diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/index.server.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/index.server.ts
index c7b36642b0d7..2370fa21efc6 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/index.server.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/index.server.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { RewriteFrames } from '@sentry/integrations';
-import { configureScope, init as nodeInit } from '@sentry/node';
+import { configureScope, init as nodeInit, Integrations } from '@sentry/node';
 
 import { instrumentServer } from './utils/instrumentServer';
 import { MetadataBuilder } from './utils/metadataBuilder';
@@ -37,12 +37,20 @@ const defaultRewriteFramesIntegration = new RewriteFrames({
   },
 });
 
+const defaultHttpTracingIntegration = new Integrations.Http({ tracing: true });
+
 function addServerIntegrations(options: NextjsOptions): void {
   if (options.integrations) {
     options.integrations = addIntegration(defaultRewriteFramesIntegration, options.integrations);
   } else {
     options.integrations = [defaultRewriteFramesIntegration];
   }
+
+  if (options.tracesSampleRate !== undefined || options.tracesSampler !== undefined) {
+    options.integrations = addIntegration(defaultHttpTracingIntegration, options.integrations, {
+      Http: { keyPath: '_tracing', value: true },
+    });
+  }
 }
 
 export { withSentryConfig } from './utils/config';
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/test/index.server.test.ts b/packages/nextjs/test/index.server.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c701c599508a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nextjs/test/index.server.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+import { RewriteFrames } from '@sentry/integrations';
+import { Integrations } from '@sentry/node';
+import { Integration } from '@sentry/types';
+
+import { init, Scope } from '../src/index.server';
+import { NextjsOptions } from '../src/utils/nextjsOptions';
+
+const mockInit = jest.fn();
+let configureScopeCallback: (scope: Scope) => void = () => undefined;
+
+jest.mock('@sentry/node', () => {
+  const actual = jest.requireActual('@sentry/node');
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    init: (options: NextjsOptions) => {
+      mockInit(options);
+    },
+    configureScope: (callback: (scope: Scope) => void) => {
+      configureScopeCallback = callback;
+    },
+  };
+});
+
+describe('Server init()', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    mockInit.mockClear();
+    configureScopeCallback = () => undefined;
+  });
+
+  it('inits the Node SDK', () => {
+    expect(mockInit).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+    init({});
+    expect(mockInit).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockInit).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({
+      _metadata: {
+        sdk: {
+          name: 'sentry.javascript.nextjs',
+          version: expect.any(String),
+          packages: expect.any(Array),
+        },
+      },
+      autoSessionTracking: false,
+      environment: 'test',
+      integrations: [expect.any(RewriteFrames)],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('sets runtime on scope', () => {
+    const mockScope = new Scope();
+    init({});
+    configureScopeCallback(mockScope);
+    // @ts-ignore need access to protected _tags attribute
+    expect(mockScope._tags).toEqual({ runtime: 'node' });
+  });
+
+  describe('integrations', () => {
+    it('adds RewriteFrames integration by default', () => {
+      init({});
+
+      const reactInitOptions: NextjsOptions = mockInit.mock.calls[0][0];
+      expect(reactInitOptions.integrations).toHaveLength(1);
+      const integrations = reactInitOptions.integrations as Integration[];
+      expect(integrations[0]).toEqual(expect.any(RewriteFrames));
+    });
+
+    it('adds Http integration by default if tracesSampleRate is set', () => {
+      init({ tracesSampleRate: 1.0 });
+
+      const reactInitOptions: NextjsOptions = mockInit.mock.calls[0][0];
+      expect(reactInitOptions.integrations).toHaveLength(2);
+      const integrations = reactInitOptions.integrations as Integration[];
+      expect(integrations[1]).toEqual(expect.any(Integrations.Http));
+    });
+
+    it('adds Http integration by default if tracesSampler is set', () => {
+      init({ tracesSampler: () => true });
+
+      const reactInitOptions: NextjsOptions = mockInit.mock.calls[0][0];
+      expect(reactInitOptions.integrations).toHaveLength(2);
+      const integrations = reactInitOptions.integrations as Integration[];
+      expect(integrations[1]).toEqual(expect.any(Integrations.Http));
+    });
+
+    it('adds Http integration with tracing true', () => {
+      init({ tracesSampleRate: 1.0 });
+      const reactInitOptions: NextjsOptions = mockInit.mock.calls[0][0];
+      expect(reactInitOptions.integrations).toHaveLength(2);
+
+      const integrations = reactInitOptions.integrations as Integration[];
+      expect((integrations[1] as any)._tracing).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('supports passing integration through options', () => {
+      init({ tracesSampleRate: 1.0, integrations: [new Integrations.Console()] });
+      const reactInitOptions: NextjsOptions = mockInit.mock.calls[0][0];
+      expect(reactInitOptions.integrations).toHaveLength(3);
+
+      const integrations = reactInitOptions.integrations as Integration[];
+      expect(integrations).toEqual([
+        expect.any(Integrations.Console),
+        expect.any(RewriteFrames),
+        expect.any(Integrations.Http),
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    describe('custom Http integration', () => {
+      it('sets tracing to true if tracesSampleRate is set', () => {
+        init({
+          tracesSampleRate: 1.0,
+          integrations: [new Integrations.Http({ tracing: false })],
+        });
+
+        const reactInitOptions: NextjsOptions = mockInit.mock.calls[0][0];
+        expect(reactInitOptions.integrations).toHaveLength(2);
+        const integrations = reactInitOptions.integrations as Integration[];
+        expect(integrations[0] as InstanceType<typeof Integrations.Http>).toEqual(
+          expect.objectContaining({ _breadcrumbs: true, _tracing: true, name: 'Http' }),
+        );
+      });
+
+      it('sets tracing to true if tracesSampler is set', () => {
+        init({
+          tracesSampler: () => true,
+          integrations: [new Integrations.Http({ tracing: false })],
+        });
+
+        const reactInitOptions: NextjsOptions = mockInit.mock.calls[0][0];
+        expect(reactInitOptions.integrations).toHaveLength(2);
+        const integrations = reactInitOptions.integrations as Integration[];
+        expect(integrations[0] as InstanceType<typeof Integrations.Http>).toEqual(
+          expect.objectContaining({ _breadcrumbs: true, _tracing: true, name: 'Http' }),
+        );
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});