diff --git a/tools/quality_tracking/tgrid_parser.py b/tools/quality_tracking/tgrid_parser.py
index 2b674d526b..0889e0c462 100644
--- a/tools/quality_tracking/tgrid_parser.py
+++ b/tools/quality_tracking/tgrid_parser.py
@@ -19,9 +19,18 @@ class FailedToParseBuildStatus(Exception):
   pass
 
 
+def _map_status(status):
+  if status == 'exception':
+    return 'failed'
+  return status
+
+
 def _parse_builds(revision, html):
   """Parses the bot list, which is a sequence of <td></td> lines.
 
+     See contract for parse_tgrid_page for more information on how this function
+     behaves.
+
      Example input:
      <td class="build success"><a href="builders/Android/builds/119">OK</a></td>
      The first regular expression group captures Android, second 119, third OK.
@@ -29,10 +38,12 @@ def _parse_builds(revision, html):
   result = {}
 
   for match in re.finditer('<td.*?>.*?<a href="builders/(.+?)/builds/(\d+)">'
-                           '(OK|failed|building|warnings)</a>.*?</td>',
+                           '(OK|failed|building|warnings|exception)'
+                           '</a>.*?</td>',
                            html, re.DOTALL):
     revision_and_bot_name = revision + "--" + match.group(1)
-    build_number_and_status = match.group(2) + "--" + match.group(3)
+    build_number_and_status = match.group(2) + "--" + _map_status(
+                                                          match.group(3))
 
     result[revision_and_bot_name] = build_number_and_status
 
@@ -56,7 +67,8 @@ def parse_tgrid_page(html):
 
      Returns: A dictionary with <svn revision>--<bot name> mapped to
          <bot build number>--<status>, where status is either OK, failed,
-         building or warnings.
+         building or warnings. The status may be 'exception' in the input, but
+         we simply map that to failed.
   """
   result = {}
 
diff --git a/tools/quality_tracking/tgrid_parser_test.py b/tools/quality_tracking/tgrid_parser_test.py
index 8b15c90c0e..d427945be8 100755
--- a/tools/quality_tracking/tgrid_parser_test.py
+++ b/tools/quality_tracking/tgrid_parser_test.py
@@ -133,6 +133,15 @@ make chrome</td>
 </tr>
 """
 
+MINIMAL_EXCEPTION = """
+<tr>
+<td valign="bottom" class="sourcestamp">1576</td>
+<td class="build exception">
+<a href="builders/Chrome/builds/109">exception</a><br />
+Sync</td>
+</tr>
+"""
+
 class TGridParserTest(unittest.TestCase):
   def test_parser_throws_exception_on_empty_html(self):
     self.assertRaises(tgrid_parser.FailedToParseBuildStatus,
@@ -165,7 +174,7 @@ class TGridParserTest(unittest.TestCase):
     self.assertEqual('1576--Win32Debug', first_mapping[0])
     self.assertEqual('434--building', first_mapping[1])
 
-  def test_parser_finds_warned_bot(self):
+  def test_parser_finds_warnings(self):
     result = tgrid_parser.parse_tgrid_page(MINIMAL_WARNED)
 
     self.assertEqual(1, len(result), 'There is only one bot in the sample.')
@@ -174,6 +183,16 @@ class TGridParserTest(unittest.TestCase):
     self.assertEqual('1576--Chrome', first_mapping[0])
     self.assertEqual('109--warnings', first_mapping[1])
 
+  def test_parser_finds_exception_and_maps_to_failed(self):
+    result = tgrid_parser.parse_tgrid_page(MINIMAL_EXCEPTION)
+
+    self.assertEqual(1, len(result), 'There is only one bot in the sample.')
+    first_mapping = result.items()[0]
+
+    self.assertEqual('1576--Chrome', first_mapping[0])
+    self.assertEqual('109--failed', first_mapping[1])
+
+
   def test_parser_finds_all_bots_and_revisions(self):
     result = tgrid_parser.parse_tgrid_page(SAMPLE_FILE)