diff --git a/experimental/CHANGELOG.md b/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
index c6b64299f00..696643c81f9 100644
--- a/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/experimental/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ All notable changes to experimental packages in this project will be documented
 
 ### :rocket: (Enhancement)
 
+* feat(http-instrumentation): record exceptions in http instrumentation #3008 @luismiramirez
+
 ### :bug: (Bug Fix)
 
 * fix(otlp-transformer): remove type dependency on Long #3022 @legendecas
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/utils.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/utils.ts
index e1e98209dba..d21dd105a90 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/utils.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/src/utils.ts
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ export const setSpanWithError = (
   });
 
   span.setStatus({ code: SpanStatusCode.ERROR, message });
+  span.recordException(error);
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/test/functionals/http-enable.test.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/test/functionals/http-enable.test.ts
index 1ca36d22470..d074097472f 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/test/functionals/http-enable.test.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/test/functionals/http-enable.test.ts
@@ -570,6 +570,7 @@ describe('HttpInstrumentation', () => {
             },
             component: 'http',
             noNetPeer: true,
+            error: err,
           };
           assertSpan(spans[0], SpanKind.CLIENT, validations);
           return true;
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/test/functionals/utils.test.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/test/functionals/utils.test.ts
index 52211abadc1..545ad567423 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/test/functionals/utils.test.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/test/functionals/utils.test.ts
@@ -259,6 +259,8 @@ describe('Utility', () => {
         attributes[AttributeNames.HTTP_ERROR_MESSAGE],
         errorMessage
       );
+      assert.strictEqual(span.events.length, 1);
+      assert.strictEqual(span.events[0].name, 'exception');
       assert.ok(attributes[AttributeNames.HTTP_ERROR_NAME]);
     });
   });
diff --git a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/test/utils/assertSpan.ts b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/test/utils/assertSpan.ts
index 1afbffc0294..db0d0d1ea0f 100644
--- a/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/test/utils/assertSpan.ts
+++ b/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-http/test/utils/assertSpan.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { isValidSpanId, SpanKind, SpanStatus } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import { isValidSpanId, SpanKind, SpanStatus, Exception } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { hrTimeToNanoseconds } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import { ReadableSpan } from '@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base';
 import { SemanticAttributes } from '@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions';
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export const assertSpan = (
     serverName?: string;
     component: string;
     noNetPeer?: boolean; // we don't expect net peer info when request throw before being sent
+    error?: Exception;
   }
 ) => {
   assert.strictEqual(span.spanContext().traceId.length, 32);
@@ -65,7 +66,20 @@ export const assertSpan = (
   );
 
   assert.strictEqual(span.links.length, 0);
-  assert.strictEqual(span.events.length, 0);
+
+  if (validations.error) {
+    assert.strictEqual(span.events.length, 1);
+    assert.strictEqual(span.events[0].name, 'exception');
+
+    const eventAttributes = span.events[0].attributes;
+    assert.ok(eventAttributes != null);
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(
+      Object.keys(eventAttributes),
+      ['exception.type', 'exception.message', 'exception.stacktrace']
+    );
+  } else {
+    assert.strictEqual(span.events.length, 0);
+  }
 
   assert.deepStrictEqual(
     span.status,