diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 16ca9c2bbfe..3a15c93485a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#3798](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/3798))
 - Fix otlp exporter to export log_record.observed_timestamp
   ([#3785](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/3785))
+- Add capture the fully qualified type name for raised exceptions in spans
+  ([#3837](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/3837))
 
 ## Version 1.24.0/0.45b0 (2024-03-28)
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py
index 0110a5c0e05..c07f4f42c46 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/__init__.py
@@ -995,8 +995,15 @@ def record_exception(
                 type(exception), value=exception, tb=exception.__traceback__
             )
         )
+        module = type(exception).__module__
+        qualname = type(exception).__qualname__
+        exception_type = (
+            f"{module}.{qualname}"
+            if module and module != "builtins"
+            else qualname
+        )
         _attributes: MutableMapping[str, types.AttributeValue] = {
-            "exception.type": exception.__class__.__name__,
+            "exception.type": exception_type,
             "exception.message": str(exception),
             "exception.stacktrace": stacktrace,
             "exception.escaped": str(escaped),
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/trace/test_trace.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/trace/test_trace.py
index 5441bed6dd7..72c7095da70 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/trace/test_trace.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/trace/test_trace.py
@@ -636,6 +636,10 @@ def test_events(self):
         self.assertEqual(span.events, tuple(events))
 
 
+class DummyError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
 class TestSpan(unittest.TestCase):
     # pylint: disable=too-many-public-methods
 
@@ -1144,6 +1148,25 @@ def error_status_test(context):
             .start_as_current_span("root")
         )
 
+    def test_record_exception_fqn(self):
+        span = trace._Span("name", mock.Mock(spec=trace_api.SpanContext))
+        exception = DummyError("error")
+        exception_type = "tests.trace.test_trace.DummyError"
+        span.record_exception(exception)
+        exception_event = span.events[0]
+        self.assertEqual("exception", exception_event.name)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            "error", exception_event.attributes["exception.message"]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            exception_type,
+            exception_event.attributes["exception.type"],
+        )
+        self.assertIn(
+            "DummyError: error",
+            exception_event.attributes["exception.stacktrace"],
+        )
+
     def test_record_exception(self):
         span = trace._Span("name", mock.Mock(spec=trace_api.SpanContext))
         try: