diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 600bb32433..42f63cecd5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-### Fixed
+### Added
+
 - Fix async redis clients not being traced correctly ([#1830](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1830))
+- Make Flask request span attributes available for `start_span`. 
+  ([#1784](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1784))
 - Fix falcon instrumentation's usage of Span Status to only set the description if the status code is ERROR.
   ([#1840](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1840))
 - Instrument all httpx versions >= 0.18. ([#1748](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1748))
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/flask/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/flask/__init__.py
index 73c2f4fe2d..432c6b1fbf 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/flask/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/flask/__init__.py
@@ -375,27 +375,26 @@ def _before_request():
         flask_request_environ = flask.request.environ
         span_name = get_default_span_name()
 
+        attributes = otel_wsgi.collect_request_attributes(
+            flask_request_environ
+        )
+        if flask.request.url_rule:
+            # For 404 that result from no route found, etc, we
+            # don't have a url_rule.
+            attributes[SpanAttributes.HTTP_ROUTE] = flask.request.url_rule.rule
         span, token = _start_internal_or_server_span(
             tracer=tracer,
             span_name=span_name,
             start_time=flask_request_environ.get(_ENVIRON_STARTTIME_KEY),
             context_carrier=flask_request_environ,
             context_getter=otel_wsgi.wsgi_getter,
+            attributes=attributes,
         )
 
         if request_hook:
             request_hook(span, flask_request_environ)
 
         if span.is_recording():
-            attributes = otel_wsgi.collect_request_attributes(
-                flask_request_environ
-            )
-            if flask.request.url_rule:
-                # For 404 that result from no route found, etc, we
-                # don't have a url_rule.
-                attributes[
-                    SpanAttributes.HTTP_ROUTE
-                ] = flask.request.url_rule.rule
             for key, value in attributes.items():
                 span.set_attribute(key, value)
             if span.is_recording() and span.kind == trace.SpanKind.SERVER: