diff --git a/devstack/README.rst b/devstack/README.rst
index 97361ae..2d4ceab 100644
--- a/devstack/README.rst
+++ b/devstack/README.rst
@@ -80,3 +80,9 @@ that the default messaging driver is used.
 Example: enable Redis collector::
 
     OSPROFILER_COLLECTOR=redis
+
+**OSPROFILER_TRACE_SQLALCHEMY** - controls tracing of SQL statements. If enabled,
+all SQL statements processed by SQL Alchemy are added into traces. By default enabled.
+Example: disable SQL statements tracing::
+
+    OSPROFILER_TRACE_SQLALCHEMY=False
diff --git a/devstack/lib/osprofiler b/devstack/lib/osprofiler
index 4bff5ed..607a2f4 100644
--- a/devstack/lib/osprofiler
+++ b/devstack/lib/osprofiler
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function configure_osprofiler() {
         if [ -f $conf ]
         then
             iniset $conf profiler enabled True
-            iniset $conf profiler trace_sqlalchemy True
+            iniset $conf profiler trace_sqlalchemy $OSPROFILER_TRACE_SQLALCHEMY
             iniset $conf profiler hmac_keys $OSPROFILER_HMAC_KEYS
             iniset $conf profiler connection_string $OSPROFILER_CONNECTION_STRING
         fi
diff --git a/devstack/settings b/devstack/settings
index ac689c9..f401e12 100644
--- a/devstack/settings
+++ b/devstack/settings
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@
 # requests that specify one of these keys in HTTP headers.
 OSPROFILER_HMAC_KEYS=${OSPROFILER_HMAC_KEYS:-"SECRET_KEY"}
 
+# Set whether tracing of SQL requests is enabled or not
+OSPROFILER_TRACE_SQLALCHEMY="True"
+
 enable_service osprofiler