diff --git a/pkg/cmd/migrate.go b/pkg/cmd/migrate.go
index 6e5c3d3865..27712f5cf3 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/migrate.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/migrate.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	"github.com/jzelinskie/cobrautil/v2"
+	"github.com/jzelinskie/cobrautil/v2/cobraotel"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	crdbmigrations "github.com/authzed/spicedb/internal/datastore/crdb/migrations"
@@ -30,6 +31,9 @@ func RegisterMigrateFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.Flags().String("datastore-mysql-table-prefix", "", "prefix to add to the name of all mysql database tables")
 	cmd.Flags().Uint64("migration-backfill-batch-size", 1000, "number of items to migrate per iteration of a datastore backfill")
 	cmd.Flags().Duration("migration-timeout", 1*time.Hour, "defines a timeout for the execution of the migration, set to 1 hour by default")
+
+	otel := cobraotel.New(cmd.Use)
+	otel.RegisterFlags(cmd.Flags())
 	termination.RegisterFlags(cmd.Flags())
 	runtime.RegisterFlags(cmd.Flags())
 }