diff --git a/solarwinds_apm/distro.py b/solarwinds_apm/distro.py
index 4a7eafcc..2118f2ca 100644
--- a/solarwinds_apm/distro.py
+++ b/solarwinds_apm/distro.py
@@ -6,13 +6,17 @@
 
 """Module to configure OpenTelemetry to work with SolarWinds backend"""
 
+import logging
 from os import environ
+from pkg_resources import EntryPoint
+from types import MappingProxyType
 
 from opentelemetry.environment_variables import (
     OTEL_PROPAGATORS,
     OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER,
 )
 from opentelemetry.instrumentation.distro import BaseDistro
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.instrumentor import BaseInstrumentor
 
 from solarwinds_apm.apm_constants import (
     INTL_SWO_DEFAULT_PROPAGATORS,
@@ -20,6 +24,8 @@
 )
 
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 class SolarWindsDistro(BaseDistro):
     """OpenTelemetry Distro for SolarWinds reporting environment"""
 
@@ -31,3 +37,37 @@ def _configure(self, **kwargs):
         environ.setdefault(
             OTEL_PROPAGATORS, ",".join(INTL_SWO_DEFAULT_PROPAGATORS)
         )
+
+    def load_instrumentor(  # pylint: disable=no-self-use
+        self, entry_point: EntryPoint, **kwargs
+    ):
+        """
+        Override of BaseDistro method that loads and instrument() of all installed OTel instrumentation libraries.   
+        """
+        def request_hook(span, request):
+            """
+            request_hook for instrumentation libraries that use them.
+            Edits attributes of spans created from receiving requests.
+
+            See also Django usage
+            https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/blob/main/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-django/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/django/__init__.py#L124-L141
+            """
+            logger.debug("request_hook received span:")
+            logger.debug("type %s", type(span))
+            logger.debug("name %s", span.name)
+            logger.debug("kind %s", span.kind)
+            logger.debug("attributes %s", span.attributes)
+            logger.debug("resource %s", span.resource)
+            logger.debug("request_hook received Django request:")
+            logger.debug("path %s", request.path)
+            logger.debug("headers %s", request.headers)
+
+            new_attributes = {"request-hook-foo": "some-bar-value"}
+            for attr_k, attr_v in span.attributes.items():
+                new_attributes[attr_k] = attr_v
+            span.set_attributes(MappingProxyType(new_attributes))
+            logger.debug("Updated span attributes is %s", span.attributes)
+
+        kwargs.update({"request_hook": request_hook})
+        instrumentor: BaseInstrumentor = entry_point.load()
+        instrumentor().instrument(**kwargs)