diff --git a/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace/Activity/OtlpHelpers.cs b/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace/Activity/OtlpHelpers.cs
index f95801dc5405..27958ce5f711 100644
--- a/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace/Activity/OtlpHelpers.cs
+++ b/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace/Activity/OtlpHelpers.cs
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ private static void ExtractActivityLinks<TInner>(Span span, IActivity5? activity
                 spanContext.PropagatedTags = traceTags;
 
                 var spanLink = new SpanLink(spanContext);
-                span.AddSpanLink(spanLink);
+                span.AddLink(spanLink);
 
                 if (duckLink.Tags is not null)
                 {
diff --git a/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace/Span.cs b/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace/Span.cs
index e4b0a12fe00a..2c17e3c88886 100644
--- a/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace/Span.cs
+++ b/tracer/src/Datadog.Trace/Span.cs
@@ -539,16 +539,17 @@ private void WriteCloseDebugMessage()
         /// Adds a SpanLink to the current Span if the Span is active.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="spanLink">The SpanLink to add</param>
-        internal void AddSpanLink(SpanLink spanLink)
+        internal Span AddLink(SpanLink spanLink)
         {
             if (IsFinished)
             {
-                Log.Warning("AddSpanLink should not be called after the span was closed");
-                return;
+                Log.Warning("AddLink should not be called after the span was closed");
+                return this;
             }
 
             SpanLinks ??= new List<SpanLink>();
             SpanLinks.Add(spanLink);
+            return this;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tracer/test/Datadog.Trace.Tests/Agent/MessagePack/SpanMessagePackFormatterTests.cs b/tracer/test/Datadog.Trace.Tests/Agent/MessagePack/SpanMessagePackFormatterTests.cs
index 4660675dbcbe..2ed0d18d7335 100644
--- a/tracer/test/Datadog.Trace.Tests/Agent/MessagePack/SpanMessagePackFormatterTests.cs
+++ b/tracer/test/Datadog.Trace.Tests/Agent/MessagePack/SpanMessagePackFormatterTests.cs
@@ -141,14 +141,14 @@ public void SpanLink_Tag_Serialization()
             new("pair", "false"),
             new("arbitrary", "56709")
         };
-        spans[0].AddSpanLink(new SpanLink(spans[1].Context, attributesToAdd));
+        spans[0].AddLink(new SpanLink(spans[1].Context, attributesToAdd));
 
         var tmpSpanLink = new SpanLink(spans[2].Context);
-        spans[1].AddSpanLink(tmpSpanLink);
+        spans[1].AddLink(tmpSpanLink);
         tmpSpanLink.AddAttribute("attribute1", "value1");
         tmpSpanLink.AddAttribute("attribute2", "value2");
 
-        spans[1].AddSpanLink(new SpanLink(spans[0].Context));
+        spans[1].AddLink(new SpanLink(spans[0].Context));
 
         foreach (var span in spans)
         {
diff --git a/tracer/test/Datadog.Trace.Tests/SpanLinksTests.cs b/tracer/test/Datadog.Trace.Tests/SpanLinksTests.cs
index 513b5352777b..55aeb08bbe0f 100644
--- a/tracer/test/Datadog.Trace.Tests/SpanLinksTests.cs
+++ b/tracer/test/Datadog.Trace.Tests/SpanLinksTests.cs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public void AddLink_AfterSpanFinished_IsNoOp()
 
             childSpan.Finish();
 
-            childSpan.AddSpanLink(spanLink);
+            childSpan.AddLink(spanLink);
             childSpan.SpanLinks.Should().BeNullOrEmpty();
         }
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public void AddAttribute_BeforeSpanFinished_IsSuccessful()
             var childSpan = childScope.Span;
             var spanLink = new SpanLink(parentSpan.Context);
 
-            childSpan.AddSpanLink(spanLink);
+            childSpan.AddLink(spanLink);
             spanLink.AddAttribute("key", "value");
 
             spanLink.Attributes.Should().BeEquivalentTo(new[] { new KeyValuePair<string, string>("key", "value") });