diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/withSentryGetServerSideProps.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/withSentryGetServerSideProps.ts
index bad402023ab3..4e0bd2f69698 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/withSentryGetServerSideProps.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/withSentryGetServerSideProps.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { GSSP } from './types';
-import { callOriginal } from './wrapperUtils';
+import { wrapperCore } from './wrapperUtils';
 
 /**
  * Create a wrapped version of the user's exported `getServerSideProps` function
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ import { callOriginal } from './wrapperUtils';
  */
 export function withSentryGetServerSideProps(origGetServerSideProps: GSSP['fn'], route: string): GSSP['wrappedFn'] {
   return async function (context: GSSP['context']): Promise<GSSP['result']> {
-    return callOriginal<GSSP>(origGetServerSideProps, context);
+    return wrapperCore<GSSP>({ origFunction: origGetServerSideProps, context, route, op: 'getServerSideProps' });
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/withSentryGetStaticProps.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/withSentryGetStaticProps.ts
index 88cda4890b86..154d514f936a 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/withSentryGetStaticProps.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/withSentryGetStaticProps.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { GSProps } from './types';
-import { callOriginal } from './wrapperUtils';
+import { wrapperCore } from './wrapperUtils';
 
 /**
  * Create a wrapped version of the user's exported `getStaticProps` function
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ import { callOriginal } from './wrapperUtils';
  */
 export function withSentryGetStaticProps(origGetStaticProps: GSProps['fn'], route: string): GSProps['wrappedFn'] {
   return async function (context: GSProps['context']): Promise<GSProps['result']> {
-    return callOriginal<GSProps>(origGetStaticProps, context);
+    return wrapperCore<GSProps>({ origFunction: origGetStaticProps, context, route, op: 'getStaticProps' });
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/wrapperUtils.ts b/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/wrapperUtils.ts
index d7a466cb8221..38121ed37b8a 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/wrapperUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/nextjs/src/config/wrappers/wrapperUtils.ts
@@ -1,25 +1,46 @@
+import { getActiveTransaction } from '@sentry/tracing';
+
 import { DataFetchingFunction } from './types';
 
 /**
- * Pass-through wrapper for the original function, used as a first step in eventually wrapping the data-fetching
- * functions with code for tracing.
+ * Create a span to track the wrapped function and update transaction name with parameterized route.
  *
  * @template T Types for `getInitialProps`, `getStaticProps`, and `getServerSideProps`
  * @param origFunction The user's exported `getInitialProps`, `getStaticProps`, or `getServerSideProps` function
  * @param context The context object passed by nextjs to the function
  * @returns The result of calling the user's function
  */
-export async function callOriginal<T extends DataFetchingFunction>(
-  origFunction: T['fn'],
-  context: T['context'],
-): Promise<T['result']> {
-  let props;
-
-  // TODO: Can't figure out how to tell TS that the types are correlated - that a `GSPropsFunction` will only get passed
-  // `GSPropsContext` and never, say, `GSSPContext`. That's what wrapping everything in objects and using the generic
-  // and pulling the types from the generic rather than specifying them directly was supposed to do, but... no luck.
-  // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-const, @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-  props = await (origFunction as any)(context);
-
-  return props;
+export async function wrapperCore<T extends DataFetchingFunction>(options: {
+  origFunction: T['fn'];
+  context: T['context'];
+  route: string;
+  op: string;
+}): Promise<T['result']> {
+  const { origFunction, context, route, op } = options;
+
+  const transaction = getActiveTransaction();
+
+  if (transaction) {
+    // TODO: Make sure that the given route matches the name of the active transaction (to prevent background data
+    // fetching from switching the name to a completely other route)
+    transaction.name = route;
+    transaction.metadata.source = 'route';
+
+    // Capture the route, since pre-loading, revalidation, etc might mean that this span may happen during another
+    // route's transaction
+    const span = transaction.startChild({ op, data: { route } });
+
+    // TODO: Can't figure out how to tell TS that the types are correlated - that a `GSPropsFunction` will only get passed
+    // `GSPropsContext` and never, say, `GSSPContext`. That's what wrapping everything in objects and using the generic
+    // and pulling the types from the generic rather than specifying them directly was supposed to do, but... no luck.
+    // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-const, @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    const props = await (origFunction as any)(context);
+
+    span.finish();
+
+    return props;
+  }
+
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  return (origFunction as any)(context);
 }