diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play23/PlayAdvice.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play23/PlayAdvice.java
index 34d746fda7d..6fb55f2510f 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play23/PlayAdvice.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play23/PlayAdvice.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import static datadog.trace.instrumentation.play23.PlayHeaders.GETTER;
 import static datadog.trace.instrumentation.play23.PlayHttpServerDecorator.DECORATE;
 import static datadog.trace.instrumentation.play23.PlayHttpServerDecorator.PLAY_REQUEST;
+import static datadog.trace.instrumentation.play23.PlayHttpServerDecorator.REPORT_HTTP_STATUS;
 
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentScope;
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentSpan;
@@ -55,7 +56,9 @@ public static void stopTraceOnResponse(
           ((Action) thisAction).executionContext());
     } else {
       DECORATE.onError(playControllerSpan, throwable);
-      playControllerSpan.setHttpStatusCode(500);
+      if (REPORT_HTTP_STATUS) {
+        playControllerSpan.setHttpStatusCode(500);
+      }
       DECORATE.beforeFinish(playControllerSpan);
       playControllerSpan.finish();
     }
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play23/PlayHttpServerDecorator.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play23/PlayHttpServerDecorator.java
index 2eb1cc5ea05..9b3f25fae74 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play23/PlayHttpServerDecorator.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play23/PlayHttpServerDecorator.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import static datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.decorator.RouteHandlerDecorator.ROUTE_HANDLER_DECORATOR;
 
+import datadog.trace.api.Config;
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentSpan;
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.URIDataAdapter;
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.UTF8BytesString;
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
 import scala.Option;
 
 public class PlayHttpServerDecorator extends HttpServerDecorator<Request, Request, Result> {
+  public static final boolean REPORT_HTTP_STATUS = Config.get().getPlayReportHttpStatus();
   public static final CharSequence PLAY_REQUEST = UTF8BytesString.create("play.request");
   public static final CharSequence PLAY_ACTION = UTF8BytesString.create("play-action");
   public static final PlayHttpServerDecorator DECORATE = new PlayHttpServerDecorator();
@@ -74,7 +76,9 @@ public AgentSpan onRequest(
 
   @Override
   public AgentSpan onError(final AgentSpan span, Throwable throwable) {
-    span.setHttpStatusCode(500);
+    if (REPORT_HTTP_STATUS) {
+      span.setHttpStatusCode(500);
+    }
     if (throwable != null
         // This can be moved to instanceof check when using Java 8.
         && throwable.getClass().getName().equals("java.util.concurrent.CompletionException")
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play23/RequestCompleteCallback.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play23/RequestCompleteCallback.java
index 1d7348233a0..24dfe9c1c95 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play23/RequestCompleteCallback.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play23/RequestCompleteCallback.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import static datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentTracer.activeScope;
 import static datadog.trace.instrumentation.play23.PlayHttpServerDecorator.DECORATE;
+import static datadog.trace.instrumentation.play23.PlayHttpServerDecorator.REPORT_HTTP_STATUS;
 
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentSpan;
 import datadog.trace.context.TraceScope;
@@ -25,7 +26,9 @@ public Object apply(final Try<Result> result) {
       if (result.isFailure()) {
         DECORATE.onError(span, result.failed().get());
       } else {
-        DECORATE.onResponse(span, result.get());
+        if (REPORT_HTTP_STATUS) {
+          DECORATE.onResponse(span, result.get());
+        }
       }
       DECORATE.beforeFinish(span);
       final TraceScope scope = activeScope();
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/test/groovy/server/PlayServerTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/test/groovy/server/PlayServerTest.groovy
index 10a190acf75..2828c1ead1f 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/test/groovy/server/PlayServerTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.3/src/test/groovy/server/PlayServerTest.groovy
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import datadog.trace.instrumentation.netty38.server.NettyHttpServerDecorator
 import datadog.trace.instrumentation.play23.PlayHttpServerDecorator
 import play.api.test.TestServer
 
