diff --git a/packages/browser/src/index.ts b/packages/browser/src/index.ts
index 94521c672d3d..1696a3684b2e 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/index.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export {
 } from '@sentry/browser-utils';
 export type { CachedRouteProvider, RouteProvider } from '@sentry/browser-utils';
 export { interactionsIntegration } from './integrations/interactions';
+export { linkedTracesIntegration } from './integrations/linkedTraces';
 export { longTasksIntegration } from './integrations/longTasks';
 export { xhrTracingIntegration } from './integrations/xhrTracing';
 
diff --git a/packages/browser/src/integrations/linkedTraces.ts b/packages/browser/src/integrations/linkedTraces.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..db4148a627df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/browser/src/integrations/linkedTraces.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import type { IntegrationFn } from '@sentry/core';
+import { defineIntegration } from '@sentry/core';
+import { linkTraces } from '../tracing/linkedTraces';
+
+interface LinkedTracesOptions {
+  /**
+   * Where the previous trace is stored: `'in-memory'` for single-page applications, or
+   * `'session-storage'` for multi-page applications, which writes to the browser's `sessionStorage`.
+   *
+   * Default: 'in-memory'
+   */
+  linkPreviousTrace?: 'in-memory' | 'session-storage';
+
+  /**
+   * If true, subsequent traces are sampled consistently with the sampling decision of the initial trace.
+   *
+   * Default: false
+   */
+  consistentTraceSampling?: boolean;
+}
+
+const _linkedTracesIntegration = ((options: LinkedTracesOptions = {}) => {
+  const { linkPreviousTrace = 'in-memory', consistentTraceSampling = false } = options;
+
+  return {
+    name: 'LinkedTraces',
+    setup(client) {
+      linkTraces(client, { linkPreviousTrace, consistentTraceSampling });
+    },
+  };
+}) satisfies IntegrationFn;
+
+/**
+ * Links each new trace to the previous one, so you can navigate between traces in Sentry.
+ */
+export const linkedTracesIntegration = defineIntegration(_linkedTracesIntegration);
diff --git a/packages/browser/src/tracing/browserTracingIntegration.ts b/packages/browser/src/tracing/browserTracingIntegration.ts
index 5274d006b762..b7b27090f3ea 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/tracing/browserTracingIntegration.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/tracing/browserTracingIntegration.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import { getHttpRequestData, WINDOW } from '../helpers';
 import type { WebVitalsOptions } from '../integrations/webVitals';
 import { webVitalsIntegration } from '../integrations/webVitals';
 import { registerBackgroundTabDetection } from './backgroundtab';
-import { linkTraces } from './linkedTraces';
+import { linkedTracesIntegration } from '../integrations/linkedTraces';
 import { xhrTracingIntegration } from '../integrations/xhrTracing';
 import { defaultRequestInstrumentationOptions, instrumentFetchRequests } from './request';
 import {
@@ -287,7 +287,14 @@ export interface BrowserTracingOptions {
  */
 export type BrowserTracingCoreOptions = Omit<
   BrowserTracingOptions,
-  'enableInp' | 'webVitals' | 'enableElementTiming' | 'enableLongTask' | 'enableLongAnimationFrame' | 'traceXHR'
+  | 'enableInp'
+  | 'webVitals'
+  | 'enableElementTiming'
+  | 'enableLongTask'
+  | 'enableLongAnimationFrame'
+  | 'traceXHR'
+  | 'linkPreviousTrace'
+  | 'consistentTraceSampling'
 >;
 
 const DEFAULT_BROWSER_TRACING_OPTIONS: BrowserTracingCoreOptions = {
@@ -298,8 +305,6 @@ const DEFAULT_BROWSER_TRACING_OPTIONS: BrowserTracingCoreOptions = {
   markBackgroundSpan: true,
   ignoreResourceSpans: [],
   detectRedirects: true,
-  linkPreviousTrace: 'in-memory',
-  consistentTraceSampling: false,
   enableReportPageLoaded: false,
   ...defaultRequestInstrumentationOptions,
 };
@@ -334,6 +339,8 @@ export const browserTracingIntegration = ((options: Partial<BrowserTracingOption
     enableHTTPTimings,
     onRequestSpanStart,
     onRequestSpanEnd,
+    linkPreviousTrace = 'in-memory',
+    consistentTraceSampling,
   } = options;
 
   return _browserTracingIntegration(options, client => {
@@ -359,6 +366,10 @@ export const browserTracingIntegration = ((options: Partial<BrowserTracingOption
         xhrTracingIntegration({ shouldCreateSpanForRequest, enableHTTPTimings, onRequestSpanStart, onRequestSpanEnd }),
       );
     }
+
+    if (linkPreviousTrace !== 'off') {
+      client.addIntegration(linkedTracesIntegration({ linkPreviousTrace, consistentTraceSampling }));
+    }
   });
 }) satisfies IntegrationFn;
 
@@ -396,8 +407,6 @@ function _browserTracingIntegration(
     instrumentNavigation,
     instrumentBfcacheRestore,
     detectRedirects,
-    linkPreviousTrace,
-    consistentTraceSampling,
     enableReportPageLoaded,
     onRequestSpanStart,
     onRequestSpanEnd,
@@ -674,10 +683,6 @@ function _browserTracingIntegration(
 
       let startingUrl: string | undefined = getLocationHref();
 
-      if (linkPreviousTrace !== 'off') {
-        linkTraces(client, { linkPreviousTrace, consistentTraceSampling });
-      }
-
       if (WINDOW.location) {
         if (instrumentPageLoad) {
           startBrowserTracingPageLoadSpan(client, {
diff --git a/packages/browser/test/tracing/browserTracingIntegration.test.ts b/packages/browser/test/tracing/browserTracingIntegration.test.ts
index 7c8e37845aeb..91737ca1b9de 100644
--- a/packages/browser/test/tracing/browserTracingIntegration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/test/tracing/browserTracingIntegration.test.ts
@@ -262,6 +262,26 @@ describe('browserTracingIntegration', () => {
     expect(!!client.getIntegrationByName('XhrTracing')).toBe(registered);
   });
 
+  it.each([
+    ['registers linkedTracesIntegration by default', {}, true],
+    [
+      'does not register linkedTracesIntegration when linkPreviousTrace is off',
+      { linkPreviousTrace: 'off' as const },
+      false,
+    ],
+  ])('%s', (_name, options, registered) => {
+    const client = new BrowserClient(
+      getDefaultBrowserClientOptions({
+        tracesSampleRate: 1,
+        integrations: [browserTracingIntegration(options)],
+      }),
+    );
+    setCurrentClient(client);
+    client.init();
+
+    expect(!!client.getIntegrationByName('LinkedTraces')).toBe(registered);
+  });
+
   it('keeps the webVitalsIntegration the user supplies', () => {
     const userWebVitals = webVitalsModule.webVitalsIntegration({ softNavigations: false });