diff --git a/lib/core/Axios.js b/lib/core/Axios.js
index 2713364a0a..2765bbbda3 100644
--- a/lib/core/Axios.js
+++ b/lib/core/Axios.js
@@ -46,12 +46,15 @@ class Axios {
 
         // slice off the Error: ... line
         const stack = dummy.stack ? dummy.stack.replace(/^.+\n/, '') : '';
-
-        if (!err.stack) {
-          err.stack = stack;
-          // match without the 2 top stack lines
-        } else if (stack && !String(err.stack).endsWith(stack.replace(/^.+\n.+\n/, ''))) {
-          err.stack += '\n' + stack
+        try {
+          if (!err.stack) {
+            err.stack = stack;
+            // match without the 2 top stack lines
+          } else if (stack && !String(err.stack).endsWith(stack.replace(/^.+\n.+\n/, ''))) {
+            err.stack += '\n' + stack
+          }
+        } catch (e) {
+          // ignore the case where "stack" is an un-writable property
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/core/Axios.js b/test/unit/core/Axios.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8958ad1d0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/core/Axios.js
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import Axios from "../../../lib/core/Axios.js";
+import assert from "assert";
+
+describe('Axios', function () {
+  describe("handle un-writable error stack", function () {
+    async function testUnwritableErrorStack(stackAttributes) {
+      const axios = new Axios({});
+      // mock axios._request to return an Error with an un-writable stack property
+      axios._request = () => {
+        const mockError = new Error("test-error");
+        Object.defineProperty(mockError, "stack", stackAttributes);
+        throw mockError;
+      }
+      try {
+        await axios.request("test-url", {})
+      } catch (e) {
+        assert.strictEqual(e.message, "test-error")
+      }
+    }
+
+    it('should support errors with a defined but un-writable stack', async function () {
+      await testUnwritableErrorStack({value: {}, writable: false})
+    });
+
+    it('should support errors with an undefined and un-writable stack', async function () {
+      await testUnwritableErrorStack({value: undefined, writable: false})
+    });
+
+    it('should support errors with a custom getter/setter for the stack property', async function () {
+      await testUnwritableErrorStack({
+        get: () => ({}),
+        set: () => {
+          throw new Error('read-only');
+        }
+      })
+    });
+
+    it('should support errors with a custom getter/setter for the stack property (null case)', async function () {
+      await testUnwritableErrorStack({
+        get: () => null,
+        set: () => {
+          throw new Error('read-only');
+        }
+      })
+    });
+  })
+});