diff --git a/ddtrace/contrib/graphql/__init__.py b/ddtrace/contrib/graphql/__init__.py
index 89350191ef1..85d33c4a02c 100644
--- a/ddtrace/contrib/graphql/__init__.py
+++ b/ddtrace/contrib/graphql/__init__.py
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@
    Enabling instrumentation for resolvers will produce a ``graphql.resolve`` span for every graphql field.
    For complex graphql queries this could produce large traces.
 
+.. py:data:: ddtrace.config.graphql["simplify_resources"]
+
+   To enable this option, set ``DD_TRACE_GRAPHQL_SIMPLIFY_RESOURCES`` to True.
+
+   Default: ``False``
+
+   When True, resource names on GraphQL spans will be reduced to just the query or mutation name, if provided. Otherwise
+   the entire query will be used.
+
 
 To configure the graphql integration using the
 ``Pin`` API::
@@ -44,6 +53,7 @@
 
     Pin.override(graphql, service="mygraphql")
 """
+
 from ddtrace.internal.utils.importlib import require_modules
 
 
diff --git a/ddtrace/contrib/internal/graphql/patch.py b/ddtrace/contrib/internal/graphql/patch.py
index b54df97e520..4e5cd5dabc3 100644
--- a/ddtrace/contrib/internal/graphql/patch.py
+++ b/ddtrace/contrib/internal/graphql/patch.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ def get_version():
     dict(
         _default_service=schematize_service_name("graphql"),
         resolvers_enabled=asbool(os.getenv("DD_TRACE_GRAPHQL_RESOLVERS_ENABLED", default=False)),
+        simplify_resource=asbool(os.getenv("DD_TRACE_GRAPHQL_SIMPLIFY_RESOURCES", default=False)),
     ),
 )
 
@@ -168,10 +169,22 @@ def _traced_execute(func, args, kwargs):
     else:
         document = get_argument_value(args, kwargs, 1, "document")
     source_str = _get_source_str(document)
+    resource = source_str
+    if config.graphql.simplify_resource:
+        # queries can look like:
+        # query Name(args) {...
+        # query Name {...
+        # query {...
+        # simplified names only make sense for the first two. the last one should just default to the full query
+        # split on either the query body brace or the arg parens
+        resource = re.split("[({]", resource, maxsplit=1)[0]
+        resource = resource.strip()
+        if resource in ("query", "mutation"):
+            resource = source_str
 
     with pin.tracer.trace(
         name="graphql.execute",
-        resource=source_str,
+        resource=resource,
         service=trace_utils.int_service(pin, config.graphql),
         span_type=SpanTypes.GRAPHQL,
     ) as span: