diff --git a/docs/project/changelog.md b/docs/project/changelog.md
index 7a25d1f1d..d6ae469ce 100644
--- a/docs/project/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/project/changelog.md
@@ -142,7 +142,10 @@ substitutions:
 - {{ Fix }} Pyodide now loads correctly with `-OO` option.
 
 - Add Gitpod configuration to the repository.
-  {pr} `3201`
+  {pr}`3201`
+
+- {{ Enhancement }} Added a type field to `PythonError`
+  {pr}`3289`
 
 ### Build System / Package Loading
 
diff --git a/docs/sphinx_pyodide/sphinx_pyodide/jsdoc.py b/docs/sphinx_pyodide/sphinx_pyodide/jsdoc.py
index f5fc08b30..d9a19dfa7 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx_pyodide/sphinx_pyodide/jsdoc.py
+++ b/docs/sphinx_pyodide/sphinx_pyodide/jsdoc.py
@@ -24,6 +24,19 @@ from sphinx_js.typedoc import Analyzer as TsAnalyzer
 _orig_convert_node = TsAnalyzer._convert_node
 _orig_type_name = TsAnalyzer._type_name
 
+_orig_constructor_and_members = TsAnalyzer._constructor_and_members
+
+
+def _constructor_and_members(self, cls):
+    result = _orig_constructor_and_members(self, cls)
+    for tag in cls.get("comment", {}).get("tags", []):
+        if tag["tag"] == "hideconstructor":
+            return (None, result[1])
+    return result
+
+
+TsAnalyzer._constructor_and_members = _constructor_and_members
+
 
 def destructure_param(param: dict[str, Any]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
     """We want to document a destructured argument as if it were several
diff --git a/src/core/error_handling.c b/src/core/error_handling.c
index ecb9c38ad..d6612b34d 100644
--- a/src/core/error_handling.c
+++ b/src/core/error_handling.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ _Py_IDENTIFIER(format_exception);
 _Py_IDENTIFIER(last_type);
 _Py_IDENTIFIER(last_value);
 _Py_IDENTIFIER(last_traceback);
+_Py_IDENTIFIER(__qualname__);
 
 void
 _Py_DumpTraceback(int fd, PyThreadState* tstate);
@@ -55,9 +56,16 @@ set_error(PyObject* err)
  * msg - the Python traceback + error message
  * err - The error object
  */
-EM_JS_REF(JsRef, new_error, (const char* msg, PyObject* err), {
-  return Hiwire.new_value(new API.PythonError(UTF8ToString(msg), err));
+// clang-format off
+EM_JS_REF(
+JsRef,
+new_error,
+(const char* type, const char* msg, PyObject* err),
+{
+  return Hiwire.new_value(
+    new API.PythonError(UTF8ToString(type), UTF8ToString(msg), err));
 });
+// clang-format on
 
 /**
  * Fetch the exception, normalize it, and ensure that traceback is not NULL.
@@ -187,16 +195,21 @@ wrap_exception()
   PyObject* type = NULL;
   PyObject* value = NULL;
   PyObject* traceback = NULL;
+  PyObject* typestr = NULL;
   PyObject* pystr = NULL;
   JsRef jserror = NULL;
   fetch_and_normalize_exception(&type, &value, &traceback);
   store_sys_last_exception(type, value, traceback);
 
+  typestr = _PyObject_GetAttrId(type, &PyId___qualname__);
+  FAIL_IF_NULL(typestr);
+  const char* typestr_utf8 = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(typestr);
+  FAIL_IF_NULL(typestr_utf8);
   pystr = format_exception_traceback(type, value, traceback);
   FAIL_IF_NULL(pystr);
   const char* pystr_utf8 = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(pystr);
   FAIL_IF_NULL(pystr_utf8);
-  jserror = new_error(pystr_utf8, value);
+  jserror = new_error(typestr_utf8, pystr_utf8, value);
   FAIL_IF_NULL(jserror);
 
   success = true;
@@ -210,7 +223,8 @@ finally:
       PySys_WriteStderr("\nOriginal exception was:\n");
       PyErr_Display(type, value, traceback);
     }
-    jserror = new_error("Error occurred while formatting traceback", 0);
+    jserror = new_error(
+      "PyodideInternalError", "Error occurred while formatting traceback", 0);
   }
   Py_CLEAR(type);
   Py_CLEAR(value);
diff --git a/src/core/error_handling.ts b/src/core/error_handling.ts
index 73a8391a8..eb8ccc1ff 100644
--- a/src/core/error_handling.ts
+++ b/src/core/error_handling.ts
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ Module.handle_js_error = function (e: any) {
  *
  * See :ref:`type-translations-errors` for more information.
  *
- * .. admonition:: Avoid Stack Frames
+ * .. admonition:: Avoid leaking stack Frames
  *    :class: warning
  *
  *    If you make a :any:`PyProxy` of ``sys.last_value``, you should be
@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@ Module.handle_js_error = function (e: any) {
  *    done. You may leak a large amount of memory including the local
  *    variables of all the stack frames in the traceback if you don't. The
  *    easiest way is to only handle the exception in Python.
+ *
+ * @hideconstructor
  */
 export class PythonError extends Error {
   /**  The address of the error we are wrapping. We may later compare this
@@ -277,12 +279,16 @@ export class PythonError extends Error {
    * @private
    */
   __error_address: number;
-
-  constructor(message: string, error_address: number) {
+  /**
+   * The Python type, e.g, ``RuntimeError`` or ``KeyError``.
+   */
+  type: string;
+  constructor(type: string, message: string, error_address: number) {
     const oldLimit = Error.stackTraceLimit;
     Error.stackTraceLimit = Infinity;
     super(message);
     Error.stackTraceLimit = oldLimit;
+    this.type = type;
     this.__error_address = error_address;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/tests/test_pyodide.py b/src/tests/test_pyodide.py
index b3d22eff1..dca47e637 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_pyodide.py
+++ b/src/tests/test_pyodide.py
@@ -1554,3 +1554,17 @@ def test_static_import(
             `);
             """
         )
+
+
+def test_python_error(selenium):
+    [msg, ty] = selenium.run_js(
+        """
+        try {
+            pyodide.runPython("raise TypeError('oops')");
+        } catch(e) {
+            return [e.message, e.type];
+        }
+        """
+    )
+    assert msg.endswith("TypeError: oops\n")
+    assert ty == "TypeError"