diff --git a/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations/annotations.go b/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
index f2cfb51075..08ce422f07 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/pkg/annotations/annotations.go
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ const (
 	BlockDeviceCacheNoflush = kataAnnotHypervisorPrefix + "block_device_cache_noflush"
 )
 
+// Agent related annotations
 const (
 	kataAnnotRuntimePrefix = kataConfAnnotationsPrefix + "runtime."
 
@@ -215,6 +216,15 @@ const (
 	// The first word is considered as the module name and the rest as its parameters.
 	//
 	KernelModules = kataAnnotAgentPrefix + "kernel_modules"
+
+	// AgentTrace is a sandbox annotation to enable tracing for the agent.
+	AgentTrace = kataAnnotAgentPrefix + "enable_tracing"
+
+	// AgentTraceMode is a sandbox annotation to specify the trace mode for the agent.
+	AgentTraceMode = kataAnnotAgentPrefix + "trace_mode"
+
+	// AgentTraceMode is a sandbox annotation to specify the trace type for the agent.
+	AgentTraceType = kataAnnotAgentPrefix + "trace_type"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils.go b/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils.go
index d6406ca166..1143cd5df0 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils.go
@@ -714,14 +714,35 @@ func addRuntimeConfigOverrides(ocispec specs.Spec, sbConfig *vc.SandboxConfig) e
 }
 
 func addAgentConfigOverrides(ocispec specs.Spec, config *vc.SandboxConfig) error {
-	if value, ok := ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.KernelModules]; ok {
-		if c, ok := config.AgentConfig.(vc.KataAgentConfig); ok {
-			modules := strings.Split(value, KernelModulesSeparator)
-			c.KernelModules = modules
-			config.AgentConfig = c
-		}
+	c, ok := config.AgentConfig.(vc.KataAgentConfig)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil
 	}
 
+	if value, ok := ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.KernelModules]; ok {
+		modules := strings.Split(value, KernelModulesSeparator)
+		c.KernelModules = modules
+		config.AgentConfig = c
+	}
+
+	if value, ok := ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.AgentTrace]; ok {
+		trace, err := strconv.ParseBool(value)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Error parsing annotation for agent.trace: Please specify boolean value 'true|false'")
+		}
+		c.Trace = trace
+	}
+
+	if value, ok := ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.AgentTraceMode]; ok {
+		c.TraceMode = value
+	}
+
+	if value, ok := ocispec.Annotations[vcAnnotations.AgentTraceType]; ok {
+		c.TraceType = value
+	}
+
+	config.AgentConfig = c
+
 	return nil
 }