diff --git a/tracing-subscriber/src/filter/env/mod.rs b/tracing-subscriber/src/filter/env/mod.rs
index a8066b90c..e2f4b7ab4 100644
--- a/tracing-subscriber/src/filter/env/mod.rs
+++ b/tracing-subscriber/src/filter/env/mod.rs
@@ -629,6 +629,18 @@ impl EnvFilter {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Informs the filter that the span with the provided `id` recorded the
+    /// provided field `values`.
+    ///
+    /// This is equivalent to calling the [`Layer::on_record`] or
+    /// [`Filter::on_record`] methods on `EnvFilter`'s implementations of those
+    /// traits, but it does not require the trait to be in scope
+    pub fn on_record<S>(&self, id: &span::Id, values: &span::Record<'_>, _: Context<'_, S>) {
+        if let Some(span) = try_lock!(self.by_id.read()).get(id) {
+            span.record_update(values);
+        }
+    }
+
     fn cares_about_span(&self, span: &span::Id) -> bool {
         let spans = try_lock!(self.by_id.read(), else return false);
         spans.contains_key(span)