diff --git a/src/Contracts/Tracer.php b/src/Contracts/Tracer.php
index c1a43f9..8a79c26 100644
--- a/src/Contracts/Tracer.php
+++ b/src/Contracts/Tracer.php
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ interface Tracer
      * @param string $name
      * @param SpanContext|null $spanContext
      * @param int|null $timestamp  intval(microtime(true) * 1000000)
+     * @param string|null $kind
      * @return Span
      */
-    public function startSpan(string $name, SpanContext $spanContext = null, ?int $timestamp = null): Span;
+    public function startSpan(string $name, SpanContext $spanContext = null, ?int $timestamp = null, ?string $kind = null): Span;
 
     /**
      * Retrieve the root span of the service
diff --git a/src/Drivers/Zipkin/ZipkinTracer.php b/src/Drivers/Zipkin/ZipkinTracer.php
index 527882f..ebe8558 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/Zipkin/ZipkinTracer.php
+++ b/src/Drivers/Zipkin/ZipkinTracer.php
@@ -181,11 +181,15 @@ public function init(): Tracer
      * @param string $name
      * @param SpanContext|null $spanContext
      * @param int|null $timestamp  intval(microtime(true) * 1000000)
+     * @param string|null $kind
      * @return Span
      */
-    public function startSpan(string $name, ?SpanContext $spanContext = null, ?int $timestamp = null): Span
+    public function startSpan(string $name, ?SpanContext $spanContext = null, ?int $timestamp = null, ?string $kind = null): Span
     {
         $rawSpan = $this->tracing->getTracer()->nextSpan($spanContext ? $spanContext->getRawContext() : null);
+        if ($kind) {
+            $rawSpan->setKind($kind);
+        }
 
         if ($this->rootSpan) {
             $span = new ZipkinSpan($rawSpan, false);
diff --git a/src/Facades/Trace.php b/src/Facades/Trace.php
index f6dd5da..3a288bb 100644
--- a/src/Facades/Trace.php
+++ b/src/Facades/Trace.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 /**
  * @see \Vinelab\Tracing\Contracts\Tracer
  *
- * @method static Span startSpan(string $name, SpanContext $spanContext = null, ?int $timestamp = null)
+ * @method static Span startSpan(string $name, SpanContext $spanContext = null, ?int $timestamp = null, $kind = null)
  * @method static Span getRootSpan()
  * @method static Span getCurrentSpan()
  * @method static string|null getUUID()
diff --git a/src/Middleware/TraceRequests.php b/src/Middleware/TraceRequests.php
index 2928ec5..46e6887 100644
--- a/src/Middleware/TraceRequests.php
+++ b/src/Middleware/TraceRequests.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next)
         if (!$this->shouldBeExcluded($request->path())) {
             $spanContext = $this->tracer->extract($request, Formats::ILLUMINATE_HTTP);
 
-            $span = $this->tracer->startSpan('Http Request', $spanContext);
+            $span = $this->tracer->startSpan('Http Request', $spanContext, null, \Zipkin\Kind\SERVER);
 
             $this->tagRequestData($span, $request);
         }