diff --git a/js/rhino/src/org/mozilla/javascript/NativeGlobal.java b/js/rhino/src/org/mozilla/javascript/NativeGlobal.java
index 45e9bc69e65e..ac2c4d9afbcf 100644
--- a/js/rhino/src/org/mozilla/javascript/NativeGlobal.java
+++ b/js/rhino/src/org/mozilla/javascript/NativeGlobal.java
@@ -576,7 +576,8 @@ public class NativeGlobal implements IdFunctionMaster {
 
         Object args[] = { message };
         try {
-            Object errorObject = cx.newObject(scopeObject, error, args);
+            Scriptable errorObject = cx.newObject(scopeObject, error, args);
+            errorObject.put("name", errorObject, error);
             return new EcmaError((NativeError)errorObject, sourceName,
                                  lineNumber, columnNumber, lineSource);
         }