diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 571c31e63a200cc70943cd4fd1501215fb894928..e641adbfcefbc14ba62572ff986772391c4c2f1b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ v 8.7.0 (unreleased)
   - Method instrumentation now uses Module#prepend instead of aliasing methods
   - Repository.clean_old_archives is now instrumented
   - Add support for environment variables on a job level in CI configuration file
+  - SQL query counts are now tracked per transaction
   - The Projects::HousekeepingService class has extra instrumentation
   - All service classes (those residing in app/services) are now instrumented
   - Developers can now add custom tags to transactions
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/metrics/subscribers/active_record.rb b/lib/gitlab/metrics/subscribers/active_record.rb
index 8008b3bc8953631851f193f946fa6f1d62b39133..96cad941d5c208420313fbbceb8709b31afeee4e 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/metrics/subscribers/active_record.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/metrics/subscribers/active_record.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ module Gitlab
           return unless current_transaction
 
           current_transaction.increment(:sql_duration, event.duration)
+          current_transaction.increment(:sql_count, 1)
         end
 
         private
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/metrics/subscribers/active_record_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/metrics/subscribers/active_record_spec.rb
index 7bc070a4d0967fa33345f8650028127a24accbc9..e3293a012078ade4ad825bbbaebeddf0666d8b21 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/metrics/subscribers/active_record_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/metrics/subscribers/active_record_spec.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ describe Gitlab::Metrics::Subscribers::ActiveRecord do
         expect(transaction).to receive(:increment).
           with(:sql_duration, 0.2)
 
+        expect(transaction).to receive(:increment).
+          with(:sql_count, 1)
+
         subscriber.sql(event)
       end
     end