diff --git a/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py
index fb3dc9eed..407d8a725 100644
--- a/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py
+++ b/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from oslo_db.sqlalchemy import update_match
 from oslo_db.sqlalchemy import utils as sqlalchemyutils
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_utils import excutils
+from oslo_utils import importutils
 from oslo_utils import timeutils
 from oslo_utils import uuidutils
 import six
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ from nova.i18n import _, _LI, _LE, _LW
 from nova import quota
 from nova import safe_utils
 
+profiler_sqlalchemy = importutils.try_import('osprofiler.sqlalchemy')
 
 CONF = nova.conf.CONF
 
@@ -110,6 +112,14 @@ def configure(conf):
     main_context_manager.configure(**_get_db_conf(conf.database))
     api_context_manager.configure(**_get_db_conf(conf.api_database))
 
+    if profiler_sqlalchemy and CONF.profiler.enabled \
+            and CONF.profiler.trace_sqlalchemy:
+
+        main_context_manager.append_on_engine_create(
+            lambda eng: profiler_sqlalchemy.add_tracing(sa, eng, "db"))
+        api_context_manager.append_on_engine_create(
+            lambda eng: profiler_sqlalchemy.add_tracing(sa, eng, "db"))
+
 
 def create_context_manager(connection=None):
     """Create a database context manager object.
diff --git a/nova/utils.py b/nova/utils.py
index d775e579a..5a4b78345 100644
--- a/nova/utils.py
+++ b/nova/utils.py
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ from nova.i18n import _, _LE, _LI, _LW
 import nova.network
 from nova import safe_utils
 
+profiler = importutils.try_import('osprofiler.profiler')
+
 
 CONF = nova.conf.CONF
 
@@ -1045,6 +1047,22 @@ def validate_integer(value, name, min_value=None, max_value=None):
     return value
 
 
+def _serialize_profile_info():
+    if not profiler:
+        return None
+    prof = profiler.get()
+    trace_info = None
+    if prof:
+        # FIXME(DinaBelova): we'll add profiler.get_info() method
+        # to extract this info -> we'll need to update these lines
+        trace_info = {
+            "hmac_key": prof.hmac_key,
+            "base_id": prof.get_base_id(),
+            "parent_id": prof.get_id()
+        }
+    return trace_info
+
+
 def spawn(func, *args, **kwargs):
     """Passthrough method for eventlet.spawn.
 
@@ -1056,6 +1074,7 @@ def spawn(func, *args, **kwargs):
     context when using this method to spawn a new thread.
     """
     _context = common_context.get_current()
+    profiler_info = _serialize_profile_info()
 
     @functools.wraps(func)
     def context_wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
@@ -1063,6 +1082,8 @@ def spawn(func, *args, **kwargs):
         # available for the logger to pull from threadlocal storage.
         if _context is not None:
             _context.update_store()
+        if profiler_info and profiler:
+            profiler.init(**profiler_info)
         return func(*args, **kwargs)
 
     return eventlet.spawn(context_wrapper, *args, **kwargs)
@@ -1079,6 +1100,7 @@ def spawn_n(func, *args, **kwargs):
     context when using this method to spawn a new thread.
     """
     _context = common_context.get_current()
+    profiler_info = _serialize_profile_info()
 
     @functools.wraps(func)
     def context_wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
@@ -1086,6 +1108,8 @@ def spawn_n(func, *args, **kwargs):
         # available for the logger to pull from threadlocal storage.
         if _context is not None:
             _context.update_store()
+        if profiler_info and profiler:
+            profiler.init(**profiler_info)
         func(*args, **kwargs)
 
     eventlet.spawn_n(context_wrapper, *args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 9dbd5a3b7..195b2b150 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -218,6 +218,10 @@ output_file = nova/locale/nova.pot
 [wheel]
 universal = 1
 
+[extras]
+osprofiler =
+    osprofiler>=1.4.0  # Apache-2.0
+
 [pbr]
 # Treat sphinx warnings as errors during the docs build; this helps us keep
 # the documentation clean.
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index a3503a08a..4d607f133 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ os-api-ref>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslosphinx>=4.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 os-testr>=0.8.0 # Apache-2.0
+osprofiler>=1.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testresources>=0.2.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 4652da5a7..e19dd4048 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ usedevelop = True
 whitelist_externals = bash
                       find
                       rm
+                      env
 install_command = pip install -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/requirements/plain/upper-constraints.txt} {opts} {packages}
 setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
          OS_TEST_PATH=./nova/tests/unit
@@ -28,16 +29,19 @@ passenv = http_proxy HTTP_PROXY https_proxy HTTPS_PROXY no_proxy NO_PROXY OS_DEB
 commands =
     {[testenv]commands}
     bash tools/pretty_tox.sh '{posargs}'
+    env TEST_OSPROFILER=1 bash tools/pretty_tox.sh 'nova.tests.unit.test_profiler'
 
 [testenv:py34]
 commands =
     {[testenv]commands}
     bash tools/pretty_tox3.sh '{posargs}'
+    env TEST_OSPROFILER=1 bash tools/pretty_tox.sh 'nova.tests.unit.test_profiler'
 
 [testenv:py35]
 commands =
     {[testenv]commands}
     bash tools/pretty_tox3.sh '{posargs}'
+    env TEST_OSPROFILER=1 bash tools/pretty_tox.sh 'nova.tests.unit.test_profiler'
 
 [testenv:pep8]
 basepython = python2.7