-import static datadog.trace.agent.test.base.HttpServerTest.ServerEndpoint.ERROR
 import static datadog.trace.agent.test.base.HttpServerTest.ServerEndpoint.EXCEPTION
 import static datadog.trace.agent.test.base.HttpServerTest.ServerEndpoint.FORWARDED
 import static datadog.trace.agent.test.base.HttpServerTest.ServerEndpoint.SUCCESS
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ class PlayServerTest extends HttpServerTest<TestServer> {
       serviceName expectedServiceName()
       operationName "play.request"
       spanType DDSpanTypes.HTTP_SERVER
-      errored endpoint == ERROR || endpoint == EXCEPTION
+      errored endpoint == EXCEPTION
       childOfPrevious()
       tags {
         "$Tags.COMPONENT" PlayHttpServerDecorator.DECORATE.component()
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ class PlayServerTest extends HttpServerTest<TestServer> {
         "$Tags.PEER_HOST_IPV4" { it == (endpoint == FORWARDED ? endpoint.body : "127.0.0.1") }
         "$Tags.HTTP_URL" String
         "$Tags.HTTP_METHOD" String
-        "$Tags.HTTP_STATUS" Integer
         // BUG
         //        "$Tags.HTTP_ROUTE" String
         if (endpoint == EXCEPTION) {
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.4/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play24/PlayAdvice.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.4/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play24/PlayAdvice.java
index 8c8716b22e3..8ff5a2aedc7 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.4/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play24/PlayAdvice.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.4/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play24/PlayAdvice.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import static datadog.trace.instrumentation.play24.PlayHeaders.GETTER;
 import static datadog.trace.instrumentation.play24.PlayHttpServerDecorator.DECORATE;
 import static datadog.trace.instrumentation.play24.PlayHttpServerDecorator.PLAY_REQUEST;
+import static datadog.trace.instrumentation.play24.PlayHttpServerDecorator.REPORT_HTTP_STATUS;
 
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentScope;
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentSpan;
@@ -69,7 +70,9 @@ public static void stopTraceOnResponse(
           ((Action) thisAction).executionContext());
     } else {
       DECORATE.onError(playControllerSpan, throwable);
-      playControllerSpan.setHttpStatusCode(500);
+      if (REPORT_HTTP_STATUS) {
+        playControllerSpan.setHttpStatusCode(500);
+      }
       DECORATE.beforeFinish(playControllerSpan);
       playControllerSpan.finish();
     }
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.4/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play24/PlayHttpServerDecorator.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.4/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play24/PlayHttpServerDecorator.java
index 045965459f1..9f1d7b85416 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.4/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play24/PlayHttpServerDecorator.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.4/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play24/PlayHttpServerDecorator.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import static datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.decorator.RouteHandlerDecorator.ROUTE_HANDLER_DECORATOR;
 
+import datadog.trace.api.Config;
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentSpan;
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.URIDataAdapter;
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.UTF8BytesString;
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
 import scala.Option;
 
 public class PlayHttpServerDecorator extends HttpServerDecorator<Request, Request, Result> {
+  public static final boolean REPORT_HTTP_STATUS = Config.get().getPlayReportHttpStatus();
   public static final CharSequence PLAY_REQUEST = UTF8BytesString.create("play.request");
   public static final CharSequence PLAY_ACTION = UTF8BytesString.create("play-action");
   public static final PlayHttpServerDecorator DECORATE = new PlayHttpServerDecorator();
@@ -73,7 +75,9 @@ public AgentSpan onRequest(
 
   @Override
   public AgentSpan onError(final AgentSpan span, Throwable throwable) {
-    span.setHttpStatusCode(500);
+    if (REPORT_HTTP_STATUS) {
+      span.setHttpStatusCode(500);
+    }
     if (throwable != null
         // This can be moved to instanceof check when using Java 8.
         && throwable.getClass().getName().equals("java.util.concurrent.CompletionException")
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.4/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play24/RequestCompleteCallback.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.4/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play24/RequestCompleteCallback.java
index 73b5ea73269..05611aaa9cd 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.4/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play24/RequestCompleteCallback.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.4/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play24/RequestCompleteCallback.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import static datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentTracer.activeScope;
 import static datadog.trace.instrumentation.play24.PlayHttpServerDecorator.DECORATE;
+import static datadog.trace.instrumentation.play24.PlayHttpServerDecorator.REPORT_HTTP_STATUS;
 
