diff --git a/src/ServiceLogger.js b/src/ServiceLogger.js
index 684bfad..9dca24f 100755
--- a/src/ServiceLogger.js
+++ b/src/ServiceLogger.js
@@ -262,6 +262,10 @@ class ServiceLogger {
 
     error(message, additionalFields) {
         if (this.silence) return;
+        if (message instanceof Error) {
+            this._moveMsgObject("error", message.message, Object.assign({}, message, {stack: message.stack}, additionalFields));
+            return;
+        }
         this._moveMsgObject("error", message, additionalFields);
     }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/Log.test.js b/test/unit/Log.test.js
index e3b3767..912a9a4 100644
--- a/test/unit/Log.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/Log.test.js
@@ -14,19 +14,19 @@ describe("Log UNIT", function() {
         });
 
         new Logger({
-            "productionMode": true,
-            "logDir": "logs",
-            "silence": false,
-            "loggerName": "dev",
-            "dockerMode": true,
-            "varKey": "TLOG",
-            "logFieldOptions": {
-                "log_type": "application",
-                "application_type": "service",
-                "service": "test-service"
+            productionMode: true,
+            logDir: "logs",
+            silence: false,
+            loggerName: "dev",
+            dockerMode: true,
+            varKey: "TLOG",
+            logFieldOptions: {
+                log_type: "application",
+                application_type: "service",
+                service: "test-service"
             },
-            "serviceName": "test-service",
-            "level": "DEBUG"
+            serviceName: "test-service",
+            level: "DEBUG"
         });
 
         const cor_value = "i-am-a-correlation-id";
@@ -40,4 +40,81 @@ describe("Log UNIT", function() {
         assert.ok(captured.includes(cor_value));
         assert.equal(captured.split("\n").length, 4);
     });
+
+    describe("Logging of error objects", () => {
+        const cor_value = "i-am-a-correlation-id";
+        const errorMessage = "Error message";
+        const additionalText = "this is an additional property";
+        const additionalProperty = "additionalPropertyOnError";
+
+        it("should log error objects", () => {
+            let captured = "";
+            new Logger({
+                productionMode: true,
+                logDir: "logs",
+                silence: false,
+                loggerName: "dev",
+                dockerMode: true,
+                varKey: "ELOG",
+                logFieldOptions: {
+                    log_type: "application",
+                    application_type: "service",
+                    service: "test-service"
+                },
+                serviceName: "test-service",
+                level: "DEBUG"
+            });
+
+            const testLogger = ELOG.createChild({"correlation-id": cor_value});
+            const error = new Error(errorMessage);
+            error[additionalProperty] = additionalText;
+
+            const unhook_intercept = intercept(txt => captured += txt);
+            testLogger.error(error);
+
+            unhook_intercept();
+
+            assert.ok(captured.includes(`"${additionalProperty}":"${additionalText}"`), "includes the additional property");
+            assert.ok(captured.includes(`"stack":"Error: ${errorMessage}\\n`), "Includes the stacktrace");
+            assert.ok(captured.includes(`"msg":"${errorMessage}"`), "Includes the error message as log msg property");
+            assert.ok(captured.includes(`"correlation-id":"${cor_value}"`), "Includes the error message as log msg property");
+        });
+        it("should log extended error objects", () => {
+            let captured = "";
+            new Logger({
+                productionMode: true,
+                logDir: "logs",
+                silence: false,
+                loggerName: "dev",
+                dockerMode: true,
+                varKey: "ELOG",
+                logFieldOptions: {
+                    log_type: "application",
+                    application_type: "service",
+                    service: "test-service"
+                },
+                serviceName: "test-service",
+                level: "DEBUG"
+            });
+
+            const testLogger = ELOG.createChild({"correlation-id": cor_value});
+            class ExtError extends Error {
+                constructor(message) {
+                    super(message);
+                    this[additionalProperty] = additionalText;
+                }
+            }
+            const error = new ExtError(errorMessage);
+
+            const unhook_intercept = intercept(txt => captured += txt);
+            testLogger.error(error);
+
+            unhook_intercept();
+
+            assert.ok(captured.includes(`"${additionalProperty}":"${additionalText}"`), "includes the additional property");
+            assert.ok(captured.includes(`"stack":"Error: ${errorMessage}\\n`), "Includes the stacktrace");
+            assert.ok(captured.includes(`"msg":"${errorMessage}"`), "Includes the error message as log msg property");
+            assert.ok(captured.includes(`"correlation-id":"${cor_value}"`), "Includes the error message as log msg property");
+        });
+    });
 });
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