diff --git a/src/admin/mockttp-admin-model.ts b/src/admin/mockttp-admin-model.ts
index 4fa705495..3e2f3f9a1 100644
--- a/src/admin/mockttp-admin-model.ts
+++ b/src/admin/mockttp-admin-model.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const RESPONSE_COMPLETED_TOPIC = 'response-completed';
 const REQUEST_ABORTED_TOPIC = 'request-aborted';
 const TLS_CLIENT_ERROR_TOPIC = 'tls-client-error';
 const CLIENT_ERROR_TOPIC = 'client-error';
+const REQUEST_HANDLER_ERROR_TOPIC = 'request-handler-error';
 
 async function buildMockedEndpointData(endpoint: ServerMockedEndpoint): Promise<MockedEndpointData> {
     return {
@@ -82,6 +83,12 @@ export function buildAdminServerModel(
         })
     });
 
+    mockServer.on('request-handler-error', (error) => {
+        pubsub.publish(REQUEST_HANDLER_ERROR_TOPIC, {
+            requestHandlerError: error
+        })
+    });
+
     return <any> {
         Query: {
             mockedEndpoints: async (): Promise<MockedEndpointData[]> => {
@@ -181,4 +188,4 @@ export function buildAdminServerModel(
             }
         }
     };
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/admin/mockttp-schema.ts b/src/admin/mockttp-schema.ts
index d288c4395..f729da003 100644
--- a/src/admin/mockttp-schema.ts
+++ b/src/admin/mockttp-schema.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ export const MockttpSchema = gql`
         remotePort: Int!
     }
 
+    type RequestHandlerError {
+        code: String
+        cmd: String
+        signal: String
+        statusCode: Int
+        statusMessage: String
+    }
+
     type InitiatedRequest {
         id: ID!
         timingEvents: Json!
@@ -133,4 +141,4 @@ export const MockttpSchema = gql`
         rawHeaders: Json!
         body: Buffer!
     }
-`;
\ No newline at end of file
+`;
diff --git a/src/client/mockttp-admin-request-builder.ts b/src/client/mockttp-admin-request-builder.ts
index a79fcbf06..3a4b1f443 100644
--- a/src/client/mockttp-admin-request-builder.ts
+++ b/src/client/mockttp-admin-request-builder.ts
@@ -303,6 +303,15 @@ export class MockttpAdminRequestBuilder {
                         body
                     }
                 }
+            }`,
+            'request-handler-error': gql`subscription OnRequestHandlerError {
+                requestHandlerError {
+                    code
+                    cmd
+                    signal
+                    statusCode
+                    statusMessage
+                }
             }`
         }[event];
 
@@ -367,4 +376,4 @@ export class MockttpAdminRequestBuilder {
 
             return mockedEndpoint;
         }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index c90e95f0e..781f5c16a 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -142,4 +142,6 @@ export * as PluggableAdmin from './pluggable-admin-api/pluggable-admin';
  * other plugins.
  * @category Internal
  */
-export * as MockttpPluggableAdmin from './pluggable-admin-api/mockttp-pluggable-admin';
\ No newline at end of file
+export * as MockttpPluggableAdmin from './pluggable-admin-api/mockttp-pluggable-admin';
+
+export { RequestHandlerError } from "./types";
diff --git a/src/mockttp.ts b/src/mockttp.ts
index 10be99b83..43afb9e00 100644
--- a/src/mockttp.ts
+++ b/src/mockttp.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ import {
     TlsRequest,
     InitiatedRequest,
     ClientError,
-    RulePriority
+    RulePriority,
+    RequestHandlerError
 } from "./types";
 import type { RequestRuleData } from "./rules/requests/request-rule";
 import type { WebSocketRuleData } from "./rules/websockets/websocket-rule";
@@ -415,6 +416,19 @@ export interface Mockttp {
      */
     on(event: 'client-error', callback: (error: ClientError) => void): Promise<void>;
 
+    /**
+     * Subscribe to hear about requests that fail during request handling.
+     *
+     * This is useful in case of DNS resolution problems or connecting to the remote peer.
+     *
+     * The callback will be called asynchronously from request handling. This function
+     * returns a promise, and the callback is not guaranteed to be registered until
+     * the promise is resolved.
+     *
+     * @category Events
+     */
+    on(event: 'request-handler-error', callback: (error: RequestHandlerError) => void): Promise<void>;
+
     /**
      * Adds the given rules to the server.
      *
@@ -576,7 +590,8 @@ export type SubscribableEvent =
     | 'response'
     | 'abort'
     | 'tls-client-error'
-    | 'client-error';
+    | 'client-error'
+    | 'request-handler-error';
 
