diff --git a/ddtrace/contrib/gevent/provider.py b/ddtrace/contrib/gevent/provider.py
index 53ae605308a..fa2d7f1c008 100644
--- a/ddtrace/contrib/gevent/provider.py
+++ b/ddtrace/contrib/gevent/provider.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ def activate(self, context):
         current_g = gevent.getcurrent()
         if current_g is not None:
             setattr(current_g, self._CONTEXT_ATTR, context)
+            super(GeventContextProvider, self).activate(context)
             return context
 
     def active(self):
diff --git a/tests/contrib/gevent/test_provider.py b/tests/contrib/gevent/test_provider.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..095a6ddb718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/contrib/gevent/test_provider.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from ddtrace.contrib.gevent import provider
+
+
+def test_call_hooks(tracer):
+    data = {}
+
+    def record(context):
+        if "trace" not in data:
+            data["trace"] = context
+
+    tracer.configure(context_provider=provider.GeventContextProvider())
+    tracer.context_provider._on_activate(record)
+    with tracer.trace("test123") as mytrace:
+        pass
+    assert data["trace"] is mytrace