diff --git a/Sources/OpenAPIRuntime/Conversion/Configuration.swift b/Sources/OpenAPIRuntime/Conversion/Configuration.swift
index e0b593a..23469ab 100644
--- a/Sources/OpenAPIRuntime/Conversion/Configuration.swift
+++ b/Sources/OpenAPIRuntime/Conversion/Configuration.swift
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ extension JSONDecoder.DateDecodingStrategy {
     }
 }
 
+public protocol DecodingErrorHandler: Sendable {
+    func willThrow(_ error: any Error)
+}
+
 /// A set of configuration values used by the generated client and server types.
 public struct Configuration: Sendable {
 
@@ -105,6 +109,8 @@ public struct Configuration: Sendable {
     /// The generator to use when creating mutlipart bodies.
     public var multipartBoundaryGenerator: any MultipartBoundaryGenerator
 
+    public var decodingErrorHandler: (any DecodingErrorHandler)?
+
     /// Creates a new configuration with the specified values.
     ///
     /// - Parameters:
@@ -113,9 +119,11 @@ public struct Configuration: Sendable {
     ///   - multipartBoundaryGenerator: The generator to use when creating mutlipart bodies.
     public init(
         dateTranscoder: any DateTranscoder = .iso8601,
-        multipartBoundaryGenerator: any MultipartBoundaryGenerator = .random
+        multipartBoundaryGenerator: any MultipartBoundaryGenerator = .random,
+        decodingErrorHandler: (any DecodingErrorHandler)? = nil
     ) {
         self.dateTranscoder = dateTranscoder
         self.multipartBoundaryGenerator = multipartBoundaryGenerator
+        self.decodingErrorHandler = decodingErrorHandler
     }
 }
diff --git a/Sources/OpenAPIRuntime/Conversion/CurrencyExtensions.swift b/Sources/OpenAPIRuntime/Conversion/CurrencyExtensions.swift
index 38a1711..988bba9 100644
--- a/Sources/OpenAPIRuntime/Conversion/CurrencyExtensions.swift
+++ b/Sources/OpenAPIRuntime/Conversion/CurrencyExtensions.swift
@@ -132,7 +132,14 @@ extension Converter {
     /// - Throws: An error if decoding from the body fails.
     func convertJSONToBodyCodable<T: Decodable>(_ body: HTTPBody) async throws -> T {
         let data = try await Data(collecting: body, upTo: .max)
-        return try decoder.decode(T.self, from: data)
+        do {
+            return try decoder.decode(T.self, from: data)
+        } catch {
+            if let decodingErrorHandler = configuration.decodingErrorHandler {
+                decodingErrorHandler.willThrow(error)
+            }
+            throw error
+        }
     }
 
     /// Returns a JSON body for the provided encodable value.
diff --git a/Tests/OpenAPIRuntimeTests/Conversion/Test_Converter+Client.swift b/Tests/OpenAPIRuntimeTests/Conversion/Test_Converter+Client.swift
index 4a7b669..ee2b540 100644
--- a/Tests/OpenAPIRuntimeTests/Conversion/Test_Converter+Client.swift
+++ b/Tests/OpenAPIRuntimeTests/Conversion/Test_Converter+Client.swift
@@ -207,6 +207,40 @@ final class Test_ClientConverterExtensions: Test_Runtime {
         XCTAssertEqual(value, testStruct)
     }
 
+    func testDecodingErrorHandler() async throws {
+        let decodingErrorHandler = TestDecodingErrorHandler()
+        let converter = Converter(
+            configuration: Configuration(
+                decodingErrorHandler: decodingErrorHandler
+            )
+        )
+        do {
+            _ = try await converter.getResponseBodyAsJSON(
+                TestPetDetailed.self,
+                from: .init(testStructData),
+                transforming: { $0 }
+            )
+            XCTFail("Unreachable")
+        } catch {
+            XCTAssertEqual(decodingErrorHandler.errorsThrown.count, 1)
+            let interceptedError = try XCTUnwrap(decodingErrorHandler.errorsThrown.first as? DecodingError)
+            switch interceptedError {
+            case .typeMismatch, .valueNotFound, .dataCorrupted:
+                XCTFail("Unreachable")
+            case .keyNotFound(let key, let context):
+                XCTAssertEqual(key.stringValue, "type")
+                XCTAssertEqual(
+                    context.debugDescription,
+                    """
+                    No value associated with key CodingKeys(stringValue: "type", intValue: nil) ("type").
+                    """
+                )
+            @unknown default:
+                XCTFail("Unreachable")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     //    | client | get | response body | binary | required | getResponseBodyAsBinary |
     func test_getResponseBodyAsBinary_data() async throws {
         let value: HTTPBody = try converter.getResponseBodyAsBinary(
@@ -256,3 +290,20 @@ public func XCTAssertEqualStringifiedData(
         XCTAssertEqual(actualString, try expression2(), file: file, line: line)
     } catch { XCTFail(error.localizedDescription, file: file, line: line) }
 }
+
+final class TestDecodingErrorHandler: DecodingErrorHandler, @unchecked Sendable {
+    private let lock = NSLock()
+    private var _errorsThrown = [any Error]()
+
+    var errorsThrown: [any Error] {
+        lock.lock()
+        defer { lock.unlock() }
+        return _errorsThrown
+    }
+
+    func willThrow(_ error: any Error) {
+        lock.lock()
+        _errorsThrown.append(error)
+        lock.unlock()
+    }
+}