diff --git a/ic-canister-runtime/src/stub/mod.rs b/ic-canister-runtime/src/stub/mod.rs
index 846c75f..4b92894 100644
--- a/ic-canister-runtime/src/stub/mod.rs
+++ b/ic-canister-runtime/src/stub/mod.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use std::{collections::VecDeque, sync::Mutex};
 /// let runtime = StubRuntime::new()
 ///     .add_stub_response(1_u64)
 ///     .add_stub_response("two")
-///     .add_stub_response(Some(3_u128));
+///     .add_stub_error(IcError::CallPerformFailed);
 ///
 /// let result_1: Result<u64, IcError> = runtime
 ///     .update_call(PRINCIPAL, METHOD, ARGS, 0)
@@ -39,17 +39,17 @@ use std::{collections::VecDeque, sync::Mutex};
 /// assert_eq!(result_2, Ok("two".to_string()));
 ///
 /// let result_3: Result<Option<u128>, IcError> = runtime
-///     .update_call(PRINCIPAL, METHOD, ARGS, 0)
+///     .query_call(PRINCIPAL, METHOD, ARGS)
 ///     .await;
-/// assert_eq!(result_3, Ok(Some
-/// (3_u128)));
+/// assert_eq!(result_3, Err(IcError::CallPerformFailed));
 /// # Ok(())
 /// # }
 /// ```
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Clone)]
 pub struct StubRuntime {
     // Use a mutex so that this struct is Send and Sync
-    call_results: Arc<Mutex<VecDeque<Vec<u8>>>>,
+    #[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
+    call_results: Arc<Mutex<VecDeque<Result<Vec<u8>, IcError>>>>,
 }
 
 impl StubRuntime {
@@ -63,7 +63,16 @@ impl StubRuntime {
     /// Panics if the stub response cannot be encoded using Candid.
     pub fn add_stub_response<Out: CandidType>(self, stub_response: Out) -> Self {
         let result = Encode!(&stub_response).expect("Failed to encode Candid stub response");
-        self.call_results.try_lock().unwrap().push_back(result);
+        self.call_results.try_lock().unwrap().push_back(Ok(result));
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Mutate the [`StubRuntime`] instance to add the given stub error.
+    pub fn add_stub_error(self, stub_error: impl Into<IcError>) -> Self {
+        self.call_results
+            .try_lock()
+            .unwrap()
+            .push_back(Err(stub_error.into()));
         self
     }
 
@@ -71,13 +80,12 @@ impl StubRuntime {
     where
         Out: CandidType + DeserializeOwned,
     {
-        let bytes = self
-            .call_results
+        self.call_results
             .try_lock()
             .unwrap()
             .pop_front()
-            .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("No available call response"));
-        Ok(Decode!(&bytes, Out).expect("Failed to decode Candid stub response"))
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("No available call response"))
+            .map(|bytes| Decode!(&bytes, Out).expect("Failed to decode Candid stub response"))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/ic-canister-runtime/src/stub/tests.rs b/ic-canister-runtime/src/stub/tests.rs
index 75ee108..e2de1f1 100644
--- a/ic-canister-runtime/src/stub/tests.rs
+++ b/ic-canister-runtime/src/stub/tests.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use crate::{IcError, Runtime, StubRuntime};
 use candid::{CandidType, Principal};
+use ic_error_types::RejectCode;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 
 const DEFAULT_PRINCIPAL: Principal = Principal::from_slice(&[0x9d, 0xf7, 0x01]);
@@ -38,6 +39,18 @@ async fn should_return_single_stub_response() {
     assert_eq!(result, Ok(expected));
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn should_return_single_stub_error() {
+    let expected = IcError::CallPerformFailed;
+    let runtime = StubRuntime::new().add_stub_error(expected.clone());
+
+    let result: Result<MultiResult, IcError> = runtime
+        .update_call(DEFAULT_PRINCIPAL, DEFAULT_METHOD, DEFAULT_ARGS, 0)
+        .await;
+
+    assert_eq!(result, Err(expected));
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn should_return_multiple_stub_responses() {
     let expected1 = MultiResult::Consistent("Hello, world!".to_string());
@@ -46,25 +59,32 @@ async fn should_return_multiple_stub_responses() {
         "Goodbye, world!".to_string(),
     ]);
     let expected3 = 0_u128;
+    let expected4 = IcError::CallRejected {
+        code: RejectCode::SysFatal,
+        message: "Fatal error!".to_string(),
+    };
     let runtime = StubRuntime::new()
         .add_stub_response(expected1.clone())
         .add_stub_response(expected2.clone())
-        .add_stub_response(expected3);
+        .add_stub_response(expected3)
+        .add_stub_error(expected4.clone());
 
     let result1: Result<MultiResult, IcError> = runtime
         .update_call(DEFAULT_PRINCIPAL, DEFAULT_METHOD, DEFAULT_ARGS, 0)
         .await;
     assert_eq!(result1, Ok(expected1));
-
     let result2: Result<MultiResult, IcError> = runtime
-        .update_call(DEFAULT_PRINCIPAL, DEFAULT_METHOD, DEFAULT_ARGS, 0)
+        .query_call(DEFAULT_PRINCIPAL, DEFAULT_METHOD, DEFAULT_ARGS)
         .await;
     assert_eq!(result2, Ok(expected2));
-
     let result3: Result<u128, IcError> = runtime
-        .update_call(DEFAULT_PRINCIPAL, DEFAULT_METHOD, DEFAULT_ARGS, 0)
+        .query_call(DEFAULT_PRINCIPAL, DEFAULT_METHOD, DEFAULT_ARGS)
         .await;
     assert_eq!(result3, Ok(expected3));
+    let result4: Result<u128, IcError> = runtime
+        .update_call(DEFAULT_PRINCIPAL, DEFAULT_METHOD, DEFAULT_ARGS, 0)
+        .await;
+    assert_eq!(result4, Err(expected4));
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]