diff --git a/brownie/network/contract.py b/brownie/network/contract.py
index 44ce7cab3..f8de57a88 100644
--- a/brownie/network/contract.py
+++ b/brownie/network/contract.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     VirtualMachineError,
 )
 from brownie.project import compiler, ethpm
+from brownie.project.compiler.solidity import SOLIDITY_ERROR_CODES
 from brownie.typing import AccountsType, TransactionReceiptType
 from brownie.utils import color
 from brownie.utils.toposort import toposort_flatten
@@ -1532,12 +1533,20 @@ def call(self, *args: Tuple, block_identifier: Union[int, str, bytes] = None) ->
         except ValueError as e:
             raise VirtualMachineError(e) from None
 
-        if HexBytes(data)[:4].hex() == "0x08c379a0":
+        selector = HexBytes(data)[:4].hex()
+
+        if selector == "0x08c379a0":
             revert_str = eth_abi.decode_abi(["string"], HexBytes(data)[4:])[0]
             raise ValueError(f"Call reverted: {revert_str}")
+        elif selector == "0x4e487b71":
+            error_code = int(HexBytes(data)[4:].hex(), 16)
+            if error_code in SOLIDITY_ERROR_CODES:
+                revert_str = SOLIDITY_ERROR_CODES[error_code]
+            else:
+                revert_str = f"Panic (error code: {error_code})"
+            raise ValueError(f"Call reverted: {revert_str}")
         if self.abi["outputs"] and not data:
             raise ValueError("No data was returned - the call likely reverted")
-
         return self.decode_output(data)
 
     def transact(self, *args: Tuple) -> TransactionReceiptType: