diff --git a/core/core.js b/core/core.js
index 729ca4faa4..f0933d0344 100644
--- a/core/core.js
+++ b/core/core.js
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@
   const { opcall } = window.Deno.core;
 
   let opsCache = {};
-  const errorMap = {
-    // Builtin v8 / JS errors
-    Error,
-    RangeError,
-    ReferenceError,
-    SyntaxError,
-    TypeError,
-    URIError,
-  };
+  const errorMap = {};
+  // Builtin v8 / JS errors
+  registerErrorClass("Error", Error);
+  registerErrorClass("RangeError", RangeError);
+  registerErrorClass("ReferenceError", ReferenceError);
+  registerErrorClass("SyntaxError", SyntaxError);
+  registerErrorClass("TypeError", TypeError);
+  registerErrorClass("URIError", URIError);
+
   let nextPromiseId = 1;
   const promiseMap = new Map();
   const RING_SIZE = 4 * 1024;
@@ -83,23 +83,27 @@
   }
 
   function registerErrorClass(className, errorClass) {
+    registerErrorBuilder(className, (msg) => new errorClass(msg));
+  }
+
+  function registerErrorBuilder(className, errorBuilder) {
     if (typeof errorMap[className] !== "undefined") {
       throw new TypeError(`Error class for "${className}" already registered`);
     }
-    errorMap[className] = errorClass;
+    errorMap[className] = errorBuilder;
   }
 
   function unwrapOpResult(res) {
     // .$err_class_name is a special key that should only exist on errors
     if (res?.$err_class_name) {
       const className = res.$err_class_name;
-      const ErrorClass = errorMap[className];
-      if (!ErrorClass) {
+      const errorBuilder = errorMap[className];
+      if (!errorBuilder) {
         throw new Error(
           `Unregistered error class: "${className}"\n  ${res.message}\n  Classes of errors returned from ops should be registered via Deno.core.registerErrorClass().`,
         );
       }
-      throw new ErrorClass(res.message);
+      throw errorBuilder(res.message);
     }
     return res;
   }
@@ -138,6 +142,7 @@
     close,
     print,
     resources,
+    registerErrorBuilder,
     registerErrorClass,
     handleAsyncMsgFromRust,
     syncOpsCache,
diff --git a/core/error_builder_test.js b/core/error_builder_test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aae47c6cd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/error_builder_test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+const { core } = Deno;
+
+class DOMException {
+  constructor(message, code) {
+    this.msg = message;
+    this.code = code;
+  }
+}
+
+core.registerErrorBuilder(
+  "DOMExceptionOperationError",
+  function DOMExceptionOperationError(msg) {
+    return new DOMException(msg, "OperationError");
+  },
+);
+
+try {
+  core.opSync("op_err", undefined, null);
+  throw new Error("op_err didn't throw!");
+} catch (err) {
+  if (!(err instanceof DOMException)) {
+    throw new Error("err not DOMException");
+  }
+  if (err.msg !== "abc") {
+    throw new Error("err.message is incorrect");
+  }
+  if (err.code !== "OperationError") {
+    throw new Error("err.code is incorrect");
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/runtime.rs b/core/runtime.rs
index 547f6aa23f..af12803737 100644
--- a/core/runtime.rs
+++ b/core/runtime.rs
@@ -1521,7 +1521,9 @@ impl JsRuntime {
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub mod tests {
   use super::*;
+  use crate::error::custom_error;
   use crate::modules::ModuleSourceFuture;
+  use crate::op_sync;
   use futures::future::lazy;
   use futures::FutureExt;
   use std::io;
@@ -1768,6 +1770,39 @@ pub mod tests {
     });
   }
 
+  #[test]
+  fn test_error_builder() {
+    fn op_err(
+      _: &mut OpState,
+      _: (),
+      _: Option<ZeroCopyBuf>,
+    ) -> Result<(), AnyError> {
+      Err(custom_error("DOMExceptionOperationError", "abc"))
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_error_class_name(_: &AnyError) -> &'static str {
+      "DOMExceptionOperationError"
+    }
+
+    run_in_task(|mut cx| {
+      let mut runtime = JsRuntime::new(RuntimeOptions {
+        get_error_class_fn: Some(&get_error_class_name),
+        ..Default::default()
+      });
+      runtime.register_op("op_err", op_sync(op_err));
+      runtime.sync_ops_cache();
+      runtime
+        .execute(
+          "error_builder_test.js",
+          include_str!("error_builder_test.js"),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+      if let Poll::Ready(Err(_)) = runtime.poll_event_loop(&mut cx) {
+        unreachable!();
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
   #[test]
   fn will_snapshot() {
     let snapshot = {
diff --git a/runtime/js/99_main.js b/runtime/js/99_main.js
index d2626a07d8..8d75ea739c 100644
--- a/runtime/js/99_main.js
+++ b/runtime/js/99_main.js
@@ -184,10 +184,10 @@ delete Object.prototype.__proto__;
     core.registerErrorClass("Http", errors.Http);
     core.registerErrorClass("Busy", errors.Busy);
     core.registerErrorClass("NotSupported", errors.NotSupported);
-    core.registerErrorClass(
+    core.registerErrorBuilder(
       "DOMExceptionOperationError",
       function DOMExceptionOperationError(msg) {
-        DOMException.prototype.constructor.call(this, msg, "OperationError");
+        return new DOMException(msg, "OperationError");
       },
     );
   }