diff --git a/google/cloud/opentelemetry/internal/recordable.h b/google/cloud/opentelemetry/internal/recordable.h
index 1dd898dbba924..53df5bfb3a64c 100644
--- a/google/cloud/opentelemetry/internal/recordable.h
+++ b/google/cloud/opentelemetry/internal/recordable.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <google/devtools/cloudtrace/v2/trace.pb.h>
 #include <google/devtools/cloudtrace/v2/tracing.pb.h>
 #include <opentelemetry/common/attribute_value.h>
+#include <opentelemetry/version.h>
 #include <opentelemetry/sdk/trace/recordable.h>
 
 namespace google {
@@ -126,6 +127,11 @@ class Recordable final : public opentelemetry::sdk::trace::Recordable {
 
   void SetName(opentelemetry::nostd::string_view name) noexcept override;
 
+#if OPENTELEMETRY_VERSION_MAJOR > 1 || \
+    (OPENTELEMETRY_VERSION_MAJOR == 1 && OPENTELEMETRY_VERSION_MINOR >= 14)
+  void SetTraceFlags(opentelemetry::trace::TraceFlags) noexcept override {}
+#endif
+
   void SetSpanKind(opentelemetry::trace::SpanKind span_kind) noexcept override;
 
   void SetResource(