diff --git a/src/stub/core_impl.rs b/src/stub/core_impl.rs
index 90cc5f44..6175f4fa 100644
--- a/src/stub/core_impl.rs
+++ b/src/stub/core_impl.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ pub(crate) mod target_result_ext {
                 Err(TargetError::Errno(code)) => code,
                 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
                 Err(TargetError::Io(e)) => e.raw_os_error().unwrap_or(121) as u8,
+                #[cfg(feature = "std")]
+                Err(TargetError::FatalCore(e)) => return Err(InternalError::TargetCoreError(e)),
             };
 
             Err(InternalError::NonFatalError(code))
diff --git a/src/stub/error.rs b/src/stub/error.rs
index 5b311dea..5e428913 100644
--- a/src/stub/error.rs
+++ b/src/stub/error.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ pub(crate) enum InternalError<T, C> {
     /// Target encountered a fatal error.
     TargetError(T),
 
+    /// Target encountered a fatal error. More information may be available
+    /// in the source of the error.
+    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
+    TargetCoreError(Box<dyn core::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static>),
+
     ClientSentNack,
     PacketBufferOverflow,
     PacketParse(PacketParseError),
@@ -140,6 +145,8 @@ where
             PacketUnexpected => write!(f, "Client sent an unexpected packet. This should never happen! Please re-run with `log` trace-level logging enabled and file an issue at https://github.com/daniel5151/gdbstub/issues"),
             TargetMismatch => write!(f, "Received a packet with too much data for the given target"),
             TargetError(e) => write!(f, "Target threw a fatal error: {}", e),
+            #[cfg(feature = "std")]
+            TargetCoreError(e) => write!(f, "Target threw a fatal error: {}", e),
             UnsupportedStopReason => write!(f, "{} {}", unsupported_stop_reason!(), CONTEXT),
             UnexpectedStepPacket => write!(f, "{} {}", unexpected_step_packet!(), CONTEXT),
 
@@ -159,6 +166,16 @@ where
     C: Debug + Display,
     T: Debug + Display,
 {
+    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
+    fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn CoreError + 'static)> {
+        let GdbStubError {
+            kind: InternalError::TargetCoreError(e),
+        } = self
+        else {
+            return None;
+        };
+        e.source()
+    }
 }
 
 impl<T, C> GdbStubError<T, C> {
@@ -175,6 +192,15 @@ impl<T, C> GdbStubError<T, C> {
         }
     }
 
+    /// If the error was due to a core error, return the core error trait.
+    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
+    pub fn into_core_error(self) -> Option<Box<dyn core::error::Error>> {
+        match self.kind {
+            InternalError::TargetCoreError(e) => Some(e),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Check if the error was due to a connection error.
     pub fn is_connection_error(&self) -> bool {
         matches!(self.kind, InternalError::Connection(..))
diff --git a/src/target/mod.rs b/src/target/mod.rs
index 3143e878..132c6708 100644
--- a/src/target/mod.rs
+++ b/src/target/mod.rs
@@ -324,6 +324,13 @@ pub enum TargetError<E> {
     /// debugging session, and return a
     /// [`GdbStubError`](crate::stub::GdbStubError)!
     Fatal(E),
+    /// A generic fatal error with a core Error implementation.
+    ///
+    /// **WARNING:** Returning this error will immediately terminate the GDB
+    /// debugging session, and return a
+    /// [`GdbStubError`](crate::stub::GdbStubError)!
+    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
+    FatalCore(Box<dyn core::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static>),
 }
 
 /// Converts a `()` into a `TargetError::NonFatal`.