diff --git a/packages/datadog-plugin-express/test/index.spec.js b/packages/datadog-plugin-express/test/index.spec.js
index 45d9084af88..8a1c257daaa 100644
--- a/packages/datadog-plugin-express/test/index.spec.js
+++ b/packages/datadog-plugin-express/test/index.spec.js
@@ -820,6 +820,74 @@ describe('Plugin', () => {
             })
           })
         })
+
+        withVersions(plugin, 'loopback', loopbackVersion => {
+          let loopback
+
+          beforeEach(() => {
+            loopback = require(`../../../versions/loopback@${loopbackVersion}`).get()
+          })
+
+          it('should handle loopback with express middleware', done => {
+            const app = loopback()
+
+            app.get('/dd', (req, res) => {
+              res.status(200).send()
+            })
+
+            getPort().then(port => {
+              agent
+                .use(traces => {
+                  const spans = sort(traces[0])
+
+                  expect(spans[0]).to.have.property('service', 'test')
+                  expect(spans[0]).to.have.property('type', 'web')
+                  expect(spans[0]).to.have.property('resource', 'GET /dd')
+                  expect(spans[0].meta).to.have.property('span.kind', 'server')
+                  expect(spans[0].meta).to.have.property('http.url', `http://localhost:${port}/dd`)
+                  expect(spans[0].meta).to.have.property('http.method', 'GET')
+                  expect(spans[0].meta).to.have.property('http.status_code', '200')
+                })
+                .then(done)
+                .catch(done)
+
+              appListener = app.listen(port, 'localhost', () => {
+                axios.get(`http://localhost:${port}/dd`)
+                  .catch(done)
+              })
+            })
+          })
+
+          it('should handle loopback re-sorting', done => {
+            const app = loopback()
+
+            app.middleware('final', [], function throwError (req, res) {
+              throw new Error('should not reach')
+            })
+
+            app.get('/dd', function handleDD (req, res) {
+              res.status(200).send()
+            })
+
+            getPort().then(port => {
+              agent
+                .use(traces => {
+                  const spans = sort(traces[0])
+
+                  expect(spans[4]).to.have.property('name', 'express.middleware')
+                  expect(spans[4]).to.have.property('service', 'test')
+                  expect(spans[4]).to.have.property('resource', 'handleDD')
+                })
+                .then(done)
+                .catch(done)
+
+              appListener = app.listen(port, 'localhost', () => {
+                axios.get(`http://localhost:${port}/dd`)
+                  .catch(done)
+              })
+            })
+          })
+        })
       })
 
       describe('with configuration', () => {
diff --git a/packages/datadog-plugin-router/src/index.js b/packages/datadog-plugin-router/src/index.js
index b72ce7469f1..82a75db1956 100644
--- a/packages/datadog-plugin-router/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/datadog-plugin-router/src/index.js
@@ -55,15 +55,23 @@ function wrapRouterMethod (original) {
 function wrapLayerHandle (layer, handle) {
   handle._name = handle._name || layer.name
 
+  let wrapCallHandle
+
   if (handle.length === 4) {
-    return function (error, req, res, next) {
+    wrapCallHandle = function (error, req, res, next) {
       return callHandle(layer, handle, req, [error, req, res, wrapNext(layer, req, next)])
     }
   } else {
-    return function (req, res, next) {
+    wrapCallHandle = function (req, res, next) {
       return callHandle(layer, handle, req, [req, res, wrapNext(layer, req, next)])
     }
   }
+
+  // This is a workaround for the `loopback` library so that it can find the correct express layer
+  // that contains the real handle function
+  wrapCallHandle._datadog_orig = handle
+
+  return wrapCallHandle
 }
 
 function wrapStack (stack, offset, matchers) {
diff --git a/packages/dd-trace/test/plugins/externals.json b/packages/dd-trace/test/plugins/externals.json
index 2c639fad848..58baaef9b82 100644
--- a/packages/dd-trace/test/plugins/externals.json
+++ b/packages/dd-trace/test/plugins/externals.json
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 {
+  "express": [
+    {
+      "name": "loopback",
+      "versions": [">=2.13.0"]
+    }
+  ],
   "generic-pool": [
     {
       "name": "generic-pool",