diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1fad0c2fc7..8c755d76f0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,14 +7,19 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/compare/v1.9.1-0.28b1...HEAD)
 
-- `opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi` WSGI: Conditionally create SERVER spans
-  ([#903](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/903))
+### Added
+
+- `opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi` add experimental sql commenter capability
+  ([#908](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/908))
 
 ### Fixed
 
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging` retrieves service name defensively.
   ([#890](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/890))
 
+- `opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi` WSGI: Conditionally create SERVER spans
+  ([#903](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/903))
+
 ## [1.9.1-0.28b1](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v1.9.1-0.28b1) - 2022-01-29
 
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/dbapi/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/dbapi/__init__.py
index 762d2904d2..1645a8a48e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/dbapi/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/dbapi/__init__.py
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@
 
 from opentelemetry import trace as trace_api
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.dbapi.version import __version__
-from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import unwrap
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.utils import _generate_sql_comment, unwrap
 from opentelemetry.semconv.trace import SpanAttributes
-from opentelemetry.trace import SpanKind, TracerProvider, get_tracer
+from opentelemetry.trace import Span, SpanKind, TracerProvider, get_tracer
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 def trace_integration(
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ def trace_integration(
     connection_attributes: typing.Dict = None,
     tracer_provider: typing.Optional[TracerProvider] = None,
     capture_parameters: bool = False,
+    enable_commenter: bool = False,
     db_api_integration_factory=None,
 ):
     """Integrate with DB API library.
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ def trace_integration(
         version=__version__,
         tracer_provider=tracer_provider,
         capture_parameters=capture_parameters,
+        enable_commenter=enable_commenter,
         db_api_integration_factory=db_api_integration_factory,
     )
 
@@ -97,6 +99,7 @@ def wrap_connect(
     version: str = "",
     tracer_provider: typing.Optional[TracerProvider] = None,
     capture_parameters: bool = False,
+    enable_commenter: bool = False,
     db_api_integration_factory=None,
 ):
     """Integrate with DB API library.
@@ -132,6 +135,7 @@ def wrap_connect_(
             version=version,
             tracer_provider=tracer_provider,
             capture_parameters=capture_parameters,
+            enable_commenter=enable_commenter,
         )
         return db_integration.wrapped_connection(wrapped, args, kwargs)
 
@@ -140,7 +144,7 @@ def wrap_connect_(
             connect_module, connect_method_name, wrap_connect_
         )
     except Exception as ex:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
-        logger.warning("Failed to integrate with DB API. %s", str(ex))
+        _logger.warning("Failed to integrate with DB API. %s", str(ex))
 
 
 def unwrap_connect(
@@ -163,7 +167,8 @@ def instrument_connection(
     connection_attributes: typing.Dict = None,
     version: str = "",
     tracer_provider: typing.Optional[TracerProvider] = None,
-    capture_parameters=False,
+    capture_parameters: bool = False,
+    enable_commenter: bool = False,
 ):
     """Enable instrumentation in a database connection.
 
@@ -180,7 +185,7 @@ def instrument_connection(
         An instrumented connection.
     """
     if isinstance(connection, wrapt.ObjectProxy):
-        logger.warning("Connection already instrumented")
+        _logger.warning("Connection already instrumented")
         return connection
 
     db_integration = DatabaseApiIntegration(
@@ -190,6 +195,7 @@ def instrument_connection(
         version=version,
         tracer_provider=tracer_provider,
         capture_parameters=capture_parameters,
+        enable_commenter=enable_commenter,
     )
     db_integration.get_connection_attributes(connection)
     return get_traced_connection_proxy(connection, db_integration)
@@ -207,7 +213,7 @@ def uninstrument_connection(connection):
     if isinstance(connection, wrapt.ObjectProxy):
         return connection.__wrapped__
 
-    logger.warning("Connection is not instrumented")
+    _logger.warning("Connection is not instrumented")
     return connection
 
 
@@ -220,6 +226,7 @@ def __init__(
         version: str = "",
         tracer_provider: typing.Optional[TracerProvider] = None,
         capture_parameters: bool = False,
+        enable_commenter: bool = False,
     ):
         self.connection_attributes = connection_attributes
         if self.connection_attributes is None:
@@ -237,6 +244,7 @@ def __init__(
             tracer_provider=tracer_provider,
         )
         self.capture_parameters = capture_parameters
+        self.enable_commenter = enable_commenter
         self.database_system = database_system
         self.connection_props = {}
         self.span_attributes = {}
@@ -313,8 +321,9 @@ def __exit__(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
 
