diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring/spring-messaging-4.0/build.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring/spring-messaging-4.0/build.gradle
index 336ea73a0ec..66fc04a0396 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring/spring-messaging-4.0/build.gradle
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring/spring-messaging-4.0/build.gradle
@@ -1,13 +1,24 @@
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinVersion
+
+plugins {
+  id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm'
+}
+
 muzzle {
   pass {
     group = 'org.springframework'
     module = 'spring-messaging'
     versions = "[4.0.0.RELEASE,)"
     assertInverse = true
+    // KotlinAwareHandlerInstrumentation references Publisher from reactive-streams,
+    // which is not bundled in spring-messaging but is always present when Spring Kafka is.
+    extraDependency 'org.reactivestreams:reactive-streams:1.0.4'
   }
 }
 
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/test-with-kotlin.gradle"
 
 testJvmConstraints {
   minJavaVersion = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
@@ -16,13 +27,24 @@ testJvmConstraints {
 addTestSuiteForDir('latestDepTest', 'test')
 
 ["compileTestGroovy", "compileLatestDepTestGroovy"].each { name ->
+  def kotlinTaskName = name.replace("Groovy", "Kotlin")
   tasks.named(name, GroovyCompile) {
     configureCompiler(it, 17)
+    classpath += files(tasks.named(kotlinTaskName).map { it.destinationDirectory })
+  }
+}
+
+kotlin {
+  compilerOptions {
+    jvmTarget = JvmTarget.JVM_1_8
+    apiVersion = KotlinVersion.KOTLIN_1_9
+    languageVersion = KotlinVersion.KOTLIN_1_9
   }
 }
 
 dependencies {
   compileOnly group: 'org.springframework', name: 'spring-messaging', version: '4.0.0.RELEASE'
+  compileOnly 'org.reactivestreams:reactive-streams:1.0.4'
   testImplementation project(':dd-java-agent:instrumentation:aws-java:aws-java-common')
 
   // capture SQS send and receive spans, propagate trace details in messages
@@ -36,6 +58,32 @@ dependencies {
   }
   testImplementation group: 'org.elasticmq', name: 'elasticmq-rest-sqs_2.13', version: '1.2.3'
 
+  // Spring Kafka + embedded Kafka broker for coroutine tests
+  testImplementation group: 'org.springframework.kafka', name: 'spring-kafka', version: '3.3.4', {
+    exclude group: 'org.apache.kafka'
+  }
+  testImplementation group: 'org.springframework.kafka', name: 'spring-kafka-test', version: '3.3.4', {
+    exclude group: 'org.apache.kafka'
+  }
+
+  // KotlinAwareHandlerInstrumentation relies on the reactive-streams instrumentation
+  testImplementation project(':dd-java-agent:instrumentation:reactive-streams-1.0')
+
+  testImplementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka-server-common:3.8.0:test'
+  testImplementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:3.8.0'
+  testImplementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:3.8.0:test'
+  testImplementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka_2.13:3.8.0'
+  testImplementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka_2.13:3.8.0:test'
+
+  testImplementation libs.kotlin
+  testImplementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect"
+  testImplementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core-jvm:1.8.+"
+  testImplementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-reactor:1.8.+"
+  testImplementation "io.projectreactor:reactor-core:3.+"
+
+  testRuntimeOnly project(':dd-java-agent:instrumentation:kotlin-coroutines-1.3')
+  testRuntimeOnly project(':dd-java-agent:instrumentation:kafka:kafka-clients-3.8')
+
   latestDepTestImplementation group: 'org.springframework', name: 'spring-messaging', version: '6.+', {
     exclude group: 'org.slf4j', module: 'slf4j-api'
   }
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring/spring-messaging-4.0/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/springmessaging/KotlinAwareHandlerInstrumentation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring/spring-messaging-4.0/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/springmessaging/KotlinAwareHandlerInstrumentation.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..72f2c181996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring/spring-messaging-4.0/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/springmessaging/KotlinAwareHandlerInstrumentation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package datadog.trace.instrumentation.springmessaging;
+
+import static datadog.trace.agent.tooling.bytebuddy.matcher.NameMatchers.named;
+import static net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatchers.isMethod;
+
+import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
+import datadog.context.Context;
+import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.Instrumenter;
+import datadog.trace.agent.tooling.InstrumenterModule;
+import datadog.trace.bootstrap.InstrumentationContext;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import net.bytebuddy.asm.Advice;
+import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
+
+/**
+ * Instruments {@code KotlinAwareInvocableHandlerMethod.doInvoke()} to attach the current {@link
+ * Context} to the returned {@link Publisher} so that the reactive-streams instrumentation activates
+ * it during subscription.
+ *
+ * <p>When a Spring Kafka listener is a Kotlin {@code suspend fun}, {@code
+ * KotlinAwareInvocableHandlerMethod.doInvoke()} returns a cold {@code Mono} immediately, before the
+ * listener body runs. By the time the {@code Mono} is subscribed (and the underlying {@code
+ * AbstractCoroutine} is constructed), the {@code spring.consume} scope opened by {@link
+ * SpringMessageHandlerInstrumentation} has already been closed. This advice captures {@link
+ * Context#current()} at {@code doInvoke()} exit — while {@code spring.consume} is still active —
+ * and stores it on the Publisher. The reactive-streams {@code PublisherInstrumentation} then
+ * retrieves and activates it during subscription so that {@code DatadogThreadContextElement} picks
+ * up the correct parent context when the underlying {@code AbstractCoroutine} is constructed.
+ */
+@AutoService(InstrumenterModule.class)
+public class KotlinAwareHandlerInstrumentation extends InstrumenterModule.Tracing
+    implements Instrumenter.ForSingleType, Instrumenter.HasMethodAdvice {
+
+  public KotlinAwareHandlerInstrumentation() {
+    super("spring-messaging", "spring-messaging-4");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Map<String, String> contextStore() {
+    return Collections.singletonMap("org.reactivestreams.Publisher", Context.class.getName());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public List<Instrumenter> typeInstrumentations() {
+    return Collections.singletonList(new KotlinAwareHandlerInstrumentation());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String instrumentedType() {
+    return "org.springframework.kafka.listener.adapter.KotlinAwareInvocableHandlerMethod";
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void methodAdvice(MethodTransformer transformer) {
+    transformer.applyAdvice(
+        isMethod().and(named("doInvoke")),
+        KotlinAwareHandlerInstrumentation.class.getName() + "$DoInvokeAdvice");
+  }
+
+  public static class DoInvokeAdvice {
+    @Advice.OnMethodExit(suppress = Throwable.class)
+    public static void onExit(@Advice.Return Object result) {
+      if (result instanceof Publisher) {
+        InstrumentationContext.get(Publisher.class, Context.class)
+            .put((Publisher<?>) result, Context.current());
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring/spring-messaging-4.0/src/test/groovy/KafkaBatchListenerCoroutineTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring/spring-messaging-4.0/src/test/groovy/KafkaBatchListenerCoroutineTest.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..834b31f2a62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring/spring-messaging-4.0/src/test/groovy/KafkaBatchListenerCoroutineTest.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+import datadog.trace.agent.test.InstrumentationSpecification
+import datadog.trace.agent.test.asserts.TraceAssert
+import listener.KafkaBatchCoroutineConfig
+import listener.KafkaBatchCoroutineListener
+import datadog.trace.api.DDSpanTypes
+import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.InstrumentationTags
+import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.Tags
+import datadog.trace.core.DDSpan
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerRecord
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext
+import org.springframework.kafka.config.KafkaListenerEndpointRegistry
+import org.springframework.kafka.core.KafkaTemplate
+import org.springframework.kafka.test.EmbeddedKafkaBroker
+import org.springframework.kafka.test.utils.ContainerTestUtils
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
+
+class KafkaBatchListenerCoroutineTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
+
+  private static final String TOPIC = "batch-coroutine-topic"
+  private static final String CONSUMER_GROUP = "batch-coroutine-group"
+
+  def "batch @KafkaListener suspend fun - spans must be in the same trace as kafka.consume"() {
+    setup:
+    def appContext = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(KafkaBatchCoroutineConfig)
+    def listener = appContext.getBean(KafkaBatchCoroutineListener)
+    def template = appContext.getBean(KafkaTemplate)
+    def broker = appContext.getBean(EmbeddedKafkaBroker)
+    def registry = appContext.getBean(KafkaListenerEndpointRegistry)
+
+    // Wait until listener container has been assigned partitions before sending.
