diff --git a/cli/tests/integration/run_tests.rs b/cli/tests/integration/run_tests.rs
index 0aca09902e..39918d170e 100644
--- a/cli/tests/integration/run_tests.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/integration/run_tests.rs
@@ -1922,3 +1922,8 @@ itest!(eval_context_throw_with_conflicting_source {
   output: "eval_context_throw_with_conflicting_source.ts.out",
   exit_code: 1,
 });
+
+itest!(eval_context_throw_dom_exception {
+  args: "run eval_context_throw_dom_exception.js",
+  output: "eval_context_throw_dom_exception.js.out",
+});
diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/eval_context_throw_dom_exception.js b/cli/tests/testdata/eval_context_throw_dom_exception.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b8e99d4984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/eval_context_throw_dom_exception.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+const [, errorInfo] = Deno.core.evalContext('throw new DOMException("foo")');
+console.log(errorInfo);
diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/eval_context_throw_dom_exception.js.out b/cli/tests/testdata/eval_context_throw_dom_exception.js.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39e1640832
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/eval_context_throw_dom_exception.js.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ thrown: DOMException: foo, isNativeError: true, isCompileError: false }
diff --git a/core/bindings.rs b/core/bindings.rs
index 2fc6b50924..08ae1c655f 100644
--- a/core/bindings.rs
+++ b/core/bindings.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2021 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 
+use crate::error::is_instance_of_error;
 use crate::error::AnyError;
 use crate::modules::ModuleMap;
 use crate::resolve_url_or_path;
@@ -238,7 +239,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn host_import_module_dynamically_callback(
                  args: v8::FunctionCallbackArguments,
                  _rv: v8::ReturnValue| {
     let arg = args.get(0);
-    if arg.is_native_error() {
+    if is_instance_of_error(scope, arg) {
       let message = v8::Exception::create_message(scope, arg);
       if message.get_stack_trace(scope).unwrap().get_frame_count() == 0 {
         let arg: v8::Local<v8::Object> = arg.try_into().unwrap();
@@ -512,7 +513,7 @@ fn eval_context(
       None,
       Some(ErrInfo {
         thrown: exception.into(),
-        is_native_error: exception.is_native_error(),
+        is_native_error: is_instance_of_error(tc_scope, exception),
         is_compile_error: true,
       }),
     );
@@ -529,7 +530,7 @@ fn eval_context(
       None,
       Some(ErrInfo {
         thrown: exception.into(),
-        is_native_error: exception.is_native_error(),
+        is_native_error: is_instance_of_error(tc_scope, exception),
         is_compile_error: false,
       }),
     );
diff --git a/core/error.rs b/core/error.rs
index be97a90fb8..88cb06887f 100644
--- a/core/error.rs
+++ b/core/error.rs
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ pub(crate) fn attach_handle_to_error(
 /// of `instanceof`. `Value::is_native_error()` also checks for static class
 /// inheritance rather than just scanning the prototype chain, which doesn't
 /// work with our WebIDL implementation of `DOMException`.
-fn is_instance_of_error<'s>(
+pub(crate) fn is_instance_of_error<'s>(
   scope: &mut v8::HandleScope<'s>,
   value: v8::Local<v8::Value>,
 ) -> bool {