diff --git a/dd-trace-ot/dd-trace-ot.gradle b/dd-trace-ot/dd-trace-ot.gradle
index 21a9e75ab62..3aa01422a06 100644
--- a/dd-trace-ot/dd-trace-ot.gradle
+++ b/dd-trace-ot/dd-trace-ot.gradle
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ excludedClassesCoverage += [
 apply plugin: 'org.unbroken-dome.test-sets'
 
 testSets {
+  compatabilityTest
   traceAgentTest
 }
 
@@ -44,12 +45,17 @@ dependencies {
 
   testCompile project(":dd-java-agent:testing")
   testCompile project(':utils:gc-utils')
-//  testCompile group: 'cglib', name: 'cglib-nodep', version: '3.2.5'
   testCompile group: 'com.github.stefanbirkner', name: 'system-rules', version: '1.17.1'
 
   traceAgentTestCompile deps.testcontainers
 }
 
+[configurations.compatabilityTestCompile, configurations.compatabilityTestRuntime].each {
+  it.resolutionStrategy {
+    force group: 'io.opentracing', name: 'opentracing-api', version: '0.31.0'
+  }
+}
+
 jmh {
 //  include = [".*URLAsResourceNameBenchmark"]
 //  include = ['some regular expression'] // include pattern (regular expression) for benchmarks to be executed
diff --git a/dd-trace-ot/src/compatabilityTest/groovy/OT31ApiTest.groovy b/dd-trace-ot/src/compatabilityTest/groovy/OT31ApiTest.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e5d4556328
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-trace-ot/src/compatabilityTest/groovy/OT31ApiTest.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import datadog.opentracing.DDSpan
+import datadog.opentracing.DDSpanContext
+import datadog.opentracing.DDTracer
+import datadog.opentracing.propagation.ExtractedContext
+import datadog.trace.common.writer.ListWriter
+import datadog.trace.util.test.DDSpecification
+import io.opentracing.Tracer
+import io.opentracing.propagation.Format
+import io.opentracing.propagation.TextMap
+import spock.lang.Subject
+
+import static datadog.trace.agent.test.asserts.ListWriterAssert.assertTraces
+import static datadog.trace.agent.test.utils.TraceUtils.basicSpan
+
+// This test focuses on things that are different between OpenTracing API 0.31.0 and 0.32.0
+class OT31ApiTest extends DDSpecification {
+  static final WRITER = new ListWriter()
+
+  @Subject
+  Tracer tracer = new DDTracer(WRITER)
+
+  def "test startActive"() {
+    when:
+    def scope = tracer.buildSpan("some name").startActive(finishSpan)
+    scope.close()
+
+    then:
+    (scope.span() as DDSpan).isFinished() == finishSpan
+
+    where:
+    finishSpan << [true, false]
+  }
+
+  def "test startManual"() {
+    when:
+    tracer.buildSpan("some name").startManual().finish()
+
+    then:
+    assertTraces(WRITER, 1) {
+      trace(0, 1) {
+        basicSpan(it, 0, "some name")
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  def "test scopemanager"() {
+    setup:
+    def span = tracer.buildSpan("some name").start()
+
+    when:
+    tracer.scopeManager().activate(span, finishSpan) != null
+    tracer.scopeManager().active().span() == span
+
+    then:
+    tracer.scopeManager().active().close()
+    (span as DDSpan).isFinished() == finishSpan
+
+    where:
+    finishSpan << [true, false]
+  }
+
+  def "test inject extract"() {
+    setup:
+    def context = tracer.buildSpan("some name").start().context() as DDSpanContext
+    def textMap = [:]
+    def adapter = new TextMapAdapter(textMap)
+
+    when:
+    tracer.inject(context, Format.Builtin.TEXT_MAP, adapter)
+
+    then:
+    textMap == [
+      "x-datadog-trace-id"         : context.traceId,
+      "x-datadog-parent-id"        : context.spanId,
+      "x-datadog-sampling-priority": "$context.samplingPriority",
+    ]
+
+    when:
+    def extract = tracer.extract(Format.Builtin.TEXT_MAP, adapter) as ExtractedContext
+
+    then:
+    extract.traceId == context.traceId
+    extract.spanId == context.spanId
+    extract.samplingPriority == context.samplingPriority
+  }
+
+  static class TextMapAdapter implements TextMap {
+    private final Map<String, String> map
+
+    TextMapAdapter(Map<String, String> map) {
+      this.map = map
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    Iterator<Map.Entry<String, String>> iterator() {
+      return map.entrySet().iterator()
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    void put(String key, String value) {
+      map.put(key, value)
+    }
+  }
+}