diff --git a/sentry-rails/CHANGELOG.md b/sentry-rails/CHANGELOG.md
index 9b75db936..9b15ba2e8 100644
--- a/sentry-rails/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sentry-rails/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+- Support performance monitoring on ActiveJob execution [#1304](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/1304)
+
 ## 4.2.2
 
 - Always define Sentry::SendEventJob to avoid eager load issues [#1286](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/1286)
diff --git a/sentry-rails/lib/sentry/rails/active_job.rb b/sentry-rails/lib/sentry/rails/active_job.rb
index 9d6e22822..3d32ea624 100644
--- a/sentry-rails/lib/sentry/rails/active_job.rb
+++ b/sentry-rails/lib/sentry/rails/active_job.rb
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ def self.included(base)
               if already_supported_by_specific_integration?(job)
                 block.call
               else
-                Sentry.with_scope do
-                  capture_and_reraise_with_sentry(job, block)
+                Sentry.with_scope do |scope|
+                  capture_and_reraise_with_sentry(job, scope, block)
                 end
               end
             else
@@ -19,10 +19,20 @@ def self.included(base)
         end
       end
 
-      def capture_and_reraise_with_sentry(job, block)
+      def capture_and_reraise_with_sentry(job, scope, block)
+        scope.set_transaction_name(job.class.name)
+        span = Sentry.start_transaction(name: scope.transaction_name, op: "active_job")
+
+        scope.set_span(span)
+
         block.call
+
+        span.set_http_status(200)
+        span.finish
       rescue Exception => e # rubocop:disable Lint/RescueException
         rescue_handler_result = rescue_with_handler(e)
+        span.set_http_status(500)
+        span.finish
         return rescue_handler_result if rescue_handler_result
 
         Sentry::Rails.capture_exception(
diff --git a/sentry-rails/spec/sentry/rails/activejob_spec.rb b/sentry-rails/spec/sentry/rails/activejob_spec.rb
index 265e1eb8f..6fe46b93c 100644
--- a/sentry-rails/spec/sentry/rails/activejob_spec.rb
+++ b/sentry-rails/spec/sentry/rails/activejob_spec.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ def perform
   end
 end
 
+class QueryPostJob < ActiveJob::Base
+  self.logger = nil
+
+  def perform
+    Post.all.to_a
+  end
+end
+
 class RescuedActiveJob < MyActiveJob
   rescue_from TestError, :with => :rescue_callback
 
@@ -85,6 +93,53 @@ def rescue_callback(error); end
     expect(Sentry.get_current_scope.extra).to eq({})
   end
 
+  context "with tracing enabled" do
+    before do
+      make_basic_app do |config|
+        config.traces_sample_rate = 1.0
+      end
+    end
+
+    after do
+      transport.events = []
+
+      Sentry::Rails::Tracing.unsubscribe_tracing_events
+      Sentry::Rails::Tracing.remove_active_support_notifications_patch
+    end
+
+    it "sends transaction" do
+      QueryPostJob.perform_now
+
+      expect(transport.events.count).to eq(1)
+      transaction = transport.events.last
+      expect(transaction.transaction).to eq("QueryPostJob")
+      expect(transaction.contexts.dig(:trace, :trace_id)).to be_present
+      expect(transaction.contexts.dig(:trace, :span_id)).to be_present
+      expect(transaction.contexts.dig(:trace, :status)).to eq("ok")
+
+      expect(transaction.spans.count).to eq(1)
+      expect(transaction.spans.first[:op]).to eq("sql.active_record")
+    end
+
+    context "with error" do
+      it "sends transaction and associates it with the event" do
+        expect { MyActiveJob.perform_now }.to raise_error(MyActiveJob::TestError)
+
+        expect(transport.events.count).to eq(2)
+
+        transaction = transport.events.first
+        expect(transaction.transaction).to eq("MyActiveJob")
+        expect(transaction.contexts.dig(:trace, :trace_id)).to be_present
+        expect(transaction.contexts.dig(:trace, :span_id)).to be_present
+        expect(transaction.contexts.dig(:trace, :status)).to eq("internal_error")
+
+        event = transport.events.last
+        expect(event.transaction).to eq("MyActiveJob")
+        expect(event.contexts.dig(:trace, :trace_id)).to eq(transaction.contexts.dig(:trace, :trace_id))
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   context "when DeserializationError happens in user's jobs" do
     before do
       make_basic_app