diff --git a/ydb/core/grpc_services/grpc_request_proxy.cpp b/ydb/core/grpc_services/grpc_request_proxy.cpp
index b3236fe80fa1..89c7f36e52a5 100644
--- a/ydb/core/grpc_services/grpc_request_proxy.cpp
+++ b/ydb/core/grpc_services/grpc_request_proxy.cpp
@@ -420,6 +420,9 @@ void TGRpcRequestProxyImpl::MaybeStartTracing(IRequestProxyCtx& ctx) {
     TracingControl->HandleTracing(traceId, ctx.GetRequestDiscriminator());
     if (traceId) {
         NWilson::TSpan grpcRequestProxySpan(TWilsonGrpc::RequestProxy, std::move(traceId), "GrpcRequestProxy");
+        if (auto database = ctx.GetDatabaseName()) {
+            grpcRequestProxySpan.Attribute("database", std::move(*database));
+        }
         ctx.StartTracing(std::move(grpcRequestProxySpan));
     }
 }