diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ecea43452ab..369412c81e9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.7
 	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.1
+	github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20190716064945-2f068394615f
 	github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.2.0
 	github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible
 	github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20210115035449-ce105d075bb4 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 169db3dde77..8ddeb4b37e0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -920,8 +920,6 @@ github.com/grafana/grafana-live-sdk v0.0.6 h1:P1QFn0ZradOJp3zVpfG0STZMP+pgZrW0e0
 github.com/grafana/grafana-live-sdk v0.0.6/go.mod h1:f15hHmWyLdFjmuWLsjeKeZnq/HnNQ3QkoPcaEww45AY=
 github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go v0.79.0/go.mod h1:NvxLzGkVhnoBKwzkst6CFfpMFKwAdIUZ1q8ssuLeF60=
 github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go v0.91.0/go.mod h1:Ot3k7nY7P6DXmUsDgKvNB7oG1v7PRyTdmnYVoS554bU=
-github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go v0.102.0 h1:Pknh7mlOaJvdhPgKHxcimDOSd9h29eSpA34W0/sOF6c=
-github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go v0.102.0/go.mod h1:D7x3ah+1d4phNXpbnOaxa/osSaZlwh9/ZUnGGzegRbk=
 github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go v0.104.0 h1:Ij2tPdEasSjCb2MxHaaiylyW4RLVZYyWpApzN/mlTxo=
 github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go v0.104.0/go.mod h1:D7x3ah+1d4phNXpbnOaxa/osSaZlwh9/ZUnGGzegRbk=
 github.com/grafana/loki v1.6.2-0.20210520072447-15d417efe103 h1:qCmofFVwQR9QnsinstVqI1NPLMVl33jNCnOCXEAVn6E=
diff --git a/pkg/infra/httpclient/httpclientprovider/http_client_provider.go b/pkg/infra/httpclient/httpclientprovider/http_client_provider.go
index 3f349cee60c..46d9f7e585a 100644
--- a/pkg/infra/httpclient/httpclientprovider/http_client_provider.go
+++ b/pkg/infra/httpclient/httpclientprovider/http_client_provider.go
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ package httpclientprovider
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
 
 	sdkhttpclient "github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend/httpclient"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/httpclient"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/metrics/metricutil"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
+	"github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack"
 )
 
 var newProviderFunc = sdkhttpclient.NewProvider
@@ -29,5 +32,27 @@ func New(cfg *setting.Cfg) httpclient.Provider {
 
 	return newProviderFunc(sdkhttpclient.ProviderOptions{
 		Middlewares: middlewares,
+		ConfigureTransport: func(opts sdkhttpclient.Options, transport *http.Transport) {
+			datasourceName, exists := opts.Labels["datasource_name"]
+			if !exists {
+				return
+			}
+			datasourceLabelName, err := metricutil.SanitizeLabelName(datasourceName)
+
+			if err != nil {
+				return
+			}
+			newConntrackRoundTripper(datasourceLabelName, transport)
+		},
 	})
 }
+
+// newConntrackRoundTripper takes a http.DefaultTransport and adds the Conntrack Dialer
+// so we can instrument outbound connections
+func newConntrackRoundTripper(name string, transport *http.Transport) *http.Transport {
+	transport.DialContext = conntrack.NewDialContextFunc(
+		conntrack.DialWithName(name),
+		conntrack.DialWithDialContextFunc(transport.DialContext),
+	)
+	return transport
+}