diff --git a/History.txt b/History.txt
index a2ae735..effce26 100644
--- a/History.txt
+++ b/History.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 === 1.73.3 2012-xx-xx
 RedJS 0.4 compatible
 
+* allow try-catch-ing ScriptError (besides StandardError) in JS
 * support for yield in JS property access via the [], []= methods
 * refactor access implementations to classes + introduce a shared base
 * missing explicit require 'rhino/version'
diff --git a/lib/rhino/ruby.rb b/lib/rhino/ruby.rb
index e874845..689a902 100644
--- a/lib/rhino/ruby.rb
+++ b/lib/rhino/ruby.rb
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ module Rhino
               @callable
             end
           result = callable.call(*rb_args)
-        rescue StandardError => e
+        rescue StandardError, ScriptError => e
           raise Ruby.wrap_error(e) # thus `try { } catch (e)` works in JS
         end
         Rhino.to_javascript(result, scope)
diff --git a/spec/rhino/redjs_spec.rb b/spec/rhino/redjs_spec.rb
index 493c231..19b4d15 100644
--- a/spec/rhino/redjs_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rhino/redjs_spec.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,25 @@ puts "will run JavaScript specs from RedJS #{RedJS::VERSION}"
 describe Rhino::Context do
   
   it_behaves_like 'RedJS::Context'
+
+  # TODO: remove if present in RedJS
+  it "catched ScriptError in JS" do
+    klass = Class.new do
+      def muu(*args)
+        args && raise(ScriptError.new('muu'))
+      end
+    end
+    
+    error = nil
+    lambda {
+      RedJS::Context.new do |cxt|
+        cxt['obj'] = klass.new
+        error = cxt.eval('var error; try { obj.muu(); error = null } catch(e) { error = e }')
+      end
+    }.should_not raise_error
+    error.should_not be nil
+    error.should be_a ScriptError
+  end
   
   it "keeps objects iterable when property accessor is provided" do
     klass = Class.new do