diff --git a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-wsgi/CHANGELOG.md b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-wsgi/CHANGELOG.md
index a82a5de7c8c..da9df382f46 100644
--- a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-wsgi/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-wsgi/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Set span status on wsgi errors
+  ([#864](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/864))
+
 ## 0.4a0
 
 Released 2020-02-21
diff --git a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-wsgi/src/opentelemetry/ext/wsgi/__init__.py b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-wsgi/src/opentelemetry/ext/wsgi/__init__.py
index 9968a0c1c83..709de24edf2 100644
--- a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-wsgi/src/opentelemetry/ext/wsgi/__init__.py
+++ b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-wsgi/src/opentelemetry/ext/wsgi/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-
 """
 This library provides a WSGI middleware that can be used on any WSGI framework
 (such as Django / Flask) to track requests timing through OpenTelemetry.
@@ -211,8 +210,8 @@ def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
                 return _end_span_after_iterating(
                     iterable, span, self.tracer, token
                 )
-        except:  # noqa
-            # TODO Set span status (cf. https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/issues/292)
+        except Exception as ex:
+            span.set_status(Status(StatusCanonicalCode.INTERNAL, str(ex)))
             span.end()
             context.detach(token)
             raise
diff --git a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-wsgi/tests/test_wsgi_middleware.py b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-wsgi/tests/test_wsgi_middleware.py
index 0d018b68414..2a2d518513f 100644
--- a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-wsgi/tests/test_wsgi_middleware.py
+++ b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-wsgi/tests/test_wsgi_middleware.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import opentelemetry.ext.wsgi as otel_wsgi
 from opentelemetry import trace as trace_api
 from opentelemetry.test.wsgitestutil import WsgiTestBase
+from opentelemetry.trace.status import StatusCanonicalCode
 
 
 class Response:
@@ -73,6 +74,11 @@ def error_wsgi(environ, start_response):
     return [b"*"]
 
 
+def error_wsgi_unhandled(environ, start_response):
+    assert isinstance(environ, dict)
+    raise ValueError
+
+
 class TestWsgiApplication(WsgiTestBase):
     def validate_response(
         self, response, error=None, span_name="HTTP GET", http_method="GET"
@@ -148,6 +154,15 @@ def test_wsgi_exc_info(self):
         response = app(self.environ, self.start_response)
         self.validate_response(response, error=ValueError)
 
+    def test_wsgi_internal_error(self):
+        app = otel_wsgi.OpenTelemetryMiddleware(error_wsgi_unhandled)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, app, self.environ, self.start_response)
+        span_list = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
+        self.assertEqual(len(span_list), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            span_list[0].status.canonical_code, StatusCanonicalCode.INTERNAL,
+        )
+
     def test_override_span_name(self):
         """Test that span_names can be overwritten by our callback function."""
         span_name = "Dymaxion"