diff --git a/docs/api_reference.md b/docs/api_reference.md
index fc2c7af6481..ba517764034 100644
--- a/docs/api_reference.md
+++ b/docs/api_reference.md
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ Backward compatibility of the API is not guaranteed at this point.
 
 .. autosummary::
    :toctree: ./python-api/
-
+   
    pyodide.as_nested_list
    pyodide.eval_code
    pyodide.find_imports
    pyodide.get_completions
    pyodide.open_url
+   pyodide.JsException
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 6d1b9d174f3..8f8df137ff4 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -38,9 +38,12 @@
   ```
   before loading it.
   [#855](https://github.com/iodide-project/pyodide/pull/855)
+- Javascript exceptions can now be raised and caught in Python. They are wrapped in pyodide.JsException.
+  [#872](https://github.com/iodide-project/pyodide/pull/872)
 - Build runtime C libraries (e.g. libxml) via package build system with correct
   dependency resolution
 
+
 ## Version 0.15.0
 *May 19, 2020*
 
diff --git a/src/pyodide-py/pyodide/__init__.py b/src/pyodide-py/pyodide/__init__.py
index e9e09dd53d0..82856f1cc8c 100644
--- a/src/pyodide-py/pyodide/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pyodide-py/pyodide/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
-from ._base import open_url, eval_code, find_imports, as_nested_list
+from ._base import open_url, eval_code, find_imports, as_nested_list, JsException
 from .console import get_completions
 
 __version__ = "0.15.0"
 
-__all__ = ["open_url", "eval_code", "find_imports", "as_nested_list", "get_completions"]
+__all__ = [
+    "open_url",
+    "eval_code",
+    "find_imports",
+    "as_nested_list",
+    "get_completions",
+    "JsException",
+]
diff --git a/src/pyodide-py/pyodide/_base.py b/src/pyodide-py/pyodide/_base.py
index 4c3e9a90690..692bf221bc7 100644
--- a/src/pyodide-py/pyodide/_base.py
+++ b/src/pyodide-py/pyodide/_base.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 """
 A library of helper utilities for connecting Python to the browser environment.
 """
+# Added by C:
+# JsException (from jsproxy.c)
 
 import ast
 from io import StringIO
@@ -8,6 +10,16 @@
 from typing import Dict, List, Any
 
 
+class JsException(Exception):
+    """
+    A wrapper around a Javascript Error to allow the Error to be thrown in Python.
+    """
+
+    # This gets overwritten in jsproxy.c, it is just here for autodoc and humans
+    # reading this file.
+    pass
+
+
 def open_url(url: str) -> StringIO:
     """
     Fetches a given URL
diff --git a/src/tests/test_typeconversions.py b/src/tests/test_typeconversions.py
index 40e1a1b7dff..b2d9cd0be3f 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_typeconversions.py
+++ b/src/tests/test_typeconversions.py
@@ -271,3 +271,39 @@ class Point {
     with pytest.raises(WebDriverException, match=msg):
         selenium.run("point.y")
     assert selenium.run_js("return point.y;") is None
+
+
+def test_javascript_error(selenium):
+    msg = "JsException: Error: This is a js error"
+    with pytest.raises(WebDriverException, match=msg):
+        selenium.run(
+            """
+            from js import Error
+            err = Error.new("This is a js error")
+            err2 = Error.new("This is another js error")
+            raise err
+            """
+        )
+
+
+def test_javascript_error_back_to_js(selenium):
+    selenium.run_js(
+        """
+        window.err = new Error("This is a js error")
+        """
+    )
+    assert (
+        selenium.run(
+            """
+        from js import err
+        py_err = err
+        type(py_err).__name__
+        """
+        )
+        == "JsException"
+    )
+    assert selenium.run_js(
+        """
+        return pyodide.globals["py_err"] === err
+        """
+    )
diff --git a/src/type_conversion/js2python.c b/src/type_conversion/js2python.c
index f4c8f131a01..e1a2de3bb07 100644
--- a/src/type_conversion/js2python.c
