diff --git a/vcsserver/http_main.py b/vcsserver/http_main.py
--- a/vcsserver/http_main.py
+++ b/vcsserver/http_main.py
@@ -690,7 +690,9 @@ class HTTPApplication(object):
 
         statsd = request.registry.statsd
         if statsd:
-            statsd.incr('vcsserver_exception_total')
+            exc_type = "{}.{}".format(exception.__class__.__module__, exception.__class__.__name__)
+            statsd.incr('vcsserver_exception_total',
+                        tags=["type:{}".format(exc_type)])
         raise exception