diff --git a/src/ExceptionBasedCondition.php b/src/ExceptionBasedCondition.php
index 51e1da5..237302c 100644
--- a/src/ExceptionBasedCondition.php
+++ b/src/ExceptionBasedCondition.php
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
 
 namespace CrowdStar\Backoff;
 
+use Exception as BaseException;
 use ReflectionClass;
+use Throwable;
 
 /**
  * Class ExceptionBasedCondition
@@ -71,17 +73,26 @@ public function getException(): string
      */
     public function setException(string $exception): self
     {
-        if (!class_exists($exception)) {
-            throw new Exception("Exception class {$exception} not exists");
-        }
+        if (class_exists($exception)) {
+            $class = new ReflectionClass($exception);
+            if ((BaseException::class != $class->getName()) && !$class->isSubclassOf(BaseException::class)) {
+                throw new Exception("{$exception} objects are not instances of class \Exception");
+            }
 
-        $class = new ReflectionClass($exception);
-        if ((\Exception::class != $class->getName()) && !$class->isSubclassOf(\Exception::class)) {
-            throw new Exception("{$exception} objects are not instance of class \Exception");
-        }
+            $this->exception = $exception;
+
+            return $this;
+        } elseif (interface_exists($exception)) {
+            $class = new ReflectionClass($exception);
+            if ((Throwable::class != $class->getName()) && !$class->implementsInterface(Throwable::class)) {
+                throw new Exception("{$exception} objects are not instances of interface \Throwable");
+            }
 
-        $this->exception = $exception;
+            $this->exception = $exception;
+
+            return $this;
+        }
 
-        return $this;
+        throw new Exception("Class/interface \"{$exception}\" does not exist");
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/ExceptionBasedConditionTest.php b/tests/unit/ExceptionBasedConditionTest.php
index b343afd..c2fa939 100644
--- a/tests/unit/ExceptionBasedConditionTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/ExceptionBasedConditionTest.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 namespace CrowdStar\Tests\Backoff;
 
+use ArrayAccess;
 use BadFunctionCallException;
 use BadMethodCallException;
 use CrowdStar\Backoff\ExceptionBasedCondition;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
 use LogicException;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\ExpectationFailedException;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Throwable;
 use TypeError;
 
 /**
@@ -43,6 +45,11 @@ public function dataSuccessfulRetries(): array
         // @see http://php.net/manual/en/spl.exceptions.php SPL exceptions
         // Exception > LogicException > BadFunctionCallException > BadMethodCallException
         return [
+            [
+                Throwable::class,
+                Exception::class,
+                'try to catch a throwable object that implements interface \throwable.',
+            ],
             [
                 Exception::class,
                 Exception::class,
@@ -179,6 +186,9 @@ function () use ($helper) {
     public function dataSetException(): array
     {
         return [
+            [
+                Throwable::class,
+            ],
             [
                 Exception::class,
             ],
@@ -213,15 +223,19 @@ public function dataSetExceptionWithExceptions(): array
     {
         return [
             [
-                'Exception class \CrowdStar\Backoff\a_non_existing_class_name not exists',
+                'ArrayAccess objects are not instances of interface \Throwable',
+                ArrayAccess::class,
+            ],
+            [
+                'Class/interface "\CrowdStar\Backoff\a_non_existing_class_name" does not exist',
                 '\CrowdStar\Backoff\a_non_existing_class_name',
             ],
             [
-                'Error objects are not instance of class \Exception',
+                'Error objects are not instances of class \Exception',
                 Error::class,
             ],
             [
-                'TypeError objects are not instance of class \Exception',
+                'TypeError objects are not instances of class \Exception',
                 TypeError::class,
             ],
         ];