+++ b/src/type_conversion/js2python.c
@@ -72,13 +72,17 @@ _js2python_jsproxy(int id)
   return (int)JsProxy_cnew(id);
 }
 
+int
+_js2python_error(int id)
+{
+  return (int)JsProxy_new_error(id);
+}
+
 // TODO: Add some meaningful order
 
 EM_JS(int, __js2python, (int id), {
-  // clang-format off
-  var value = Module.hiwire.get_value(id);
-  var type = typeof value;
-  if (type === 'string') {
+  function __js2python_string(value)
+  {
     // The general idea here is to allocate a Python string and then
     // have Javascript write directly into its buffer.  We first need
     // to determine if is needs to be a 1-, 2- or 4-byte string, since
@@ -124,6 +128,16 @@ EM_JS(int, __js2python, (int id), {
     }
 
     return result;
+  }
+
+  // From https://stackoverflow.com/a/45496068
+  function is_error(value) { return value && value.stack && value.message; }
+
+  // clang-format off
+  var value = Module.hiwire.get_value(id);
+  var type = typeof value;
+  if (type === 'string') {
+    return __js2python_string(value);
   } else if (type === 'number') {
     return __js2python_number(value);
   } else if (value === undefined || value === null) {
@@ -136,6 +150,8 @@ EM_JS(int, __js2python, (int id), {
     return __js2python_pyproxy(Module.PyProxy.getPtr(value));
   } else if (value['byteLength'] !== undefined) {
     return __js2python_memoryview(id);
+  } else if (is_error(value)) { 
+    return __js2python_error(id);
   } else {
     return __js2python_jsproxy(id);
   }
diff --git a/src/type_conversion/jsproxy.c b/src/type_conversion/jsproxy.c
index cdc6950d291..9b497da9f62 100644
--- a/src/type_conversion/jsproxy.c
+++ b/src/type_conversion/jsproxy.c
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 #include "js2python.h"
 #include "python2js.h"
 
+#include "Python.h"
+#include "structmember.h"
+
+static PyTypeObject* PyExc_BaseException_Type;
+
 static PyObject*
 JsBoundMethod_cnew(int this_, const char* name);
 
@@ -467,6 +472,96 @@ JsProxy_cnew(int idobj)
   return (PyObject*)self;
 }
 
+typedef struct
+{
+  PyException_HEAD PyObject* js_error;
+} JsExceptionObject;
+
+static PyMemberDef JsException_members[] = {
+  { "js_error",
+    T_OBJECT_EX,
+    offsetof(JsExceptionObject, js_error),
+    READONLY,
+    PyDoc_STR("A wrapper around a Javascript Error to allow the Error to be "
+              "thrown in Python.") },
+  { NULL } /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+static int
+JsException_init(JsExceptionObject* self, PyObject* args, PyObject* kwds)
+{
+  Py_ssize_t size = PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args);
+  PyObject* js_error;
+  if (size == 0) {
+    PyErr_SetString(
+      PyExc_TypeError,
+      "__init__() missing 1 required positional argument: 'js_error'.");
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  js_error = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, 0);
+  if (!PyObject_TypeCheck(js_error, &JsProxyType)) {
+    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+                    "Argument 'js_error' must be an instance of JsProxy.");
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  if (PyExc_BaseException_Type->tp_init((PyObject*)self, args, kwds) == -1)
+    return -1;
+
+  Py_CLEAR(self->js_error);
+  Py_INCREF(js_error);
+  self->js_error = js_error;
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+JsException_clear(JsExceptionObject* self)
+{
+  Py_CLEAR(self->js_error);
+  return PyExc_BaseException_Type->tp_clear((PyObject*)self);
+}
+
+static void
+JsException_dealloc(JsExceptionObject* self)
+{
+  JsException_clear(self);
+  PyExc_BaseException_Type->tp_free((PyObject*)self);
+}
+
+static int
+JsException_traverse(JsExceptionObject* self, visitproc visit, void* arg)
+{
+  Py_VISIT(self->js_error);
+  return PyExc_BaseException_Type->tp_traverse((PyObject*)self, visit, arg);
+}
+
+static PyTypeObject _Exc_JsException = {
+  PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0) "JsException",
