diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/annotation/ReactorSleuthMethodInvocationProcessor.java b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/annotation/ReactorSleuthMethodInvocationProcessor.java
index b084a95e8..ebff3d4f0 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/annotation/ReactorSleuthMethodInvocationProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/annotation/ReactorSleuthMethodInvocationProcessor.java
@@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ class ReactorSleuthMethodInvocationProcessor
 			Span span;
 			Tracer tracer = this.processor.tracer();
 			if (this.span == null) {
-				span = tracer.newTrace();
+				// If we aren't continuing a trace from this flow, use nextSpan so that it
+				// can consider the "current span" (typically, backed by a thread-local)
+				span = tracer.nextSpan();
 				this.processor.newSpanParser().parse(this.invocation, this.newSpan, span);
 				span.start();
 			}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/annotation/SleuthSpanCreatorAspectFluxTests.java b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/annotation/SleuthSpanCreatorAspectFluxTests.java
index 5f4a6da24..087c6c106 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/annotation/SleuthSpanCreatorAspectFluxTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/annotation/SleuthSpanCreatorAspectFluxTests.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import brave.Span;
 import brave.Tracer;
 import brave.handler.SpanHandler;
+import brave.propagation.CurrentTraceContext;
+import brave.propagation.CurrentTraceContext.Scope;
 import brave.propagation.TraceContext;
 import brave.sampler.Sampler;
 import brave.test.TestSpanHandler;
@@ -53,12 +55,18 @@ public class SleuthSpanCreatorAspectFluxTests {
 	@Autowired
 	TestBeanInterface testBean;
 
+	@Autowired
+	CurrentTraceContext currentTraceContext;
+
 	@Autowired
 	Tracer tracer;
 
 	@Autowired
 	TestSpanHandler spans;
 
+	TraceContext context = TraceContext.newBuilder().traceId(1).spanId(1).sampled(true)
+			.build();
+
 	private static String toHexString(Long value) {
 		then(value).isNotNull();
 		return StringUtils.leftPad(Long.toHexString(value), 16, '0');
@@ -84,6 +92,20 @@ public class SleuthSpanCreatorAspectFluxTests {
 		this.testBean.reset();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void newSpan_shouldContinueExistingTrace() {
+		try (Scope scope = this.currentTraceContext.newScope(context)) {
+			Flux<String> flux = this.testBean.testMethod();
+			verifyNoSpansUntilFluxComplete(flux);
+		}
+
+		Awaitility.await().untilAsserted(() -> {
+			then(this.spans).hasSize(1);
+			then(this.spans.get(0).traceId()).isEqualTo(context.traceIdString());
+			then(this.spans.get(0).parentId()).isEqualTo(context.spanIdString());
+		});
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void shouldCreateSpanWhenAnnotationOnInterfaceMethod() {
 		Flux<String> flux = this.testBean.testMethod();