diff --git a/include/fmt/std.h b/include/fmt/std.h
index 63dbebe3..02ca6721 100644
--- a/include/fmt/std.h
+++ b/include/fmt/std.h
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@
 #ifndef FMT_STD_H_
 #define FMT_STD_H_
 
+#include <cstdlib>
 #include <exception>
+#include <memory>
 #include <thread>
 #include <type_traits>
+#include <typeinfo>
 #include <utility>
 
 #include "ostream.h"
@@ -28,6 +31,16 @@
 #  endif
 #endif
 
+// GCC 4 does not support FMT_HAS_INCLUDE.
+#if FMT_HAS_INCLUDE(<cxxabi.h>) || defined(__GLIBCXX__)
+#  include <cxxabi.h>
+// Android NDK with gabi++ library on some archtectures does not implement
+// abi::__cxa_demangle().
+#  ifndef __GABIXX_CXXABI_H__
+#    define FMT_HAS_ABI_CXA_DEMANGLE
+#  endif
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __cpp_lib_filesystem
 FMT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
@@ -170,12 +183,56 @@ FMT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 template <typename T, typename Char>
 struct formatter<
     T, Char,
-    typename std::enable_if<std::is_base_of<std::exception, T>::value>::type>
-    : formatter<string_view> {
-  template <typename FormatContext>
-  auto format(const std::exception& ex, FormatContext& ctx) const ->
-      typename FormatContext::iterator {
-    return fmt::formatter<string_view>::format(ex.what(), ctx);
+    typename std::enable_if<std::is_base_of<std::exception, T>::value>::type> {
+ private:
+  bool with_typename_ = false;
+
+ public:
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR auto parse(basic_format_parse_context<Char>& ctx)
+      -> decltype(ctx.begin()) {
+    auto it = ctx.begin();
+    auto end = ctx.end();
+    if (it == end || *it == '}') return it;
+    if (*it == 't') {
+      ++it;
+      with_typename_ = true;
+    }
+    return it;
+  }
+
+  template <typename OutputIt>
+  auto format(const std::exception& ex,
+              basic_format_context<OutputIt, Char>& ctx) const -> OutputIt {
+    basic_format_specs<Char> spec;
+    auto out = ctx.out();
+    if (!with_typename_)
+      return detail::write_bytes(out, string_view(ex.what()), spec);
+
+    const std::type_info& ti = typeid(ex);
+#ifdef FMT_HAS_ABI_CXA_DEMANGLE
+    int status = 0;
+    std::size_t size = 0;
+    std::unique_ptr<char, decltype(&std::free)> demangled_name_ptr(
+        abi::__cxa_demangle(ti.name(), nullptr, &size, &status), &std::free);
+    out = detail::write_bytes(
+        out,
+        string_view(demangled_name_ptr ? demangled_name_ptr.get() : ti.name()),
+        spec);
+#elif FMT_MSC_VERSION
+    string_view demangled_name_view(ti.name());
+    if (demangled_name_view.starts_with("class "))
+      demangled_name_view.remove_prefix(6);
+    else if (demangled_name_view.starts_with("struct "))
+      demangled_name_view.remove_prefix(7);
+    out = detail::write_bytes(out, demangled_name_view, spec);
+#else
+    out = detail::write_bytes(out, string_view(ti.name()), spec);
+#endif
+    out = detail::write<Char>(out, Char(':'));
+    out = detail::write<Char>(out, Char(' '));
+    out = detail::write_bytes(out, string_view(ex.what()), spec);
+
+    return out;
   }
 };
 FMT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/test/std-test.cc b/test/std-test.cc
index 77cf7934..0f6bf11a 100644
--- a/test/std-test.cc
+++ b/test/std-test.cc
@@ -81,21 +81,39 @@ TEST(std_test, variant) {
 #endif
 }
 
-TEST(std_test, exception) {
-  std::string str("Test Exception");
-  std::string escstr = fmt::format("\"{}\"", str);
-
+template <typename Catch> void exception_test() {
   try {
-    throw std::runtime_error(str);
-  } catch (const std::exception& ex) {
-    EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{}", ex), str);
-    EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{:?}", ex), escstr);
-  }
-
-  try {
-    throw std::runtime_error(str);
-  } catch (const std::runtime_error& ex) {
-    EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{}", ex), str);
-    EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{:?}", ex), escstr);
+    throw std::runtime_error("Test Exception");
+  } catch (const Catch& ex) {
+    EXPECT_EQ("Test Exception", fmt::format("{}", ex));
+    EXPECT_EQ("std::runtime_error: Test Exception", fmt::format("{:t}", ex));
+  }
+}
+
+namespace my_ns1 {
+namespace my_ns2 {
+struct my_exception : public std::exception {
+ private:
+  std::string msg;
+
+ public:
+  my_exception(const std::string& s) : msg(s) {}
+  const char* what() const noexcept override;
+};
+const char* my_exception::what() const noexcept { return msg.c_str(); }
+}  // namespace my_ns2
+}  // namespace my_ns1
+
+TEST(std_test, exception) {
+  exception_test<std::exception>();
+  exception_test<std::runtime_error>();
+
+  try {
+    using namespace my_ns1::my_ns2;
+    throw my_exception("My Exception");
+  } catch (const std::exception& ex) {
+    EXPECT_EQ("my_ns1::my_ns2::my_exception: My Exception",
+              fmt::format("{:t}", ex));
+    EXPECT_EQ("My Exception", fmt::format("{:}", ex));
   }
 }