+  .tp_basicsize = sizeof(JsExceptionObject),
+  .tp_dealloc = (destructor)JsException_dealloc,
+  .tp_flags = Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC,
+  .tp_doc =
+    PyDoc_STR("An exception which wraps a Javascript error. The js_error field "
+              "contains a JsProxy for the wrapped error."),
+  .tp_traverse = (traverseproc)JsException_traverse,
+  .tp_clear = (inquiry)JsException_clear,
+  .tp_members = JsException_members,
+  // PyExc_Exception isn't static so we fill in .tp_base in JsProxy_init
+  // .tp_base = (PyTypeObject *)PyExc_Exception,
+  .tp_dictoffset = offsetof(JsExceptionObject, dict),
+  .tp_init = (initproc)JsException_init
+};
+static PyObject* Exc_JsException = (PyObject*)&_Exc_JsException;
+
+PyObject*
+JsProxy_new_error(int idobj)
+{
+  PyObject* proxy = JsProxy_cnew(idobj);
+  PyObject* result = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(Exc_JsException, proxy, NULL);
+  return result;
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // JsBoundMethod
 //
@@ -544,8 +639,43 @@ JsProxy_AsJs(PyObject* x)
   return hiwire_incref(js_proxy->js);
 }
 
+int
+JsException_Check(PyObject* x)
+{
+  return PyObject_TypeCheck(x, (PyTypeObject*)Exc_JsException);
+}
+
+int
+JsException_AsJs(PyObject* err)
+{
+  JsExceptionObject* err_obj = (JsExceptionObject*)err;
+  JsProxy* js_error = (JsProxy*)(err_obj->js_error);
+  return hiwire_incref(js_error->js);
+}
+
 int
 JsProxy_init()
 {
-  return (PyType_Ready(&JsProxyType) || PyType_Ready(&JsBoundMethodType));
+  PyExc_BaseException_Type = (PyTypeObject*)PyExc_BaseException;
+  _Exc_JsException.tp_base = (PyTypeObject*)PyExc_Exception;
+
+  PyObject* module;
+  PyObject* exc;
+
+  // Add JsException to the pyodide module so people can catch it if they want.
+  module = PyImport_ImportModule("pyodide");
+  if (module == NULL) {
+    goto fail;
+  }
+  if (PyObject_SetAttrString(module, "JsException", Exc_JsException)) {
+    goto fail;
+  }
+
+  Py_CLEAR(module);
+  return (PyType_Ready(&JsProxyType) || PyType_Ready(&JsBoundMethodType) ||
+          PyType_Ready(&_Exc_JsException));
+
+fail:
+  Py_CLEAR(module);
+  return -1;
 }
diff --git a/src/type_conversion/jsproxy.h b/src/type_conversion/jsproxy.h
index 3974a3e1151..0fcd32792a6 100644
--- a/src/type_conversion/jsproxy.h
+++ b/src/type_conversion/jsproxy.h
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@
 PyObject*
 JsProxy_cnew(int v);
 
+/** Make a new JsProxy Error.
+ *  \param v The Javascript error object.
+ *  \return The Python error object wrapping the Javascript error object.
+ */
+PyObject*
+JsProxy_new_error(int v);
+
 /** Check if a Python object is a JsProxy object.
  *  \param x The Python object
  *  \return 1 if the object is a JsProxy object.
@@ -28,6 +35,20 @@ JsProxy_Check(PyObject* x);
 int
 JsProxy_AsJs(PyObject* x);
 
+/** Check if a Python object is a JsException object.
+ *  \param x The Python object
+ *  \return 1 if the object is a JsException object.
+ */
+int
+JsException_Check(PyObject* x);
+
+/** Grab the underlying Javascript error from the JsException object.
+ *  \param x The JsProxy object.  Must confirm that it is a JsException object
+ * using JsProxy_Check. \return The Javascript object.
+ */
+int
+JsException_AsJs(PyObject* x);
+
 /** Initialize global state for the JsProxy functionality. */
 int
 JsProxy_init();
diff --git a/src/type_conversion/python2js.c b/src/type_conversion/python2js.c
index 1b6fed764d0..a9be546dc60 100644
--- a/src/type_conversion/python2js.c
+++ b/src/type_conversion/python2js.c
@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ _python2js(PyObject* x, PyObject* map)
     return _python2js_bytes(x);
   } else if (JsProxy_Check(x)) {
     return JsProxy_AsJs(x);
+  } else if (JsException_Check(x)) {
+    return JsException_AsJs(x);
   } else if (PyList_Check(x) || PyTuple_Check(x)) {
     return _python2js_sequence(x, map);
   } else if (PyDict_Check(x)) {