diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0a10cc3543..d6ff166ec8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Fix incorrect installation of some exporter “convenience” packages into
   “site-packages/src”
   ([#2525](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2525))
+- Capture exception information as part of log attributes
+  ([#2531](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2531))
 - Change OTLPHandler to LoggingHandler
   ([#2528](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/2528))
 - Fix delta histogram sum not being reset on collection
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/__init__.py
index d13c8c59ea..c278635c6b 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/__init__.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import threading
+import traceback
 from typing import Any, Callable, Optional, Tuple, Union, cast
 
 from opentelemetry.sdk._logs.severity import SeverityNumber, std_to_otlp
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
 from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import Resource
 from opentelemetry.sdk.util import ns_to_iso_str
 from opentelemetry.sdk.util.instrumentation import InstrumentationInfo
+from opentelemetry.semconv.trace import SpanAttributes
 from opentelemetry.trace import (
     format_span_id,
     format_trace_id,
@@ -319,9 +321,27 @@ def __init__(
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_attributes(record: logging.LogRecord) -> Attributes:
-        return {
+        attributes = {
             k: v for k, v in vars(record).items() if k not in _RESERVED_ATTRS
         }
+        if record.exc_info is not None:
+            exc_type = ""
+            message = ""
+            stack_trace = ""
+            exctype, value, tb = record.exc_info
+            if exctype is not None:
+                exc_type = exctype.__name__
+            if value is not None and value.args:
+                message = value.args[0]
+            if tb is not None:
+                # https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/9fa7c656b26647b27e485a6af7e38dc716eba98a/specification/trace/semantic_conventions/exceptions.md#stacktrace-representation
+                stack_trace = "".join(
+                    traceback.format_exception(*record.exc_info)
+                )
+            attributes[SpanAttributes.EXCEPTION_TYPE] = exc_type
+            attributes[SpanAttributes.EXCEPTION_MESSAGE] = message
+            attributes[SpanAttributes.EXCEPTION_STACKTRACE] = stack_trace
+        return attributes
 
     def _translate(self, record: logging.LogRecord) -> LogRecord:
         timestamp = int(record.created * 1e9)
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_handler.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_handler.py
index d80356c454..7ea478e844 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_handler.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_handler.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.
-
 import logging
 import unittest
 from unittest.mock import Mock
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@
 from opentelemetry.sdk import trace
 from opentelemetry.sdk._logs import LogEmitter, LoggingHandler
 from opentelemetry.sdk._logs.severity import SeverityNumber
+from opentelemetry.semconv.trace import SpanAttributes
 from opentelemetry.trace import INVALID_SPAN_CONTEXT
 
 
@@ -77,6 +77,36 @@ def test_log_record_user_attributes(self):
         self.assertIsNotNone(log_record)
         self.assertEqual(log_record.attributes, {"http.status_code": 200})
 
+    def test_log_record_exception(self):
+        """Exception information will be included in attributes"""
+        emitter_mock = Mock(spec=LogEmitter)
+        logger = get_logger(log_emitter=emitter_mock)
+        try:
+            raise ZeroDivisionError("division by zero")
+        except ZeroDivisionError:
+            logger.exception("Zero Division Error")
+        args, _ = emitter_mock.emit.call_args_list[0]
+        log_record = args[0]
+
+        self.assertIsNotNone(log_record)
+        self.assertEqual(log_record.body, "Zero Division Error")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            log_record.attributes[SpanAttributes.EXCEPTION_TYPE],
+            ZeroDivisionError.__name__,
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            log_record.attributes[SpanAttributes.EXCEPTION_MESSAGE],
+            "division by zero",
+        )
+        stack_trace = log_record.attributes[
+            SpanAttributes.EXCEPTION_STACKTRACE
+        ]
+        self.assertIsInstance(stack_trace, str)
+        self.assertTrue("Traceback" in stack_trace)
+        self.assertTrue("ZeroDivisionError" in stack_trace)
+        self.assertTrue("division by zero" in stack_trace)
+        self.assertTrue(__file__ in stack_trace)
+
     def test_log_record_trace_correlation(self):
         emitter_mock = Mock(spec=LogEmitter)
         logger = get_logger(log_emitter=emitter_mock)