diff --git a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/api/jaeger.js b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/api/jaeger.js
index 04ab7f4923..4ce0ee7706 100644
--- a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/api/jaeger.js
+++ b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/api/jaeger.js
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ const JaegerAPI = {
   fetchServiceOperations(serviceName) {
     return getJSON(`${this.apiRoot}services/${encodeURIComponent(serviceName)}/operations`);
   },
+  transformOTLP(traces) {
+    return getJSON(`${this.apiRoot}transform`, { method: 'POST', body: JSON.stringify(traces) });
+  },
   fetchServiceServerOps(service) {
     return getJSON(`${this.apiRoot}operations`, {
       query: {
diff --git a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/api/jaeger.test.js b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/api/jaeger.test.js
index 7bad3bcf6b..23834bf67d 100644
--- a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/api/jaeger.test.js
+++ b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/api/jaeger.test.js
@@ -113,6 +113,15 @@ describe('fetchServiceServerOps', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('transformOTLP', () => {
+  it('GETs the transformed trace of Jaeger kind when provided with OTLP', () => {
+    const trace = JSON.parse('{"test" : true}');
+    const body = { ...defaultOptions, body: JSON.stringify(trace), method: 'POST' };
+    JaegerAPI.transformOTLP(trace);
+    expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(`${DEFAULT_API_ROOT}transform`, body);
+  });
+});
+
 describe('fetchTrace', () => {
   const generatedTraces = traceGenerator.traces({ numberOfTraces: 5 });
 
diff --git a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/fixtures/otlp2jaeger-in-error.json b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/fixtures/otlp2jaeger-in-error.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e83daa4d82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/fixtures/otlp2jaeger-in-error.json
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+  "resourceSpans": [
+    {
+      "resource": {
+        "attributes": []
+      },
+      "scopeSpans": [
+        {
+          "scope": {
+            "name": "telemetrygen"
+          },
+          "spans": [
+            {
+              "traceId": "83a9efd15c1c98a977e0711cc93ee28b",
+              "spanId": "e127af99e3b3e074",
+              "parentSpanId": "909541b92cf05311",
+              "name": "okey-dokey-0",
+              "kind": 2,
+              "startTimeUnixNano": "1706678909209712000",
+              "endTimeUnixNano": "1706678909209835000",
+              "attributes": [
+                {
+                  "key": "net.peer.ip",
+                  "value": {
+                    "stringValue": "1.2.3.4"
+                  }
+                },
+                {
+                  "key": "peer.service",
+                  "value": {
+                    "stringValue": "telemetrygen-client"
+                  }
+                }
+              ],
+              "status": {}
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ],
+      "schemaUrl": "https://opentelemetry.io/schemas/1.4.0"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/fixtures/otlp2jaeger-in.json b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/fixtures/otlp2jaeger-in.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a62a0a1e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/fixtures/otlp2jaeger-in.json
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+{
+  "resourceSpans": [
+    {
+      "resource": {
+        "attributes": [
+          {
+            "key": "service.name",
+            "value": {
+              "stringValue": "telemetrygen"
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "scopeSpans": [
+        {
+          "scope": {
+            "name": "telemetrygen"
+          },
+          "spans": [
+            {
+              "traceId": "83a9efd15c1c98a977e0711cc93ee28b",
+              "spanId": "e127af99e3b3e074",
+              "parentSpanId": "909541b92cf05311",
+              "name": "okey-dokey-0",
+              "kind": 2,
+              "startTimeUnixNano": "1706678909209712000",
+              "endTimeUnixNano": "1706678909209835000",
+              "attributes": [
+                {
+                  "key": "net.peer.ip",
+                  "value": {
+                    "stringValue": "1.2.3.4"
+                  }
+                },
+                {
+                  "key": "peer.service",
+                  "value": {
+                    "stringValue": "telemetrygen-client"
+                  }
+                }
+              ],
+              "status": {}
+            },
+            {
+              "traceId": "83a9efd15c1c98a977e0711cc93ee28b",
+              "spanId": "e127af99e3b3e074",
+              "parentSpanId": "909541b92cf05311",
+              "name": "okey-dokey-0",
+              "kind": 2,
+              "startTimeUnixNano": "1706678909209712000",
+              "endTimeUnixNano": "1706678909209835000",
+              "attributes": [
+                {
+                  "key": "net.peer.ip",
+                  "value": {
+                    "stringValue": "1.2.3.4"
+                  }
+                },
+                {
+                  "key": "peer.service",
+                  "value": {
+                    "stringValue": "telemetrygen-client"
+                  }
+                }
+              ],
+              "status": {}
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ],
+      "schemaUrl": "https://opentelemetry.io/schemas/1.4.0"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/fixtures/otlp2jaeger-out.json b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/fixtures/otlp2jaeger-out.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..313659814b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/fixtures/otlp2jaeger-out.json
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+{
+  "data": [
+    {
+      "traceID": "83a9efd15c1c98a977e0711cc93ee28b",
+      "spans": [
+        {
+          "traceID": "83a9efd15c1c98a977e0711cc93ee28b",
+          "spanID": "e127af99e3b3e074",
+          "operationName": "okey-dokey-0",
+          "references": [
+            {
+              "refType": "CHILD_OF",
+              "traceID": "83a9efd15c1c98a977e0711cc93ee28b",
+              "spanID": "909541b92cf05311"
+            }
+          ],
+          "startTime": 1706678909209712,
+          "duration": 123,
+          "tags": [
+            {
+              "key": "otel.library.name",
+              "type": "string",
+              "value": "telemetrygen"
+            },
+            {
+              "key": "net.peer.ip",
+              "type": "string",
+              "value": "1.2.3.4"
+            },
+            {
+              "key": "peer.service",
+              "type": "string",
+              "value": "telemetrygen-client"
+            },
+            {
+              "key": "span.kind",
+              "type": "string",
+              "value": "server"
+            }
+          ],
+          "logs": [],
+          "processID": "p1",
+          "warnings": null
+        },
+        {
+          "traceID": "83a9efd15c1c98a977e0711cc93ee28b",
+          "spanID": "e127af99e3b3e074",
+          "operationName": "okey-dokey-0",
+          "references": [
+            {
+              "refType": "CHILD_OF",
+              "traceID": "83a9efd15c1c98a977e0711cc93ee28b",
+              "spanID": "909541b92cf05311"
+            }
+          ],
+          "startTime": 1706678909209712,
+          "duration": 123,
+          "tags": [
+            {
+              "key": "otel.library.name",
+              "type": "string",
+              "value": "telemetrygen"
+            },
+            {
+              "key": "net.peer.ip",
+              "type": "string",
+              "value": "1.2.3.4"
+            },
+            {
+              "key": "peer.service",
+              "type": "string",
+              "value": "telemetrygen-client"
+            },
+            {
+              "key": "span.kind",
+              "type": "string",
+              "value": "server"
+            }
+          ],
+          "logs": [],
+          "processID": "p1",
+          "warnings": null
+        }
+      ],
+      "processes": {
+        "p1": {
+          "serviceName": "telemetrygen",
+          "tags": []
+        }
+      },
+      "warnings": null
+    }
+  ],
+  "total": 0,
+  "limit": 0,
+  "offset": 0,
+  "errors": null
+}
diff --git a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/readJsonFile.test.js b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/readJsonFile.test.js
index bf69156bf0..865cd33241 100644
--- a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/readJsonFile.test.js
+++ b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/readJsonFile.test.js
@@ -12,7 +12,20 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
+import fs from 'fs';
+import lodash from 'lodash';
 import readJsonFile from './readJsonFile';
+import JaegerAPI from '../api/jaeger';
+
+jest.spyOn(JaegerAPI, 'transformOTLP').mockImplementation(APICallRequest => {
+  const OTLPTrace = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('src/utils/fixtures/otlp2jaeger-in.json', 'utf-8'));
+  const jaegerTrace = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('src/utils/fixtures/otlp2jaeger-out.json', 'utf-8'));
+  if (lodash.isEqual(APICallRequest, OTLPTrace)) {
+    return Promise.resolve(jaegerTrace);
+  }
+  // This defines case where API call errors out even after detecting a `resourceSpan` in the request
+  return Promise.reject();
+});
 
