diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spark/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/spark/AbstractDatadogSparkListener.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spark/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/spark/AbstractDatadogSparkListener.java
index 01e37f38c45..19d66ebe2ae 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spark/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/spark/AbstractDatadogSparkListener.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spark/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/spark/AbstractDatadogSparkListener.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import org.apache.spark.ExceptionFailure;
 import org.apache.spark.SparkConf;
 import org.apache.spark.TaskFailedReason;
@@ -244,10 +245,18 @@ private void initApplicationSpanIfNotInitialized() {
     AgentTracer.SpanBuilder builder = buildSparkSpan("spark.application", null);
 
     if (applicationStart != null) {
+      String customTags =
+          Config.get().getGlobalTags().entrySet().stream()
+              .map(e -> e.getKey() + ":" + e.getValue())
+              .collect(Collectors.joining(","));
+      Config.get().getGlobalTags().entrySet().stream()
+          .forEach(e -> builder.withTag("dd.tags." + e.getKey(), e.getValue()));
+
       builder
           .withStartTimestamp(applicationStart.time() * 1000)
           .withTag("application_name", applicationStart.appName())
-          .withTag("spark_user", applicationStart.sparkUser());
+          .withTag("spark_user", applicationStart.sparkUser())
+          .withTag("run_group_by", customTags);
 
       if (applicationStart.appAttemptId().isDefined()) {
         builder.withTag("app_attempt_id", applicationStart.appAttemptId().get());
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spark/src/testFixtures/groovy/datadog/trace/instrumentation/spark/AbstractSparkListenerTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spark/src/testFixtures/groovy/datadog/trace/instrumentation/spark/AbstractSparkListenerTest.groovy
index e5d9aafad53..ad099a0a72d 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spark/src/testFixtures/groovy/datadog/trace/instrumentation/spark/AbstractSparkListenerTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spark/src/testFixtures/groovy/datadog/trace/instrumentation/spark/AbstractSparkListenerTest.groovy
@@ -588,6 +588,28 @@ abstract class AbstractSparkListenerTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
     .contains("_dd.ol_intake.process_tags:" + ProcessTags.getTagsForSerialization())
   }
 
+  def "test all custom tags get propagated into a single attributes of application span"() {
+    setup:
+    def customTags = "tagKey1:tagKeyValue1,tagKey2:tagKeyValue2"
+    injectSysConfig("dd.tags", customTags)
+    def listener = getTestDatadogSparkListener()
+    listener.onApplicationStart(applicationStartEvent(1000L))
+    listener.onApplicationEnd(new SparkListenerApplicationEnd(5000L))
+
+    expect:
+    assertTraces(1) {
+      trace(1) {
+        span {
+          operationName "spark.application"
+          spanType "spark"
+          assert span.tags["dd.tags.tagKey1"] == "tagKeyValue1"
+          assert span.tags["dd.tags.tagKey2"] == "tagKeyValue2"
+          assert span.tags["run_group_by"] == customTags
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   def "test setupOpenLineage fills circuit breaker config"(
     Boolean configEnabled,
     String sparkConfCircuitBreakerType,