diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index b56e54cbb99..0bc7e85cbda 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
         "opentracing/opentracing": "1.0.0-beta5"
     },
     "require-dev": {
+        "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^5.0",
         "phpcompatibility/php-compatibility": "^9.0",
         "phpcompatibility/phpcompatibility-passwordcompat": "^1.0",
         "phpcompatibility/phpcompatibility-symfony": "*",
diff --git a/src/DDTrace/Integrations/Guzzle/v5/GuzzleIntegration.php b/src/DDTrace/Integrations/Guzzle/v5/GuzzleIntegration.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..baaaa10bc5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/DDTrace/Integrations/Guzzle/v5/GuzzleIntegration.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace DDTrace\Integrations\Guzzle\v5;
+
+use DDTrace\Tags;
+use DDTrace\Types;
+use OpenTracing\Span;
+use DDTrace\Integrations\Integration;
+
+class GuzzleIntegration extends Integration
+{
+    const CLASS_NAME = 'GuzzleHttp\Client';
+
+    public static function load()
+    {
+        parent::load();
+        self::traceMethod('send', function (Span $span, array $args) {
+            $span->setTag('http.method', $args[0]->getMethod());
+        });
+    }
+
+    public static function setDefaultTags(Span $span, $method)
+    {
+        parent::setDefaultTags($span, $method);
+        $span->setTag(Tags\SPAN_TYPE, Types\GUZZLE);
+        $span->setTag(Tags\SERVICE_NAME, 'guzzle');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/DDTrace/Integrations/Integration.php b/src/DDTrace/Integrations/Integration.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8d5825b33ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/DDTrace/Integrations/Integration.php
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace DDTrace\Integrations;
+
+use DDTrace\Tags;
+use OpenTracing\Span;
+use OpenTracing\GlobalTracer;
+
+abstract class Integration
+{
+    const CLASS_NAME = '';
+
+    public static function load()
+    {
+        if (!extension_loaded('ddtrace')) {
+            trigger_error('The ddtrace extension is required to trace ' . static::CLASS_NAME, E_USER_WARNING);
+            return;
+        }
+        if (!class_exists(static::CLASS_NAME)) {
+            trigger_error(static::CLASS_NAME . ' is not loaded and cannot be traced', E_USER_WARNING);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $method
+     * @param \Closure $spanMutator
+     */
+    protected static function traceMethod($method, \Closure $spanMutator = null)
+    {
+        $className = static::CLASS_NAME;
+        $integrationClass = get_called_class();
+        dd_trace($className, $method, function () use ($className, $integrationClass, $method, $spanMutator) {
+            $args = func_get_args();
+            $scope = GlobalTracer::get()->startActiveSpan($className . '.' . $method);
+            $span = $scope->getSpan();
+            $integrationClass::setDefaultTags($span, $method);
+            if (null !== $spanMutator) {
+                $spanMutator($span, $args);
+            }
+
+            $returnVal = null;
+            $thrownException = null;
+            try {
+                $returnVal = call_user_func_array([$this, $method], $args);
+            } catch (\Exception $e) {
+                $span->setError($e);
+                $thrownException = $e;
+            }
+            $scope->close();
+            if (null !== $thrownException) {
+                throw $thrownException;
+            }
+            return $returnVal;
+        });
+    }
+
+    public static function setDefaultTags(Span $span, $method)
+    {
+        $span->setTag(Tags\RESOURCE_NAME, $method);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/DDTrace/Types.php b/src/DDTrace/Types.php
index e17a96082cf..dfd9ac4502f 100644
--- a/src/DDTrace/Types.php
+++ b/src/DDTrace/Types.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 const SQL = 'sql';
 
 const CASSANDRA = 'cassandra';
+const GUZZLE = 'guzzle';
 const MEMCACHED = 'memcached';
 const MONGO = 'mongodb';
 const REDIS = 'redis';
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Integrations/Guzzle/v5/GuzzleIntegrationTest.php b/tests/Integration/Integrations/Guzzle/v5/GuzzleIntegrationTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a4b80d0f2f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Integration/Integrations/Guzzle/v5/GuzzleIntegrationTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace DDTrace\Tests\Integration\Integrations\Guzzle\v5;
+
+use GuzzleHttp\Client;
+use GuzzleHttp\Message\Request;
+use GuzzleHttp\Ring\Client\MockHandler;
+use DDTrace\Tests\Integration\Common\SpanAssertion;
+use DDTrace\Integrations\Guzzle\v5\GuzzleIntegration;
+use DDTrace\Tests\Integration\Common\IntegrationTestCase;
+
+final class GuzzleIntegrationTest extends IntegrationTestCase
+{
+    /** @var Client */
+    private $client;
+
+    public static function setUpBeforeClass()
+    {
+        GuzzleIntegration::load();
+    }
+
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+        $handler = new MockHandler(['status' => 200]);
+        $this->client = new Client(['handler' => $handler]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider providerHttpMethods
+     */
+    public function testAliasMethods($method)
+    {
+        $traces = $this->isolateTracer(function () use ($method) {
+            $this->client->$method('http://example.com');
+        });
+        $this->assertSpans($traces, [
+            SpanAssertion::build('GuzzleHttp\Client.send', 'guzzle', 'guzzle', 'send')
+                ->withExactTags([
+                    'http.method' => strtoupper($method),
+                ]),
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    public function providerHttpMethods()
+    {
+        return [
+            ['get'],
+            ['delete'],
+            ['head'],
+            ['options'],
+            ['patch'],
+            ['post'],
+            ['put'],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public function testSend()
+    {
+        $traces = $this->isolateTracer(function () {
+            $request = new Request('put', 'http://example.com');
+            $this->client->send($request);
+        });
+        $this->assertSpans($traces, [
+            SpanAssertion::build('GuzzleHttp\Client.send', 'guzzle', 'guzzle', 'send')
+                ->withExactTags([
+                    'http.method' => 'PUT',
+                ]),
+        ]);
+    }
+}