diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index 34890156d5d..dd16953eab9 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -185,6 +185,21 @@
   pruneopts = "UT"
   revision = "f119686bf1d4d1a68c7ed6afe35f183625443c41"
 
+[[projects]]
+  digest = "1:bc4aaa0db4ea6107fd151d7c56ab48cae34d65a0f409ede7484dfd3c6f793e7e"
+  name = "go.opencensus.io"
+  packages = [
+    ".",
+    "exemplar",
+    "internal",
+    "trace",
+    "trace/internal",
+    "trace/tracestate",
+  ]
+  pruneopts = "UT"
+  revision = "b7bf3cdb64150a8c8c53b769fdeb2ba581bd4d4b"
+  version = "v0.18.0"
+
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
   digest = "1:76ee51c3f468493aff39dbacc401e8831fbb765104cbf613b89bef01cf4bad70"
@@ -259,6 +274,8 @@
     "github.com/vektah/gqlparser/ast",
     "github.com/vektah/gqlparser/gqlerror",
     "github.com/vektah/gqlparser/validator",
+    "go.opencensus.io/trace",
+    "golang.org/x/tools/go/ast/astutil",
     "golang.org/x/tools/go/loader",
     "golang.org/x/tools/imports",
     "gopkg.in/yaml.v2",
diff --git a/gqlopencensus/datadog.go b/gqlopencensus/datadog.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f9f9c973b93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gqlopencensus/datadog.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package gqlopencensus
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/99designs/gqlgen/graphql"
+	"go.opencensus.io/trace"
+)
+
+// WithDataDog provides DataDog specific span attrs.
+// see github.com/DataDog/opencensus-go-exporter-datadog
+func WithDataDog() Option {
+	return func(cfg *config) {
+		cfg.tracer = &datadogTracerImpl{cfg.tracer}
+	}
+}
+
+type datadogTracerImpl struct {
+	graphql.Tracer
+}
+
+func (dt *datadogTracerImpl) StartFieldResolverExecution(ctx context.Context, rc *graphql.ResolverContext) context.Context {
+	ctx = dt.Tracer.StartFieldResolverExecution(ctx, rc)
+	span := trace.FromContext(ctx)
+	if !span.IsRecordingEvents() {
+		return ctx
+	}
+	span.AddAttributes(
+		// key from gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/ddtrace/ext#ResourceName
+		trace.StringAttribute("resource.name", operationName(ctx)),
+	)
+
+	return ctx
+}
diff --git a/gqlopencensus/option.go b/gqlopencensus/option.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..00b3037e687
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gqlopencensus/option.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package gqlopencensus
+
+import "github.com/99designs/gqlgen/graphql"
+
+type config struct {
+	tracer graphql.Tracer
+}
+
+// Option is anything that can configure Tracer.
+type Option func(cfg *config)
diff --git a/gqlopencensus/tracer.go b/gqlopencensus/tracer.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..74e0cc52789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gqlopencensus/tracer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+package gqlopencensus
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/99designs/gqlgen/graphql"
+	"go.opencensus.io/trace"
+)
+
+var _ graphql.Tracer = (tracerImpl)(0)
+
+// New returns Tracer for OpenCensus.
+// see https://go.opencensus.io/trace
+func New(opts ...Option) graphql.Tracer {
+	var tracer tracerImpl
+	cfg := &config{tracer}
+
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		opt(cfg)
+	}
+
+	return cfg.tracer
+}
+
+type tracerImpl int
+
+func (tracerImpl) StartOperationParsing(ctx context.Context) context.Context {
+	return ctx
+}
+
+func (tracerImpl) EndOperationParsing(ctx context.Context) {
+}
+
+func (tracerImpl) StartOperationValidation(ctx context.Context) context.Context {
+	return ctx
+}
+
+func (tracerImpl) EndOperationValidation(ctx context.Context) {
+}
+
+func (tracerImpl) StartOperationExecution(ctx context.Context) context.Context {
+	ctx, span := trace.StartSpan(ctx, operationName(ctx))
+	if !span.IsRecordingEvents() {
+		return ctx
+	}
+	requestContext := graphql.GetRequestContext(ctx)
+	span.AddAttributes(
+		trace.StringAttribute("request.query", requestContext.RawQuery),
+	)
+	if requestContext.ComplexityLimit > 0 {
+		span.AddAttributes(
+			trace.Int64Attribute("request.complexityLimit", int64(requestContext.ComplexityLimit)),
+			trace.Int64Attribute("request.operationComplexity", int64(requestContext.OperationComplexity)),
+		)
+	}
+
+	for key, val := range requestContext.Variables {
+		span.AddAttributes(
+			trace.StringAttribute(fmt.Sprintf("request.variables.%s", key), fmt.Sprintf("%+v", val)),
+		)
+	}
+
+	return ctx
+}
+
+func (tracerImpl) StartFieldExecution(ctx context.Context, field graphql.CollectedField) context.Context {
+	ctx, span := trace.StartSpan(ctx, field.ObjectDefinition.Name+"/"+field.Name)
+	if !span.IsRecordingEvents() {
+		return ctx
+	}
+	span.AddAttributes(
+		trace.StringAttribute("resolver.object", field.ObjectDefinition.Name),
+		trace.StringAttribute("resolver.field", field.Name),
+		trace.StringAttribute("resolver.alias", field.Alias),
+	)
+	for _, arg := range field.Arguments {
+		if arg.Value != nil {
+			span.AddAttributes(
+				trace.StringAttribute(fmt.Sprintf("resolver.args.%s", arg.Name), arg.Value.String()),
+			)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ctx
+}
+
