diff --git a/apm-agent-core/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/report/serialize/DslJsonSerializer.java b/apm-agent-core/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/report/serialize/DslJsonSerializer.java
index 7c6d0c4bd0..19fdc015ca 100644
--- a/apm-agent-core/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/report/serialize/DslJsonSerializer.java
+++ b/apm-agent-core/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/report/serialize/DslJsonSerializer.java
@@ -677,12 +677,28 @@ private void serializeStackTraceElement(StackTraceElement stacktrace) {
         jw.writeByte(OBJECT_START);
         writeField("filename", stacktrace.getFileName());
         writeField("function", stacktrace.getMethodName());
-        writeField("library_frame", isLibraryFrame(stacktrace.getClassName()));
+        String className = stacktrace.getClassName();
+        writeField("library_frame", isLibraryFrame(className));
         writeField("lineno", stacktrace.getLineNumber());
-        serializeStackFrameModule(stacktrace.getClassName());
+        int lastDotIndex = className.lastIndexOf('.');
+        if (lastDotIndex > 0) {
+            StringBuilder replaceBuilder = getReplaceBuilder();
+            replaceBuilder.append(className, 0, lastDotIndex);
+            replace(replaceBuilder, ".", "/", 0);
+            replaceBuilder.append("/");
+            replaceBuilder.append(stacktrace.getFileName());
+            writeField("abs_path", replaceBuilder);
+        }
+        serializeStackFrameModule(className);
         jw.writeByte(OBJECT_END);
     }
 
+    private StringBuilder getReplaceBuilder() {
+        StringBuilder builder = this.replaceBuilder;
+        builder.setLength(0);
+        return builder;
+    }
+
     private void serializeStackFrameModule(final String fullyQualifiedClassName) {
         writeFieldName("module");
         replaceBuilder.setLength(0);
diff --git a/apm-agent-core/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/report/serialize/DslJsonSerializerTest.java b/apm-agent-core/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/report/serialize/DslJsonSerializerTest.java
index 6d6523da31..c61d8d304b 100644
--- a/apm-agent-core/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/report/serialize/DslJsonSerializerTest.java
+++ b/apm-agent-core/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/report/serialize/DslJsonSerializerTest.java
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ void testErrorSerialization() throws IOException {
         assertThat(stackTraceElement.get("library_frame")).isNotNull();
         assertThat(stackTraceElement.get("lineno")).isNotNull();
         assertThat(stackTraceElement.get("module")).isNotNull();
+        assertThat(stackTraceElement.get("abs_path").textValue()).isEqualTo(stackTraceElement.get("module").textValue().replace('.', '/') + "/" + stackTraceElement.get("filename").textValue());
         assertThat(exception.get("type").textValue()).isEqualTo(Exception.class.getName());
         assertThat(errorTree.get("transaction").get("sampled").booleanValue()).isTrue();
         assertThat(errorTree.get("transaction").get("type").textValue()).isEqualTo("test-type");