diff --git a/sentry_sdk/scope.py b/sentry_sdk/scope.py
index 6954a46915..1aa9f33e15 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/scope.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/scope.py
@@ -933,8 +933,13 @@ def streamed_span(self, span: "Optional[StreamedSpan]") -> None:
                 )
             return
 
-        if type(span) is NoOpStreamedSpan and span._name is not None:
-            self._transaction = span.name
+        if type(span) is NoOpStreamedSpan:
+            if span._name is not None:
+                self._transaction = span.name
+            if span._attributes.get("sentry.segment.name.source"):
+                self._transaction_info["source"] = str(
+                    span._attributes["sentry.segment.name.source"]
+                )
 
     @property
     def profile(self) -> "Optional[Profile]":
@@ -1314,6 +1319,7 @@ def start_streamed_span(
             if is_ignored_span(name, attributes):
                 return NoOpStreamedSpan(
                     name=name,
+                    attributes=attributes,
                     scope=self,
                     segment=None,
                     trace_id=propagation_context.trace_id,
@@ -1335,6 +1341,7 @@ def start_streamed_span(
             if sampled is False or sampled is None:
                 return NoOpStreamedSpan(
                     name=name,
+                    attributes=attributes,
                     scope=self,
                     segment=None,
                     trace_id=propagation_context.trace_id,
@@ -1366,6 +1373,7 @@ def start_streamed_span(
             if is_ignored_span(name, attributes):
                 return NoOpStreamedSpan(
                     name=name,
+                    attributes=attributes,
                     segment=parent_span._segment,
                     trace_id=parent_span.trace_id,
                     parent_span_id=parent_span.span_id,
@@ -1376,6 +1384,7 @@ def start_streamed_span(
             if isinstance(parent_span, NoOpStreamedSpan):
                 return NoOpStreamedSpan(
                     name=name,
+                    attributes=attributes,
                     segment=parent_span._segment,
                     trace_id=parent_span.trace_id,
                     parent_span_id=parent_span.span_id,
diff --git a/sentry_sdk/traces.py b/sentry_sdk/traces.py
index 904a40bbc4..b02167672d 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/traces.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/traces.py
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ class NoOpStreamedSpan(StreamedSpan):
     def __init__(
         self,
         name: "Optional[str]" = None,
+        attributes: "Optional[Attributes]" = None,
         segment: "Optional[StreamedSpan]" = None,
         trace_id: "Optional[str]" = None,
         parent_span_id: "Optional[str]" = None,
@@ -645,6 +646,11 @@ def __init__(
         sample_rate: "Optional[float]" = None,
     ) -> None:
         self._name = name  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        self._attributes = {}
+        if attributes is not None and "sentry.segment.name.source" in attributes:
+            self.set_attribute(
+                "sentry.segment.name.source", attributes["sentry.segment.name.source"]
+            )
 
         self._span_id: "Optional[str]" = None
 
@@ -724,10 +730,17 @@ def get_attributes(self) -> "Attributes":
         return {}
 
     def set_attribute(self, key: str, value: "AttributeValue") -> None:
-        pass
+        if key != "sentry.segment.name.source":
+            return
+
+        super().set_attribute("sentry.segment.name.source", value)
 
     def set_attributes(self, attributes: "Attributes") -> None:
-        pass
+        for key, value in attributes.items():
+            if key != "sentry.segment.name.source":
+                continue
+
+            self.set_attribute("sentry.segment.name.source", value)
 
     def remove_attribute(self, key: str) -> None:
         pass
diff --git a/tests/tracing/test_integration_tests.py b/tests/tracing/test_integration_tests.py
index b293d36134..59bb1f9d02 100644
--- a/tests/tracing/test_integration_tests.py
+++ b/tests/tracing/test_integration_tests.py
@@ -97,13 +97,17 @@ def test_error_event_linked_without_performance_span_streaming(
     sentry_init(traces_sample_rate=None, trace_lifecycle="stream")
     items = capture_items("event")
 
-    with sentry_sdk.traces.start_span(name="no-op span"):
+    with sentry_sdk.traces.start_span(
+        name="no-op span",
+        attributes={"sentry.segment.name.source": "custom segment source"},
+    ):
         sentry_sdk.capture_message("hi")
 
     sentry_sdk.flush()
 
     (event,) = (item.payload for item in items)
     assert event["transaction"] == "no-op span"
+    assert event["transaction_info"] == {"source": "custom segment source"}
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("parent_sampled", [True, False, None])