+ * @since 2.8
+ *
+ */
+public class MessageReceiverContext extends ReceiverContext<Message> {
+
+	public MessageReceiverContext(Message message) {
+		super((carrier, key) -> carrier.getMessageProperties().getHeader(key));
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/support/micrometer/RabbitListenerObservation.java b/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/support/micrometer/RabbitListenerObservation.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d561334d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/support/micrometer/RabbitListenerObservation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.support.micrometer;
+
+import io.micrometer.common.docs.KeyName;
+import io.micrometer.observation.docs.DocumentedObservation;
+
+/**
+ * Spring Rabbit Observation for listeners.
+ *
+ * @author Gary Russell
+ * @since 3.0
+ *
+ */
+public enum RabbitListenerObservation implements DocumentedObservation {
+
+	/**
+	 * Observation for Rabbit listeners.
+	 */
+	LISTENER_OBSERVATION {
+
+		@Override
+		public String getName() {
+			return "spring.rabbit.listener";
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public String getContextualName() {
+			return "RabbitListener Observation";
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public KeyName[] getLowCardinalityKeyNames() {
+			return ListenerLowCardinalityTags.values();
+		}
+
+	};
+
+	/**
+	 * Low cardinality tags.
+	 */
+	public enum ListenerLowCardinalityTags implements KeyName {
+
+		/**
+		 * Listener id.
+		 */
+		LISTENER_ID {
+
+			@Override
+			public String asString() {
+				return "listener.id";
+			}
+
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/support/micrometer/package-info.java b/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/support/micrometer/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8131427dac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/support/micrometer/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/**
+ * Provides classes for Micrometer support.
+ */
+@org.springframework.lang.NonNullApi
+@org.springframework.lang.NonNullFields
+package org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.support.micrometer;