diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 22eaa4a017..52b8b0e331 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#236](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/236))
 - Add README and example app for Prometheus Remote Write Exporter
   ([#227](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/227]))
+- `opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore` Adds a field to report the number of retries it take to complete an API call
+  ([#275](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/275))
 
 ### Changed
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi`, `opentelemetry-instrumentation-wsgi` Return `None` for `CarrierGetter` if key not found
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/botocore/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/botocore/__init__.py
index 713a1e6a61..3ba8af1c02 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/botocore/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/botocore/__init__.py
@@ -153,6 +153,11 @@ def _patched_api_call(self, original_func, instance, args, kwargs):
                             "aws.request_id", req_id,
                         )
 
+                    if "RetryAttempts" in metadata:
+                        span.set_attribute(
+                            "retry_attempts", metadata["RetryAttempts"],
+                        )
+
                     if "HTTPStatusCode" in metadata:
                         span.set_attribute(
                             "http.status_code", metadata["HTTPStatusCode"],
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/tests/test_botocore_instrumentation.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/tests/test_botocore_instrumentation.py
index 23dc32d2dc..72f5f5fea9 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/tests/test_botocore_instrumentation.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore/tests/test_botocore_instrumentation.py
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ def test_traced_client(self):
                 "aws.region": "us-west-2",
                 "aws.request_id": "fdcdcab1-ae5c-489e-9c33-4637c5dda355",
                 "aws.service": "ec2",
+                "retry_attempts": 0,
                 "http.status_code": 200,
             },
         )
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ def test_s3_client(self):
                 "aws.operation": "ListBuckets",
                 "aws.region": "us-west-2",
                 "aws.service": "s3",
+                "retry_attempts": 0,
                 "http.status_code": 200,
             },
         )
@@ -159,6 +161,7 @@ def test_s3_put(self):
                 "aws.operation": "CreateBucket",
                 "aws.region": "us-west-2",
                 "aws.service": "s3",
+                "retry_attempts": 0,
                 "http.status_code": 200,
             },
         )
@@ -169,6 +172,7 @@ def test_s3_put(self):
                 "aws.operation": "PutObject",
                 "aws.region": "us-west-2",
                 "aws.service": "s3",
+                "retry_attempts": 0,
                 "http.status_code": 200,
             },
         )
@@ -180,6 +184,7 @@ def test_s3_put(self):
                 "aws.operation": "GetObject",
                 "aws.region": "us-west-2",
                 "aws.service": "s3",
+                "retry_attempts": 0,
                 "http.status_code": 200,
             },
         )
@@ -203,6 +208,7 @@ def test_sqs_client(self):
                 "aws.operation": "ListQueues",
                 "aws.region": "us-east-1",
                 "aws.service": "sqs",
+                "retry_attempts": 0,
                 "http.status_code": 200,
             },
         )
@@ -233,6 +239,7 @@ def test_sqs_send_message(self):
                 "aws.operation": "CreateQueue",
                 "aws.region": "us-east-1",
                 "aws.service": "sqs",
+                "retry_attempts": 0,
                 "http.status_code": 200,
             },
         )
@@ -248,6 +255,7 @@ def test_sqs_send_message(self):
                 "aws.queue_url": response["QueueUrl"],
                 "aws.region": "us-east-1",
                 "aws.service": "sqs",
+                "retry_attempts": 0,
                 "http.status_code": 200,
             },
         )
@@ -270,6 +278,7 @@ def test_kinesis_client(self):
                 "aws.operation": "ListStreams",
                 "aws.region": "us-east-1",
                 "aws.service": "kinesis",
+                "retry_attempts": 0,
                 "http.status_code": 200,
             },
         )
@@ -315,6 +324,7 @@ def test_lambda_client(self):
                 "aws.operation": "ListFunctions",
                 "aws.region": "us-east-1",
                 "aws.service": "lambda",
+                "retry_attempts": 0,
                 "http.status_code": 200,
             },
         )
@@ -335,6 +345,7 @@ def test_kms_client(self):
                 "aws.operation": "ListKeys",
                 "aws.region": "us-east-1",
                 "aws.service": "kms",
+                "retry_attempts": 0,
                 "http.status_code": 200,
             },
         )
@@ -359,6 +370,7 @@ def test_sts_client(self):
                 "aws.region": "us-east-1",
                 "aws.request_id": "c6104cbe-af31-11e0-8154-cbc7ccf896c7",
                 "aws.service": "sts",
+                "retry_attempts": 0,
                 "http.status_code": 200,
             },
         )
@@ -395,6 +407,7 @@ def check_headers(**kwargs):
                     "aws.region": "us-west-2",
                     "aws.request_id": "fdcdcab1-ae5c-489e-9c33-4637c5dda355",
                     "aws.service": "ec2",
+                    "retry_attempts": 0,
                     "http.status_code": 200,
                 },
             )
@@ -463,6 +476,7 @@ def test_dynamodb_client(self):
                 "aws.region": "us-west-2",
                 "aws.service": "dynamodb",
                 "aws.table_name": "test_table_name",
+                "retry_attempts": 0,
                 "http.status_code": 200,
             },
         )
@@ -478,6 +492,7 @@ def test_dynamodb_client(self):
                 "aws.region": "us-west-2",
                 "aws.service": "dynamodb",
                 "aws.table_name": "test_table_name",
+                "retry_attempts": 0,
                 "http.status_code": 200,
             },
         )
@@ -493,6 +508,7 @@ def test_dynamodb_client(self):
                 "aws.region": "us-west-2",
                 "aws.service": "dynamodb",
                 "aws.table_name": "test_table_name",
+                "retry_attempts": 0,
                 "http.status_code": 200,
             },
         )