diff --git a/internal/observability/noop_span.go b/internal/observability/noop_span.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e951ddfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/observability/noop_span.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package observability
+
+import (
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/codes"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
+)
+
+// noopTraceSpan to represent a span with no operation (do nothing)
+type noopTraceSpan struct{}
+
+// AddEvent implements trace.Span
+func (noopTraceSpan) AddEvent(name string, options ...trace.EventOption) {
+	// do nothing
+}
+
+// End implements trace.Span
+func (noopTraceSpan) End(options ...trace.SpanEndOption) {
+	// do nothing
+}
+
+// IsRecording implements trace.Span
+func (noopTraceSpan) IsRecording() bool {
+	return false
+}
+
+// RecordError implements trace.Span
+func (noopTraceSpan) RecordError(err error, options ...trace.EventOption) {
+	// do nothing
+}
+
+// SetAttributes implements trace.Span
+func (noopTraceSpan) SetAttributes(kv ...attribute.KeyValue) {
+	// do nothing
+}
+
+// SetName implements trace.Span
+func (noopTraceSpan) SetName(name string) {
+	// do nothing
+}
+
+// SetStatus implements trace.Span
+func (noopTraceSpan) SetStatus(code codes.Code, description string) {
+	// do nothing
+}
+
+// SpanContext implements trace.Span
+func (noopTraceSpan) SpanContext() trace.SpanContext {
+	// do nothing
+	return trace.SpanContext{}
+}
+
+// TracerProvider implements trace.Span
+func (noopTraceSpan) TracerProvider() trace.TracerProvider {
+	// noop
+	return trace.NewNoopTracerProvider()
+}
+
+func newNoopSpan() trace.Span {
+	return noopTraceSpan{}
+}
+
+var (
+	isNoopTracing = false
+)
+
+// WithNoopTracing enable noop tracing operation
+// it is used when you don't want to observability
+func WithNoopTracing() {
+	isNoopTracing = true
+}
diff --git a/internal/observability/observability.go b/internal/observability/observability.go
index 7f2a1def..bcb0e40a 100644
--- a/internal/observability/observability.go
+++ b/internal/observability/observability.go
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ func StartSpan(
 	name string,
 	opts ...trace.SpanStartOption,
 ) (context.Context, trace.Span) {
+	if isNoopTracing {
+		return ctx, newNoopSpan()
+	}
+
 	tracer := otel.GetTracerProvider().Tracer("gohbase")
 	return tracer.Start(ctx, name, opts...)
 }