diff --git a/lib/dry/monitor/notifications.rb b/lib/dry/monitor/notifications.rb
index 658298d..64ec356 100644
--- a/lib/dry/monitor/notifications.rb
+++ b/lib/dry/monitor/notifications.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,12 @@ def stop(event_id, payload)
 
       def instrument(event_id, payload = EMPTY_HASH)
         result, time = @clock.measure { yield payload } if block_given?
-
+      # We should always try to instrument, even the system-level exceptions
+      rescue Exception => e # rubocop:disable Lint/RescueException
+        payload = {} if payload.equal?(EMPTY_HASH)
+        payload[:exception] = e
+        raise
+      ensure
         process(event_id, payload) do |event, listener|
           if time
             listener.(event.payload(payload.merge(time: time)))
diff --git a/spec/integration/instrumentation_spec.rb b/spec/integration/instrumentation_spec.rb
index d13ab40..d097465 100644
--- a/spec/integration/instrumentation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/instrumentation_spec.rb
@@ -63,5 +63,28 @@
         outside_block: true, inside_block: true
       )
     end
+
+    MyError = Class.new(StandardError)
+    it 'still notifies when the instrumented block raises an exception' do
+      captured = []
+
+      notifications.subscribe(:sql) do |event|
+        captured << event
+      end
+
+      expect {
+        notifications.instrument(:sql) do
+          @line = __LINE__ + 1
+          raise MyError
+        end
+      }.to raise_error(MyError)
+
+      expect(captured).to_not be_empty
+      exception = captured.first.payload[:exception]
+      expect(exception).to match kind_of(MyError)
+      # verify the exception backtrace comes from the instrumented code, not
+      # the `#instrument` method
+      expect(exception.backtrace.first).to start_with("#{__FILE__}:#{@line}")
+    end
   end
 end