 describe('fileReader.readJsonFile', () => {
   it('rejects when given an invalid file', () => {
@@ -39,6 +52,21 @@ describe('fileReader.readJsonFile', () => {
     return expect(p).resolves.toMatchObject(obj);
   });
 
+  it('loads JSON data (OTLP), successfully', () => {
+    const inObj = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('src/utils/fixtures/otlp2jaeger-in.json', 'utf-8'));
+    const outObj = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('src/utils/fixtures/otlp2jaeger-out.json', 'utf-8'));
+    const file = new File([JSON.stringify(inObj)], 'foo.json');
+    const p = readJsonFile({ file });
+    return expect(p).resolves.toMatchObject(outObj);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects an OTLP trace', () => {
+    const inObj = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('src/utils/fixtures/otlp2jaeger-in-error.json', 'utf-8'));
+    const file = new File([JSON.stringify(inObj)], 'foo.json');
+    const p = readJsonFile({ file });
+    return expect(p).rejects.toMatchObject(expect.any(Error));
+  });
+
   it('rejects on malform JSON', () => {
     const file = new File(['not-json'], 'foo.json');
     const p = readJsonFile({ file });
diff --git a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/readJsonFile.tsx b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/readJsonFile.tsx
index 21b93bc562..be404c56be 100644
--- a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/readJsonFile.tsx
+++ b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/readJsonFile.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
+import JaegerAPI from '../api/jaeger';
+
 export default function readJsonFile(fileList: { file: File }): Promise<string> {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const reader = new FileReader();
@@ -21,7 +23,18 @@ export default function readJsonFile(fileList: { file: File }): Promise<string>
         return;
       }
       try {
-        resolve(JSON.parse(reader.result));
+        const traceObj = JSON.parse(reader.result);
+        if ('resourceSpans' in traceObj) {
+          JaegerAPI.transformOTLP(traceObj)
+            .then((result: string) => {
+              resolve(result);
+            })
+            .catch(() => {
+              reject(new Error(`Error converting traces to OTLP`));
+            });
+        } else {
+          resolve(traceObj);
+        }
       } catch (error: unknown) {
         reject(new Error(`Error parsing JSON: ${(error as Error).message}`));
       }