+func (tracerImpl) StartFieldResolverExecution(ctx context.Context, rc *graphql.ResolverContext) context.Context {
+	span := trace.FromContext(ctx)
+	if !span.IsRecordingEvents() {
+		return ctx
+	}
+	span.AddAttributes(
+		trace.StringAttribute("resolver.path", fmt.Sprintf("%+v", rc.Path())),
+	)
+
+	return ctx
+}
+
+func (tracerImpl) StartFieldChildExecution(ctx context.Context) context.Context {
+	return ctx
+}
+
+func (tracerImpl) EndFieldExecution(ctx context.Context) {
+	span := trace.FromContext(ctx)
+	defer span.End()
+}
+
+func (tracerImpl) EndOperationExecution(ctx context.Context) {
+	span := trace.FromContext(ctx)
+	defer span.End()
+}
+
+func operationName(ctx context.Context) string {
+	requestContext := graphql.GetRequestContext(ctx)
+	requestName := "nameless-operation"
+	if requestContext.Doc != nil && len(requestContext.Doc.Operations) != 0 {
+		op := requestContext.Doc.Operations[0]
+		if op.Name != "" {
+			requestName = op.Name
+		}
+	}
+
+	return requestName
+}
diff --git a/gqlopencensus/tracer_test.go b/gqlopencensus/tracer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd20137faf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gqlopencensus/tracer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+package gqlopencensus_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/99designs/gqlgen/gqlopencensus"
+	"github.com/99designs/gqlgen/graphql"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/vektah/gqlparser/ast"
+	"go.opencensus.io/trace"
+)
+
+var _ trace.Exporter = (*testExporter)(nil)
+
+type testExporter struct {
+	sync.Mutex
+
+	Spans []*trace.SpanData
+}
+
+func (te *testExporter) ExportSpan(s *trace.SpanData) {
+	te.Lock()
+	defer te.Unlock()
+
+	te.Spans = append(te.Spans, s)
+}
+
+func (te *testExporter) Reset() {
+	te.Lock()
+	defer te.Unlock()
+
+	te.Spans = nil
+}
+
+func TestTracer(t *testing.T) {
+	var mu sync.Mutex
+
+	exporter := &testExporter{}
+
+	trace.RegisterExporter(exporter)
+	defer trace.UnregisterExporter(exporter)
+
+	specs := []struct {
+		SpecName      string
+		Tracer        graphql.Tracer
+		Sampler       trace.Sampler
+		ExpectedAttrs []map[string]interface{}
+	}{
+		{
+			SpecName: "with sampling",
+			Tracer:   gqlopencensus.New(),
+			Sampler:  trace.AlwaysSample(),
+			ExpectedAttrs: []map[string]interface{}{
+				{
+					"resolver.object": "OD",
+					"resolver.field":  "F",
+					"resolver.alias":  "F",
+					"resolver.path":   "[]",
+				},
+				{
+					"request.query":               "query { foobar }",
+					"request.variables.fizz":      "buzz",
+					"request.complexityLimit":     int64(1000),
+					"request.operationComplexity": int64(100),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			SpecName:      "without sampling",
+			Tracer:        gqlopencensus.New(),
+			Sampler:       trace.NeverSample(),
+			ExpectedAttrs: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			SpecName: "with sampling & DataDog",
+			Tracer:   gqlopencensus.New(gqlopencensus.WithDataDog()),
+			Sampler:  trace.AlwaysSample(),
+			ExpectedAttrs: []map[string]interface{}{
+				{
+					"resolver.object": "OD",
+					"resolver.field":  "F",
+					"resolver.alias":  "F",
+					"resolver.path":   "[]",
+					"resource.name":   "nameless-operation",
+				},
+				{
+					"request.query":               "query { foobar }",
+					"request.variables.fizz":      "buzz",
+					"request.complexityLimit":     int64(1000),
+					"request.operationComplexity": int64(100),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			SpecName:      "without sampling & DataDog",
+			Tracer:        gqlopencensus.New(gqlopencensus.WithDataDog()),
+			Sampler:       trace.NeverSample(),
+			ExpectedAttrs: nil,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, spec := range specs {
+		t.Run(spec.SpecName, func(t *testing.T) {
+			mu.Lock()
+			defer mu.Unlock()
+			exporter.Reset()
+
+			tracer := spec.Tracer
+			ctx := context.Background()
+			ctx = graphql.WithRequestContext(ctx, &graphql.RequestContext{
+				RawQuery: "query { foobar }",
+				Variables: map[string]interface{}{
+					"fizz": "buzz",
+				},
+				ComplexityLimit:     1000,
+				OperationComplexity: 100,
+			})
+			ctx, _ = trace.StartSpan(ctx, "test", trace.WithSampler(spec.Sampler))
+			ctx = tracer.StartOperationExecution(ctx)
+			{
+				ctx2 := tracer.StartFieldExecution(ctx, graphql.CollectedField{
+					Field: &ast.Field{
+						Name:  "F",
+						Alias: "F",
+						ObjectDefinition: &ast.Definition{
+							Name: "OD",
+						},
+					},
+				})
+				ctx2 = tracer.StartFieldResolverExecution(ctx2, &graphql.ResolverContext{})
+				ctx2 = tracer.StartFieldChildExecution(ctx2)
+				tracer.EndFieldExecution(ctx2)
+			}
+			tracer.EndOperationExecution(ctx)
+
+			if len(spec.ExpectedAttrs) == 0 && len(exporter.Spans) != 0 {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected spans: %+v", exporter.Spans)
+			} else if len(spec.ExpectedAttrs) != len(exporter.Spans) {
+				assert.Equal(t, len(spec.ExpectedAttrs), len(exporter.Spans))
+			} else {
+				for idx, expectedAttrs := range spec.ExpectedAttrs {
+					span := exporter.Spans[idx]
+					assert.Equal(t, expectedAttrs, span.Attributes)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}