diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry_ecto/lib/opentelemetry_ecto.ex b/instrumentation/opentelemetry_ecto/lib/opentelemetry_ecto.ex
index 28f2321a..f824cfac 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry_ecto/lib/opentelemetry_ecto.ex
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry_ecto/lib/opentelemetry_ecto.ex
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ defmodule OpentelemetryEcto do
   """
 
   require OpenTelemetry.Tracer
+  require OpenTelemetry.SemanticConventions.Trace, as: Trace
 
   @typedoc """
   Option that you can pass to `setup/2`.
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ defmodule OpentelemetryEcto do
   def handle_event(
         event,
         measurements,
-        %{query: query, source: source, result: query_result, repo: repo, type: type},
+        %{query: query, source: source, result: query_result, repo: repo, type: type, options: options},
         config
       ) do
     # Doing all this even if the span isn't sampled so the sampler
@@ -134,11 +135,14 @@ defmodule OpentelemetryEcto do
 
     db_statement_config = Keyword.get(config, :db_statement, :disabled)
 
+    db_operation = Keyword.get(options, Trace.db_operation())
+
     attributes =
       base_attributes
       |> add_measurements(measurements, time_unit)
       |> maybe_add_db_statement(db_statement_config, query)
       |> maybe_add_db_system(repo.__adapter__())
+      |> maybe_add_db_operation(db_operation)
       |> add_additional_attributes(additional_attributes)
 
     parent_context =
@@ -201,6 +205,14 @@ defmodule OpentelemetryEcto do
     end)
   end
 
+  defp maybe_add_db_operation(attributes, nil) do
+    attributes
+  end
+
+  defp maybe_add_db_operation(attributes, db_operation) do
+    Map.put(attributes, Trace.db_operation(), db_operation)
+  end
+
   defp maybe_add_db_statement(attributes, :enabled, query) do
     Map.put(attributes, :"db.statement", query)
   end
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry_ecto/mix.exs b/instrumentation/opentelemetry_ecto/mix.exs
index d7d85745..337c1182 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry_ecto/mix.exs
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry_ecto/mix.exs
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ defmodule OpentelemetryEcto.MixProject do
       {:ecto_sql, ">= 3.0.0", only: [:dev, :test]},
       {:postgrex, ">= 0.15.0", only: [:dev, :test]},
       {:dialyxir, "~> 1.1", only: [:dev, :test], runtime: false},
-      {:opentelemetry_process_propagator, "~> 0.3"}
+      {:opentelemetry_process_propagator, "~> 0.3"},
+      {:opentelemetry_semantic_conventions, "~> 0.2"}
     ]
   end
 end
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry_ecto/test/opentelemetry_ecto_test.exs b/instrumentation/opentelemetry_ecto/test/opentelemetry_ecto_test.exs
index 14555909..3c8ed4b3 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry_ecto/test/opentelemetry_ecto_test.exs
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry_ecto/test/opentelemetry_ecto_test.exs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ defmodule OpentelemetryEctoTest do
   use ExUnit.Case
   import Ecto.Query
   require OpenTelemetry.Tracer
+  require OpenTelemetry.SemanticConventions.Trace, as: Trace
 
   alias OpentelemetryEcto.TestRepo, as: Repo
   alias OpentelemetryEcto.TestModels.{Comment, User, Post}
@@ -61,6 +62,21 @@ defmodule OpentelemetryEctoTest do
            } = :otel_attributes.map(attributes)
   end
 
+  test "reads the db.operation.name" do
+    attach_handler()
+
+    Repo.all(User, telemetry_options: [{Trace.db_operation(), "read_all_users"}])
+
+    assert_receive {:span,
+                    span(
+                      name: "opentelemetry_ecto.test_repo.query:users",
+                      attributes: attributes,
+                      kind: :client
+                    )}
+
+    assert %{"db.operation": "read_all_users"} = :otel_attributes.map(attributes)
+  end
+
   test "exclude unsantized query" do
     attach_handler()
     Repo.all(User)