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentSpan;
 import datadog.trace.context.TraceScope;
@@ -24,7 +25,9 @@ public Object apply(final Try<Result> result) {
       if (result.isFailure()) {
         DECORATE.onError(span, result.failed().get());
       } else {
-        DECORATE.onResponse(span, result.get());
+        if (REPORT_HTTP_STATUS) {
+          DECORATE.onResponse(span, result.get());
+        }
       }
       DECORATE.beforeFinish(span);
       final TraceScope scope = activeScope();
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.4/src/test/groovy/server/PlayServerTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.4/src/test/groovy/server/PlayServerTest.groovy
index b0ad0f4d258..95070069963 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.4/src/test/groovy/server/PlayServerTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.4/src/test/groovy/server/PlayServerTest.groovy
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class PlayServerTest extends HttpServerTest<Server> {
       serviceName expectedServiceName()
       operationName "play.request"
       spanType DDSpanTypes.HTTP_SERVER
-      errored endpoint == ERROR || endpoint == EXCEPTION
+      errored endpoint == EXCEPTION
       childOfPrevious()
       tags {
         "$Tags.COMPONENT" PlayHttpServerDecorator.DECORATE.component()
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ class PlayServerTest extends HttpServerTest<Server> {
         "$Tags.PEER_HOST_IPV4" { it == (endpoint == FORWARDED ? endpoint.body : "127.0.0.1") }
         "$Tags.HTTP_URL" String
         "$Tags.HTTP_METHOD" String
-        "$Tags.HTTP_STATUS" Integer
         // BUG
         //        "$Tags.HTTP_ROUTE" String
         if (endpoint == EXCEPTION) {
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.6/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play26/PlayHttpServerDecorator.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.6/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play26/PlayHttpServerDecorator.java
index b4203d2a0b1..0782f8fa8ee 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.6/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play26/PlayHttpServerDecorator.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.6/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play26/PlayHttpServerDecorator.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import static datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.decorator.RouteHandlerDecorator.ROUTE_HANDLER_DECORATOR;
 
+import datadog.trace.api.Config;
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentSpan;
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.URIDataAdapter;
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.UTF8BytesString;
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@
 import scala.Option;
 
 public class PlayHttpServerDecorator extends HttpServerDecorator<Request, Request, Result> {
+  public static final boolean REPORT_HTTP_STATUS = Config.get().getPlayReportHttpStatus();
   public static final CharSequence PLAY_REQUEST = UTF8BytesString.create("play.request");
   public static final CharSequence PLAY_ACTION = UTF8BytesString.create("play-action");
   public static final PlayHttpServerDecorator DECORATE = new PlayHttpServerDecorator();
@@ -116,7 +118,9 @@ public AgentSpan onRequest(
 
   @Override
   public AgentSpan onError(final AgentSpan span, Throwable throwable) {
-    span.setHttpStatusCode(500);
+    if (REPORT_HTTP_STATUS) {
+      span.setHttpStatusCode(500);
+    }
     if (throwable instanceof CompletionException && throwable.getCause() != null) {
       throwable = throwable.getCause();
     }
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.6/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play26/RequestCompleteCallback.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.6/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play26/RequestCompleteCallback.java
index fbf2d7ac103..cabe8c9b5ac 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.6/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play26/RequestCompleteCallback.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.6/src/main/java8/datadog/trace/instrumentation/play26/RequestCompleteCallback.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import static datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentTracer.activeScope;
 import static datadog.trace.instrumentation.play26.PlayHttpServerDecorator.DECORATE;
+import static datadog.trace.instrumentation.play26.PlayHttpServerDecorator.REPORT_HTTP_STATUS;
 
