diff --git a/apps/openmw-mp/Script/LuaState.cpp b/apps/openmw-mp/Script/LuaState.cpp
index cf8c81c86..5cf2bbcc2 100644
--- a/apps/openmw-mp/Script/LuaState.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw-mp/Script/LuaState.cpp
@@ -80,6 +80,17 @@ LuaState::LuaState()
     configEnv = sol::environment(*lua, sol::create, lua->globals());
     lua->set("Config", configEnv); // plain global environment for mod configuration
 
+    // Enable a special Sol error handler for Windows, because exceptions aren't caught properly
+    // in main.cpp for it
+#if defined(SOL_SAFE_FUNCTIONS) && defined(WIN32)
+    lua->set_function("ErrorHandler", [](sol::object error_msg) {
+        LOG_MESSAGE_SIMPLE(Log::LOG_ERROR, ("Lua: " + error_msg.as<string>()).c_str());
+    });
+
+    sol::reference errHandler = (*lua)["ErrorHandler"];
+    sol::protected_function::set_default_handler(errHandler);
+#endif
+
     sol::table Constants = lua->create_named_table("Constants");
     
     Constants.set_function("getAttributeCount", []() {