diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
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+# Changelog for hs-opentelemetry-instrumentation-hspec
+
+## 0.0.1.0
+
+- Initial release
+
+## Unreleased changes
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright Ian Duncan (c) 2021
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+      copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+      disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+      with the distribution.
+
+    * Neither the name of Ian Duncan nor the names of other
+      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+      from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
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+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# hs-opentelemetry-instrumentation-hspec
+
+Instrumentation for Hspec for OpenTelemetry. This creates a span for each test
+case inside a test suite.
+
+## Usage
+
+See the example in [examples/hspec](../../examples/hspec) for an instrumented
+test suite.
+
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/hs-opentelemetry-instrumentation-hspec.cabal b/hs-opentelemetry-instrumentation-hspec.cabal
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+cabal-version: 1.12
+
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.34.5.
+--
+-- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
+
+name:           hs-opentelemetry-instrumentation-hspec
+version:        0.0.1.0
+description:    Please see the README on GitHub at <https://github.com/iand675/hs-opentelemetry/tree/main/instrumentation/hspec#readme>
+homepage:       https://github.com/iand675/hs-opentelemetry#readme
+bug-reports:    https://github.com/iand675/hs-opentelemetry/issues
+author:         Ian Duncan
+maintainer:     ian@iankduncan.com
+copyright:      2021 Ian Duncan
+license:        BSD3
+license-file:   LICENSE
+build-type:     Simple
+extra-source-files:
+    README.md
+    ChangeLog.md
+
+source-repository head
+  type: git
+  location: https://github.com/iand675/hs-opentelemetry
+
+library
+  exposed-modules:
+      OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Hspec
+  other-modules:
+      Paths_hs_opentelemetry_instrumentation_hspec
+  hs-source-dirs:
+      src
+  build-depends:
+      base >=4.7 && <5
+    , hs-opentelemetry-api ==0.0.3.*
+    , hspec >=2.9.4
+    , hspec-core >=2.9.4
+    , mtl
+    , resourcet
+    , text
+    , unliftio
+    , vault
+  default-language: Haskell2010
+
+test-suite hs-opentelemetry-hspec-test
+  type: exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  main-is: Spec.hs
+  other-modules:
+      Paths_hs_opentelemetry_instrumentation_hspec
+  hs-source-dirs:
+      test
+  ghc-options: -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N
+  build-depends:
+      base >=4.7 && <5
+    , hs-opentelemetry-api ==0.0.3.*
+    , hs-opentelemetry-instrumentation-hspec
+    , hspec >=2.9.4
+    , hspec-core >=2.9.4
+    , mtl
+    , resourcet
+    , text
+    , unliftio
+    , vault
+  default-language: Haskell2010
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Instrumentation/Hspec.hs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Instrumentation/Hspec.hs
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+-- | Instrumentation for Hspec test suites
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+module OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Hspec
+  ( wrapSpec,
+    wrapExampleInSpan,
+  )
+where
+
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class
+import Control.Monad.Reader
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import OpenTelemetry.Attributes (Attributes)
+import OpenTelemetry.Context
+import OpenTelemetry.Context.ThreadLocal (adjustContext, attachContext, getContext)
+import OpenTelemetry.Trace.Core
+import Test.Hspec.Core.Spec (ActionWith, Item (..), Spec, SpecWith, mapSpecItem_)
+
+-- | Creates a wrapper function that you can pass a spec into.
+--
+--   This function will wrap each @it@ test case with a span with the name of
+--   the test case.
+--
+--   The context in which this is called determines the parent span of all of
+--   the spec items.
+wrapSpec :: MonadIO m => m (SpecWith a -> SpecWith a)
+wrapSpec = do
+  tp <- getGlobalTracerProvider
+  let tracer = makeTracer tp "hs-opentelemetry-instrumentation-hspec" tracerOptions
+  context <- getContext
+
+  -- FIXME: this kind of just dumps everything flat into one span per `it`. We
+  -- could possibly do better, e.g. finding the `describe`s and making them into
+  -- spans but I am not sure how that would be achieved.
+  pure $ \spec -> mapSpecItem_ (wrapExampleInSpan tracer context) spec
+
+-- | Wraps one example in a span parented by the specified context, and ensures
+--   the thread running the spec item will have a context available.
+wrapExampleInSpan :: Tracer -> Context -> Item a -> Item a
+wrapExampleInSpan tp traceContext item@Item {itemExample = ex, itemRequirement = req} =
+  item
+    { itemExample = \params aroundAction pcb -> do
+        let aroundAction' a = do
+              -- we need to reattach the context, since we are on a forked thread
+              void $ attachContext traceContext
+              inSpan tp (T.pack req) defaultSpanArguments (aroundAction a)
+
+        ex params aroundAction' pcb
+    }
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
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+main :: IO ()
+main = putStrLn "Test suite not yet implemented"