diff --git a/lib/error/index.js b/lib/error/index.js
index ec4188d61c9..bfa57d2e223 100644
--- a/lib/error/index.js
+++ b/lib/error/index.js
@@ -181,6 +181,17 @@ MongooseError.OverwriteModelError = require('./overwriteModel');
 
 MongooseError.MissingSchemaError = require('./missingSchema');
 
+/**
+ * Thrown when the MongoDB Node driver can't connect to a valid server
+ * to send an operation to.
+ *
+ * @api public
+ * @memberOf Error
+ * @static MongooseServerSelectionError
+ */
+
+MongooseError.MongooseServerSelectionError = require('./serverSelection');
+
 /**
  * An instance of this error will be returned if you used an array projection
  * and then modified the array in an unsafe way.