diff --git a/ddtrace/llmobs/_trace_processor.py b/ddtrace/llmobs/_trace_processor.py
index b122ad11396..3c6b31bbc10 100644
--- a/ddtrace/llmobs/_trace_processor.py
+++ b/ddtrace/llmobs/_trace_processor.py
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ def _llmobs_span_event(self, span: Span) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         if span.get_tag(OUTPUT_VALUE):
             meta["output"]["value"] = span._meta.pop(OUTPUT_VALUE)
         if span.error:
-            meta["error.message"] = span.get_tag(ERROR_MSG)
-            meta["error.stack"] = span.get_tag(ERROR_STACK)
+            meta[ERROR_MSG] = span.get_tag(ERROR_MSG)
+            meta[ERROR_STACK] = span.get_tag(ERROR_STACK)
+            meta[ERROR_TYPE] = span.get_tag(ERROR_TYPE)
         if not meta["input"]:
             meta.pop("input")
         if not meta["output"]:
diff --git a/tests/llmobs/_utils.py b/tests/llmobs/_utils.py
index 99f6d269801..994e1a9d1da 100644
--- a/tests/llmobs/_utils.py
+++ b/tests/llmobs/_utils.py
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ def _llmobs_base_span_event(
         "metrics": {},
     }
     if error:
+        span_event["meta"]["error.type"] = error
         span_event["meta"]["error.message"] = error_message
         span_event["meta"]["error.stack"] = error_stack
     return span_event