diff --git a/.changeset/late-crabs-deliver.md b/.changeset/late-crabs-deliver.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3daa3b58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/late-crabs-deliver.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@callstack/repack": patch
+---
+
+Fix early JS errors not being displayed in LogBox
diff --git a/apps/tester-app/android/gradle.properties b/apps/tester-app/android/gradle.properties
index 0c541f3a9..b729139a5 100644
--- a/apps/tester-app/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/apps/tester-app/android/gradle.properties
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ reactNativeArchitectures=armeabi-v7a,arm64-v8a,x86,x86_64
 # Note that this is incompatible with web debugging.
 newArchEnabled=true
 bridgelessEnabled=true
+hermesEnabled=true
 
 # Uncomment the line below to build React Native from source.
 #react.buildFromSource=true
diff --git a/apps/tester-app/ios/Podfile.lock b/apps/tester-app/ios/Podfile.lock
index 6aa37aae3..794d6a02f 100644
--- a/apps/tester-app/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/apps/tester-app/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PODS:
   - boost (1.84.0)
-  - callstack-repack (5.0.0-rc.2):
+  - callstack-repack (5.0.0-rc.3):
     - DoubleConversion
     - glog
     - hermes-engine
@@ -1942,7 +1942,7 @@ EXTERNAL SOURCES:
 
 SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   boost: 1dca942403ed9342f98334bf4c3621f011aa7946
-  callstack-repack: 3106db24c24f7a76a380230ff7794d225cecb760
+  callstack-repack: 5219eedfb8cb06b905edecffaecf71af4a4ecdd6
   DoubleConversion: f16ae600a246532c4020132d54af21d0ddb2a385
   FBLazyVector: be7314029d6ec6b90f0f75ce1195b8130ed9ac4f
   fmt: 10c6e61f4be25dc963c36bd73fc7b1705fe975be
diff --git a/packages/repack/src/modules/ScriptManager/__tests__/ScriptManager.test.ts b/packages/repack/src/modules/ScriptManager/__tests__/ScriptManager.test.ts
index 49e9458cb..b20003189 100644
--- a/packages/repack/src/modules/ScriptManager/__tests__/ScriptManager.test.ts
+++ b/packages/repack/src/modules/ScriptManager/__tests__/ScriptManager.test.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ jest.mock('../NativeScriptManager', () => ({
 }));
 
 globalThis.__webpack_require__ = {
+  i: [],
   u: (id: string) => `${id}.chunk.bundle`,
   p: () => '',
   repack: {
diff --git a/packages/repack/src/modules/ScriptManager/types.ts b/packages/repack/src/modules/ScriptManager/types.ts
index 6293355cb..9933620eb 100644
--- a/packages/repack/src/modules/ScriptManager/types.ts
+++ b/packages/repack/src/modules/ScriptManager/types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,23 @@
+type ModuleExports = Record<string | number | symbol, any>;
+
+type ModuleObject = {
+  id: number;
+  loaded: boolean;
+  error?: any;
+  exports: ModuleExports;
+};
+
 export interface WebpackContext {
+  i: ((options: {
+    id: number;
+    factory: (
+      moduleObject: ModuleObject,
+      moduleExports: ModuleExports,
+      webpackRequire: WebpackContext
+    ) => void;
+    module: ModuleObject;
+    require: WebpackContext;
+  }) => void)[];
   p: () => string;
   u: (id: string) => string;
 }
diff --git a/packages/repack/src/plugins/RepackTargetPlugin/RepackTargetPlugin.ts b/packages/repack/src/plugins/RepackTargetPlugin/RepackTargetPlugin.ts
index 148ee395b..7758ec414 100644
--- a/packages/repack/src/plugins/RepackTargetPlugin/RepackTargetPlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/repack/src/plugins/RepackTargetPlugin/RepackTargetPlugin.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ export class RepackTargetPlugin implements RspackPluginInstance {
     compiler.options.output.chunkFormat = 'array-push';
     compiler.options.output.globalObject = globalObject;
 
+    // Disable built-in strict module error handling
+    // this is handled through an interceptor in the
+    // init module added to __webpack_require__.i array
+    compiler.options.output.strictModuleErrorHandling = false;
+
     // Normalize global object.
     new compiler.webpack.BannerPlugin({
       raw: true,
diff --git a/packages/repack/src/plugins/RepackTargetPlugin/implementation/init.ts b/packages/repack/src/plugins/RepackTargetPlugin/implementation/init.ts
index 01014fa89..dc93ab84f 100644
--- a/packages/repack/src/plugins/RepackTargetPlugin/implementation/init.ts
+++ b/packages/repack/src/plugins/RepackTargetPlugin/implementation/init.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,28 @@ module.exports = function () {
 
   __webpack_require__.repack = $globalObject$.__repack__ = repackRuntime;
 
+  // intercept module factory calls to forward errors to global.ErrorUtils
+  // aligned with `guardedLoadModule` behaviour in Metro
+  // https://github.com/facebook/metro/blob/a4cb0b0e483748ef9f1c760cb60c57e3a84c1afd/packages/metro-runtime/src/polyfills/require.js#L329
+  __webpack_require__.i.push(function (options) {
+    var originalFactory = options.factory;
+    options.factory = function (moduleObject, moduleExports, webpackRequire) {
+      try {
+        originalFactory.call(this, moduleObject, moduleExports, webpackRequire);
+      } catch (e) {
+        if ($globalObject$.ErrorUtils) {
+          // exposed as global early on, part of `@react-native/js-polyfills` error-guard
+          // https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/4dac99cf6d308e804efc098b37f5c24c1eb611cf/packages/polyfills/error-guard.js#L121
+          $globalObject$.ErrorUtils.reportFatalError(e);
+        } else {
+          // error happened before ErrorUtils was initialized
+          // at this point in runtime we can only rethrow the error
+          throw e;
+        }
+      }
+    };
+  });
+
   function loadScript(
     name: string,
     caller: string | undefined,