diff --git a/src/client/telemetry/index.ts b/src/client/telemetry/index.ts
index f02e0fd37e27..cf54a8198337 100644
--- a/src/client/telemetry/index.ts
+++ b/src/client/telemetry/index.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ export function sendTelemetryEvent(eventName: string, durationMs?: { [key: strin
         customProperties.stackTrace = getStackTrace(ex);
     }
     if (ex && eventName !== 'ERROR') {
+        customProperties.originalEventName = eventName;
         reporter.sendTelemetryEvent('ERROR', customProperties, measures);
     }
     reporter.sendTelemetryEvent(eventName, customProperties, measures);
diff --git a/src/test/datascience/history.functional.test.tsx b/src/test/datascience/history.functional.test.tsx
index a37d9340748a..18fdda98bb3b 100644
--- a/src/test/datascience/history.functional.test.tsx
+++ b/src/test/datascience/history.functional.test.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import { SemVer } from 'semver';
 import * as TypeMoq from 'typemoq';
 import { CancellationToken, Disposable, TextDocument, TextEditor } from 'vscode';
-
 import {
     IApplicationShell,
     IDocumentManager,
diff --git a/src/test/telemetry/index.unit.test.ts b/src/test/telemetry/index.unit.test.ts
index d3d66559a9fb..902289548e6b 100644
--- a/src/test/telemetry/index.unit.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/telemetry/index.unit.test.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ suite('Telemetry', () => {
 
         expect(Reporter.eventName).to.equal(eventName);
         expect(Reporter.measures).to.deep.equal(measuers);
-        expect(Reporter.properties).to.deep.equal(properties);
+        expect(Reporter.properties).to.deep.equal({ ...properties, originalEventName: eventName });
         expect(stackTrace).to.be.length.greaterThan(1);
     });
     test('Send Error Telemetry', () => {
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:722:5)`;
 
         expect(Reporter.eventName).to.equal(eventName);
         expect(Reporter.measures).to.deep.equal(measuers);
-        expect(Reporter.properties).to.deep.equal(properties);
+        expect(Reporter.properties).to.deep.equal({ ...properties, originalEventName: eventName });
         expect(stackTrace).to.be.length.greaterThan(1);
 
         // tslint:disable-next-line:no-multiline-string
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ at Immediate.<anonymous> (${EXTENSION_ROOT_DIR}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runner.js
 
         expect(Reporter.eventName).to.equal(eventName);
         expect(Reporter.measures).to.deep.equal(measuers);
-        expect(Reporter.properties).to.deep.equal(properties);
+        expect(Reporter.properties).to.deep.equal({ ...properties, originalEventName: eventName });
         expect(stackTrace).to.be.length.greaterThan(1);
 
         // tslint:disable-next-line:no-multiline-string
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ at Immediate.<anonymous> (${EXTENSION_ROOT_DIR}/node_modules/mocha/lib/runner.js
 
         expect(Reporter.eventName).to.equal(eventName);
         expect(Reporter.measures).to.deep.equal(measuers);
-        expect(Reporter.properties).to.deep.equal(properties);
+        expect(Reporter.properties).to.deep.equal({ ...properties, originalEventName: eventName });
         expect(stackTrace).to.be.length.greaterThan(1);
 
         // tslint:disable-next-line:no-multiline-string