diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py
index 0110a5c0e05..5a52a386033 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py
@@ -994,9 +994,11 @@ def record_exception(
             traceback.format_exception(
                 type(exception), value=exception, tb=exception.__traceback__
             )
-        )
+        )    
+        module = exception.__class__.__module__ if exception.__class__.__module__ != "builtins" else ""
+        exc_type = f"{module}.{exception.__class__.__qualname__}" if module else exception.__class__.__qualname__
         _attributes: MutableMapping[str, types.AttributeValue] = {
-            "exception.type": exception.__class__.__name__,
+            "exception.type": exc_type,
             "exception.message": str(exception),
             "exception.stacktrace": stacktrace,
             "exception.escaped": str(escaped),