diff --git a/packages/ws/src/ws/WebSocketShard.ts b/packages/ws/src/ws/WebSocketShard.ts
index 73222737ce9e..82195d941b9b 100644
--- a/packages/ws/src/ws/WebSocketShard.ts
+++ b/packages/ws/src/ws/WebSocketShard.ts
@@ -667,10 +667,23 @@ export class WebSocketShard extends AsyncEventEmitter<WebSocketShardEventsMap> {
 				this.zLibSyncInflate.push(Buffer.from(decompressable), flush ? zLibSync.Z_SYNC_FLUSH : zLibSync.Z_NO_FLUSH);
 
 				if (this.zLibSyncInflate.err) {
-					this.emit(
-						WebSocketShardEvents.Error,
-						new Error(`${this.zLibSyncInflate.err}${this.zLibSyncInflate.msg ? `: ${this.zLibSyncInflate.msg}` : ''}`),
-					);
+					// Must be here because zlib-sync is lazily loaded
+					const ZlibErrorCodes = {
+						[zLibSync.Z_NEED_DICT]: 'Z_NEED_DICT',
+						[zLibSync.Z_STREAM_END]: 'Z_STREAM_END',
+						[zLibSync.Z_ERRNO]: 'Z_ERRNO',
+						[zLibSync.Z_STREAM_ERROR]: 'Z_STREAM_ERROR',
+						[zLibSync.Z_DATA_ERROR]: 'Z_DATA_ERROR',
+						[zLibSync.Z_MEM_ERROR]: 'Z_MEM_ERROR',
+						[zLibSync.Z_BUF_ERROR]: 'Z_BUF_ERROR',
+						[zLibSync.Z_VERSION_ERROR]: 'Z_VERSION_ERROR',
+					} as const satisfies Record<number, string>;
+
+					// Try to match nodejs zlib errors as much as possible
+					const error: NodeJS.ErrnoException = new Error(this.zLibSyncInflate.msg ?? undefined);
+					error.errno = this.zLibSyncInflate.err;
+					error.code = ZlibErrorCodes[this.zLibSyncInflate.err];
+					this.emit(WebSocketShardEvents.Error, error);
 				}
 
 				if (!flush) {