1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/internal/util.js b/lib/internal/util.js
index 414d037a29..ee550fad2e 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util.js
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ const {
   arrow_message_private_symbol: kArrowMessagePrivateSymbolIndex,
   decorated_private_symbol: kDecoratedPrivateSymbolIndex
 } = internalBinding('util');
+const {
+  isNativeError
+} = internalBinding('types');
 
 const { errmap } = internalBinding('uv');
 
@@ -26,7 +29,10 @@ function removeColors(str) {
 }
 
 function isError(e) {
-  return objectToString(e) === '[object Error]' || e instanceof Error;
+  // An error could be an instance of Error while not being a native error
+  // or could be from a different realm and not be instance of Error but still
+  // be a native error.
+  return isNativeError(e) || e instanceof Error;
 }
 
 function objectToString(o) {