diff --git a/lib/instrumentation/modules/ioredis.js b/lib/instrumentation/modules/ioredis.js
index 700a819f45..d9de3e293b 100644
--- a/lib/instrumentation/modules/ioredis.js
+++ b/lib/instrumentation/modules/ioredis.js
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ module.exports = function (ioredis, agent, { version, enabled }) {
 
       const options = this.options || {}; // `this` is the `Redis` client.
       span._setDestinationContext(getDBDestination(options.host, options.port));
-      span.setDbContext({ type: 'redis' });
+      const dbContext = { type: 'redis', instance: options.host };
+      span.setDbContext(dbContext);
 
       const spanRunContext = ins.currRunContext().enterSpan(span);
       command.promise.then(