diff --git a/src/packet/packet.js b/src/packet/packet.js
index a1e646c8..4dfcfa9f 100644
--- a/src/packet/packet.js
+++ b/src/packet/packet.js
@@ -286,6 +286,18 @@ export class UnknownPacketError extends UnsupportedError {
   }
 }
 
+export class MalformedPacketError extends UnsupportedError {
+  constructor(...params) {
+    super(...params);
+
+    if (Error.captureStackTrace) {
+      Error.captureStackTrace(this, UnsupportedError);
+    }
+
+    this.name = 'MalformedPacketError';
+  }
+}
+
 export class UnparseablePacket {
   constructor(tag, rawContent) {
     this.tag = tag;
diff --git a/src/packet/packetlist.js b/src/packet/packetlist.js
index e48677b9..a7ab8eb0 100644
--- a/src/packet/packetlist.js
+++ b/src/packet/packetlist.js
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import {
   writePartialLength, writeSimpleLength,
   UnparseablePacket,
   UnsupportedError,
-  UnknownPacketError
+  UnknownPacketError,
+  MalformedPacketError
 } from './packet';
 import util from '../util';
 import enums from '../enums';
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ class PacketList extends Array {
                 await packet.read(parsed.packet, config);
               } catch (e) {
                 if (!(e instanceof UnsupportedError)) {
-                  e.name = 'MalformedPacketError';
+                  throw util.wrapError(new MalformedPacketError(`Parsing ${packet.constructor.name} failed`), e);
                 }
                 throw e;
               }
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ class PacketList extends Array {
               // In case of packet parsing errors, e.name was set to 'MalformedPacketError' above.
               // By default, we throw for these errors.
               const throwMalformedPacketError =
-                e.name === 'MalformedPacketError' &&
+                e instanceof MalformedPacketError &&
                 !config.ignoreMalformedPackets;
               // The packets that support streaming are the ones that contain message data.
               // Those are also the ones we want to be more strict about and throw on all errors
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ class PacketList extends Array {
               const throwOtherError = !(
                 e instanceof UnknownPacketError ||
                 e instanceof UnsupportedError ||
-                e.name === 'MalformedPacketError'
+                e instanceof MalformedPacketError
               );
               if (
                 throwUnknownPacketError ||
diff --git a/src/util.js b/src/util.js
index c57ea431..3c6bf707 100644
--- a/src/util.js
+++ b/src/util.js
@@ -593,17 +593,23 @@ const util = {
     }).join('\n');
   },
 
-  wrapError: function(message, error) {
-    if (!error) {
-      return new Error(message);
+  wrapError: function(error, cause) {
+    if (!cause) {
+      if (error instanceof Error) {
+        return error;
+      }
+      return new Error(error);
     }
 
-    // update error message
-    try {
-      error.message = message + ': ' + error.message;
-    } catch (e) {}
-
-    return error;
+    if (error instanceof Error) {
+      // update error message
+      try {
+        error.message += ': ' + cause.message;
+        error.cause = cause;
+      } catch (e) {}
+      return error;
+    }
+    return new Error(error + ': ' + cause.message, { cause });
   },
 
   /**