diff --git a/instrumentation/akka/akka-actor-2.3/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/akkaactor/AkkaActorInstrumentationModule.java b/instrumentation/akka/akka-actor-2.3/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/akkaactor/AkkaActorInstrumentationModule.java
index 0bae483ce168..6ac3e4d2b9d9 100644
--- a/instrumentation/akka/akka-actor-2.3/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/akkaactor/AkkaActorInstrumentationModule.java
+++ b/instrumentation/akka/akka-actor-2.3/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/akkaactor/AkkaActorInstrumentationModule.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public List<TypeInstrumentation> typeInstrumentations() {
     return asList(
         new AkkaDispatcherInstrumentation(),
         new AkkaActorCellInstrumentation(),
-        new AkkaDefaultSystemMessageQueueInstrumentation());
+        new AkkaDefaultSystemMessageQueueInstrumentation(),
+        new AkkaScheduleInstrumentation());
   }
 }
diff --git a/instrumentation/akka/akka-actor-2.3/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/akkaactor/AkkaScheduleInstrumentation.java b/instrumentation/akka/akka-actor-2.3/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/akkaactor/AkkaScheduleInstrumentation.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7a2c6230dcd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/instrumentation/akka/akka-actor-2.3/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/akkaactor/AkkaScheduleInstrumentation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package io.opentelemetry.javaagent.instrumentation.akkaactor;
+
+import static net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatchers.named;
+import static net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatchers.takesArgument;
+
+import io.opentelemetry.context.Context;
+import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.bootstrap.Java8BytecodeBridge;
+import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.extension.instrumentation.TypeInstrumentation;
+import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.extension.instrumentation.TypeTransformer;
+import net.bytebuddy.asm.Advice;
+import net.bytebuddy.description.type.TypeDescription;
+import net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatcher;
+
+public class AkkaScheduleInstrumentation implements TypeInstrumentation {
+
+  @Override
+  public ElementMatcher<TypeDescription> typeMatcher() {
+    return named("akka.actor.LightArrayRevolverScheduler");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void transform(TypeTransformer transformer) {
+    transformer.applyAdviceToMethod(
+        named("schedule")
+            .and(takesArgument(0, named("scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration")))
+            .and(takesArgument(1, named("scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration")))
+            .and(takesArgument(2, named("java.lang.Runnable")))
+            .and(takesArgument(3, named("scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext"))),
+        AkkaScheduleInstrumentation.class.getName() + "$ScheduleAdvice");
+    transformer.applyAdviceToMethod(
+        named("scheduleOnce")
+            .and(takesArgument(0, named("scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration")))
+            .and(takesArgument(1, named("java.lang.Runnable")))
+            .and(takesArgument(2, named("scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext"))),
+        AkkaScheduleInstrumentation.class.getName() + "$ScheduleOnceAdvice");
+  }
+
+  @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+  public static class ScheduleAdvice {
+
+    @Advice.OnMethodEnter(suppress = Throwable.class)
+    public static void enterSchedule(
+        @Advice.Argument(value = 2, readOnly = false) Runnable runnable) {
+      Context context = Java8BytecodeBridge.currentContext();
+      runnable = context.wrap(runnable);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+  public static class ScheduleOnceAdvice {
+
+    @Advice.OnMethodEnter(suppress = Throwable.class)
+    public static void enterScheduleOnce(
+        @Advice.Argument(value = 1, readOnly = false) Runnable runnable) {
+      Context context = Java8BytecodeBridge.currentContext();
+      runnable = context.wrap(runnable);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/instrumentation/akka/akka-actor-2.3/javaagent/src/test/scala/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/akkaactor/AkkaSchedulerTest.scala b/instrumentation/akka/akka-actor-2.3/javaagent/src/test/scala/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/akkaactor/AkkaSchedulerTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a8276ba8f627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/instrumentation/akka/akka-actor-2.3/javaagent/src/test/scala/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/akkaactor/AkkaSchedulerTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.akkaactor
+
+import akka.pattern.after
+import io.opentelemetry.api.GlobalOpenTelemetry
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Span
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+import scala.concurrent.{Await, Future}
+import scala.concurrent.duration.DurationInt
+
+class AkkaSchedulerTest {
+
+  @Test
+  def checkThatSpanWorksWithAkkaScheduledEvents(): Unit = {
+    val system = AkkaActors.system
+    implicit val executionContext = system.dispatcher
+    val tracer = GlobalOpenTelemetry.get.getTracer("test-tracer")
+    val initialSpan = tracer.spanBuilder("test").startSpan()
+    val scope = initialSpan.makeCurrent()
+    try {
+      val futureResult = for {
+        result1 <- Future {
+          compareSpanContexts(Span.current(), initialSpan)
+          1
+        }
+        _ = compareSpanContexts(Span.current(), initialSpan)
+        result2 <- after(200.millis, system.scheduler)(Future.successful(2))
+        _ = compareSpanContexts(Span.current(), initialSpan)
+      } yield result1 + result2
+      assertThat(Await.result(futureResult, 5.seconds)).isEqualTo(3)
+    } finally {
+      scope.close()
+      initialSpan.end()
+    }
+  }
+
+  private def compareSpanContexts(span1: Span, span2: Span): Unit = {
+    assertThat(span1.getSpanContext().getTraceId())
+      .isEqualTo(span2.getSpanContext().getTraceId())
+    assertThat(span1.getSpanContext().getSpanId())
+      .isEqualTo(span2.getSpanContext().getSpanId())
+  }
+}