diff --git a/spanner/errors.go b/spanner/errors.go
index f4451812765a..ddf506bd555d 100644
--- a/spanner/errors.go
+++ b/spanner/errors.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package spanner
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2/apierror"
@@ -26,6 +27,11 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
 )
 
+var (
+	// ErrRowNotFound row not found error
+	ErrRowNotFound = errors.New("row not found")
+)
+
 // Error is the structured error returned by Cloud Spanner client.
 //
 // Deprecated: Unwrap any error that is returned by the Spanner client as an APIError
diff --git a/spanner/integration_test.go b/spanner/integration_test.go
index 8ea92ff7537c..2e1d215a2c4d 100644
--- a/spanner/integration_test.go
+++ b/spanner/integration_test.go
@@ -1731,6 +1731,9 @@ func TestIntegration_Reads(t *testing.T) {
 	if ErrCode(err) != codes.NotFound {
 		t.Fatalf("got %v, want NotFound", err)
 	}
+	if !errors.Is(err, ErrRowNotFound) {
+		t.Fatalf("got %v, want spanner.ErrRowNotFound", err)
+	}
 	verifyDirectPathRemoteAddress(t)
 
 	// Index point read.
@@ -1751,6 +1754,9 @@ func TestIntegration_Reads(t *testing.T) {
 	if ErrCode(err) != codes.NotFound {
 		t.Fatalf("got %v, want NotFound", err)
 	}
+	if !errors.Is(err, ErrRowNotFound) {
+		t.Fatalf("got %v, want spanner.ErrRowNotFound", err)
+	}
 	verifyDirectPathRemoteAddress(t)
 	rangeReads(ctx, t, client)
 	indexRangeReads(ctx, t, client)
diff --git a/spanner/transaction.go b/spanner/transaction.go
index 5fba4e856966..9a3306616c0e 100644
--- a/spanner/transaction.go
+++ b/spanner/transaction.go
@@ -326,12 +326,16 @@ func (t *txReadOnly) ReadWithOptions(ctx context.Context, table string, keys Key
 // errRowNotFound returns error for not being able to read the row identified by
 // key.
 func errRowNotFound(table string, key Key) error {
-	return spannerErrorf(codes.NotFound, "row not found(Table: %v, PrimaryKey: %v)", table, key)
+	err := spannerErrorf(codes.NotFound, "row not found(Table: %v, PrimaryKey: %v)", table, key)
+	err.(*Error).err = ErrRowNotFound
+	return err
 }
 
 // errRowNotFoundByIndex returns error for not being able to read the row by index.
 func errRowNotFoundByIndex(table string, key Key, index string) error {
-	return spannerErrorf(codes.NotFound, "row not found(Table: %v, IndexKey: %v, Index: %v)", table, key, index)
+	err := spannerErrorf(codes.NotFound, "row not found(Table: %v, IndexKey: %v, Index: %v)", table, key, index)
+	err.(*Error).err = ErrRowNotFound
+	return err
 }
 
 // errMultipleRowsFound returns error for receiving more than one row when reading a single row using an index.
@@ -346,8 +350,14 @@ func errInlineBeginTransactionFailed() error {
 
 // ReadRow reads a single row from the database.
 //
-// If no row is present with the given key, then ReadRow returns an error where
+// If no row is present with the given key, then ReadRow returns an error(spanner.ErrRowNotFound) where
 // spanner.ErrCode(err) is codes.NotFound.
+//
+// To check if the error is spanner.ErrRowNotFound:
+//
+//	if errors.Is(err, spanner.ErrRowNotFound) {
+//			...
+//	}
 func (t *txReadOnly) ReadRow(ctx context.Context, table string, key Key, columns []string) (*Row, error) {
 	return t.ReadRowWithOptions(ctx, table, key, columns, nil)
 }
@@ -356,6 +366,12 @@ func (t *txReadOnly) ReadRow(ctx context.Context, table string, key Key, columns
 //
 // If no row is present with the given key, then ReadRowWithOptions returns an error where
 // spanner.ErrCode(err) is codes.NotFound.
+//
+// To check if the error is spanner.ErrRowNotFound:
+//
+//	if errors.Is(err, spanner.ErrRowNotFound) {
+//			...
+//	}
 func (t *txReadOnly) ReadRowWithOptions(ctx context.Context, table string, key Key, columns []string, opts *ReadOptions) (*Row, error) {
 	iter := t.ReadWithOptions(ctx, table, key, columns, opts)
 	defer iter.Stop()
@@ -373,7 +389,13 @@ func (t *txReadOnly) ReadRowWithOptions(ctx context.Context, table string, key K
 // ReadRowUsingIndex reads a single row from the database using an index.
 //
 // If no row is present with the given index, then ReadRowUsingIndex returns an
-// error where spanner.ErrCode(err) is codes.NotFound.
+// error(spanner.ErrRowNotFound) where spanner.ErrCode(err) is codes.NotFound.
+//
+// To check if the error is spanner.ErrRowNotFound:
+//
+//	if errors.Is(err, spanner.ErrRowNotFound) {
+//			...
+//	}
 //
 // If more than one row received with the given index, then ReadRowUsingIndex
 // returns an error where spanner.ErrCode(err) is codes.FailedPrecondition.