diff --git a/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/opentelemetry/SpanDescriptionExtractor.java b/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/opentelemetry/SpanDescriptionExtractor.java
index b66555d68c9..c9927ae6b3f 100644
--- a/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/opentelemetry/SpanDescriptionExtractor.java
+++ b/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/opentelemetry/SpanDescriptionExtractor.java
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.semconv.HttpAttributes;
 import io.opentelemetry.semconv.UrlAttributes;
 import io.opentelemetry.semconv.incubating.DbIncubatingAttributes;
+import io.opentelemetry.semconv.incubating.GraphqlIncubatingAttributes;
 import io.opentelemetry.semconv.incubating.HttpIncubatingAttributes;
 import io.sentry.protocol.TransactionNameSource;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
@@ -15,9 +17,18 @@
 @ApiStatus.Internal
 public final class SpanDescriptionExtractor {
 
-  @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
   public @NotNull OtelSpanInfo extractSpanInfo(
       final @NotNull SpanData otelSpan, final @Nullable IOtelSpanWrapper sentrySpan) {
+    OtelSpanInfo spanInfo = extractSpanInfoInternal(otelSpan);
+    if (spanInfo != null) {
+      return spanInfo;
+    }
+
+    return defaultInfo(otelSpan, sentrySpan);
+  }
+
+  @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+  private @Nullable OtelSpanInfo extractSpanInfoInternal(final @NotNull SpanData otelSpan) {
     final @NotNull Attributes attributes = otelSpan.getAttributes();
 
     final @Nullable String httpMethod = attributes.get(HttpAttributes.HTTP_REQUEST_METHOD);
@@ -30,6 +41,17 @@ public final class SpanDescriptionExtractor {
       return descriptionForDbSystem(otelSpan);
     }
 
+    final @Nullable String graphqlOperationType =
+        attributes.get(GraphqlIncubatingAttributes.GRAPHQL_OPERATION_TYPE);
+    if (graphqlOperationType != null) {
+      return descriptionForGraphql(otelSpan);
+    }
+
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  private @NotNull OtelSpanInfo defaultInfo(
+      final @NotNull SpanData otelSpan, final @Nullable IOtelSpanWrapper sentrySpan) {
     final @NotNull String name = otelSpan.getName();
     final @Nullable String maybeDescription =
         sentrySpan != null ? sentrySpan.getDescription() : name;
@@ -105,4 +127,25 @@ private OtelSpanInfo descriptionForDbSystem(final @NotNull SpanData otelSpan) {
 
     return new OtelSpanInfo("db", otelSpan.getName(), TransactionNameSource.TASK);
   }
+
+  private @Nullable OtelSpanInfo descriptionForGraphql(final @NotNull SpanData otelSpan) {
+    final @NotNull String name = otelSpan.getName();
+    // do not replace span name set by customer
+    if (!Arrays.asList("query", "mutation", "subscription").contains(name)) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    final @NotNull Attributes attributes = otelSpan.getAttributes();
+    @Nullable
+    String graphqlOperationType =
+        attributes.get(GraphqlIncubatingAttributes.GRAPHQL_OPERATION_TYPE);
+    @Nullable
+    String graphqlOperationName =
+        attributes.get(GraphqlIncubatingAttributes.GRAPHQL_OPERATION_NAME);
+    if (graphqlOperationType != null && graphqlOperationName != null) {
+      String description = graphqlOperationType + " " + graphqlOperationName;
+      return new OtelSpanInfo(description, description, TransactionNameSource.TASK);
+    }
+
+    return null;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-core/src/test/kotlin/SpanDescriptionExtractorTest.kt b/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-core/src/test/kotlin/SpanDescriptionExtractorTest.kt
index af04914e278..fb5920b174d 100644
--- a/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-core/src/test/kotlin/SpanDescriptionExtractorTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-core/src/test/kotlin/SpanDescriptionExtractorTest.kt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.data.SpanData
 import io.opentelemetry.semconv.HttpAttributes
 import io.opentelemetry.semconv.UrlAttributes
 import io.opentelemetry.semconv.incubating.DbIncubatingAttributes
+import io.opentelemetry.semconv.incubating.GraphqlIncubatingAttributes
 import io.opentelemetry.semconv.incubating.HttpIncubatingAttributes
 import io.sentry.protocol.TransactionNameSource
 import kotlin.test.Test
@@ -253,6 +254,39 @@ class SpanDescriptionExtractorTest {
     assertEquals(TransactionNameSource.CUSTOM, info.transactionNameSource)
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun `sets op to graphql for span with graphql operation type`() {
+    givenAttributes(
+      mapOf(
+        GraphqlIncubatingAttributes.GRAPHQL_OPERATION_TYPE to "query",
+        GraphqlIncubatingAttributes.GRAPHQL_OPERATION_NAME to "GreetingQuery",
+      )
+    )
+
+    val info = whenExtractingSpanInfo()
+
+    assertEquals("query GreetingQuery", info.op)
+    assertEquals("query GreetingQuery", info.description)
+    assertEquals(TransactionNameSource.TASK, info.transactionNameSource)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `does not set op to graphql for span with graphql operation type if span name has been overridden`() {
+    givenAttributes(
+      mapOf(
+        GraphqlIncubatingAttributes.GRAPHQL_OPERATION_TYPE to "query",
+        GraphqlIncubatingAttributes.GRAPHQL_OPERATION_NAME to "GreetingQuery",
+      )
+    )
+    givenSpanName("my-custom-span-name")
+
+    val info = whenExtractingSpanInfo()
+
+    assertEquals("my-custom-span-name", info.op)
+    assertEquals("my-custom-span-name", info.description)
+    assertEquals(TransactionNameSource.CUSTOM, info.transactionNameSource)
+  }
+
   private fun createSpanContext(
     isRemote: Boolean,
     traceId: String = "f9118105af4a2d42b4124532cd1065ff",