+    registry.listenerContainers.each { container ->
+      ContainerTestUtils.waitForAssignment(container, broker.partitionsPerTopic)
+    }
+
+    TEST_WRITER.clear()
+
+    when: "two messages are sent before the consumer polls so they arrive in one batch"
+    registry.listenerContainers.each { it.stop() }
+    template.send(new ProducerRecord(TOPIC, "key", "hello-batch"))
+    template.send(new ProducerRecord(TOPIC, "key", "hello-batch"))
+    template.flush()
+    registry.listenerContainers.each { it.start() }
+
+    then: "the listener processes the batch within 15 s"
+    listener.latch.await(15, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+    listener.receivedValues == ["hello-batch", "hello-batch"]
+
+    and: "child.work is a child of spring.consume"
+    DDSpan produce1Span, produce2Span, springConsumeParent
+    assertTraces(10, SORT_TRACES_BY_ID) {
+      trace(1) {
+        produceSpan(it)
+        produce1Span = span(0)
+      }
+      trace(1) {
+        produceSpan(it)
+        produce2Span = span(0)
+      }
+
+      trace(1) { kafkaConsumeSpan(it, produce1Span, 0) }
+      trace(1) { kafkaConsumeSpan(it, produce2Span, 1) }
+      trace(1) { kafkaConsumeSpan(it, produce1Span, 0) }
+      trace(1) { kafkaConsumeSpan(it, produce2Span, 1) }
+
+      trace(1) {
+        // consume messages in one batch
+        springConsumeSpan(it)
+        springConsumeParent = span(0)
+      }
+      // child work span connected to the spring consume span
+      trace(1) { childWorkSpan(it, springConsumeParent) }
+
+      trace(1) { kafkaConsumeSpan(it, produce1Span, 0) }
+      trace(1) { kafkaConsumeSpan(it, produce2Span, 1) }
+    }
+
+    cleanup:
+    appContext.close()
+  }
+
+  private static void produceSpan(TraceAssert trace) {
+    trace.span {
+      operationName "kafka.produce"
+      resourceName "Produce Topic $TOPIC"
+      spanType "queue"
+      errored false
+      measured true
+      parent()
+      tags {
+        "$Tags.COMPONENT" "java-kafka"
+        "$Tags.SPAN_KIND" Tags.SPAN_KIND_PRODUCER
+        "$InstrumentationTags.MESSAGING_DESTINATION_NAME" TOPIC
+        "$InstrumentationTags.KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS" { String }
+        peerServiceFrom(InstrumentationTags.KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS)
+        defaultTags()
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static void kafkaConsumeSpan(TraceAssert trace, DDSpan parent, int offset) {
+    trace.span {
+      operationName "kafka.consume"
+      resourceName "Consume Topic $TOPIC"
+      spanType "queue"
+      errored false
+      measured true
+      childOf parent
+      tags {
+        "$Tags.COMPONENT" "java-kafka"
+        "$Tags.SPAN_KIND" Tags.SPAN_KIND_CONSUMER
+        "$InstrumentationTags.MESSAGING_DESTINATION_NAME" TOPIC
+        "$InstrumentationTags.KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS" { String }
+        peerServiceFrom(InstrumentationTags.KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS)
+        "$InstrumentationTags.CONSUMER_GROUP" CONSUMER_GROUP
+        "$InstrumentationTags.OFFSET" offset
+        "$InstrumentationTags.PARTITION" { Integer }
+        "$InstrumentationTags.RECORD_QUEUE_TIME_MS" { Long }
+        "$InstrumentationTags.RECORD_END_TO_END_DURATION_MS" { Long }
+        defaultTags(true)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static void springConsumeSpan(TraceAssert trace) {
+    trace.span {
+      operationName "spring.consume"
+      resourceName "KafkaBatchCoroutineListener.consume"
+      spanType DDSpanTypes.MESSAGE_CONSUMER
+      errored false
+      measured true
+      parent()
+      tags {
+        "$Tags.COMPONENT" "spring-messaging"
+        "$Tags.SPAN_KIND" Tags.SPAN_KIND_CONSUMER
+        defaultTags(true)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static void childWorkSpan(TraceAssert trace, DDSpan parent) {
+    trace.span {
+      operationName "child.work"
+      childOf parent
