diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e9120929bc..3fd85a7f6b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 
+- `opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery` Record exceptions as events on the span.
+  ([#1573](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1573))
 - Add metric instrumentation for urllib
   ([#1553](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1553))
 - `opentelemetry/sdk/extension/aws` Implement [`aws.ecs.*`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/resource/semantic_conventions/cloud_provider/aws/ecs.md) and [`aws.logs.*`](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/reference/specification/resource/semantic_conventions/cloud_provider/aws/logs/) resource attributes in the `AwsEcsResourceDetector` detector when the ECS Metadata v4 is available
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/celery/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/celery/__init__.py
index 6d79f45115..c6a7540ccd 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/celery/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/celery/__init__.py
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ def _trace_failure(*args, **kwargs):
 
         if ex is not None:
             status_kwargs["description"] = str(ex)
+            span.record_exception(ex)
         span.set_status(Status(**status_kwargs))
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/celery/test_celery_functional.py b/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/celery/test_celery_functional.py
index 4cdf3718fe..1a86154ffc 100644
--- a/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/celery/test_celery_functional.py
+++ b/tests/opentelemetry-docker-tests/tests/celery/test_celery_functional.py
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ def fn_task_parameters(user, force_logout=False):
         run_span.attributes.get("celery.task_name")
         == "test_celery_functional.fn_task_parameters"
     )
+    assert len(run_span.events) == 0
 
 
 def test_fn_exception(celery_app, memory_exporter):
@@ -275,6 +276,11 @@ def fn_exception():
         == "test_celery_functional.fn_exception"
     )
     assert span.status.status_code == StatusCode.ERROR
+    assert len(span.events) == 1
+    event = span.events[0]
+    assert event.name == "exception"
+    assert event.attributes[SpanAttributes.EXCEPTION_TYPE] == "ExceptionInfo"
+    assert SpanAttributes.EXCEPTION_MESSAGE in event.attributes
     assert (
         span.attributes.get(SpanAttributes.MESSAGING_MESSAGE_ID)
         == result.task_id