diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b2927d75f92..be58d61cea8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 - Added `end_on_exit` argument to `start_as_current_span`
   ([#1519](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/1519)])
+- Add `Span.set_attributes` method to set multiple values with one call
+  ([#1520](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/1520))
 
 ## [0.17b0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v0.17b0) - 2021-01-20
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/trace/span.py b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/trace/span.py
index baeed762023..f46aca9c1e5 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/trace/span.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/src/opentelemetry/trace/span.py
@@ -41,6 +41,17 @@ def get_span_context(self) -> "SpanContext":
             A :class:`opentelemetry.trace.SpanContext` with a copy of this span's immutable state.
         """
 
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def set_attributes(
+        self, attributes: typing.Dict[str, types.AttributeValue]
+    ) -> None:
+        """Sets Attributes.
+
+        Sets Attributes with the key and value passed as arguments dict.
+
+        Note: The behavior of `None` value attributes is undefined, and hence strongly discouraged.
+        """
+
     @abc.abstractmethod
     def set_attribute(self, key: str, value: types.AttributeValue) -> None:
         """Sets an Attribute.
@@ -450,6 +461,11 @@ def is_recording(self) -> bool:
     def end(self, end_time: typing.Optional[int] = None) -> None:
         pass
 
+    def set_attributes(
+        self, attributes: typing.Dict[str, types.AttributeValue]
+    ) -> None:
+        pass
+
     def set_attribute(self, key: str, value: types.AttributeValue) -> None:
         pass
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py
index 83c1eff93e1..09292cf4d95 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 from typing import (
     Any,
     Callable,
+    Dict,
     Iterator,
     MutableSequence,
     Optional,
@@ -582,29 +583,35 @@ def to_json(self, indent=4):
     def get_span_context(self):
         return self.context
 
-    def set_attribute(self, key: str, value: types.AttributeValue) -> None:
-        if not _is_valid_attribute_value(value):
-            return
-
-        if not key:
-            logger.warning("invalid key (empty or null)")
-            return
-
+    def set_attributes(
+        self, attributes: Dict[str, types.AttributeValue]
+    ) -> None:
         with self._lock:
             if self.end_time is not None:
                 logger.warning("Setting attribute on ended span.")
                 return
 
-            # Freeze mutable sequences defensively
-            if isinstance(value, MutableSequence):
-                value = tuple(value)
-            if isinstance(value, bytes):
-                try:
-                    value = value.decode()
-                except ValueError:
-                    logger.warning("Byte attribute could not be decoded.")
-                    return
-            self.attributes[key] = value
+            for key, value in attributes.items():
+                if not _is_valid_attribute_value(value):
+                    continue
+
+                if not key:
+                    logger.warning("invalid key `%s` (empty or null)", key)
+                    continue
+
+                # Freeze mutable sequences defensively
+                if isinstance(value, MutableSequence):
+                    value = tuple(value)
+                if isinstance(value, bytes):
+                    try:
+                        value = value.decode()
+                    except ValueError:
+                        logger.warning("Byte attribute could not be decoded.")
+                        return
+                self.attributes[key] = value
+
+    def set_attribute(self, key: str, value: types.AttributeValue) -> None:
+        return self.set_attributes({key: value})
 
     @_check_span_ended
     def _add_event(self, event: EventBase) -> None:
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/trace/test_trace.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/trace/test_trace.py
index eb34714fbfc..71a1dcb44bd 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/trace/test_trace.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/trace/test_trace.py
@@ -531,11 +531,14 @@ def test_basic_span(self):
 
     def test_attributes(self):
         with self.tracer.start_as_current_span("root") as root:
-            root.set_attribute("component", "http")
-            root.set_attribute("http.method", "GET")
-            root.set_attribute(
-                "http.url", "https://example.com:779/path/12/?q=d#123"
+            root.set_attributes(
+                {
+                    "component": "http",
+                    "http.method": "GET",
+                    "http.url": "https://example.com:779/path/12/?q=d#123",
+                }
             )
+
             root.set_attribute("http.status_code", 200)
             root.set_attribute("http.status_text", "OK")
             root.set_attribute("misc.pi", 3.14)
@@ -593,6 +596,10 @@ def test_attributes(self):
 
     def test_invalid_attribute_values(self):
         with self.tracer.start_as_current_span("root") as root:
+            root.set_attributes(
+                {"correct-value": "foo", "non-primitive-data-type": dict()}
+            )
+
             root.set_attribute("non-primitive-data-type", dict())
             root.set_attribute(
                 "list-of-mixed-data-types-numeric-first",
@@ -609,7 +616,8 @@ def test_invalid_attribute_values(self):
             root.set_attribute("", 123)
             root.set_attribute(None, 123)
 
-            self.assertEqual(len(root.attributes), 0)
+            self.assertEqual(len(root.attributes), 1)
+            self.assertEqual(root.attributes["correct-value"], "foo")
 
     def test_byte_type_attribute_value(self):
         with self.tracer.start_as_current_span("root") as root: