diff --git a/sentry-opentelemetry/lib/sentry/opentelemetry/span_processor.rb b/sentry-opentelemetry/lib/sentry/opentelemetry/span_processor.rb
index e898c6b33..34efaee27 100644
--- a/sentry-opentelemetry/lib/sentry/opentelemetry/span_processor.rb
+++ b/sentry-opentelemetry/lib/sentry/opentelemetry/span_processor.rb
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ def parse_span_description(otel_span)
 
           statement = otel_span.attributes[SEMANTIC_CONVENTIONS::DB_STATEMENT]
           description = statement if statement
+        elsif (messaging_system = otel_span.attributes[SEMANTIC_CONVENTIONS::MESSAGING_SYSTEM])
+          op = "queue.#{otel_span.kind == :producer ? "publish" : "process"}"
+          description = description&.split(" ")&.first&.strip || messaging_system
         end
 
         [op, description]
diff --git a/sentry-opentelemetry/spec/sentry/opentelemetry/span_processor_spec.rb b/sentry-opentelemetry/spec/sentry/opentelemetry/span_processor_spec.rb
index 194af2c52..29d8dd9e9 100644
--- a/sentry-opentelemetry/spec/sentry/opentelemetry/span_processor_spec.rb
+++ b/sentry-opentelemetry/spec/sentry/opentelemetry/span_processor_spec.rb
@@ -97,6 +97,30 @@
     tracer.start_span('connect', with_parent: root_parent_context, attributes: attributes, kind: :internal)
   end
 
+  let(:child_queue_span_producer) do
+    attributes = {
+      'messaging.system' => 'sidekiq',
+      'messaging.destination' => 'default',
+      'messaging.destination_kind' => 'queue',
+      'messaging.operation' => 'publish',
+      'messaging.sidekiq_job_class' => 'Sidekiq::Worker'
+    }
+
+    tracer.start_span('Sidekiq::Worker publish', with_parent: root_parent_context, attributes: attributes, kind: :producer)
+  end
+
+  let(:child_queue_span_consumer) do
+    attributes = {
+      'messaging.system' => 'sidekiq',
+      'messaging.destination' => 'default',
+      'messaging.destination_kind' => 'queue',
+      'messaging.operation' => 'process',
+      'messaging.sidekiq_job_class' => 'Sidekiq::Worker'
+    }
+
+    tracer.start_span('Sidekiq::Worker process', with_parent: root_parent_context, attributes: attributes, kind: :consumer)
+  end
+
   before do
     perform_basic_setup
     perform_otel_setup
@@ -220,6 +244,8 @@
       subject.on_start(child_http_span, root_parent_context)
       subject.on_start(error_span, empty_context)
       subject.on_start(http_error_span, empty_context)
+      subject.on_start(child_queue_span_producer, root_parent_context)
+      subject.on_start(child_queue_span_consumer, root_parent_context)
     end
 
     let(:finished_db_span) { child_db_span.finish }
@@ -228,6 +254,8 @@
     let(:finished_invalid_span) { invalid_span.finish }
     let(:finished_error_span) { error_span.finish }
     let(:finished_http_error_span) { http_error_span.finish }
+    let(:finished_queue_span) { child_queue_span_producer.finish }
+    let(:finished_queue_span_consumer) { child_queue_span_consumer.finish }
 
     it 'noops when not initialized' do
       allow(Sentry).to receive(:initialized?).and_return(false)
@@ -290,7 +318,7 @@
       expect(sentry_span.data).to include({ 'otel.kind' => finished_db_span.kind })
       expect(sentry_span.timestamp).to eq(finished_db_span.end_timestamp / 1e9)
 
-      expect(subject.span_map.size).to eq(4)
+      expect(subject.span_map.size).to eq(6)
       expect(subject.span_map.keys).not_to include(span_id)
     end
 
@@ -312,7 +340,51 @@
       expect(sentry_span.timestamp).to eq(finished_http_span.end_timestamp / 1e9)
       expect(sentry_span.status).to eq('ok')
 
-      expect(subject.span_map.size).to eq(4)
+      expect(subject.span_map.size).to eq(6)
+      expect(subject.span_map.keys).not_to include(span_id)
+    end
+
+    it 'finishes sentry child span on otel child queue producer span finish' do
+      expect(subject.span_map).to receive(:delete).and_call_original
+
+      span_id = finished_queue_span.context.hex_span_id
+      sentry_span = subject.span_map[span_id]
+      expect(sentry_span).to be_a(Sentry::Span)
+
+      expect(sentry_span).to receive(:finish).and_call_original
+      subject.on_finish(finished_queue_span)
+
+      expect(sentry_span.op).to eq('queue.publish')
+      expect(sentry_span.origin).to eq('auto.otel')
+      expect(sentry_span.description).to eq('Sidekiq::Worker')
+      expect(sentry_span.data).to include(finished_queue_span.attributes)
+      expect(sentry_span.data).to include({ 'otel.kind' => finished_queue_span.kind })
+      expect(sentry_span.timestamp).to eq(finished_queue_span.end_timestamp / 1e9)
+      expect(sentry_span.status).to eq('ok')
+
+      expect(subject.span_map.size).to eq(6)
+      expect(subject.span_map.keys).not_to include(span_id)
+    end
+
+    it 'finishes sentry child span on otel child queue consumer span finish' do
+      expect(subject.span_map).to receive(:delete).and_call_original
+
+      span_id = finished_queue_span_consumer.context.hex_span_id
+      sentry_span = subject.span_map[span_id]
+      expect(sentry_span).to be_a(Sentry::Span)
+
+      expect(sentry_span).to receive(:finish).and_call_original
+      subject.on_finish(finished_queue_span_consumer)
+
+      expect(sentry_span.op).to eq('queue.process')
+      expect(sentry_span.origin).to eq('auto.otel')
+      expect(sentry_span.description).to eq('Sidekiq::Worker')
+      expect(sentry_span.data).to include(finished_queue_span_consumer.attributes)
+      expect(sentry_span.data).to include({ 'otel.kind' => finished_queue_span_consumer.kind })
+      expect(sentry_span.timestamp).to eq(finished_queue_span_consumer.end_timestamp / 1e9)
+      expect(sentry_span.status).to eq('ok')
+
+      expect(subject.span_map.size).to eq(6)
       expect(subject.span_map.keys).not_to include(span_id)
     end
 
@@ -321,6 +393,8 @@
       subject.on_finish(finished_http_span)
       subject.on_finish(finished_error_span)
       subject.on_finish(finished_http_error_span)
+      subject.on_finish(finished_queue_span)
+      subject.on_finish(finished_queue_span_consumer)
 
       expect(subject.span_map).to receive(:delete).and_call_original