diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/celery.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/celery.py
index a0c86ea982..a0b1eecd24 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/celery.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/celery.py
@@ -107,8 +107,10 @@ def sentry_build_tracer(name, task, *args, **kwargs):
         trace.build_tracer = sentry_build_tracer
 
         from celery.app.task import Task  # type: ignore
+        from celery import Celery  # type: ignore
 
         Task.apply_async = _wrap_apply_async(Task.apply_async)
+        Celery.send_task = _wrap_apply_async(Celery.send_task)
 
         _patch_worker_exit()
 
@@ -154,9 +156,12 @@ def apply_async(*args, **kwargs):
         if not propagate_traces:
             return f(*args, **kwargs)
 
-        with hub.start_span(
-            op=OP.QUEUE_SUBMIT_CELERY, description=args[0].name
-        ) as span:
+        if isinstance(args[0], Task):
+            description = args[0].name
+        else:
+            description = args[1]
+
+        with hub.start_span(op=OP.QUEUE_SUBMIT_CELERY, description=description) as span:
             with capture_internal_exceptions():
                 headers = dict(hub.iter_trace_propagation_headers(span))
                 if integration.monitor_beat_tasks:
diff --git a/tests/integrations/celery/test_celery.py b/tests/integrations/celery/test_celery.py
index b13e19ebaa..5d93215cf6 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/celery/test_celery.py
+++ b/tests/integrations/celery/test_celery.py
@@ -357,9 +357,12 @@ def dummy_task(self):
 
 
 # TODO: This test is hanging when running test with `tox --parallel auto`. Find out why and fix it!
-@pytest.mark.skip
+# @pytest.mark.skip
 @pytest.mark.forked
-def test_redis_backend_trace_propagation(init_celery, capture_events_forksafe):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("execution_way", ["apply_async", "send_task"])
+def test_redis_backend_trace_propagation(
+    init_celery, capture_events_forksafe, execution_way
+):
     celery = init_celery(traces_sample_rate=1.0, backend="redis", debug=True)
 
     events = capture_events_forksafe()
@@ -373,7 +376,12 @@ def dummy_task(self):
 
     with start_transaction(name="submit_celery"):
         # Curious: Cannot use delay() here or py2.7-celery-4.2 crashes
-        res = dummy_task.apply_async()
+        if execution_way == "apply_async":
+            res = dummy_task.apply_async()
+        elif execution_way == "send_task":
+            res = celery.send_task("dummy_task")
+        else:  # pragma: no cover
+            raise ValueError(execution_way)
 
     with pytest.raises(Exception):  # noqa: B017
         # Celery 4.1 raises a gibberish exception