diff --git a/firebase-perf/CHANGELOG.md b/firebase-perf/CHANGELOG.md
index 97f9f0b2b17..f1da211f000 100644
--- a/firebase-perf/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/firebase-perf/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Unreleased
 
+* 
+
+## Kotlin
+The Kotlin extensions library transitively includes the updated
+`firebase-performance` library. The Kotlin extensions library has the following
+additional updates:
+
+* [feature] Added a [`trace(String, Trace.() -> T)`](https://firebase.google.com/docs/reference/kotlin/com/google/firebase/perf/ktx/package-summary#trace(kotlin.String,kotlin.Function1))
+ extension function to create a custom trace with the given name.
+
 # 20.2.0
 * [unchanged] Updated to accommodate the release of the updated
   [perfmon] Kotlin extensions library.
diff --git a/firebase-perf/ktx/api.txt b/firebase-perf/ktx/api.txt
index 0dd6cae8883..2498d874952 100644
--- a/firebase-perf/ktx/api.txt
+++ b/firebase-perf/ktx/api.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package com.google.firebase.perf.ktx {
     method @NonNull public static com.google.firebase.perf.FirebasePerformance getPerformance(@NonNull com.google.firebase.ktx.Firebase);
     method public static inline void trace(@NonNull com.google.firebase.perf.metrics.HttpMetric, @NonNull kotlin.jvm.functions.Function1<? super com.google.firebase.perf.metrics.HttpMetric,kotlin.Unit> block);
     method public static inline <T> T trace(@NonNull com.google.firebase.perf.metrics.Trace, @NonNull kotlin.jvm.functions.Function1<? super com.google.firebase.perf.metrics.Trace,? extends T> block);
+    method public static inline <T> T trace(@NonNull String name, @NonNull kotlin.jvm.functions.Function1<? super com.google.firebase.perf.metrics.Trace,? extends T> block);
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/firebase-perf/ktx/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/perf/ktx/Performance.kt b/firebase-perf/ktx/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/perf/ktx/Performance.kt
index 365a6f2afb2..244c2d67226 100644
--- a/firebase-perf/ktx/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/perf/ktx/Performance.kt
+++ b/firebase-perf/ktx/src/main/kotlin/com/google/firebase/perf/ktx/Performance.kt
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ inline fun <T> Trace.trace(block: Trace.() -> T): T {
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Creates a [Trace] object with given [name] and measures the time it takes to
+ * run the [block] wrapped by calls to [start] and [stop].
+ */
+inline fun <T> trace(name: String, block: Trace.() -> T): T = Trace.create(name).trace(block)
+
 internal const val LIBRARY_NAME: String = "fire-perf-ktx"
 
 /** @suppress */