diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-reactor/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/reactor/ReactorSleuth.java b/spring-cloud-sleuth-reactor/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/reactor/ReactorSleuth.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f203641e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-reactor/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/reactor/ReactorSleuth.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.instrument.reactor;
+
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+
+import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
+import reactor.core.Fuseable;
+import reactor.core.Scannable;
+import reactor.core.publisher.Operators;
+
+import org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.Tracer;
+
+/**
+ * Reactive Span pointcuts factories
+ *
+ * @author Stephane Maldini
+ */
+public abstract class ReactorSleuth {
+
+	/**
+	 * Return a span operator pointcut given a {@link Tracer}. This can be used in reactor
+	 * via {@link reactor.core.publisher.Flux#transform(Function)}, {@link
+	 * reactor.core.publisher.Mono#transform(Function)}, {@link
+	 * reactor.core.publisher.Hooks#onEachOperator(Function)} or {@link
+	 * reactor.core.publisher.Hooks#onLastOperator(Function)}.
+	 *
+	 * @param tracer the {@link Tracer} instance to use in this span operator
+	 * @param <T> an arbitrary type that is left unchanged by the span operator
+	 *
+	 * @return a new Span operator pointcut
+	 */
+	public static <T> Function<? super Publisher<T>, ? extends Publisher<T>> spanOperator(Tracer tracer) {
+		return Operators.lift(POINTCUT_FILTER, ((scannable, sub) -> {
+			//do not trace fused flows
+			if(scannable instanceof Fuseable && sub instanceof Fuseable.QueueSubscription){
+				return sub;
+			}
+
+			return new SpanSubscriber<>(
+					sub,
+					sub.currentContext(),
+					tracer,
+					scannable.name());
+		}));
+	}
+
+	private static final Predicate<Scannable> POINTCUT_FILTER =
+			s ->  !(s instanceof Fuseable.ScalarCallable);
+
+	private ReactorSleuth() {
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-reactor/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/reactor/SpanSubscriber.java b/spring-cloud-sleuth-reactor/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/reactor/SpanSubscriber.java
index eaa976613..f401c919f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-reactor/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/reactor/SpanSubscriber.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-reactor/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/reactor/SpanSubscriber.java
@@ -18,18 +18,19 @@ import reactor.util.context.Context;
  * @author Marcin Grzejszczak
  * @since 1.3.0
  */
-class SpanSubscriber extends AtomicBoolean implements Subscription, CoreSubscriber<Object> {
+final class SpanSubscriber<T> extends AtomicBoolean implements Subscription,
+		CoreSubscriber<T> {
 
 	private static final Logger log = Loggers.getLogger(SpanSubscriber.class);
 
 	private final Span span;
 	private final Span rootSpan;
-	private final Subscriber<? super Object> subscriber;
+	private final Subscriber<? super T> subscriber;
 	private final Context context;
 	private final Tracer tracer;
 	private Subscription s;
 
-	SpanSubscriber(Subscriber<? super Object> subscriber, Context ctx, Tracer tracer,
+	SpanSubscriber(Subscriber<? super T> subscriber, Context ctx, Tracer tracer,
 			String name) {
 		this.subscriber = subscriber;
 		this.tracer = tracer;
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ class SpanSubscriber extends AtomicBoolean implements Subscription, CoreSubscrib
 		}
 	}
 
-	@Override public void onNext(Object o) {
+	@Override public void onNext(T o) {
 		this.subscriber.onNext(o);
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-reactor/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/reactor/TraceReactorAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-sleuth-reactor/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/reactor/TraceReactorAutoConfiguration.java
index 2d98823a3..91c74662b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-reactor/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/reactor/TraceReactorAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-reactor/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/reactor/TraceReactorAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -44,15 +44,7 @@ public class TraceReactorAutoConfiguration {
 
 		@PostConstruct
 		public void setupHooks() {
-			Hooks.onNewSubscriber((pub, sub) -> {
-				//do not trace fused flows or simple just/error/empty
-				if(pub instanceof Fuseable && sub instanceof Fuseable.QueueSubscription
-						|| pub instanceof Fuseable.ScalarCallable){
-					return sub;
-				}
-				return new SpanSubscriber(sub, sub.currentContext(), this.tracer, pub
-						.toString());
-			});
+			Hooks.onLastOperator(ReactorSleuth.spanOperator(tracer));
 			Schedulers.setFactory(new Schedulers.Factory() {
 				@Override public ScheduledExecutorService decorateScheduledExecutorService(
 						String schedulerType,