diff --git a/otelzap/README.md b/otelzap/README.md
index 44d7d91..4a6adef 100644
--- a/otelzap/README.md
+++ b/otelzap/README.md
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ couple of [options](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/uptrace/opentelemetry-go-extra
   number, and function name of the caller. Enabled by default.
 - `otelzap.WithStackTrace(true)` configures the logger to capture logs with a stack trace. Disabled
   by default.
+- `otelzap.WithExtraFields(true)` configures the logger to add the given fields to structured log
+  messages and to span log events.
 - `otelzap.WithTraceIDField(true)` configures the logger to add `trace_id` field to structured log
   messages. This option is only useful with backends that don't support OTLP and instead parse log
   messages to extract structured information.
diff --git a/otelzap/option.go b/otelzap/option.go
index b3da57d..7d3a73c 100644
--- a/otelzap/option.go
+++ b/otelzap/option.go
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ func WithStackTrace(on bool) Option {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithExtraFields configures the logger to add the given extra fields to structured log messages
+// and the span
+func WithExtraFields(fields ...zapcore.Field) Option {
+	return func(l *Logger) {
+		l.extraFields = append(l.extraFields, fields...)
+	}
+}
+
 // WithTraceIDField configures the logger to add `trace_id` field to structured log messages.
 //
 // This option is only useful with backends that don't support OTLP and instead parse log
diff --git a/otelzap/otelzap.go b/otelzap/otelzap.go
index 23efcca..4e4ec8d 100644
--- a/otelzap/otelzap.go
+++ b/otelzap/otelzap.go
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ func (l *Logger) FatalContext(ctx context.Context, msg string, fields ...zapcore
 func (l *Logger) logFields(
 	ctx context.Context, lvl zapcore.Level, msg string, fields []zapcore.Field,
 ) []zapcore.Field {
+	if len(l.extraFields) > 0 {
+		fields = append(fields, l.extraFields...)
+	}
+
 	if lvl < l.minLevel {
 		return fields
 	}
@@ -148,7 +152,7 @@ func (l *Logger) logFields(
 		return fields
 	}
 
-	attrs := make([]attribute.KeyValue, 0, numAttr+len(fields)+len(l.extraFields))
+	attrs := make([]attribute.KeyValue, 0, numAttr+len(fields))
 
 	for _, f := range fields {
 		if f.Type == zapcore.NamespaceType {
@@ -158,14 +162,6 @@ func (l *Logger) logFields(
 		attrs = appendField(attrs, f)
 	}
 
-	for _, f := range l.extraFields {
-		if f.Type == zapcore.NamespaceType {
-			// should this be a prefix?
-			continue
-		}
-		attrs = appendField(attrs, f)
-	}
-
 	l.log(span, lvl, msg, attrs)
 
 	if l.withTraceID {
@@ -355,21 +351,24 @@ func (s *SugaredLogger) Desugar() *Logger {
 // and the second as the field value.
 //
 // For example,
-//   sugaredLogger.With(
-//     "hello", "world",
-//     "failure", errors.New("oh no"),
-//     Stack(),
-//     "count", 42,
-//     "user", User{Name: "alice"},
-//  )
+//
+//	 sugaredLogger.With(
+//	   "hello", "world",
+//	   "failure", errors.New("oh no"),
+//	   Stack(),
+//	   "count", 42,
+//	   "user", User{Name: "alice"},
+//	)
+//
 // is the equivalent of
-//   unsugared.With(
-//     String("hello", "world"),
-//     String("failure", "oh no"),
-//     Stack(),
-//     Int("count", 42),
-//     Object("user", User{Name: "alice"}),
-//   )
+//
+//	unsugared.With(
+//	  String("hello", "world"),
+//	  String("failure", "oh no"),
+//	  Stack(),
+//	  Int("count", 42),
+//	  Object("user", User{Name: "alice"}),
+//	)
 //
 // Note that the keys in key-value pairs should be strings. In development,
 // passing a non-string key panics. In production, the logger is more
@@ -606,7 +605,8 @@ func (s SugaredLoggerWithCtx) Fatalf(template string, args ...interface{}) {
 // pairs are treated as they are in With.
 //
 // When debug-level logging is disabled, this is much faster than
-//  s.With(keysAndValues).Debug(msg)
+//
+//	s.With(keysAndValues).Debug(msg)
 func (s SugaredLoggerWithCtx) Debugw(msg string, keysAndValues ...interface{}) {
 	keysAndValues = s.s.logKVs(s.ctx, zap.DebugLevel, msg, keysAndValues)
 	s.s.skipCaller.Debugw(msg, keysAndValues...)
diff --git a/otelzap/otelzap_test.go b/otelzap/otelzap_test.go
index 3107ddd..3b53bfc 100644
--- a/otelzap/otelzap_test.go
+++ b/otelzap/otelzap_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"go.uber.org/zap/zaptest/observer"
+
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	sdktrace "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
@@ -346,6 +348,51 @@ func TestOtelZap(t *testing.T) {
 			test.require(t, event)
 		})
 	}
+
+	t.Run("providing extra fields to be recorded on the span, and logged", func(t *testing.T) {
+		sr := tracetest.NewSpanRecorder()
+		provider := sdktrace.NewTracerProvider(sdktrace.WithSpanProcessor(sr))
+		tracer := provider.Tracer("test")
+
+		ctx := context.Background()
+		ctx, span := tracer.Start(ctx, "main")
+
+		core, observedLogs := observer.New(zap.InfoLevel)
+		logger := New(zap.New(core), WithMinLevel(zap.InfoLevel))
+		loggerWithCtx := logger.Ctx(ctx).Clone(WithExtraFields(
+			zap.String("foo", "bar"),
+			zap.String("MyTraceIDKey", span.SpanContext().TraceID().String()),
+		))
+		loggerWithCtx.Info("hello")
+
+		span.End()
+
+		spans := sr.Ended()
+		require.Equal(t, 1, len(spans))
+
+		events := spans[0].Events()
+		require.Equal(t, 1, len(events))
+
+		event := events[0]
+		require.Equal(t, "log", event.Name)
+
+		m := attrMap(event.Attributes)
+		foo, ok := m["foo"]
+		require.True(t, ok)
+		require.Equal(t, "bar", foo.AsString())
+
+		_, ok = m["MyTraceIDKey"]
+		require.True(t, ok)
+		requireCodeAttrs(t, m)
+
+		require.Equal(t, 1, observedLogs.Len())
+		require.Equal(t, "hello", observedLogs.All()[0].Message)
+		require.Equal(t, zap.InfoLevel, observedLogs.All()[0].Level)
+
+		contextMap := observedLogs.All()[0].ContextMap()
+		require.Equal(t, "bar", contextMap["foo"])
+		require.Equal(t, span.SpanContext().TraceID().String(), contextMap["MyTraceIDKey"])
+	})
 }
 
 func requireCodeAttrs(t *testing.T, m map[attribute.Key]attribute.Value) {