diff --git a/lib/nodejs/serializer.js b/lib/nodejs/serializer.js
index b25c493bf0..f0e1733a16 100644
--- a/lib/nodejs/serializer.js
+++ b/lib/nodejs/serializer.js
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ class SerializableEvent {
       value = Object.assign(Object.create(null), value, {
         stack: value.stack,
         message: value.message,
-        __type: 'Error'
+        __type: 'Error',
+        name: value.name
       });
       parent[key] = value;
       // after this, set the result of type(value) to be `object`, and we'll throw