diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 121c05408..22727eed5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 all-features = true
 
 [dependencies]
+anyhow = { version = "1", optional = true }
 async-compression = { version = "0.3.1", features = ["brotli", "deflate", "gzip", "stream"], optional = true }
 bytes = "0.5"
 futures = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
@@ -83,3 +84,7 @@ required-features = ["websocket"]
 [[example]]
 name = "websockets_chat"
 required-features = ["websocket"]
+
+[[example]]
+name = "anyhow"
+required-features = ["anyhow"]
diff --git a/examples/anyhow.rs b/examples/anyhow.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60dbf63c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/anyhow.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#![deny(warnings)]
+
+use serde::export::Formatter;
+use warp::http::StatusCode;
+use warp::{Filter, Rejection, Reply};
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    let is_even = warp::path!("is_even" / u64).and_then(handler);
+
+    let routes = warp::get().and(is_even).recover(handle_rejection);
+
+    warp::serve(routes).run(([127, 0, 0, 1], 3030)).await;
+}
+
+async fn handler(number: u64) -> anyhow::Result<impl Reply> {
+    if number > 100 {
+        anyhow::bail!(TooBig)
+    }
+
+    if number % 2 == 1 {
+        anyhow::bail!(NotEven)
+    }
+
+    return Ok(StatusCode::OK);
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct TooBig;
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for TooBig {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "sorry, we can't handle big numbers like this")
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct NotEven;
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for NotEven {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "the given number is not even")
+    }
+}
+
+async fn handle_rejection(err: Rejection) -> Result<impl Reply, Rejection> {
+    if let Some(anyhow) = err.find::<anyhow::Error>() {
+        // here we can downcast the anyhow error to whatever we want
+        if let Some(_) = anyhow.downcast_ref::<TooBig>() {
+            return Ok(StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+        }
+
+        if let Some(_) = anyhow.downcast_ref::<NotEven>() {
+            return Ok(StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST);
+        }
+
+        return Ok(StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+    }
+
+    Err(err)
+}
diff --git a/src/reject.rs b/src/reject.rs
index 8fd28badd..9031ddc46 100644
--- a/src/reject.rs
+++ b/src/reject.rs
@@ -164,6 +164,16 @@ impl dyn Cause {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "anyhow")]
+impl Reject for anyhow::Error {}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "anyhow")]
+impl From<anyhow::Error> for Rejection {
+    fn from(anyhow: anyhow::Error) -> Self {
+        custom(anyhow)
+    }
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn known<T: Into<Known>>(err: T) -> Rejection {
     Rejection::known(err.into())
 }
@@ -659,6 +669,46 @@ mod sealed {
             match self {}
         }
     }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "anyhow")]
+    impl CombineRejection<anyhow::Error> for Infallible {
+        type One = Rejection;
+        type Combined = Rejection;
+
+        fn combine(self, anyhow: anyhow::Error) -> Self::Combined {
+            crate::reject::custom(anyhow)
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "anyhow")]
+    impl CombineRejection<Infallible> for anyhow::Error {
+        type One = Rejection;
+        type Combined = Rejection;
+
+        fn combine(self, _: Infallible) -> Self::Combined {
+            crate::reject::custom(self)
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "anyhow")]
+    impl CombineRejection<anyhow::Error> for Rejection {
+        type One = Rejection;
+        type Combined = Rejection;
+
+        fn combine(self, e: anyhow::Error) -> Self::Combined {
+            self.combine(crate::reject::custom(e))
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "anyhow")]
+    impl CombineRejection<Rejection> for anyhow::Error {
+        type One = Rejection;
+        type Combined = Rejection;
+
+        fn combine(self, rejection: Rejection) -> Self::Combined {
+            rejection.combine(crate::reject::custom(self))
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]