diff --git a/vertx-web/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/web/Router.java b/vertx-web/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/web/Router.java
index dc306a7106..7a9d73b89f 100644
--- a/vertx-web/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/web/Router.java
+++ b/vertx-web/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/web/Router.java
@@ -372,6 +372,18 @@ static Router router(Vertx vertx) {
   @Fluent
   Router errorHandler(int statusCode, Handler<RoutingContext> errorHandler);
 
+  /**
+   * Specify an handler to handle an error for any status code that doesn't have a specific handler assigned.
+   * The handler will be called when the context fails and other failure handlers didn't write the reply or when an exception is thrown inside an handler.
+   * You <b>must not</b> use {@link RoutingContext#next()} inside the error handler
+   * This does not affect the normal failure routing logic.
+   *
+   * @param errorHandler error handler. Note: You <b>must not</b> use {@link RoutingContext#next()} inside the provided handler
+   * @return a reference to this, so the API can be used fluently
+   */
+  @Fluent
+  Router uncaughtErrorHandler(Handler<RoutingContext> errorHandler);
+
   /**
    * Used to route a context to the router. Used for sub-routers. You wouldn't normally call this method directly.
    *
diff --git a/vertx-web/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/web/impl/RouterImpl.java b/vertx-web/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/web/impl/RouterImpl.java
index 416584a581..2fc1ccdd8f 100644
--- a/vertx-web/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/web/impl/RouterImpl.java
+++ b/vertx-web/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/web/impl/RouterImpl.java
@@ -297,6 +297,12 @@ public synchronized Router errorHandler(int statusCode, Handler<RoutingContext>
     return this;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public synchronized Router uncaughtErrorHandler(Handler<RoutingContext> errorHandler) {
+    state = state.setUncaughtErrorHandler(errorHandler);
+    return this;
+  }
+
   synchronized void add(RouteImpl route) {
     state = state.addRoute(route);
     // notify the listeners as the routes are changed
diff --git a/vertx-web/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/web/impl/RouterState.java b/vertx-web/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/web/impl/RouterState.java
index 0d08a7a172..e7e4f625b5 100644
--- a/vertx-web/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/web/impl/RouterState.java
+++ b/vertx-web/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/web/impl/RouterState.java
@@ -57,15 +57,17 @@ final class RouterState {
   private final TreeSet<RouteImpl> routes;
   private final int orderSequence;
   private final Map<Integer, Handler<RoutingContext>> errorHandlers;
+  private final Handler<RoutingContext> uncaughtErrorHandler;
   private final Handler<Router> modifiedHandler;
   private final AllowForwardHeaders allowForward;
   private final Map<String, Object> metadata;
 
-  public RouterState(RouterImpl router, TreeSet<RouteImpl> routes, int orderSequence, Map<Integer, Handler<RoutingContext>> errorHandlers, Handler<Router> modifiedHandler, AllowForwardHeaders allowForward, Map<String, Object> metadata) {
+  public RouterState(RouterImpl router, TreeSet<RouteImpl> routes, int orderSequence, Map<Integer, Handler<RoutingContext>> errorHandlers, final Handler<RoutingContext> uncaughtErrorHandler, Handler<Router> modifiedHandler, AllowForwardHeaders allowForward, Map<String, Object> metadata) {
     this.router = router;
     this.routes = routes;
     this.orderSequence = orderSequence;
     this.errorHandlers = errorHandlers;
+    this.uncaughtErrorHandler = uncaughtErrorHandler;
     this.modifiedHandler = modifiedHandler;
     this.allowForward = allowForward;
     this.metadata = metadata;
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ public RouterState(RouterImpl router) {
       0,
       null,
       null,
+      null,
       AllowForwardHeaders.NONE,
       null);
   }
@@ -99,6 +102,7 @@ RouterState setRoutes(Set<RouteImpl> routes) {
       new TreeSet<>(routeComparator),
       this.orderSequence,
       this.errorHandlers,
+      this.uncaughtErrorHandler,
       this.modifiedHandler,
       this.allowForward,
       this.metadata);
@@ -119,6 +123,7 @@ RouterState addRoute(RouteImpl route) {
       routes,
       this.orderSequence,
       this.errorHandlers,
+      this.uncaughtErrorHandler,
       this.modifiedHandler,
       this.allowForward,
       this.metadata);
@@ -130,6 +135,7 @@ RouterState clearRoutes() {
       new TreeSet<>(routeComparator),
       this.orderSequence,
       this.errorHandlers,
+      null,
       this.modifiedHandler,
       this.allowForward,
       this.metadata);
@@ -147,6 +153,7 @@ RouterState removeRoute(RouteImpl route) {
       routes,
       this.orderSequence,
       this.errorHandlers,
+      this.uncaughtErrorHandler,
       this.modifiedHandler,
       this.allowForward,
       this.metadata);
@@ -162,6 +169,7 @@ RouterState incrementOrderSequence() {
       this.routes,
       this.orderSequence + 1,
       this.errorHandlers,
+      this.uncaughtErrorHandler,
       this.modifiedHandler,
       this.allowForward,
       this.metadata);
@@ -173,6 +181,7 @@ RouterState setOrderSequence(int orderSequence) {
       this.routes,
       orderSequence,
       this.errorHandlers,
+      this.uncaughtErrorHandler,
       this.modifiedHandler,
       this.allowForward,
       this.metadata);
@@ -188,6 +197,7 @@ RouterState setErrorHandlers(Map<Integer, Handler<RoutingContext>> errorHandlers
       this.routes,
       this.orderSequence,
       errorHandlers,
+      this.uncaughtErrorHandler,
       this.modifiedHandler,
       this.allowForward,
       this.metadata);
@@ -195,9 +205,12 @@ RouterState setErrorHandlers(Map<Integer, Handler<RoutingContext>> errorHandlers
 
