diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 84cbf17c27..6a2224110f 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     David Sanders <dsanders11@ucsbalum.com>
     David Schein
     David Tulig <david.tulig@gmail.com>
+    David Winterbottom <david.winterbottom@gmail.com>
     David Wobrock <david.wobrock@gmail.com>
     Davide Ceretti <dav.ceretti@gmail.com>
     Deep L. Sukhwani <deepsukhwani@gmail.com>
diff --git a/django/db/backends/utils.py b/django/db/backends/utils.py
index 45c03ba3e9..c342cf79b5 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/utils.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/utils.py
@@ -121,11 +121,12 @@ class CursorDebugWrapper(CursorWrapper):
                 'time': '%.3f' % duration,
             })
             logger.debug(
-                '(%.3f) %s; args=%s',
+                '(%.3f) %s; args=%s; alias=%s',
                 duration,
                 sql,
                 params,
-                extra={'duration': duration, 'sql': sql, 'params': params},
+                self.db.alias,
+                extra={'duration': duration, 'sql': sql, 'params': params, 'alias': self.db.alias},
             )
 
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/logging.txt b/docs/ref/logging.txt
index e60583c41c..8c682dfceb 100644
--- a/docs/ref/logging.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/logging.txt
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ Messages to this logger have the following extra context:
 * ``duration``: The time taken to execute the SQL statement.
 * ``sql``: The SQL statement that was executed.
 * ``params``: The parameters that were used in the SQL call.
+* ``alias``: The alias of the database used in the SQL call.
 
 For performance reasons, SQL logging is only enabled when
 ``settings.DEBUG`` is set to ``True``, regardless of the logging
@@ -188,6 +189,10 @@ This logging does not include framework-level initialization (e.g.
 ``COMMIT``, and ``ROLLBACK``). Turn on query logging in your database if you
 wish to view all database queries.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 4.0
+
+    The database ``alias`` was added to log messages.
+
 .. _django-security-logger:
 
 ``django.security.*``
diff --git a/docs/releases/4.0.txt b/docs/releases/4.0.txt
index c1e64c499a..54d0fd4c1d 100644
--- a/docs/releases/4.0.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/4.0.txt
@@ -226,7 +226,8 @@ Internationalization
 Logging
 ~~~~~~~
 
-* ...
+* The alias of the database used in an SQL call is now passed as extra context
+  along with each message to the :ref:`django-db-logger` logger.
 
 Management Commands
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/tests/backends/tests.py b/tests/backends/tests.py
index d335aaefbc..1536e93065 100644
--- a/tests/backends/tests.py
+++ b/tests/backends/tests.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import datetime
 import threading
 import unittest
 import warnings
+from unittest import mock
 
 from django.core.management.color import no_style
 from django.db import (
@@ -491,6 +492,23 @@ class BackendTestCase(TransactionTestCase):
             BaseDatabaseWrapper.queries_limit = old_queries_limit
             new_connection.close()
 
+    @mock.patch('django.db.backends.utils.logger')
+    @override_settings(DEBUG=True)
+    def test_queries_logger(self, mocked_logger):
+        sql = 'SELECT 1' + connection.features.bare_select_suffix
+        with connection.cursor() as cursor:
+            cursor.execute(sql)
+        params, kwargs = mocked_logger.debug.call_args
+        self.assertIn('; alias=%s', params[0])
+        self.assertEqual(params[2], sql)
+        self.assertEqual(params[3], None)
+        self.assertEqual(params[4], connection.alias)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            list(kwargs['extra']),
+            ['duration', 'sql', 'params', 'alias'],
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(tuple(kwargs['extra'].values()), params[1:])
+
     def test_timezone_none_use_tz_false(self):
         connection.ensure_connection()
         with self.settings(TIME_ZONE=None, USE_TZ=False):