diff --git a/aws_lambda_powertools/tracing/tracer.py b/aws_lambda_powertools/tracing/tracer.py
index 20dda36c752..bfd18be245a 100644
--- a/aws_lambda_powertools/tracing/tracer.py
+++ b/aws_lambda_powertools/tracing/tracer.py
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 
 is_cold_start = True
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+# Set the streaming threshold to 0 on the default recorder to force sending
+# subsegments individually, rather than batching them.
+# See https://github.com/awslabs/aws-lambda-powertools-python/issues/283
+aws_xray_sdk.core.xray_recorder.configure(streaming_threshold=0)
 
 
 class Tracer: