diff --git a/changelog.d/11622.misc b/changelog.d/11622.misc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..def24afb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/11622.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add opentracing type stubs and fix associated mypy errors.
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diff --git a/synapse/logging/opentracing.py b/synapse/logging/opentracing.py
index 636429061..622445e9f 100644
--- a/synapse/logging/opentracing.py
+++ b/synapse/logging/opentracing.py
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ class _DummyTagNames:
 
 try:
     import opentracing
+    import opentracing.tags
 
     tags = opentracing.tags
 except ImportError: