diff --git a/Libraries/Utilities/__tests__/stringifySafe-test.js b/Libraries/Utilities/__tests__/stringifySafe-test.js
index b7eb1f21192..c259caf20a7 100644
--- a/Libraries/Utilities/__tests__/stringifySafe-test.js
+++ b/Libraries/Utilities/__tests__/stringifySafe-test.js
@@ -47,4 +47,10 @@ describe('stringifySafe', () => {
     const result = stringifySafe(arg);
     expect(result).toEqual('["object" failed to stringify]');
   });
+
+  it('stringifySafe stringifies error messages', () => {
+    const error = new Error('error');
+    const result = stringifySafe(error);
+    expect(result).toEqual('Error: error');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/Libraries/Utilities/stringifySafe.js b/Libraries/Utilities/stringifySafe.js
index 73e81a345db..d562a911e97 100644
--- a/Libraries/Utilities/stringifySafe.js
+++ b/Libraries/Utilities/stringifySafe.js
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ function stringifySafe(arg: any): string {
     } catch (e) {
       ret = '[function unknown]';
     }
+  } else if (arg instanceof Error) {
+    ret = arg.name + ': ' + arg.message;
   } else {
     // Perform a try catch, just in case the object has a circular
     // reference or stringify throws for some other reason.