diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/NewRelic/NRMModularAgentModule.java b/android/src/main/java/com/NewRelic/NRMModularAgentModule.java
index 1d2fad1..d10b38a 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/NewRelic/NRMModularAgentModule.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/NewRelic/NRMModularAgentModule.java
@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@ public void startAgent(String appKey, String agentVersion, String reactNativeVer
                 NewRelic.disableFeature(FeatureFlag.BackgroundReporting);
             }
 
+            if ((Boolean) agentConfig.get("distributedTracingEnabled")) {
+                NewRelic.enableFeature(FeatureFlag.DistributedTracing);
+            } else {
+                NewRelic.disableFeature(FeatureFlag.DistributedTracing);
+            }
+
             Map<String, Integer> strToLogLevel = new HashMap<>();
             strToLogLevel.put("ERROR", AgentLog.ERROR);
             strToLogLevel.put("WARNING", AgentLog.WARN);
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 9fd6928..d56535c 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ class NewRelic {
         fedRampEnabled: false,
         offlineStorageEnabled: true,
         backgroundReportingEnabled: false,
-        newEventSystemEnabled: true
+        newEventSystemEnabled: true,
+        distributedTracingEnabled: true,
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/ios/bridge/NRMModularAgent.m b/ios/bridge/NRMModularAgent.m
index 71a20f9..1308e5d 100644
--- a/ios/bridge/NRMModularAgent.m
+++ b/ios/bridge/NRMModularAgent.m
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ - (dispatch_queue_t)methodQueue{
     if ([[agentConfig objectForKey:@"newEventSystemEnabled"]boolValue] == YES) {
         [NewRelic enableFeatures:NRFeatureFlag_NewEventSystem];
     }
+
+    if ([[agentConfig objectForKey:@"distributedTracingEnabled"]boolValue] == NO) {
+        [NewRelic enableFeatures:NRFeatureFlag_DistributedTracing];
+    }
     
     //Default is NRLogLevelWarning
     NRLogLevels logLevel = NRLogLevelWarning;
diff --git a/new-relic/__tests__/new-relic.spec.js b/new-relic/__tests__/new-relic.spec.js
index f695965..eb7811b 100644
--- a/new-relic/__tests__/new-relic.spec.js
+++ b/new-relic/__tests__/new-relic.spec.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ describe('New Relic', () => {
     expect(NewRelic.agentConfiguration.offlineStorageEnabled).toBe(true);
     expect(NewRelic.agentConfiguration.newEventSystemEnabled).toBe(true);
     expect(NewRelic.agentConfiguration.backgroundReportingEnabled).toBe(false);
-
+    expect(NewRelic.agentConfiguration.distributedTracingEnabled).toBe(true);
   });
 
   it('should change default agent configuration when configuration is passed into the start call', () => {
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ describe('New Relic', () => {
       nativeCrashReportingEnabled:false,
       offlineStorageEnabled:false,
       newEventSystemEnabled:false,
-      backgroundReportingEnabled:true
+      backgroundReportingEnabled:true,
+      distributedTracingEnabled: false
     };
 
     NewRelic.startAgent("12345", customerConfiguration);
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ describe('New Relic', () => {
     expect(NewRelic.agentConfiguration.nativeCrashReportingEnabled).toBe(false);
     expect(NewRelic.agentConfiguration.newEventSystemEnabled).toBe(false);
     expect(NewRelic.agentConfiguration.backgroundReportingEnabled).toBe(true);
-
+    expect(NewRelic.agentConfiguration.distributedTracingEnabled).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it('should set the analytics event flag', () => {