diff --git a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/components/TracePage/TraceTimelineViewer/VirtualizedTraceView.tsx b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/components/TracePage/TraceTimelineViewer/VirtualizedTraceView.tsx
index d139da234d..4259668654 100644
--- a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/components/TracePage/TraceTimelineViewer/VirtualizedTraceView.tsx
+++ b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/components/TracePage/TraceTimelineViewer/VirtualizedTraceView.tsx
@@ -316,7 +316,10 @@ export class VirtualizedTraceViewImpl extends React.Component<VirtualizedTraceVi
     return DEFAULT_HEIGHTS.detail;
   };
 
-  linksGetter = (span: Span, items: KeyValuePair[], itemIndex: number) => getLinks(span, items, itemIndex);
+  linksGetter = (span: Span, items: KeyValuePair[], itemIndex: number) => {
+    const { trace } = this.props;
+    return getLinks(span, items, itemIndex, trace);
+  }
 
   renderRow = (key: string, style: React.CSSProperties, index: number, attrs: {}) => {
     const { isDetail, span, spanIndex } = this.getRowStates()[index];
diff --git a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/model/link-patterns.test.js b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/model/link-patterns.test.js
index 8ff42b5925..30e3dbcb70 100644
--- a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/model/link-patterns.test.js
+++ b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/model/link-patterns.test.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   createTestFunction,
   getParameterInArray,
   getParameterInAncestor,
+  getParameterInTrace,
   processLinkPattern,
   computeLinks,
   createGetLinks,
@@ -296,6 +297,35 @@ describe('getParameterInAncestor()', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('getParameterInTrace()', () => {
+  const trace = {
+    processes: [],
+    traceName: 'theTrace',
+    traceID: 'trc1',
+    spans: [],
+    startTime: 1000,
+    endTime: 3000,
+    duration: 2000,
+    services: [],
+  };
+
+  it('returns an entry that is present', () => {
+    expect(getParameterInTrace('traceID', trace)).toEqual({
+        key: 'traceID',
+        value: trace.traceID,
+      });
+  });
+
+  it('returns undefined when the entry cannot be found', () => {
+    expect(getParameterInTrace('someThingElse', trace)).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('returns undefined when there is no trace', () => {
+    expect(getParameterInTrace('traceID')).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+});
+
 describe('computeTraceLink()', () => {
   const linkPatterns = [
     {
@@ -354,11 +384,18 @@ describe('computeLinks()', () => {
       url: 'http://example.com/?myKey=#{myOtherKey}&myKey=#{myKey}',
       text: 'second link (#{myOtherKey})',
     },
+    {
+      type: 'tags',
+      key: 'myThirdKey',
+      url: 'http://example.com/?myKey1=#{myKey}&myKey=#{myThirdKey}&traceID=#{traceID}&startTime=#{startTime}',
+      text: 'third link (#{myThirdKey}) for traceID - #{traceID}',
+    }
   ].map(processLinkPattern);
 
   const spans = [
     { depth: 0, process: {}, tags: [{ key: 'myKey', value: 'valueOfMyKey' }] },
     { depth: 1, process: {}, logs: [{ fields: [{ key: 'myOtherKey', value: 'valueOfMy+Other+Key' }] }] },
+    { depth: 1, process: {}, tags: [{ key: 'myThirdKey', value: 'valueOfThirdMyKey' }] },
   ];
   spans[1].references = [
     {
@@ -366,6 +403,23 @@ describe('computeLinks()', () => {
       span: spans[0],
     },
   ];
+  spans[2].references = [
+    {
+      refType: 'CHILD_OF',
+      span: spans[0],
+    },
+  ];
+
+  const trace = {
+    processes: [],
+    traceName: 'theTrace',
+    traceID: 'trc1',
+    spans: [],
+    startTime: 1000,
+    endTime: 3000,
+    duration: 2000,
+    services: [],
+  };
 
   it('correctly computes links', () => {
     expect(computeLinks(linkPatterns, spans[0], spans[0].tags, 0)).toEqual([
@@ -380,6 +434,12 @@ describe('computeLinks()', () => {
         text: 'second link (valueOfMy+Other+Key)',
       },
     ]);
+    expect(computeLinks(linkPatterns, spans[2], spans[2].tags, 0, trace)).toEqual([
+      {
+        url: 'http://example.com/?myKey1=valueOfMyKey&myKey=valueOfThirdMyKey&traceID=trc1&startTime=1000',
+        text: 'third link (valueOfThirdMyKey) for traceID - trc1',
+      },
+    ]);
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/model/link-patterns.tsx b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/model/link-patterns.tsx
index 5a95dfeb1b..f817db5735 100644
--- a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/model/link-patterns.tsx
+++ b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/model/link-patterns.tsx
@@ -110,6 +110,22 @@ export function getParameterInAncestor(name: string, span: Span) {
     }
     currentSpan = getParent(currentSpan);
   }
+
+  return undefined;
+}
+
+export function getParameterInTrace(name: string, trace: Trace | undefined) {
+  if(trace) {
+    const validTraceKeys = (Object.keys(trace) as (keyof Trace)[]).filter(
+      key => typeof trace[key] === 'string' || typeof trace[key] === 'number'
+    );
+
+    const key = name as keyof Trace;
+    if(validTraceKeys.includes(key)) {
+      return { key: key, value: trace[key] };
+    }
+  }
+
   return undefined;
 }
 
@@ -152,7 +168,8 @@ export function computeLinks(
   linkPatterns: ProcessedLinkPattern[],
   span: Span,
   items: KeyValuePair[],
-  itemIndex: number
+  itemIndex: number,
+  trace: Trace | undefined
 ) {
   const item = items[itemIndex];
   let type = 'logs';
@@ -170,15 +187,23 @@ export function computeLinks(
       const parameterValues: Record<string, any> = {};
       const allParameters = pattern.parameters.every(parameter => {
         let entry = getParameterInArray(parameter, items);
+
         if (!entry && !processTags) {
           // do not look in ancestors for process tags because the same object may appear in different places in the hierarchy
           // and the cache in getLinks uses that object as a key
           entry = getParameterInAncestor(parameter, span);
         }
+
+        // look up in trace for matching keys
+        if(!entry) {
+          entry = getParameterInTrace(parameter, trace);
+        }
+
         if (entry) {
           parameterValues[parameter] = entry.value;
           return true;
         }
+
         // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
         console.warn(
           `Skipping link pattern, missing parameter ${parameter} for key ${item.key} in ${type}.`,
@@ -198,14 +223,14 @@ export function computeLinks(
 }
 
 export function createGetLinks(linkPatterns: ProcessedLinkPattern[], cache: WeakMap<KeyValuePair, Link[]>) {
-  return (span: Span, items: KeyValuePair[], itemIndex: number) => {
+  return (span: Span, items: KeyValuePair[], itemIndex: number, trace: Trace | undefined) => {
     if (linkPatterns.length === 0) {
       return [];
     }
     const item = items[itemIndex];
     let result = cache.get(item);
     if (!result) {
-      result = computeLinks(linkPatterns, span, items, itemIndex);
+      result = computeLinks(linkPatterns, span, items, itemIndex, trace);
       cache.set(item, result);
     }
     return result;