diff --git a/src/sentry/utils/snuba.py b/src/sentry/utils/snuba.py
index 8149fb35f22e9f..ce99cd27e89123 100644
--- a/src/sentry/utils/snuba.py
+++ b/src/sentry/utils/snuba.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import six
 import time
 import urllib3
+import sentry_sdk
 
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -724,13 +725,16 @@ def snuba_query(params):
         query_params, forward, reverse = params
         try:
             with timer("snuba_query"):
-                return (
-                    _snuba_pool.urlopen(
-                        "POST", "/query", body=json.dumps(query_params), headers=headers
-                    ),
-                    forward,
-                    reverse,
-                )
+                body = json.dumps(query_params)
+                with sentry_sdk.start_span(
+                    op="snuba", description=u"query {}".format(body)
+                ) as span:
+                    span.set_tag("referrer", headers.get("referer", "<unknown>"))
+                    return (
+                        _snuba_pool.urlopen("POST", "/query", body=body, headers=headers),
+                        forward,
+                        reverse,
+                    )
         except urllib3.exceptions.HTTPError as err:
             raise SnubaError(err)