diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 1ad4c890..a55fce30 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ Change Log
 
 .. There should always be an "Unreleased" section for changes pending release.
 
+7.2.0 - 2025-02-18
+------------------
+Added
+~~~~~
+* Added ``monitor_django_management_command`` to enable monitoring of Django management commands.
+
 7.1.0 - 2024-12-05
 ------------------
 Added
diff --git a/edx_django_utils/__init__.py b/edx_django_utils/__init__.py
index a2e76089..536a76ff 100644
--- a/edx_django_utils/__init__.py
+++ b/edx_django_utils/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 EdX utilities for Django Application development..
 """
 
-__version__ = "7.1.0"
+__version__ = "7.2.0"
 
 default_app_config = (
     "edx_django_utils.apps.EdxDjangoUtilsConfig"
diff --git a/edx_django_utils/monitoring/__init__.py b/edx_django_utils/monitoring/__init__.py
index 7c199d89..5f5fb19a 100644
--- a/edx_django_utils/monitoring/__init__.py
+++ b/edx_django_utils/monitoring/__init__.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     accumulate,
     function_trace,
     increment,
+    monitor_django_management_command,
     record_exception,
     set_custom_attribute,
     set_custom_attributes_for_course_key,
diff --git a/edx_django_utils/monitoring/internal/utils.py b/edx_django_utils/monitoring/internal/utils.py
index 288fb435..c5ad8511 100644
--- a/edx_django_utils/monitoring/internal/utils.py
+++ b/edx_django_utils/monitoring/internal/utils.py
@@ -19,9 +19,17 @@
 """
 from contextlib import ExitStack, contextmanager
 
+from django.conf import settings
+
 from .backends import configured_backends
 from .middleware import CachedCustomMonitoringMiddleware
 
+DJANGO_MANAGEMENT_MONITORING_OPERATION_NAME = getattr(
+    settings,
+    'DJANGO_MANAGEMENT_MONITORING_OPERATION_NAME',
+    'django.command'
+)
+
 try:
     import newrelic.agent
 except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
@@ -143,3 +151,19 @@ def noop_decorator(func):
         return newrelic.agent.background_task(*args, **kwargs)
     else:
         return noop_decorator
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def monitor_django_management_command(name):
+    """
+    A context manager for monitoring Django management commands.
+
+    This function creates a monitoring span using `function_trace`, allowing
+    the execution of the command to be tracked explicitly in monitoring tools.
+    It also sets the transaction name to the given `name` using
+    `set_monitoring_transaction_name`.
+    """
+
+    with function_trace(DJANGO_MANAGEMENT_MONITORING_OPERATION_NAME):
+        set_monitoring_transaction_name(name)
+        yield