 class CursorTracer:
-    def __init__(self, db_api_integration: DatabaseApiIntegration):
+    def __init__(self, db_api_integration: DatabaseApiIntegration) -> None:
         self._db_api_integration = db_api_integration
+        self._commenter_enabled = self._db_api_integration.enable_commenter
 
     def _populate_span(
         self,
@@ -355,6 +364,22 @@ def get_statement(self, cursor, args):  # pylint: disable=no-self-use
             return statement.decode("utf8", "replace")
         return statement
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _generate_comment(span: Span) -> str:
+        span_context = span.get_span_context()
+        meta = {}
+        if span_context.is_valid:
+            meta.update(
+                {
+                    "trace_id": span_context.trace_id,
+                    "span_id": span_context.span_id,
+                    "trace_flags": span_context.trace_flags,
+                    "trace_state": span_context.trace_state.to_header(),
+                }
+            )
+        # TODO(schekuri): revisit to enrich with info such as route, db_driver etc...
+        return _generate_sql_comment(**meta)
+
     def traced_execution(
         self,
         cursor,
@@ -374,6 +399,18 @@ def traced_execution(
             name, kind=SpanKind.CLIENT
         ) as span:
             self._populate_span(span, cursor, *args)
+            if args and self._commenter_enabled:
+                try:
+                    comment = self._generate_comment(span)
+                    if isinstance(args[0], bytes):
+                        comment = comment.encode("utf8")
+                    args_list = list(args)
+                    args_list[0] += comment
+                    args = tuple(args_list)
+                except Exception as exc:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+                    _logger.exception(
+                        "Exception while generating sql comment: %s", exc
+                    )
             return query_method(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi/tests/test_dbapi_integration.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi/tests/test_dbapi_integration.py
index df7f1870f3..0302824db4 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi/tests/test_dbapi_integration.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi/tests/test_dbapi_integration.py
@@ -228,6 +228,21 @@ def test_executemany(self):
             span.attributes[SpanAttributes.DB_STATEMENT], "Test query"
         )
 
+    def test_executemany_comment(self):
+        db_integration = dbapi.DatabaseApiIntegration(
+            "testname", "testcomponent", enable_commenter=True
+        )
+        mock_connection = db_integration.wrapped_connection(
+            mock_connect, {}, {}
+        )
+        cursor = mock_connection.cursor()
+        cursor.executemany("Test query")
+        spans_list = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
+        self.assertEqual(len(spans_list), 1)
+        span = spans_list[0]
+        comment = dbapi.CursorTracer._generate_comment(span)
+        self.assertIn(comment, cursor.query)
+
     def test_callproc(self):
         db_integration = dbapi.DatabaseApiIntegration(
             "testname", "testcomponent"
@@ -308,6 +323,10 @@ def cursor(self):
 
 
 class MockCursor:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.query = ""
+        self.params = None
+
     # pylint: disable=unused-argument, no-self-use
     def execute(self, query, params=None, throw_exception=False):
         if throw_exception:
@@ -317,6 +336,8 @@ def execute(self, query, params=None, throw_exception=False):
     def executemany(self, query, params=None, throw_exception=False):
         if throw_exception:
             raise Exception("Test Exception")
+        self.query = query
+        self.params = params
 
     # pylint: disable=unused-argument, no-self-use
     def callproc(self, query, params=None, throw_exception=False):
diff --git a/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/utils.py b/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/utils.py
index e4b0b03ba6..b53b4f2308 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/utils.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/utils.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+import urllib.parse
 from typing import Dict, Sequence
 
 from wrapt import ObjectProxy
@@ -115,3 +116,38 @@ def _start_internal_or_server_span(
         attributes=attributes,
     )
     return span, token
+
+
+_KEY_VALUE_DELIMITER = ","
+
+
+def _generate_sql_comment(**meta):
+    """
+    Return a SQL comment with comma delimited key=value pairs created from
+    **meta kwargs.
+    """
+    if not meta:  # No entries added.
+        return ""
+
+    # Sort the keywords to ensure that caching works and that testing is
+    # deterministic. It eases visual inspection as well.
+    return (
+        " /*"
+        + _KEY_VALUE_DELIMITER.join(
+            "{}={!r}".format(_url_quote(key), _url_quote(value))
+            for key, value in sorted(meta.items())
+            if value is not None
+        )
+        + "*/"
+    )
+
+
+def _url_quote(s):  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+    if not isinstance(s, (str, bytes)):
+        return s
+    quoted = urllib.parse.quote(s)
+    # Since SQL uses '%' as a keyword, '%' is a by-product of url quoting
+    # e.g. foo,bar --> foo%2Cbar
+    # thus in our quoting, we need to escape it too to finally give
+    #      foo,bar --> foo%%2Cbar
+    return quoted.replace("%", "%%")