diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index befe21708..f6fe5948d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@
       <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-sleuth</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.zipkin.brave</groupId>
+      <artifactId>brave-instrumentation-mysql8</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application-mysql.properties b/src/main/resources/application-mysql.properties
index d388c9e6d..f57245964 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application-mysql.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application-mysql.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # database init, supports mysql too
 database=mysql
-spring.datasource.url=${MYSQL_URL:jdbc:mysql://localhost/petclinic}
+spring.datasource.url=${MYSQL_URL:jdbc:mysql://localhost/petclinic?serverTimezone=UTC&queryInterceptors=brave.mysql8.TracingQueryInterceptor&exceptionInterceptors=brave.mysql8.TracingExceptionInterceptor}
 spring.datasource.username=${MYSQL_USER:petclinic}
 spring.datasource.password=${MYSQL_PASS:petclinic}
 # SQL is written to be idempotent so this is safe