 import datadog.trace.bootstrap.instrumentation.api.AgentSpan;
 import datadog.trace.context.TraceScope;
@@ -26,7 +27,9 @@ public Object apply(final Try<Result> result) {
       if (result.isFailure()) {
         DECORATE.onError(span, result.failed().get());
       } else {
-        DECORATE.onResponse(span, result.get());
+        if (REPORT_HTTP_STATUS) {
+          DECORATE.onResponse(span, result.get());
+        }
       }
       DECORATE.beforeFinish(span);
       final TraceScope scope = activeScope();
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.6/src/test/groovy/server/PlayServerTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.6/src/test/groovy/server/PlayServerTest.groovy
index 991806b9418..88327297ec9 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.6/src/test/groovy/server/PlayServerTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/play-2.6/src/test/groovy/server/PlayServerTest.groovy
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class PlayServerTest extends HttpServerTest<Server> {
       serviceName expectedServiceName()
       operationName "play.request"
       spanType DDSpanTypes.HTTP_SERVER
-      errored endpoint == ERROR || endpoint == EXCEPTION
+      errored endpoint == EXCEPTION
       childOfPrevious()
       tags {
         "$Tags.COMPONENT" PlayHttpServerDecorator.DECORATE.component()
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ class PlayServerTest extends HttpServerTest<Server> {
         "$Tags.PEER_HOST_IPV4" { it == (endpoint == FORWARDED ? endpoint.body : "127.0.0.1") }
         "$Tags.HTTP_URL" String
         "$Tags.HTTP_METHOD" String
-        "$Tags.HTTP_STATUS" Integer
         // BUG
         //        "$Tags.HTTP_ROUTE" String
         if (endpoint == EXCEPTION) {
diff --git a/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/config/TraceInstrumentationConfig.java b/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/config/TraceInstrumentationConfig.java
index 47b1169a22a..bb31a20c44d 100644
--- a/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/config/TraceInstrumentationConfig.java
+++ b/dd-trace-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/config/TraceInstrumentationConfig.java
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ public final class TraceInstrumentationConfig {
 
   public static final String OSGI_SEARCH_DEPTH = "osgi.search.depth";
 
+  public static final String PLAY_REPORT_HTTP_STATUS = "trace.play.report-http-status";
+
   public static final String SERVLET_PRINCIPAL_ENABLED = "trace.servlet.principal.enabled";
   public static final String SERVLET_ASYNC_TIMEOUT_ERROR = "trace.servlet.async-timeout.error";
 
diff --git a/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java b/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java
index a195970efaf..fe3b827cd36 100644
--- a/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java
+++ b/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.TraceInstrumentationConfig.LOGS_INJECTION_ENABLED;
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.TraceInstrumentationConfig.LOGS_MDC_TAGS_INJECTION_ENABLED;
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.TraceInstrumentationConfig.OSGI_SEARCH_DEPTH;
+import static datadog.trace.api.config.TraceInstrumentationConfig.PLAY_REPORT_HTTP_STATUS;
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.TraceInstrumentationConfig.RESOLVER_USE_LOADCLASS;
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.TraceInstrumentationConfig.RUNTIME_CONTEXT_FIELD_INJECTION;
 import static datadog.trace.api.config.TraceInstrumentationConfig.SERIALVERSIONUID_FIELD_INJECTION;
@@ -362,6 +363,9 @@ public class Config {
 
   private final int osgiSearchDepth;
 
+  // TODO: remove at a future point.
+  private final boolean playReportHttpStatus;
+
   private final boolean servletPrincipalEnabled;
   private final boolean servletAsyncTimeoutError;
 
@@ -753,6 +757,8 @@ && isJavaVersionAtLeast(8)
 
     osgiSearchDepth = configProvider.getInteger(OSGI_SEARCH_DEPTH, 1);
 
+    playReportHttpStatus = configProvider.getBoolean(PLAY_REPORT_HTTP_STATUS, false);
+
     servletPrincipalEnabled = configProvider.getBoolean(SERVLET_PRINCIPAL_ENABLED, false);
 
     servletAsyncTimeoutError = configProvider.getBoolean(SERVLET_ASYNC_TIMEOUT_ERROR, true);
@@ -1149,6 +1155,10 @@ public int getOsgiSearchDepth() {
     return osgiSearchDepth;
   }
 
+  public boolean getPlayReportHttpStatus() {
+    return playReportHttpStatus;
+  }
+
   public boolean isServletPrincipalEnabled() {
     return servletPrincipalEnabled;
   }