diff --git a/web/nginx.conf b/web/nginx.conf
index 70a0c80..99c1ae0 100644
--- a/web/nginx.conf
+++ b/web/nginx.conf
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ http {
             opentracing_trace_locations off;
             opentracing_propagate_context;
             opentracing_tag "resource.name" "static_resources";
+
+            add_header "server-timing" "intid;desc=${opentracing_context_x_instana_t}";
         }
 
     }