diff --git a/debug_toolbar/middleware.py b/debug_toolbar/middleware.py
index 03044f3a4..1bf9b4e70 100644
--- a/debug_toolbar/middleware.py
+++ b/debug_toolbar/middleware.py
@@ -112,7 +112,10 @@ async def __acall__(self, request):
 
         # Activate instrumentation ie. monkey-patch.
         for panel in toolbar.enabled_panels:
-            panel.enable_instrumentation()
+            if hasattr(panel, "aenable_instrumentation"):
+                await panel.aenable_instrumentation()
+            else:
+                panel.enable_instrumentation()
         try:
             # Run panels like Django middleware.
             response = await toolbar.process_request(request)
diff --git a/debug_toolbar/panels/__init__.py b/debug_toolbar/panels/__init__.py
index de18f95e3..217708ec2 100644
--- a/debug_toolbar/panels/__init__.py
+++ b/debug_toolbar/panels/__init__.py
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ def enable_instrumentation(self):
 
         Unless the toolbar or this panel is disabled, this method will be
         called early in ``DebugToolbarMiddleware``. It should be idempotent.
+
+        Add the ``aenable_instrumentation``  method to a panel subclass
+        to support async logic for instrumentation.
         """
 
     def disable_instrumentation(self):
diff --git a/debug_toolbar/panels/sql/panel.py b/debug_toolbar/panels/sql/panel.py
index 7be5c4da6..fe18a9c11 100644
--- a/debug_toolbar/panels/sql/panel.py
+++ b/debug_toolbar/panels/sql/panel.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from collections import defaultdict
 from copy import copy
 
+from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
 from django.db import connections
 from django.urls import path
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _, ngettext
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ class SQLPanel(Panel):
     the request.
     """
 
-    is_async = False
+    is_async = True
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
@@ -192,6 +193,13 @@ def get_urls(cls):
             path("sql_profile/", views.sql_profile, name="sql_profile"),
         ]
 
+    async def aenable_instrumentation(self):
+        """
+        Async version of enable instrumentation.
+        For async capable panels having async logic for instrumentation.
+        """
+        await sync_to_async(self.enable_instrumentation)()
+
     def enable_instrumentation(self):
         # This is thread-safe because database connections are thread-local.
         for connection in connections.all():
diff --git a/docs/architecture.rst b/docs/architecture.rst
index cf5c54951..54b3b9318 100644
--- a/docs/architecture.rst
+++ b/docs/architecture.rst
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ Problematic Parts
   the main benefit of the toolbar
 - Support for async and multi-threading: ``debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware``
   is now async compatible and can process async requests. However certain
-  panels such as ``SQLPanel``, ``TimerPanel``,
-  ``RequestPanel`` and ``ProfilingPanel`` aren't fully
-  compatible and currently being worked on. For now, these panels
+  panels such as ``TimerPanel``, ``RequestPanel`` and ``ProfilingPanel`` aren't
+  fully compatible and currently being worked on. For now, these panels
   are disabled by default when running in async environment.
   follow the progress of this issue in `Async compatible toolbar project <https://github.com/orgs/jazzband/projects/9>`_.
diff --git a/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt b/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
index 829ff9bec..662e6df4f 100644
--- a/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
+++ b/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Pympler
 Roboto
 Transifex
 Werkzeug
+aenable
 ajax
+asgi
 async
 backend
 backends
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ flatpages
 frontend
 htmx
 inlining
+instrumentation
 isort
 jQuery
 jinja