diff --git a/src/sentry/search/eap/columns.py b/src/sentry/search/eap/columns.py
index 4d2a7fc045814..9c4a779a1f458 100644
--- a/src/sentry/search/eap/columns.py
+++ b/src/sentry/search/eap/columns.py
@@ -255,6 +255,11 @@ def simple_measurements_field(field) -> ResolvedColumn:
             internal_name="sentry.segment_name",
             search_type="string",
         ),
+        ResolvedColumn(
+            public_alias="transaction.span_id",
+            internal_name="sentry.segment_id",
+            search_type="string",
+        ),
         ResolvedColumn(
             public_alias="replay.id",
             internal_name="sentry.replay_id",
diff --git a/tests/snuba/api/endpoints/test_organization_events_span_indexed.py b/tests/snuba/api/endpoints/test_organization_events_span_indexed.py
index ae2fa86b8edd6..370eb6b444432 100644
--- a/tests/snuba/api/endpoints/test_organization_events_span_indexed.py
+++ b/tests/snuba/api/endpoints/test_organization_events_span_indexed.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import uuid
+from datetime import datetime
 from unittest import mock
 
 import pytest
@@ -754,7 +755,6 @@ def test_orderby_alias(self):
                 "dataset": self.dataset,
             }
         )
-
         assert response.status_code == 200, response.content
         data = response.data["data"]
         meta = response.data["meta"]
@@ -771,6 +771,58 @@ def test_orderby_alias(self):
         ]
         assert meta["dataset"] == self.dataset
 
+    @pytest.mark.querybuilder
+    def test_explore_sample_query(self):
+        spans = [
+            self.create_span(
+                {"description": "foo", "sentry_tags": {"status": "success"}},
+                start_ts=self.ten_mins_ago,
+            ),
+            self.create_span(
+                {"description": "bar", "sentry_tags": {"status": "invalid_argument"}},
+                start_ts=self.nine_mins_ago,
+            ),
+        ]
+        self.store_spans(
+            spans,
+            is_eap=self.is_eap,
+        )
+        response = self.do_request(
+            {
+                "field": [
+                    "id",
+                    "project",
+                    "span.op",
+                    "span.description",
+                    "span.duration",
+                    "timestamp",
+                    "trace",
+                    "transaction.span_id",
+                ],
+                # This is to skip INP spans
+                "query": "!transaction.span_id:00",
+                "orderby": "timestamp",
+                "statsPeriod": "1h",
+                "project": self.project.id,
+                "dataset": self.dataset,
+            }
+        )
+        assert response.status_code == 200, response.content
+        data = response.data["data"]
+        meta = response.data["meta"]
+        assert len(data) == 2
+        for source, result in zip(spans, data):
+            assert result["id"] == source["span_id"], "id"
+            assert result["span.duration"] == 1000.0, "duration"
+            assert result["span.op"] == "", "op"
+            assert result["span.description"] == source["description"], "description"
+            assert datetime.fromisoformat(result["timestamp"]).timestamp() == pytest.approx(
+                source["end_timestamp_precise"], abs=5
+            ), "timestamp"
+            assert result["transaction.span_id"] == source["segment_id"], "transaction.span_id"
+            assert result["project"] == result["project.name"] == self.project.slug, "project"
+        assert meta["dataset"] == self.dataset
+
     def test_span_status(self):
         self.store_spans(
             [