diff --git a/instrumentation/faraday/README.md b/instrumentation/faraday/README.md
index f8e23bc45e..604f9ab7c5 100644
--- a/instrumentation/faraday/README.md
+++ b/instrumentation/faraday/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ To install the instrumentation, call `use` with the name of the instrumentation.
 ```ruby
 OpenTelemetry::SDK.configure do |c|
   c.use 'OpenTelemetry::Instrumentation::Faraday'
+  suppress_internal_instrumentation: true
 end
 ```
 
@@ -30,6 +31,11 @@ OpenTelemetry::SDK.configure do |c|
 end
 ```
 
+### Configuration options
+This instrumentation offers the following configuration options: 
+* `suppress_internal_instrumentation` (default: `false`): When set to `true`, any spans with 
+ span kind of `internal` are suppressed from traces.
+
 ## Examples
 
 Example usage of faraday can be seen in the `./example/faraday.rb` file [here](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby-contrib/blob/main/instrumentation/faraday/example/faraday.rb)
diff --git a/instrumentation/faraday/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/faraday/instrumentation.rb b/instrumentation/faraday/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/faraday/instrumentation.rb
index a194d709e7..8751b0b007 100644
--- a/instrumentation/faraday/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/faraday/instrumentation.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/faraday/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/faraday/instrumentation.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class Instrumentation < OpenTelemetry::Instrumentation::Base
 
         option :span_kind, default: :client, validate: %i[client internal]
         option :peer_service, default: nil, validate: :string
+        option :suppress_internal_instrumentation, default: false, validate: :boolean
 
         private
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/faraday/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/faraday/middlewares/tracer_middleware.rb b/instrumentation/faraday/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/faraday/middlewares/tracer_middleware.rb
index 26904ee8d7..d5391f0db4 100644
--- a/instrumentation/faraday/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/faraday/middlewares/tracer_middleware.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/faraday/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/faraday/middlewares/tracer_middleware.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,13 @@ def call(env)
               ) do |span|
                 OpenTelemetry.propagation.inject(env.request_headers)
 
-                app.call(env).on_complete { |resp| trace_response(span, resp.status) }
+                if config[:suppress_internal_instrumentation]
+                  OpenTelemetry::Common::Utilities.untraced do
+                    app.call(env).on_complete { |resp| trace_response(span, resp.status) }
+                  end
+                else
+                  app.call(env).on_complete { |resp| trace_response(span, resp.status) }
+                end
               rescue ::Faraday::Error => e
                 trace_response(span, e.response[:status]) if e.response