diff --git a/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js b/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js
index b04cf054..a91dfd6a 100644
--- a/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js
+++ b/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js
@@ -6237,8 +6237,11 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().QueueRunner = function(j$) {
 
   QueueRunner.prototype.execute = function() {
     var self = this;
-    this.handleFinalError = function(error) {
-      self.onException(error);
+    this.handleFinalError = function(message, source, lineno, colno, error) {
+      // Older browsers would send the error as the first parameter. HTML5
+      // specifies the the five parameters above. The error instance should
+      // be preffered, otherwise the call stack would get lost.
+      self.onException(error || message);
     };
     this.globalErrors.pushListener(this.handleFinalError);
     this.run(0);
diff --git a/spec/core/GlobalErrorsSpec.js b/spec/core/GlobalErrorsSpec.js
index 9ff19891..3880b041 100644
--- a/spec/core/GlobalErrorsSpec.js
+++ b/spec/core/GlobalErrorsSpec.js
@@ -12,6 +12,26 @@ describe('GlobalErrors', function() {
     expect(handler).toHaveBeenCalledWith('foo');
   });
 
+  it('calls the global error handler with all parameters', function() {
+    var fakeGlobal = { onerror: null },
+      handler = jasmine.createSpy('errorHandler'),
+      errors = new jasmineUnderTest.GlobalErrors(fakeGlobal),
+      fooError = new Error('foo');
+
+    errors.install();
+    errors.pushListener(handler);
+
+    fakeGlobal.onerror(fooError.message, 'foo.js', 1, 1, fooError);
+
+    expect(handler).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      fooError.message,
+      'foo.js',
+      1,
+      1,
+      fooError
+    );
+  });
+
   it('only calls the most recent handler', function() {
     var fakeGlobal = { onerror: null },
       handler1 = jasmine.createSpy('errorHandler1'),
diff --git a/spec/core/QueueRunnerSpec.js b/spec/core/QueueRunnerSpec.js
index e0b4c23c..ac18b81d 100644
--- a/spec/core/QueueRunnerSpec.js
+++ b/spec/core/QueueRunnerSpec.js
@@ -514,6 +514,32 @@ describe('QueueRunner', function() {
     });
   });
 
+  it('passes the error instance to exception handlers in HTML browsers', function() {
+    var error = new Error('fake error'),
+      onExceptionCallback = jasmine.createSpy('on exception callback'),
+      queueRunner = new jasmineUnderTest.QueueRunner({
+        onException: onExceptionCallback
+      });
+
+    queueRunner.execute();
+    queueRunner.handleFinalError(error.message, 'fake.js', 1, 1, error);
+
+    expect(onExceptionCallback).toHaveBeenCalledWith(error);
+  });
+
+  it('passes the first argument to exception handlers for compatibility', function() {
+    var error = new Error('fake error'),
+      onExceptionCallback = jasmine.createSpy('on exception callback'),
+      queueRunner = new jasmineUnderTest.QueueRunner({
+        onException: onExceptionCallback
+      });
+
+    queueRunner.execute();
+    queueRunner.handleFinalError(error.message);
+
+    expect(onExceptionCallback).toHaveBeenCalledWith(error.message);
+  });
+
   it('calls exception handlers when an exception is thrown in a fn', function() {
     var queueableFn = {
         type: 'queueable',
diff --git a/src/core/QueueRunner.js b/src/core/QueueRunner.js
index 63bc60ba..28c1153f 100644
--- a/src/core/QueueRunner.js
+++ b/src/core/QueueRunner.js
@@ -49,8 +49,11 @@ getJasmineRequireObj().QueueRunner = function(j$) {
 
   QueueRunner.prototype.execute = function() {
     var self = this;
-    this.handleFinalError = function(error) {
-      self.onException(error);
+    this.handleFinalError = function(message, source, lineno, colno, error) {
+      // Older browsers would send the error as the first parameter. HTML5
+      // specifies the the five parameters above. The error instance should
+      // be preffered, otherwise the call stack would get lost.
+      self.onException(error || message);
     };
     this.globalErrors.pushListener(this.handleFinalError);
     this.run(0);