diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerUnitTests/RCTJSONTests.m b/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerUnitTests/RCTJSONTests.m
index acacc3a34c4638..bbbe194c5e9867 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerUnitTests/RCTJSONTests.m
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerUnitTests/RCTJSONTests.m
@@ -42,6 +42,25 @@ - (void)testEncodingString
   XCTAssertEqualObjects(json, RCTJSONStringify(text, NULL));
 }
 
+- (void)testEncodingNSError
+{
+  NSError *underlyingError = [NSError errorWithDomain:@"underlyingDomain" code:421 userInfo:nil];
+  NSError *err = [NSError errorWithDomain:@"domain" code:68 userInfo:@{@"NSUnderlyingError": underlyingError}];
+
+  // An assertion on the full object would be too brittle since it contains an iOS stack trace
+  // so we are relying on the behavior of RCTJSONParse, which is tested below.
+  NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *jsonObject = RCTJSErrorFromNSError(err);
+  NSString *jsonString = RCTJSONStringify(jsonObject, NULL);
+  NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *json = RCTJSONParse(jsonString, NULL);
+  XCTAssertEqualObjects(json[@"code"], @"EDOMAIN68");
+  XCTAssertEqualObjects(json[@"message"], @"The operation couldn’t be completed. (domain error 68.)");
+  XCTAssertEqualObjects(json[@"domain"], @"domain");
+  XCTAssertEqualObjects(json[@"userInfo"][@"NSUnderlyingError"][@"code"], @"421");
+  XCTAssertEqualObjects(json[@"userInfo"][@"NSUnderlyingError"][@"message"], @"underlying error");
+  XCTAssertEqualObjects(json[@"userInfo"][@"NSUnderlyingError"][@"domain"], @"underlyingDomain");
+}
+
+
 - (void)testDecodingObject
 {
   NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *obj = @{@"foo": @"bar"};
diff --git a/React/Base/RCTUtils.m b/React/Base/RCTUtils.m
index ff50a647994acd..264ae95a0077f5 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTUtils.m
+++ b/React/Base/RCTUtils.m
@@ -413,18 +413,28 @@ BOOL RCTClassOverridesInstanceMethod(Class cls, SEL selector)
 {
   NSString *errorMessage;
   NSArray<NSString *> *stackTrace = [NSThread callStackSymbols];
+  NSMutableDictionary *userInfo;
   NSMutableDictionary<NSString *, id> *errorInfo =
   [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObject:stackTrace forKey:@"nativeStackIOS"];
 
   if (error) {
     errorMessage = error.localizedDescription ?: @"Unknown error from a native module";
     errorInfo[@"domain"] = error.domain ?: RCTErrorDomain;
+    if (error.userInfo) {
+      userInfo = [error.userInfo mutableCopy];
+      if (userInfo != nil && userInfo[NSUnderlyingErrorKey] != nil) {
+        NSError *underlyingError = error.userInfo[NSUnderlyingErrorKey];
+        NSString *underlyingCode = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", (int)underlyingError.code];
+        userInfo[NSUnderlyingErrorKey] = RCTJSErrorFromCodeMessageAndNSError(underlyingCode, @"underlying error", underlyingError);
+      }
+    }
   } else {
     errorMessage = @"Unknown error from a native module";
     errorInfo[@"domain"] = RCTErrorDomain;
+    userInfo = nil;
   }
   errorInfo[@"code"] = code ?: RCTErrorUnspecified;
-  errorInfo[@"userInfo"] = RCTNullIfNil(error.userInfo);
+  errorInfo[@"userInfo"] = RCTNullIfNil(userInfo);
 
   // Allow for explicit overriding of the error message
   errorMessage = message ?: errorMessage;