diff --git a/contrib/opencensus-ext-django/opencensus/ext/django/middleware.py b/contrib/opencensus-ext-django/opencensus/ext/django/middleware.py
index 68e1e0b39..6ba6a80a9 100644
--- a/contrib/opencensus-ext-django/opencensus/ext/django/middleware.py
+++ b/contrib/opencensus-ext-django/opencensus/ext/django/middleware.py
@@ -13,11 +13,14 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 """Django middleware helper to capture and trace a request."""
+import django
 import logging
 import six
 
 import django.conf
+from django.db import connection
 from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin
+from google.rpc import code_pb2
 
 from opencensus.common import configuration
 from opencensus.trace import attributes_helper
@@ -25,6 +28,7 @@
 from opencensus.trace import print_exporter
 from opencensus.trace import samplers
 from opencensus.trace import span as span_module
+from opencensus.trace import status as status_module
 from opencensus.trace import tracer as tracer_module
 from opencensus.trace import utils
 from opencensus.trace.propagation import trace_context_http_header_format
@@ -99,6 +103,37 @@ def _set_django_attributes(span, request):
         span.add_attribute('django.user.name', str(user_name))
 
 
+def _trace_db_call(execute, sql, params, many, context):
+    tracer = _get_current_tracer()
+    if not tracer:
+        return execute(sql, params, many, context)
+
+    vendor = context['connection'].vendor
+    alias = context['connection'].alias
+
+    span = tracer.start_span()
+    span.name = '{}.query'.format(vendor)
+    span.span_kind = span_module.SpanKind.CLIENT
+
+    tracer.add_attribute_to_current_span('component', vendor)
+    tracer.add_attribute_to_current_span('db.instance', alias)
+    tracer.add_attribute_to_current_span('db.statement', sql)
+    tracer.add_attribute_to_current_span('db.type', 'sql')
+
+    try:
+        result = execute(sql, params, many, context)
+    except Exception:  # pragma: NO COVER
+        status = status_module.Status(
+            code=code_pb2.UNKNOWN, message='DB error'
+        )
+        span.set_status(status)
+        raise
+    else:
+        return result
+    finally:
+        tracer.end_span()
+
+
 class OpencensusMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     """Saves the request in thread local"""
 
@@ -126,6 +161,9 @@ def __init__(self, get_response=None):
 
         self.blacklist_hostnames = settings.get(BLACKLIST_HOSTNAMES, None)
 
+        if django.VERSION >= (2,):  # pragma: NO COVER
+            connection.execute_wrappers.append(_trace_db_call)
+
     def process_request(self, request):
         """Called on each request, before Django decides which view to execute.
 
diff --git a/contrib/opencensus-ext-django/tests/test_django_db_middleware.py b/contrib/opencensus-ext-django/tests/test_django_db_middleware.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18bf385c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/opencensus-ext-django/tests/test_django_db_middleware.py
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# Copyright 2017, OpenCensus Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import unittest
+from collections import namedtuple
+
+import django
+import mock
+import pytest
+from django.test.utils import teardown_test_environment
+
+from opencensus.trace import execution_context
+
+
+class TestOpencensusDatabaseMiddleware(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        from django.conf import settings as django_settings
+        from django.test.utils import setup_test_environment
+
+        if not django_settings.configured:
+            django_settings.configure()
+        setup_test_environment()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        execution_context.clear()
+        teardown_test_environment()
+
+    def test_process_request(self):
+        if django.VERSION < (2, 0):
+            pytest.skip("Wrong version of Django")
+
+        from opencensus.ext.django import middleware
+
+        sql = "SELECT * FROM users"
+
+        MockConnection = namedtuple('Connection', ('vendor', 'alias'))
+        connection = MockConnection('mysql', 'default')
+
+        mock_execute = mock.Mock()
+        mock_execute.return_value = "Mock result"
+
+        middleware.OpencensusMiddleware()
+
+        patch_no_tracer = mock.patch(
+            'opencensus.ext.django.middleware._get_current_tracer',
+            return_value=None)
+        with patch_no_tracer:
+            result = middleware._trace_db_call(
+                mock_execute, sql, params=[], many=False,
+                context={'connection': connection})
+        self.assertEqual(result, "Mock result")
+
+        mock_tracer = mock.Mock()
+        mock_tracer.return_value = mock_tracer
+        patch = mock.patch(
+            'opencensus.ext.django.middleware._get_current_tracer',
+            return_value=mock_tracer)
+        with patch:
+            result = middleware._trace_db_call(
+                mock_execute, sql, params=[], many=False,
+                context={'connection': connection})
+
+        (mock_sql, mock_params, mock_many,
+            mock_context) = mock_execute.call_args[0]
+
+        self.assertEqual(mock_sql, sql)
+        self.assertEqual(mock_params, [])
+        self.assertEqual(mock_many, False)
+        self.assertEqual(mock_context, {'connection': connection})
+        self.assertEqual(result, "Mock result")
+
+        result = middleware._trace_db_call(
+            mock_execute, sql, params=[], many=True,
+            context={'connection': connection})
+
+        (mock_sql, mock_params, mock_many,
+            mock_context) = mock_execute.call_args[0]
+        self.assertEqual(mock_many, True)