diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index c232290f08a..26bc841f6f7 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ test_env: &test_env
   POSTGRES_DB: circle_database
   POSTGRES_HOST: localhost
   POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
+  MONGODB_HOST: localhost
+  MONGODB_PORT: 27017
+  MONGODB_DB: opentelemetry-tests
 
 postgres_service: &postgres_service
   image: circleci/postgres:9.6-alpine
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mongodb-core/src/mongodb.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mongodb-core/src/mongodb.ts
index f0f81f8f9a0..907e59c0ea5 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mongodb-core/src/mongodb.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mongodb-core/src/mongodb.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@
 
 import { BasePlugin } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import { Span, SpanKind, CanonicalCode } from '@opentelemetry/types';
-import { Func, MongoInternalCommand, MongoInternalTopology } from './types';
+import {
+  Func,
+  MongoInternalCommand,
+  MongoInternalTopology,
+  AttributeNames,
+} from './types';
 import * as mongodb from 'mongodb';
 import * as shimmer from 'shimmer';
 
@@ -167,13 +172,18 @@ export class MongoDBPlugin extends BasePlugin<typeof mongodb> {
   ) {
     // add network attributes to determine the remote server
     if (topology && topology.s && topology.s.options) {
-      span.setAttribute('peer.hostname', `${topology.s.options.host}`);
-      span.setAttribute('peer.port', `${topology.s.options.port}`);
+      span.setAttributes({
+        [AttributeNames.PEER_HOSTNAME]: `${topology.s.options.host}`,
+        [AttributeNames.PEER_PORT]: `${topology.s.options.port}`,
+      });
     }
     // add database related attributes
-    span.setAttribute('db.instance', `${ns}`);
-    span.setAttribute('db.type', `mongodb`);
-    span.setAttribute('component', 'mongodb-core');
+    span.setAttributes({
+      [AttributeNames.DB_INSTANCE]: `${ns}`,
+      [AttributeNames.DB_TYPE]: `mongodb`,
+      [AttributeNames.COMPONENT]: 'mongodb-core',
+    });
+
     if (command === undefined) return;
     const query = Object.keys(command.query || command.q || {}).reduce(
       (obj, key) => {
@@ -226,6 +236,10 @@ export class MongoDBPlugin extends BasePlugin<typeof mongodb> {
           code: CanonicalCode.UNKNOWN,
           message: error.message,
         });
+      } else {
+        span.setStatus({
+          code: CanonicalCode.OK,
+        });
       }
       span.end();
       return resultHandler.apply(this, (arguments as unknown) as unknown[]);
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mongodb-core/src/types.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mongodb-core/src/types.ts
index f76cd663ab4..4763f662d5c 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mongodb-core/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mongodb-core/src/types.ts
@@ -34,3 +34,18 @@ export type MongoInternalTopology = {
     };
   };
 };
+
+export enum AttributeNames {
+  // required by https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/master/specification/data-semantic-conventions.md#databases-client-calls
+  COMPONENT = 'component',
+  DB_TYPE = 'db.type',
+  DB_INSTANCE = 'db.instance',
+  DB_STATEMENT = 'db.statement',
+  PEER_ADDRESS = 'peer.address',
+  PEER_HOSTNAME = 'peer.host',
+
+  PEER_PORT = 'peer.port',
+  PEER_IPV4 = 'peer.ipv4',
+  PEER_IPV6 = 'peer.ipv6',
+  PEER_SERVICE = 'peer.service',
+}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mongodb-core/test/mongodb.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mongodb-core/test/mongodb.test.ts
index 365a089572a..522532a0b24 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mongodb-core/test/mongodb.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mongodb-core/test/mongodb.test.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ import { NodeTracer } from '@opentelemetry/node';
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 import * as mongodb from 'mongodb';
 import { plugin } from '../src';
-import { SpanKind } from '@opentelemetry/types';
+import { SpanKind, CanonicalCode } from '@opentelemetry/types';
 import { NoopLogger } from '@opentelemetry/core';
+import { AttributeNames } from '../src/types';
 import {
   InMemorySpanExporter,
   SimpleSpanProcessor,
@@ -71,23 +72,33 @@ function assertSpans(
     assert(span.endTime instanceof Array);
     assert(span.endTime.length === 2);
   });
-  assert.strictEqual(spans[0].name, expectedName);
-  assert.strictEqual(spans[0].kind, expectedKind);
+  const [mongoSpan] = spans;
+  assert.strictEqual(mongoSpan.name, expectedName);
+  assert.strictEqual(mongoSpan.kind, expectedKind);
+  assert.strictEqual(
+    mongoSpan.attributes[AttributeNames.COMPONENT],
+    'mongodb-core'
+  );
+  assert.strictEqual(
+    mongoSpan.attributes[AttributeNames.PEER_HOSTNAME],
+    process.env.MONGODB_HOST || 'localhost'
+  );
+  assert.strictEqual(mongoSpan.status.code, CanonicalCode.OK);
 }
 
 describe('MongoDBPlugin', () => {
-  // For these tests, mongo must be running. Add OPENTELEMETRY_MONGODB_TESTS to run
+  // For these tests, mongo must be running. Add RUN_MONGODB_TESTS to run
   // these tests.
-  const OPENTELEMETRY_MONGODB_TESTS = process.env
-    .OPENTELEMETRY_MONGODB_TESTS as string;
+  const RUN_MONGODB_TESTS = process.env.RUN_MONGODB_TESTS as string;
   let shouldTest = true;
-  if (!OPENTELEMETRY_MONGODB_TESTS) {
+  if (!RUN_MONGODB_TESTS) {
     console.log('Skipping test-mongodb. Run MongoDB to test');
     shouldTest = false;
   }
 
-  const URL = 'mongodb://localhost:27017';
-  const DB_NAME = 'opentelemetry-tests';
+  const URL = `mongodb://${process.env.MONGODB_HOST || 'localhost'}:${process
+    .env.MONGODB_PORT || '27017'}`;
+  const DB_NAME = process.env.MONGODB_DB || 'opentelemetry-tests';
   const COLLECTION_NAME = 'test';
 
   let client: mongodb.MongoClient;
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mongodb-core/tsconfig.json b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mongodb-core/tsconfig.json
index a2042cd68b1..3e83278f6c2 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mongodb-core/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-mongodb-core/tsconfig.json
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     "outDir": "build"
   },
   "include": [
-    "src/**/*.ts",
-    "test/**/*.ts"
+    "src/**/*.ts"
   ]
 }