diff --git a/src/Mutate.test.tsx b/src/Mutate.test.tsx
index 15be474f..0e0d2482 100644
--- a/src/Mutate.test.tsx
+++ b/src/Mutate.test.tsx
@@ -294,6 +294,11 @@ describe("Mutate", () => {
           message: "Failed to fetch: 500 Internal Server Error",
           status: 500,
         });
+        expect(children.mock.calls[2][1].error).toEqual({
+          data: { error: "oh no… not again…" },
+          message: "Failed to fetch: 500 Internal Server Error",
+          status: 500,
+        });
       });
     });
 
diff --git a/src/Mutate.tsx b/src/Mutate.tsx
index 826c78c3..a2fa5e5b 100644
--- a/src/Mutate.tsx
+++ b/src/Mutate.tsx
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ class ContextlessMutate<TData, TError, TQueryParams, TRequestBody> extends React
       };
 
       this.setState({
+        error,
         loading: false,
       });