diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c50ec810b49631..c5a288c17b0cd9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 log = "0.4"
 ron = "0.6"
 anyhow = "1.0"
+tracing = { version = "0.1.21" }
+tracing-chrome = { git = "https://github.com/superdump/tracing-chrome", branch = "name.fields" }
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.2.15" }
 
 # bevy (Android)
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "android")'.dependencies]
@@ -173,6 +176,10 @@ path = "examples/app/return_after_run.rs"
 name = "thread_pool_resources"
 path = "examples/app/thread_pool_resources.rs"
 
+[[example]]
+name = "tracing"
+path = "examples/app/tracing.rs"
+
 [[example]]
 name = "hot_asset_reloading"
 path = "examples/asset/hot_asset_reloading.rs"
diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index f2eb9ed2571e18..00cd5ecd1112e3 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Example | File | Description
 `headless` | [`app/headless.rs`](./app/headless.rs) | An application that runs without default plugins
 `plugin` | [`app/plugin.rs`](./app/plugin.rs) | Demonstrates the creation and registration of a custom plugin
 `thread_pool_resources` | [`app/thread_pool_resources.rs`](./app/thread_pool_resources.rs) | Creates and customizes the internal thread pool
+`tracing` | [`app/tracing.rs`](./app/tracing.rs) | Demonstrates `trace` feature output. Run with `RUST_LOG=info cargo run --example tracing --features trace` and then open the `trace-1234.json` file (where 1234 is a time since the beginning of the epoch) in `chrome://tracing` in Chrome.
 
 ## Assets
 
diff --git a/examples/app/tracing.rs b/examples/app/tracing.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a54f31e7289ec5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/app/tracing.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+use bevy::{input::system::exit_on_esc_system, prelude::*};
+use std::{thread, time};
+use tracing::{info, trace_span};
+use tracing_chrome::ChromeLayerBuilder;
+use tracing_subscriber::{fmt, prelude::*, registry::Registry, EnvFilter};
+
+pub fn setup_global_subscriber() -> impl Drop {
+    let fmt_layer = fmt::Layer::default();
+    let filter_layer = EnvFilter::try_from_default_env()
+        .or_else(|_| EnvFilter::try_new("error"))
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let (chrome_layer, _guard) = ChromeLayerBuilder::new().build();
+
+    let subscriber = Registry::default()
+        .with(filter_layer)
+        .with(fmt_layer)
+        .with(chrome_layer);
+
+    tracing::subscriber::set_global_default(subscriber).expect("Could not set global default");
+    _guard
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let _guard = setup_global_subscriber();
+
+    let tracing_span = trace_span!("tracing");
+    let _tracing_guard = tracing_span.enter();
+
+    App::build()
+        .add_plugins(DefaultPlugins)
+        .add_startup_system(a_system.system())
+        .add_system(foo_bar_baz.system())
+        .add_system(exit_on_esc_system.system())
+        .run();
+}
+
+fn a_system(mut commands: Commands) {
+    let ten_millis = time::Duration::from_millis(10);
+    thread::sleep(ten_millis);
+
+    commands.spawn((GlobalTransform::default(), Transform::default()));
+}
+
+fn foo_bar_baz(transform: &Transform) {
+    let five_millis = time::Duration::from_millis(5);
+    thread::sleep(five_millis);
+
+    info!("{:#?}", transform);
+}