+      tags { defaultTags() }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring/spring-messaging-4.0/src/test/kotlin/KafkaBatchCoroutineConfig.kt b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring/spring-messaging-4.0/src/test/kotlin/KafkaBatchCoroutineConfig.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3272a3371a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring/spring-messaging-4.0/src/test/kotlin/KafkaBatchCoroutineConfig.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+package listener
+
+import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentTracer.startSpan
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerConfig
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerRecord
+import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer
+import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration
+import org.springframework.kafka.annotation.EnableKafka
+import org.springframework.kafka.annotation.KafkaListener
+import org.springframework.kafka.config.ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory
+import org.springframework.kafka.core.DefaultKafkaConsumerFactory
+import org.springframework.kafka.core.DefaultKafkaProducerFactory
+import org.springframework.kafka.core.KafkaTemplate
+import org.springframework.kafka.test.EmbeddedKafkaBroker
+import org.springframework.kafka.test.EmbeddedKafkaKraftBroker
+import org.springframework.kafka.test.utils.KafkaTestUtils
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch
+
+const val BATCH_COROUTINE_TOPIC = "batch-coroutine-topic"
+
+@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
+@EnableKafka
+class KafkaBatchCoroutineConfig {
+
+  @Bean(destroyMethod = "destroy")
+  fun embeddedKafkaBroker(): EmbeddedKafkaBroker {
+    val broker = EmbeddedKafkaKraftBroker(1, 2, BATCH_COROUTINE_TOPIC)
+    broker.afterPropertiesSet()
+    return broker
+  }
+
+  @Bean
+  fun producerFactory(broker: EmbeddedKafkaBroker): DefaultKafkaProducerFactory<String, String> {
+    val props = HashMap<String, Any>(KafkaTestUtils.producerProps(broker.brokersAsString))
+    props["key.serializer"] = StringSerializer::class.java.name
+    props["value.serializer"] = StringSerializer::class.java.name
+    return DefaultKafkaProducerFactory(props)
+  }
+
+  @Bean
+  fun kafkaTemplate(pf: DefaultKafkaProducerFactory<String, String>) = KafkaTemplate(pf)
+
+  @Bean
+  fun consumerFactory(broker: EmbeddedKafkaBroker): DefaultKafkaConsumerFactory<String, String> {
+    val props = HashMap<String, Any>(KafkaTestUtils.consumerProps("batch-coroutine-group", "false", broker))
+    props[ConsumerConfig.AUTO_OFFSET_RESET_CONFIG] = "earliest"
+    props[ConsumerConfig.KEY_DESERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG] = StringDeserializer::class.java.name
+    props[ConsumerConfig.VALUE_DESERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG] = StringDeserializer::class.java.name
+    return DefaultKafkaConsumerFactory(props)
+  }
+
+  @Bean
+  fun batchListenerContainerFactory(
+    cf: DefaultKafkaConsumerFactory<String, String>
+  ): ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory<String, String> {
+    val factory = ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory<String, String>()
+    factory.consumerFactory = cf
+    factory.isBatchListener = true
+    return factory
+  }
+
+  @Bean
+  fun kafkaBatchCoroutineListener() = KafkaBatchCoroutineListener()
+}
+
+@Component
+class KafkaBatchCoroutineListener {
+
+  val latch = CountDownLatch(1)
+  val receivedValues = mutableListOf<String>()
+
+  @KafkaListener(
+    topics = [BATCH_COROUTINE_TOPIC],
+    containerFactory = "batchListenerContainerFactory"
+  )
+  suspend fun consume(records: List<ConsumerRecord<String, String>>) {
+    Exception("consume records").printStackTrace(System.err)
+    // Create a child span inside the coroutine body.
+    // It should be linked to spring.consume, which should be linked to kafka.consume.
+    val childSpan = startSpan("child.work")
+    records.forEach { receivedValues.add(it.value()) }
+    childSpan.finish()
+    latch.countDown()
+  }
+}