diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8469e2c..e479997 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ This sink adds four additional properties:
 * `application` holds the value from `applicationName`
 * `level` is the actual log level of the event.
 * `stack_trace` holds the stack trace portion of an exception.
+* `exception` holds the `.toString()` of an exception.
 
 If `newrelic.linkingmetadata` property is present in an event, it will be unrolled into individual NewRelic properties used for "logs in context".
 
diff --git a/src/Serilog.Sinks.NewRelic.Logs/Sinks/NewRelicLogs/NewRelicLogPayload.cs b/src/Serilog.Sinks.NewRelic.Logs/Sinks/NewRelicLogs/NewRelicLogPayload.cs
index 2b0a09f..c942b08 100644
--- a/src/Serilog.Sinks.NewRelic.Logs/Sinks/NewRelicLogs/NewRelicLogPayload.cs
+++ b/src/Serilog.Sinks.NewRelic.Logs/Sinks/NewRelicLogs/NewRelicLogPayload.cs
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ public NewRelicLogItem(LogEvent logEvent, IFormatProvider formatProvider)
             this.Message = logEvent.RenderMessage(formatProvider);
             this.Attributes.Add("level", logEvent.Level.ToString());
             this.Attributes.Add("stack_trace", logEvent.Exception?.StackTrace ?? "");
+            if (logEvent.Exception != null) 
+            {
+                this.Attributes.Add("exception", logEvent.Exception.ToString() ?? "");
+            }
 
             foreach (var property in logEvent.Properties)
             {