diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNet/Implementation/HttpInListener.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNet/Implementation/HttpInListener.cs
index 978ac36a87..fdfa979cd8 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNet/Implementation/HttpInListener.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNet/Implementation/HttpInListener.cs
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ private void OnException(Activity activity, HttpContext context, Exception excep
             }
 
             activity.SetStatus(ActivityStatusCode.Error, exception.Message);
+            activity.SetTag(SemanticConventions.AttributeErrorType, exception.GetType().FullName);
 
             try
             {
diff --git a/src/Shared/SemanticConventions.cs b/src/Shared/SemanticConventions.cs
index d5abbaed54..0d9fe00f87 100644
--- a/src/Shared/SemanticConventions.cs
+++ b/src/Shared/SemanticConventions.cs
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ internal static class SemanticConventions
     public const string AttributeExceptionType = "exception.type";
     public const string AttributeExceptionMessage = "exception.message";
     public const string AttributeExceptionStacktrace = "exception.stacktrace";
+    public const string AttributeErrorType = "error.type";
 
     // v1.21.0
     // https://github.com/open-telemetry/semantic-conventions/blob/v1.21.0/docs/http/http-metrics.md#http-server
diff --git a/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNet.Tests/HttpInListenerTests.cs b/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNet.Tests/HttpInListenerTests.cs
index 397aa723e9..63ce675401 100644
--- a/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNet.Tests/HttpInListenerTests.cs
+++ b/test/OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNet.Tests/HttpInListenerTests.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class HttpInListenerTests
     [InlineData("https://localhost:1843/subroute/10", "https", "/subroute/10", null, "localhost", 1843, "GET", "GET", null, 4, "subroute/{customerId}")]
     [InlineData("http://localhost/api/value", "http", "/api/value", null, "localhost", 80, "GET", "GET", null, 0, null, false, "/api/value")] // Request will be filtered
     [InlineData("http://localhost/api/value", "http", "/api/value", null, "localhost", 80, "GET", "GET", null, 0, null, false, "{ThrowException}")] // Filter user code will throw an exception
-    [InlineData("http://localhost/", "http", "/", null, "localhost", 80, "GET", "GET", null, 0, null, false, null, true)] // Test RecordException option
+    [InlineData("http://localhost/", "http", "/", null, "localhost", 80, "GET", "GET", null, 0, null, false, null, true, "System.InvalidOperationException")] // Test RecordException option
     public void AspNetRequestsAreCollectedSuccessfully(
         string url,
         string expectedUrlScheme,
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ public void AspNetRequestsAreCollectedSuccessfully(
         string routeTemplate,
         bool setStatusToErrorInEnrich = false,
         string? filter = null,
-        bool recordException = false)
+        bool recordException = false,
+        string? expectedErrorType = null)
     {
         HttpContext.Current = RouteTestHelper.BuildHttpContext(url, routeType, routeTemplate, requestMethod);
 
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ public void AspNetRequestsAreCollectedSuccessfully(
         Assert.Equal(expectedUrlQuery, span.GetTagValue("url.query"));
         Assert.Equal(expectedUrlScheme, span.GetTagValue("url.scheme"));
         Assert.Equal("Custom User Agent v1.2.3", span.GetTagValue("user_agent.original"));
+        Assert.Equal(expectedErrorType, span.GetTagValue("error.type"));
 
         if (recordException)
         {
@@ -257,7 +259,8 @@ void EnrichAction(Activity activity, string method, object obj)
 
                     break;
 
-                default:
+                case "OnException":
+                    Assert.True(obj is Exception);
                     break;
             }
         }