diff --git a/dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/tracing/tracesSampler/op-attribute/init.js b/dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/tracing/tracesSampler/op-attribute/init.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1c46615de295
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/tracing/tracesSampler/op-attribute/init.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/browser';
+
+window.Sentry = Sentry;
+
+Sentry.init({
+  traceLifecycle: 'static',
+  dsn: 'https://public@dsn.ingest.sentry.io/1337',
+  tracesSampler: ({ attributes }) => {
+    return attributes?.['sentry.op'] === 'custom.op' ? 1 : 0;
+  },
+});
diff --git a/dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/tracing/tracesSampler/op-attribute/subject.js b/dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/tracing/tracesSampler/op-attribute/subject.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..729e4f2b03c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/tracing/tracesSampler/op-attribute/subject.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Sentry.startSpan({ name: 'span-with-unsampled-op', op: 'other.op' }, () => {});
+Sentry.startSpan({ name: 'span-with-sampled-op', op: 'custom.op' }, () => {});
diff --git a/dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/tracing/tracesSampler/op-attribute/test.ts b/dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/tracing/tracesSampler/op-attribute/test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9d5bc57bc5c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/browser-integration-tests/suites/tracing/tracesSampler/op-attribute/test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { expect } from '@playwright/test';
+import { sentryTest } from '../../../../utils/fixtures';
+import {
+  envelopeRequestParser,
+  shouldSkipTracingTest,
+  waitForTransactionRequestOnUrl,
+} from '../../../../utils/helpers';
+
+sentryTest('tracesSampler can sample based on the `sentry.op` attribute', async ({ getLocalTestUrl, page }) => {
+  if (shouldSkipTracingTest()) {
+    sentryTest.skip();
+  }
+
+  const url = await getLocalTestUrl({ testDir: __dirname });
+
+  // The sampler drops `other.op` and keeps `custom.op`, so the only transaction
+  // that arrives is the one whose op the sampler saw in the attributes.
+  const req = await waitForTransactionRequestOnUrl(page, url);
+  const transactionEvent = envelopeRequestParser(req);
+
+  expect(transactionEvent.type).toBe('transaction');
+  expect(transactionEvent.transaction).toBe('span-with-sampled-op');
+  expect(transactionEvent.contexts?.trace?.op).toBe('custom.op');
+});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/tracing/trace.ts b/packages/core/src/tracing/trace.ts
index a370dc296fa7..49c547e45645 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/tracing/trace.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/tracing/trace.ts
@@ -462,6 +462,15 @@ function parseSentrySpanArguments(options: StartSpanOptions): SentrySpanArgument
     ...options,
   };
 
+  // Fold `op` into the attributes up front so samplers see `sentry.op`; the `SentrySpan`
+  // constructor only adds it after the sampling decision. An explicit `sentry.op` attribute wins.
+  if (options.op) {
+    initialCtx.attributes = {
+      [SEMANTIC_ATTRIBUTE_SENTRY_OP]: options.op,
+      ...options.attributes,
+    };
+  }
+
   if (options.startTime) {
     const ctx: SentrySpanArguments & { startTime?: SpanTimeInput } = { ...initialCtx };
     ctx.startTimestamp = spanTimeInputToSeconds(options.startTime);
diff --git a/packages/core/test/lib/tracing/trace.test.ts b/packages/core/test/lib/tracing/trace.test.ts
index 7740da97b1aa..83bfa902cf91 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/lib/tracing/trace.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/lib/tracing/trace.test.ts
@@ -785,6 +785,27 @@ describe('startSpan', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('passes a `sentry.op` attribute to the tracesSampler when `op` is set', () => {
+      tracesSampler.mockReturnValueOnce(true);
+
+      const options = getDefaultTestClientOptions({ tracesSampler });
+      client = new TestClient(options);
+      setCurrentClient(client);
+      client.init();
+
+      startSpan({ name: 'outer', op: 'test.op', attributes: { test1: 'aa' } }, () => {});
+
+      expect(tracesSampler).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({
+        parentSampled: undefined,
+        name: 'outer',
+        attributes: {
+          'sentry.op': 'test.op',
+          test1: 'aa',
+        },
+        inheritOrSampleWith: expect.any(Function),
+      });
+    });
+
     it.each([false, 0])('returns a negative sampling decision if tracesSampler returns %s', tracesSamplerResult => {
       tracesSampler.mockReturnValueOnce(tracesSamplerResult);