diff --git a/packages/elastic-apm-synthtrace/src/lib/apm/apm_fields.ts b/packages/elastic-apm-synthtrace/src/lib/apm/apm_fields.ts
index f117fc879c0e7..17956e8651b81 100644
--- a/packages/elastic-apm-synthtrace/src/lib/apm/apm_fields.ts
+++ b/packages/elastic-apm-synthtrace/src/lib/apm/apm_fields.ts
@@ -97,5 +97,6 @@ export type ApmFields = Fields &
     'faas.execution': string;
     'faas.trigger.type': string;
     'faas.trigger.request_id': string;
+    'span.db.statement': string;
   }> &
   ApmApplicationMetricFields;
diff --git a/packages/elastic-apm-synthtrace/src/scripts/examples/01_simple_trace.ts b/packages/elastic-apm-synthtrace/src/scripts/examples/01_simple_trace.ts
index b8792f6e1753c..6cda57d246b31 100644
--- a/packages/elastic-apm-synthtrace/src/scripts/examples/01_simple_trace.ts
+++ b/packages/elastic-apm-synthtrace/src/scripts/examples/01_simple_trace.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { Instance } from '../../lib/apm/instance';
 import { Scenario } from '../scenario';
 import { getCommonServices } from '../utils/get_common_services';
 import { RunOptions } from '../utils/parse_run_cli_flags';
+import { mockDbStatement } from './mock/mock_db';
 
 const scenario: Scenario = async (runOptions: RunOptions) => {
   const { logger } = getCommonServices(runOptions);
@@ -38,8 +39,16 @@ const scenario: Scenario = async (runOptions: RunOptions) => {
             .duration(1000)
             .success()
             .children(
+              instance
+                .span('GET /products', 'sql', 'mysql')
+                .defaults({ 'span.db.statement': 'SELECT * FROM PRODUCTS' })
+                .duration(1000)
+                .success()
+                .destination('elasticsearch')
+                .timestamp(timestamp),
               instance
                 .span('GET apm-*/_search', 'db', 'elasticsearch')
+                .defaults({ 'span.db.statement': JSON.stringify(mockDbStatement) })
                 .duration(1000)
                 .success()
                 .destination('elasticsearch')
diff --git a/packages/elastic-apm-synthtrace/src/scripts/examples/mock/mock_db.ts b/packages/elastic-apm-synthtrace/src/scripts/examples/mock/mock_db.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b0591f424b587
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/elastic-apm-synthtrace/src/scripts/examples/mock/mock_db.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,277 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+export const mockDbStatement = {
+  from: 0,
+  size: 1000,
+  _source: [
+    'parent.id',
+    'service.name',
+    'service.environment',
+    'trace.id',
+    'processor.event',
+    'span.id',
+    'span.type',
+    'span.subtype',
+    'span.destination.service.resource',
+    'agent.name',
+    'transaction.id',
+  ],
+  query: {
+    bool: {
+      filter: [
+        {
+          terms: {
+            'trace.id': [
+              'fca31c9a63c413baf339888062ad87a0',
+              '65ddb4e70865a19e311ada0e57a11b5f',
+              'fa0638d50848937085b01bdf7e9cee9e',
+              'f2310020fddb484da919b0fecda0ba80',
+              'fb80df2772526ec39deb1a9bef684ed0',
+              'd5dc2e50643ff08010e8b49e0bbbf5ec',
+              '20a39ef2067450ab54cca248fc8b2d62',
+              '1a2cfdb5465fd1234e2cbc8889b20544',
+              '50f0c52af6d1135c001f24d5fa37fc24',
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+              'f534abbb79d46d945f8fcd748613a50e',
+              'fd5890bd2da591e1bb1a2f0b0dfca523',
+              'fff9163790da7e3bfbb7dc888a191e1b',
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+              'f938be6f30fa81b9eff34256f8844f55',
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+              'ff39c346db243b1355d1fe4e5717651e',
+              'ff61c4305e973b1dca8232302fc2e708',
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+              'ebb1896872fd1262a82ea0493b1674f7',
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+        },
+        {
+          range: {
+            '@timestamp': { gte: 1646670000000, lte: 1646842920000, format: 'epoch_millis' },
+          },
+        },
+        { terms: { 'processor.event': ['span', 'transaction'] } },
+      ],
+    },
+  },
+};