diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index cba1f3b..6742ff4 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -42,10 +42,15 @@ export interface RetryConfig {
 	 */
 	statusCodesToRetry?: number[][];
 
+	/**
+	 * Function to invoke when error occurred.
+	 */
+	onError?: (error: AxiosError) => void | Promise<void>;
+
 	/**
 	 * Function to invoke when a retry attempt is made.
 	 */
-	onRetryAttempt?: (error: AxiosError) => void;
+	onRetryAttempt?: (error: AxiosError) => void | Promise<void>;
 
 	/**
 	 * Function to invoke which determines if you should retry
@@ -285,17 +290,14 @@ async function onError(instance: AxiosInstance, error: AxiosError) {
 		setTimeout(resolve, delay);
 	});
 
-	// Notify the user if they added an `onRetryAttempt` handler
-	if (config.onRetryAttempt) {
-		config.onRetryAttempt(axiosError);
+	if (config.onError) {
+		await config.onError(axiosError);
 	}
 
-	const onRetryAttemptPromise = Promise.resolve();
-
 	// Return the promise in which recalls axios to retry the request
 	return Promise.resolve()
 		.then(async () => onBackoffPromise)
-		.then(async () => onRetryAttemptPromise)
+		.then(async () => config.onRetryAttempt?.(axiosError))
 		.then(async () => config.instance!.request(axiosError.config!));
 }
 
diff --git a/test/index.ts b/test/index.ts
index 8467fe5..63304b0 100644
--- a/test/index.ts
+++ b/test/index.ts
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ describe('retry-axios', () => {
 		const axiosPromise = axios({
 			url,
 			raxConfig: {
-				onRetryAttempt: resolve,
+				onError: resolve,
 				retryDelay: 10_000, // Higher default to ensure Retry-After is used
 				backoffType: 'static',
 			},
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ describe('retry-axios', () => {
 		const axiosPromise = axios({
 			url,
 			raxConfig: {
-				onRetryAttempt: resolve,
+				onError: resolve,
 				backoffType: 'static',
 				retryDelay: 10_000,
 			},
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ describe('retry-axios', () => {
 		const axiosPromise = axios({
 			url,
 			raxConfig: {
-				onRetryAttempt: resolve,
+				onError: resolve,
 				retryDelay: 10_000, // Higher default to ensure maxRetryDelay is used
 				maxRetryDelay: 5000,
 				backoffType: 'exponential',