diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 43affd2..141f11d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,10 +38,11 @@ luau-vector4 = ["luau", "ffi/luau-vector4"]
 vendored = ["ffi/vendored"]
 module = ["dep:mlua_derive", "ffi/module"]
 async = ["dep:futures-util"]
-send = ["parking_lot/send_guard"]
+send = ["parking_lot/send_guard", "error-send"]
+error-send = []
 serialize = ["dep:serde", "dep:erased-serde", "dep:serde-value"]
 macros = ["mlua_derive/macros"]
-anyhow = ["dep:anyhow"]
+anyhow = ["dep:anyhow", "error-send"]
 
 [dependencies]
 mlua_derive = { version = "=0.10.0-rc.1", optional = true, path = "mlua_derive" }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a0efe8..5bd0157 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Below is a list of the available feature flags. By default `mlua` does not enabl
 * `module`: enable module mode (building loadable `cdylib` library for Lua)
 * `async`: enable async/await support (any executor can be used, eg. [tokio] or [async-std])
 * `send`: make `mlua::Lua: Send + Sync` (adds [`Send`] requirement to `mlua::Function` and `mlua::UserData`)
+* `error-send`: make `mlua:Error: Send + Sync`
 * `serialize`: add serialization and deserialization support to `mlua` types using [serde] framework
 * `macros`: enable procedural macros (such as `chunk!`)
 * `anyhow`: enable `anyhow::Error` conversion into Lua
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index fa61eda..1f24396 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use crate::private::Sealed;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "error-send")]
+type DynStdError = dyn StdError + Send + Sync;
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "error-send"))]
+type DynStdError = dyn StdError;
+
 /// Error type returned by `mlua` methods.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
@@ -191,7 +197,7 @@ pub enum Error {
     /// Returning `Err(ExternalError(...))` from a Rust callback will raise the error as a Lua
     /// error. The Rust code that originally invoked the Lua code then receives a `CallbackError`,
     /// from which the original error (and a stack traceback) can be recovered.
-    ExternalError(Arc<dyn StdError + Send + Sync>),
+    ExternalError(Arc<DynStdError>),
     /// An error with additional context.
     WithContext {
         /// A string containing additional context.
@@ -345,7 +351,7 @@ impl Error {
 
     /// Wraps an external error object.
     #[inline]
-    pub fn external<T: Into<Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync>>>(err: T) -> Self {
+    pub fn external<T: Into<Box<DynStdError>>>(err: T) -> Self {
         Error::ExternalError(err.into().into())
     }
 
@@ -406,7 +412,7 @@ pub trait ExternalError {
     fn into_lua_err(self) -> Error;
 }
 
-impl<E: Into<Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync>>> ExternalError for E {
+impl<E: Into<Box<DynStdError>>> ExternalError for E {
     fn into_lua_err(self) -> Error {
         Error::external(self)
     }
@@ -552,3 +558,13 @@ impl<'a> Iterator for Chain<'a> {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod assertions {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "error-send"))]
+    static_assertions::assert_not_impl_any!(Error: Send, Sync);
+    #[cfg(feature = "send")]
+    static_assertions::assert_impl_all!(Error: Send, Sync);
+}