diff --git a/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/telemetry.go b/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/telemetry.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4595d49a70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/telemetry.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package stackeval
+
+import (
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
+)
+
+var telemetry trace.Tracer
+
+func init() {
+	telemetry = otel.Tracer("github.com/hashicorp/terraform/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval")
+}