 /**
  * @hidden
@@ -677,4 +692,4 @@ export abstract class AbstractMockttp {
         return new WebSocketRuleBuilder(this.addWebSocketRule);
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/rules/requests/request-handler-definitions.ts b/src/rules/requests/request-handler-definitions.ts
index 5b49baa35..8811415d6 100644
--- a/src/rules/requests/request-handler-definitions.ts
+++ b/src/rules/requests/request-handler-definitions.ts
@@ -985,4 +985,4 @@ export const HandlerDefinitionLookup = {
     'passthrough': PassThroughHandlerDefinition,
     'close-connection': CloseConnectionHandlerDefinition,
     'timeout': TimeoutHandlerDefinition
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/rules/requests/request-handlers.ts b/src/rules/requests/request-handlers.ts
index c2c22c65b..7ebd46d6a 100644
--- a/src/rules/requests/request-handlers.ts
+++ b/src/rules/requests/request-handlers.ts
@@ -1025,4 +1025,4 @@ export const HandlerLookup: typeof HandlerDefinitionLookup = {
     'passthrough': PassThroughHandler,
     'close-connection': CloseConnectionHandler,
     'timeout': TimeoutHandler
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/server/mockttp-server.ts b/src/server/mockttp-server.ts
index d79ba1f9d..f8aa4f995 100644
--- a/src/server/mockttp-server.ts
+++ b/src/server/mockttp-server.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ import {
     TlsRequest,
     ClientError,
     TimingEvents,
-    OngoingBody
+    OngoingBody,
+    RequestHandlerError
 } from "../types";
 import { CAOptions } from '../util/tls';
 import { DestroyableServer } from "../util/destroyable-server";
@@ -277,6 +278,7 @@ export class MockttpServer extends AbstractMockttp implements Mockttp {
     public on(event: 'tls-client-error', callback: (req: TlsRequest) => void): Promise<void>;
     public on(event: 'tlsClientError', callback: (req: TlsRequest) => void): Promise<void>;
     public on(event: 'client-error', callback: (error: ClientError) => void): Promise<void>;
+    public on(event: 'request-handler-error', callback: (error: RequestHandlerError) => void): Promise<void>;
     public on(event: string, callback: (...args: any[]) => void): Promise<void> {
         this.eventEmitter.on(event, callback);
         return Promise.resolve();
@@ -464,32 +466,37 @@ export class MockttpServer extends AbstractMockttp implements Mockttp {
             }
             result = result || 'responded';
         } catch (e) {
-            if (e instanceof AbortError) {
-                abort();
-
-                if (this.debug) {
-                    console.error("Failed to handle request due to abort:", e);
-                }
-            } else {
-                console.error("Failed to handle request:",
-                    this.debug
-                        ? e
-                        : (isErrorLike(e) && e.message) || e
-                );
+            if (this.eventEmitter.listeners('requerst-handle-error').length > 0) {
+                this.eventEmitter.emit('requerst-handle-error', e);
+            }
+            else {
+                if (e instanceof AbortError) {
+                    abort();
 
-                // Do whatever we can to tell the client we broke
-                try {
-                    response.writeHead(
-                        (isErrorLike(e) && e.statusCode) || 500,
-                        (isErrorLike(e) && e.statusMessage) || 'Server error'
+                    if (this.debug) {
+                        console.error("Failed to handle request due to abort:", e);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    console.error("Failed to handle request:",
+                        this.debug
+                            ? e
+                            : (isErrorLike(e) && e.message) || e
                     );
-                } catch (e) {}
 
-                try {
-                    response.end((isErrorLike(e) && e.toString()) || e);
-                    result = result || 'responded';
-                } catch (e) {
-                    abort();
+                    // Do whatever we can to tell the client we broke
+                    try {
+                        response.writeHead(
+                            (isErrorLike(e) && e.statusCode) || 500,
+                            (isErrorLike(e) && e.statusMessage) || 'Server error'
+                        );
+                    } catch (e) {}
+
+                    try {
+                        response.end((isErrorLike(e) && e.toString()) || e);
+                        result = result || 'responded';
+                    } catch (e) {
+                        abort();
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -818,4 +825,4 @@ ${await this.suggestRule(request)}`
             response: 'aborted' // These h2 errors get no app-level response, just a shutdown.
         });
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 3153cdb2b..64aa34100 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import stream = require('stream');
 import http = require('http');
 import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
+import { ErrorLike } from './util/error';
 
 export const DEFAULT_ADMIN_SERVER_PORT = 45454;
 
@@ -205,6 +206,11 @@ export interface ClientError {
     response: CompletedResponse | 'aborted';
 }
 
+/**
+ * RequestHandlerError dummy
+ */
+ export interface RequestHandlerError extends ErrorLike {}
+
 /**
  * A mocked endpoint provides methods to see the current state of
  * a mock rule.
@@ -256,4 +262,4 @@ export interface ProxyEnvConfig {
 // A slightly weird one: this is necessary because we export types that inherit from EventEmitter,
 // so the docs include EventEmitter's methods, which @link to this type, that's otherwise not
 // defined in this module. Reexporting the values avoids warnings for that.
-export type defaultMaxListeners = typeof EventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners;
\ No newline at end of file
+export type defaultMaxListeners = typeof EventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners;
diff --git a/src/util/error.ts b/src/util/error.ts
index d7a4c5527..19a02275f 100644
--- a/src/util/error.ts
+++ b/src/util/error.ts
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ export function isErrorLike(error: any): error is ErrorLike {
         error.code ||
         error.stack
     )
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}