diff --git a/codegen/smithy-go-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/go/codegen/CodegenVisitor.java b/codegen/smithy-go-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/go/codegen/CodegenVisitor.java
index de82a55bf..604790ae9 100644
--- a/codegen/smithy-go-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/go/codegen/CodegenVisitor.java
+++ b/codegen/smithy-go-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/go/codegen/CodegenVisitor.java
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ void execute() {
             });
         }
 
-
         LOGGER.fine("Flushing go writers");
         List<SymbolDependency> dependencies = writers.getDependencies();
         writers.flushWriters();
@@ -234,7 +233,7 @@ public Void structureShape(StructureShape shape) {
         }
         Symbol symbol = symbolProvider.toSymbol(shape);
         writers.useShapeWriter(shape, writer -> new StructureGenerator(
-                model, symbolProvider, writer, service, shape, symbol).run());
+                model, symbolProvider, writer, service, shape, symbol, protocolGenerator).run());
         return null;
     }
 
diff --git a/codegen/smithy-go-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/go/codegen/OperationGenerator.java b/codegen/smithy-go-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/go/codegen/OperationGenerator.java
index 02bfe34c2..417b00475 100644
--- a/codegen/smithy-go-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/go/codegen/OperationGenerator.java
+++ b/codegen/smithy-go-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/go/codegen/OperationGenerator.java
@@ -124,14 +124,14 @@ public void run() {
 
         // Write out the input and output structures. These are written out here to prevent naming conflicts with other
         // shapes in the model.
-        new StructureGenerator(model, symbolProvider, writer, service, inputShape, inputSymbol)
+        new StructureGenerator(model, symbolProvider, writer, service, inputShape, inputSymbol, protocolGenerator)
                 .renderStructure(() -> {
                 }, true);
 
         // The output structure gets a metadata member added.
         Symbol metadataSymbol = SymbolUtils.createValueSymbolBuilder("Metadata", SmithyGoDependency.SMITHY_MIDDLEWARE)
                 .build();
-        new StructureGenerator(model, symbolProvider, writer, service, outputShape, outputSymbol)
+        new StructureGenerator(model, symbolProvider, writer, service, outputShape, outputSymbol, protocolGenerator)
                 .renderStructure(() -> {
                     if (outputShape.getMemberNames().size() != 0) {
                         writer.write("");
diff --git a/codegen/smithy-go-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/go/codegen/StructureGenerator.java b/codegen/smithy-go-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/go/codegen/StructureGenerator.java
index ceabe453c..7d5f544d8 100644
--- a/codegen/smithy-go-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/go/codegen/StructureGenerator.java
+++ b/codegen/smithy-go-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/go/codegen/StructureGenerator.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import software.amazon.smithy.codegen.core.Symbol;
 import software.amazon.smithy.codegen.core.SymbolProvider;
+import software.amazon.smithy.go.codegen.integration.ProtocolGenerator;
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.Model;
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.shapes.MemberShape;
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.shapes.ServiceShape;
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ final class StructureGenerator implements Runnable {
     private final StructureShape shape;
     private final Symbol symbol;
     private final ServiceShape service;
+    private final ProtocolGenerator protocolGenerator;
 
     StructureGenerator(
             Model model,
@@ -51,7 +53,8 @@ final class StructureGenerator implements Runnable {
             GoWriter writer,
             ServiceShape service,
             StructureShape shape,
-            Symbol symbol
+            Symbol symbol,
+            ProtocolGenerator protocolGenerator
     ) {
         this.model = model;
         this.symbolProvider = symbolProvider;
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ final class StructureGenerator implements Runnable {
         this.service = service;
         this.shape = shape;
         this.symbol = symbol;
+        this.protocolGenerator = protocolGenerator;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -149,8 +153,10 @@ private void renderErrorStructure() {
             });
             writer.write("return *e.Message");
         });
-        writer.write("func (e *$L) ErrorCode() string { return $S }",
-                structureSymbol.getName(), shape.getId().getName(service));
+
+        String errorCode = protocolGenerator == null ? shape.getId().getName(service)
+                : protocolGenerator.getErrorCode(service, shape);
+        writer.write("func (e *$L) ErrorCode() string { return $S }", structureSymbol.getName(), errorCode);
 
         String fault = "smithy.FaultUnknown";
         if (errorTrait.isClientError()) {
diff --git a/codegen/smithy-go-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/go/codegen/integration/ProtocolGenerator.java b/codegen/smithy-go-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/go/codegen/integration/ProtocolGenerator.java
index 8b15163be..cf3ca1277 100644
--- a/codegen/smithy-go-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/go/codegen/integration/ProtocolGenerator.java
+++ b/codegen/smithy-go-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/go/codegen/integration/ProtocolGenerator.java
@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@
 import software.amazon.smithy.go.codegen.GoWriter;
 import software.amazon.smithy.go.codegen.SyntheticClone;
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.Model;
+import software.amazon.smithy.model.node.ExpectationNotMetException;
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.shapes.OperationShape;
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.shapes.ServiceShape;
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.shapes.Shape;
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.shapes.ShapeId;
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.shapes.StructureShape;
+import software.amazon.smithy.model.traits.ErrorTrait;
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.traits.Trait;
 import software.amazon.smithy.utils.CaseUtils;
 import software.amazon.smithy.utils.StringUtils;
@@ -260,6 +262,19 @@ default Map<String, ShapeId> getOperationErrors(GenerationContext context, Opera
         return HttpProtocolGeneratorUtils.getOperationErrors(context, operation);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns an error code for an error shape. Defaults to error shape name as error code.
+     *
+     * @param service the service enclosure for the error shape.
+     * @param errorShape the error shape for which error code is retrieved.
+     * @return the error code associated with the provided shape.
+     * @throws ExpectationNotMetException if provided shape is not modeled with an {@link ErrorTrait}.
+     */
+    default String getErrorCode(ServiceShape service, StructureShape errorShape) {
+        errorShape.expectTrait(ErrorTrait.class);
+        return errorShape.getId().getName(service);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Context object used for service serialization and deserialization.
      */