diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 5ea0be90af..c74e93ca92 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ export interface AxiosStatic extends AxiosInstance {
   isCancel(value: any): boolean;
   all<T>(values: (T | Promise<T>)[]): Promise<T[]>;
   spread<T, R>(callback: (...args: T[]) => R): (array: T[]) => R;
+  isAxiosError(payload: any): payload is AxiosError;
 }
 
 declare const axios: AxiosStatic;
diff --git a/lib/axios.js b/lib/axios.js
index 8142437983..c6357b0055 100644
--- a/lib/axios.js
+++ b/lib/axios.js
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ axios.all = function all(promises) {
 };
 axios.spread = require('./helpers/spread');
 
+// Expose isAxiosError
+axios.isAxiosError = require('./helpers/isAxiosError');
+
 module.exports = axios;
 
 // Allow use of default import syntax in TypeScript
diff --git a/lib/helpers/isAxiosError.js b/lib/helpers/isAxiosError.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29ff41af8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/helpers/isAxiosError.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * Determines whether the payload is an error thrown by Axios
+ *
+ * @param {*} payload The value to test
+ * @returns {boolean} True if the payload is an error thrown by Axios, otherwise false
+ */
+module.exports = function isAxiosError(payload) {
+  return (typeof payload === 'object') && (payload.isAxiosError === true);
+};
diff --git a/test/specs/api.spec.js b/test/specs/api.spec.js
index 1a09cf7ce6..eaeadfa2d7 100644
--- a/test/specs/api.spec.js
+++ b/test/specs/api.spec.js
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ describe('static api', function () {
     expect(typeof axios.CancelToken).toEqual('function');
     expect(typeof axios.isCancel).toEqual('function');
   });
+
+  it('should have isAxiosError properties', function () {
+    expect(typeof axios.isAxiosError).toEqual('function');
+  });
 });
 
 describe('instance api', function () {
diff --git a/test/specs/helpers/isAxiosError.spec.js b/test/specs/helpers/isAxiosError.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7aeef85f53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/specs/helpers/isAxiosError.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+var createError = require('../../../lib/core/createError');
+var enhanceError = require('../../../lib/core/enhanceError');
+var isAxiosError = require('../../../lib/helpers/isAxiosError');
+
+describe('helpers::isAxiosError', function () {
+  it('should return true if the error is created by core::createError', function () {
+    expect(isAxiosError(createError('Boom!', { foo: 'bar' })))
+      .toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('should return true if the error is enhanced by core::enhanceError', function () {
+    expect(isAxiosError(enhanceError(new Error('Boom!'), { foo: 'bar' })))
+      .toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('should return false if the error is a normal Error instance', function () {
+    expect(isAxiosError(new Error('Boom!')))
+      .toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/specs/instance.spec.js b/test/specs/instance.spec.js
index 5224df299c..bd9e9fbd62 100644
--- a/test/specs/instance.spec.js
+++ b/test/specs/instance.spec.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ describe('instance', function () {
         'isCancel',
         'all',
         'spread',
+        'isAxiosError',
         'default'].indexOf(prop) > -1) {
         continue;
       }
diff --git a/test/typescript/axios.ts b/test/typescript/axios.ts
index c244cb1aa7..1a1b6a7645 100644
--- a/test/typescript/axios.ts
+++ b/test/typescript/axios.ts
@@ -358,3 +358,12 @@ axios.get('/user', {
 });
 
 source.cancel('Operation has been canceled.');
+
+// AxiosError
+
+axios.get('/user')
+  .catch((error) => {
+    if (axios.isAxiosError(error)) {
+      const axiosError: AxiosError = error;
+    }
+  });