diff --git a/datasette/database.py b/datasette/database.py
index 0a0c104a..468e9360 100644
--- a/datasette/database.py
+++ b/datasette/database.py
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ class Database:
             with conn:
                 return conn.execute(sql, params or [])
 
-        return await self.execute_write_fn(_inner, block=block)
+        with trace("sql", database=self.name, sql=sql.strip(), params=params):
+            results = await self.execute_write_fn(_inner, block=block)
+        return results
 
     async def execute_write_fn(self, fn, block=False):
         task_id = uuid.uuid5(uuid.NAMESPACE_DNS, "datasette.io")
diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index df9e0fc4..9ad7d569 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -939,6 +939,19 @@ def test_trace(trace_debug):
         assert isinstance(trace["sql"], str)
         assert isinstance(trace["params"], (list, dict, None.__class__))
 
+    sqls = [trace["sql"] for trace in trace_info["traces"] if "sql" in trace]
+    # There should be a mix of different types of SQL statement
+    expected = (
+        "CREATE TABLE ",
+        "PRAGMA ",
+        "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO ",
+        "DELETE FROM ",
+        "INSERT INTO",
+        "select ",
+    )
+    for prefix in expected:
+        assert any(sql.startswith(prefix) for sql in sqls)
+
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "path,status_code",