   Handler<RoutingContext> getErrorHandler(int errorCode) {
     if (errorHandlers != null) {
-      return errorHandlers.get(errorCode);
+      final Handler<RoutingContext> errorHandler = errorHandlers.get(errorCode);
+      if (errorHandler != null) {
+        return errorHandler;
+      }
     }
-    return null;
+    return uncaughtErrorHandler;
   }
 
   RouterState putErrorHandler(int errorCode, Handler<RoutingContext> errorHandler) {
@@ -206,6 +219,7 @@ RouterState putErrorHandler(int errorCode, Handler<RoutingContext> errorHandler)
       this.routes,
       this.orderSequence,
       this.errorHandlers == null ? new HashMap<>() : new HashMap<>(errorHandlers),
+      this.uncaughtErrorHandler,
       this.modifiedHandler,
       this.allowForward,
       this.metadata);
@@ -214,6 +228,18 @@ RouterState putErrorHandler(int errorCode, Handler<RoutingContext> errorHandler)
     return newState;
   }
 
+  RouterState setUncaughtErrorHandler(Handler<RoutingContext> errorHandler) {
+    return new RouterState(
+      this.router,
+      this.routes,
+      this.orderSequence,
+      this.errorHandlers,
+      errorHandler,
+      this.modifiedHandler,
+      this.allowForward,
+      this.metadata);
+  }
+
   public Handler<Router> getModifiedHandler() {
     return modifiedHandler;
   }
@@ -224,6 +250,7 @@ public RouterState setModifiedHandler(Handler<Router> modifiedHandler) {
       this.routes,
       this.orderSequence,
       this.errorHandlers,
+      this.uncaughtErrorHandler,
       modifiedHandler,
       this.allowForward,
       this.metadata);
@@ -235,6 +262,7 @@ public RouterState setAllowForward(AllowForwardHeaders allow) {
       this.routes,
       this.orderSequence,
       this.errorHandlers,
+      this.uncaughtErrorHandler,
       this.modifiedHandler,
       allow,
       this.metadata);
@@ -256,6 +284,7 @@ public RouterState putMetadata(String key, Object value) {
       this.routes,
       this.orderSequence,
       this.errorHandlers,
+      this.uncaughtErrorHandler,
       this.modifiedHandler,
       this.allowForward,
       Collections.unmodifiableMap(metadata));
diff --git a/vertx-web/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/web/tests/RouterTest.java b/vertx-web/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/web/tests/RouterTest.java
index 3ba4ebd556..0ae9c8d358 100644
--- a/vertx-web/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/web/tests/RouterTest.java
+++ b/vertx-web/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/web/tests/RouterTest.java
@@ -3693,6 +3693,14 @@ public void testExtractCallee() throws Exception {
       200, "OK");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testUncaughtErrorHandler() throws Exception {
+    router.route().consumes("text/html").handler(rc -> rc.response().end());
+    router.uncaughtErrorHandler(context -> context.response().setStatusCode(context.statusCode()).setStatusMessage("Dumb").end());
+
+    testRequestWithContentType(HttpMethod.GET, "/foo", "something/html", 415, "Dumb");
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testErrorHandlerInvokedOnce() throws Exception {
     AtomicInteger errorHandlerInvocations = new AtomicInteger();