diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/module-exceptions.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/module-exceptions.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f5fc916aa47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/module-exceptions.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - Module tracebacks are now recognized on stdout and stderr, intead of just on stderr.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
index 752829ddf45..405165a5cc9 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
@@ -992,6 +992,10 @@ class ActionBase(with_metaclass(ABCMeta, object)):
                 if res['stderr'].startswith(u'Traceback'):
                     data['exception'] = res['stderr']
 
+            # in some cases a traceback will arrive on stdout instead of stderr, such as when using ssh with -tt
+            if 'exception' not in data and data['module_stdout'].startswith(u'Traceback'):
+                data['exception'] = data['module_stdout']
+
             # The default
             data['msg'] = "MODULE FAILURE"
 
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/module_tracebacks/aliases b/test/integration/targets/module_tracebacks/aliases
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..93fb6f10c18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/module_tracebacks/aliases
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+shippable/posix/group4
+needs/ssh
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/module_tracebacks/inventory b/test/integration/targets/module_tracebacks/inventory
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..91565267790
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/module_tracebacks/inventory
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+testhost_local ansible_connection=local
+testhost_ssh   ansible_connection=ssh   ansible_host=localhost
+
+[all:vars]
+ansible_python_interpreter="{{ ansible_playbook_python }}"
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/module_tracebacks/runme.sh b/test/integration/targets/module_tracebacks/runme.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..b8ac8068b0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/module_tracebacks/runme.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eux
+
+ansible-playbook traceback.yml -i inventory "$@"
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/module_tracebacks/traceback.yml b/test/integration/targets/module_tracebacks/traceback.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1f0b5164a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/module_tracebacks/traceback.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+- hosts: all
+  gather_facts: no
+  tasks:
+    - name: intentionally fail module execution
+      ping:
+        data: crash
+      ignore_errors: yes
+      register: ping
+
+- hosts: localhost
+  gather_facts: no
+  tasks:
+    - name: verify exceptions were properly captured
+      assert:
+        that:
+          - hostvars.testhost_local.ping is failed
+          - "'boom' in hostvars.testhost_local.ping.exception"
+          - "'boom' in hostvars.testhost_local.ping.module_stderr"
+          - hostvars.testhost_ssh.ping is failed
+          - "'boom' in hostvars.testhost_ssh.ping.exception"
+          - "'boom' in hostvars.testhost_ssh.ping.module_stdout"