diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/asyncio.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/asyncio.py
index c18089a492..2c61b85962 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/asyncio.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/asyncio.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
+import sys
 
+from sentry_sdk._compat import reraise
 from sentry_sdk.consts import OP
 from sentry_sdk.hub import Hub
 from sentry_sdk.integrations import Integration, DidNotEnable
 from sentry_sdk._types import MYPY
+from sentry_sdk.utils import event_from_exception
 
 try:
     import asyncio
@@ -15,6 +18,8 @@
 if MYPY:
     from typing import Any
 
+    from sentry_sdk._types import ExcInfo
+
 
 def patch_asyncio():
     # type: () -> None
@@ -31,7 +36,10 @@ async def _coro_creating_hub_and_span():
                 hub = Hub(Hub.current)
                 with hub:
                     with hub.start_span(op=OP.FUNCTION, description=coro.__qualname__):
-                        await coro
+                        try:
+                            await coro
+                        except Exception:
+                            reraise(*_capture_exception(hub))
 
             # Trying to use user set task factory (if there is one)
             if orig_task_factory:
@@ -56,6 +64,25 @@ async def _coro_creating_hub_and_span():
         pass
 
 
+def _capture_exception(hub):
+    # type: (Hub) -> ExcInfo
+    exc_info = sys.exc_info()
+
+    integration = hub.get_integration(AsyncioIntegration)
+    if integration is not None:
+        # If an integration is there, a client has to be there.
+        client = hub.client  # type: Any
+
+        event, hint = event_from_exception(
+            exc_info,
+            client_options=client.options,
+            mechanism={"type": "asyncio", "handled": False},
+        )
+        hub.capture_event(event, hint=hint)
+
+    return exc_info
+
+
 class AsyncioIntegration(Integration):
     identifier = "asyncio"
 
diff --git a/tests/integrations/asyncio/test_asyncio.py b/tests/integrations/asyncio/test_asyncio.py
index 2e0643c4d2..380c614f65 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/asyncio/test_asyncio.py
+++ b/tests/integrations/asyncio/test_asyncio.py
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ async def bar():
     await asyncio.sleep(0.01)
 
 
+async def boom():
+    1 / 0
+
+
 @pytest_asyncio.fixture(scope="session")
 def event_loop(request):
     """Create an instance of the default event loop for each test case."""
@@ -116,3 +120,38 @@ async def test_gather(
         transaction_event["spans"][2]["parent_span_id"]
         == transaction_event["spans"][0]["span_id"]
     )
+
+
+@minimum_python_36
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_exception(
+    sentry_init,
+    capture_events,
+    event_loop,
+):
+    sentry_init(
+        traces_sample_rate=1.0,
+        send_default_pii=True,
+        debug=True,
+        integrations=[
+            AsyncioIntegration(),
+        ],
+    )
+
+    events = capture_events()
+
+    with sentry_sdk.start_transaction(name="test_exception"):
+        with sentry_sdk.start_span(op="root", description="not so important"):
+            tasks = [event_loop.create_task(boom()), event_loop.create_task(bar())]
+            await asyncio.wait(tasks, return_when=asyncio.FIRST_EXCEPTION)
+
+            sentry_sdk.flush()
+
+    (error_event, _) = events
+
+    assert error_event["transaction"] == "test_exception"
+    assert error_event["contexts"]["trace"]["op"] == "function"
+    assert error_event["exception"]["values"][0]["type"] == "ZeroDivisionError"
+    assert error_event["exception"]["values"][0]["value"] == "division by zero"
+    assert error_event["exception"]["values"][0]["mechanism"]["handled"] is False
+    assert error_event["exception"]["values"][0]["mechanism"]["type"] == "asyncio"