diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 2141c3e..5d08b97 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 interface MetaMaskEthereumProvider {
   isMetaMask?: boolean;
+  isBraveWallet?: boolean;
   once(eventName: string | symbol, listener: (...args: any[]) => void): this;
   on(eventName: string | symbol, listener: (...args: any[]) => void): this;
   off(eventName: string | symbol, listener: (...args: any[]) => void): this;
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ function detectEthereumProvider<T = MetaMaskEthereumProvider>({
 
       const { ethereum } = window as Window;
 
-      if (ethereum && (!mustBeMetaMask || ethereum.isMetaMask)) {
+      if (ethereum && (!mustBeMetaMask || (ethereum.isMetaMask && !ethereum.isBraveWallet))) {
         resolve(ethereum as unknown as T);
       } else {
 
diff --git a/test/spec.js b/test/spec.js
index 7489cf9..d979966 100644
--- a/test/spec.js
+++ b/test/spec.js
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ const mockGlobalProps = (ethereum) => {
 const providerWithMetaMask = {
   isMetaMask: true,
 }
+const providerWithBrave = {
+  isMetaMask: true,
+  isBraveWallet: true,
+}
+
 const providerNoMetaMask = {}
 const noProvider = null
 
@@ -48,6 +53,17 @@ test('detectProvider: mustBeMetamask with ethereum already set', async function
   t.end()
 })
 
+test('detectProvider: mustBeMetamask with Brave ethereum already set', async function (t) {
+
+  mockGlobalProps(providerWithBrave)
+
+  const result = await detectProvider({ timeout: 1, mustBeMetaMask: true })
+  t.equal(result, null, 'promise should have resolved null')
+  t.ok(window.addEventListener.notCalled, 'addEventListener should not have been called')
+  t.ok(window.removeEventListener.calledOnce, 'removeEventListener called once')
+  t.end()
+})
+
 test('detectProvider: mustBeMetamask with non-MetaMask ethereum already set', async function (t) {
 
   mockGlobalProps(providerNoMetaMask)