diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index 70f71fa57..6e4b81f5f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ endif::[]
 ===== Added
 - Feature {pull}2526[#2526]
 
+[float]
+===== Fixed
+- Fix Resque class names when used through ActiveJob {pull}1233[#1233]
+
 [float]
 ===== Changed
 - Change {pull}2526[#2526]
diff --git a/lib/elastic_apm/spies/resque.rb b/lib/elastic_apm/spies/resque.rb
index 8f3dd392a..36aca677b 100644
--- a/lib/elastic_apm/spies/resque.rb
+++ b/lib/elastic_apm/spies/resque.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class ResqueSpy
       module Ext
         def perform
           name = @payload && @payload['class']&.to_s
+          name = @payload['args'].first['job_class'] if name == 'ActiveJob::QueueAdapters::ResqueAdapter::JobWrapper'
           transaction = ElasticAPM.start_transaction(name, TYPE)
           super
           transaction&.done 'success'
diff --git a/spec/elastic_apm/spies/resque_spec.rb b/spec/elastic_apm/spies/resque_spec.rb
index 6214e02fa..8bf7c09b2 100644
--- a/spec/elastic_apm/spies/resque_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/elastic_apm/spies/resque_spec.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 require 'resque'
 
+begin
+  require 'active_job'
+rescue LoadError
+end
+
 module ElasticAPM
   RSpec.describe 'Spy: Resque', :intercept do
     class TestJob
@@ -75,5 +80,32 @@ def self.perform
         expect(error.exception.type).to eq 'ZeroDivisionError'
       end
     end
+
+    context 'ActiveJob', if: defined?(ActiveJob) do
+      before :all do
+        class ::ActiveJobbyJob < ActiveJob::Base
+          self.queue_adapter = :resque
+          self.logger = nil # stay quiet
+
+          def perform
+            'ok'
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      after :all do
+        Object.send(:remove_const, :ActiveJobbyJob)
+      end
+
+      it 'knows the name of ActiveJob jobs', if: defined?(ActiveJob) do
+        with_agent do
+          ActiveJobbyJob.perform_later
+        end
+
+        transaction, = @intercepted.transactions
+        expect(transaction).to_not be_nil
+        expect(transaction.name).to eq 'ActiveJobbyJob'
+      end
+    end
   end
 end