diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3362fa74ea..ffb09d8a43 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ### Features
 
+- Add description to OkHttp spans ([#3320](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/3320))
 - Update normalization of metrics keys, tags and values ([#3332](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/3332))
 - Enable backpressure management by default ([#3284](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/3284))
 
diff --git a/sentry-okhttp/src/main/java/io/sentry/okhttp/SentryOkHttpEvent.kt b/sentry-okhttp/src/main/java/io/sentry/okhttp/SentryOkHttpEvent.kt
index 00cc26e754..21a3329a14 100644
--- a/sentry-okhttp/src/main/java/io/sentry/okhttp/SentryOkHttpEvent.kt
+++ b/sentry-okhttp/src/main/java/io/sentry/okhttp/SentryOkHttpEvent.kt
@@ -38,13 +38,15 @@ internal class SentryOkHttpEvent(private val hub: IHub, private val request: Req
     private var clientErrorResponse: Response? = null
     private val isReadingResponseBody = AtomicBoolean(false)
     private val isEventFinished = AtomicBoolean(false)
+    private val url: String
+    private val method: String
 
     init {
         val urlDetails = UrlUtils.parse(request.url.toString())
-        val url = urlDetails.urlOrFallback
+        url = urlDetails.urlOrFallback
         val host: String = request.url.host
         val encodedPath: String = request.url.encodedPath
-        val method: String = request.method
+        method = request.method
 
         // We start the call span that will contain all the others
         val parentSpan = if (Platform.isAndroid()) hub.transaction else hub.span
@@ -113,7 +115,7 @@ internal class SentryOkHttpEvent(private val hub: IHub, private val request: Req
     fun startSpan(event: String) {
         // Find the parent of the span being created. E.g. secureConnect is child of connect
         val parentSpan = findParentSpan(event)
-        val span = parentSpan?.startChild("http.client.$event") ?: return
+        val span = parentSpan?.startChild("http.client.$event", "$method $url") ?: return
         if (event == RESPONSE_BODY_EVENT) {
             // We save this event is reading the response body, so that it will not be auto-finished
             isReadingResponseBody.set(true)
diff --git a/sentry-okhttp/src/test/java/io/sentry/okhttp/SentryOkHttpEventListenerTest.kt b/sentry-okhttp/src/test/java/io/sentry/okhttp/SentryOkHttpEventListenerTest.kt
index 1d90da70fe..88727c4c0d 100644
--- a/sentry-okhttp/src/test/java/io/sentry/okhttp/SentryOkHttpEventListenerTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-okhttp/src/test/java/io/sentry/okhttp/SentryOkHttpEventListenerTest.kt
@@ -168,28 +168,35 @@ class SentryOkHttpEventListenerTest {
                 }
                 1 -> {
                     assertEquals("http.client.proxy_select", span.operation)
+                    assertEquals("GET ${request.url}", span.description)
                     assertNotNull(span.data["proxies"])
                 }
                 2 -> {
                     assertEquals("http.client.dns", span.operation)
+                    assertEquals("GET ${request.url}", span.description)
                     assertNotNull(span.data["domain_name"])
                     assertNotNull(span.data["dns_addresses"])
                 }
                 3 -> {
                     assertEquals("http.client.connect", span.operation)
+                    assertEquals("GET ${request.url}", span.description)
                 }
                 4 -> {
                     assertEquals("http.client.connection", span.operation)
+                    assertEquals("GET ${request.url}", span.description)
                 }
                 5 -> {
                     assertEquals("http.client.request_headers", span.operation)
+                    assertEquals("GET ${request.url}", span.description)
                 }
                 6 -> {
                     assertEquals("http.client.response_headers", span.operation)
+                    assertEquals("GET ${request.url}", span.description)
                     assertEquals(201, span.data[SpanDataConvention.HTTP_STATUS_CODE_KEY])
                 }
                 7 -> {
                     assertEquals("http.client.response_body", span.operation)
+                    assertEquals("GET ${request.url}", span.description)
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/sentry-okhttp/src/test/java/io/sentry/okhttp/SentryOkHttpEventTest.kt b/sentry-okhttp/src/test/java/io/sentry/okhttp/SentryOkHttpEventTest.kt
index 337f722848..4b41b75c1e 100644
--- a/sentry-okhttp/src/test/java/io/sentry/okhttp/SentryOkHttpEventTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-okhttp/src/test/java/io/sentry/okhttp/SentryOkHttpEventTest.kt
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ class SentryOkHttpEventTest {
         assertNotNull(span)
         assertTrue(spans.containsKey("span"))
         assertEquals("http.client.span", span.operation)
+        assertEquals("${fixture.mockRequest.method} ${fixture.mockRequest.url}", span.description)
         assertFalse(span.isFinished)
     }
 
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ class SentryOkHttpEventTest {
         sut.finishSpan("span") {
             if (called == 0) {
                 assertEquals("http.client.span", it.operation)
+                assertEquals("${fixture.mockRequest.method} ${fixture.mockRequest.url}", it.description)
             } else {
                 assertEquals(sut.callRootSpan, it)
             }