diff --git a/src/Framework/ExceptionWrapper.php b/src/Framework/ExceptionWrapper.php
index 312745c52bb..1105afa6ece 100644
--- a/src/Framework/ExceptionWrapper.php
+++ b/src/Framework/ExceptionWrapper.php
@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ class PHPUnit_Framework_ExceptionWrapper extends PHPUnit_Framework_Exception
 
     public function __construct(Exception $e)
     {
-        parent::__construct($e->getMessage(), $e->getCode());
+        // PDOException::getCode() is a string.
+        // @see http://php.net/manual/en/class.pdoexception.php#95812
+        parent::__construct($e->getMessage(), (int) $e->getCode());
+
         $this->classname = get_class($e);
         $this->file = $e->getFile();
         $this->line = $e->getLine();
diff --git a/tests/Regression/GitHub/1351.phpt b/tests/Regression/GitHub/1351.phpt
index fe95d3ad946..1244d6d2bdc 100644
--- a/tests/Regression/GitHub/1351.phpt
+++ b/tests/Regression/GitHub/1351.phpt
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ PHPUnit_TextUI_Command::main();
 --EXPECTF--
 PHPUnit %s by Sebastian Bergmann.
 
-F.E.
+F.E.E
 
 Time: %s, Memory: %sMb
 
-There was 1 error:
+There were 2 errors:
 
 1) Issue1351Test::testExceptionPre
 RuntimeException: Expected rethrown exception.
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ Caused by
 LogicException: Expected exception.
 %A
 
+2) Issue1351Test::testPhpCoreLanguageException
+PDOException: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1 no such table: php_wtf
+%A
+
 --
 
 There was 1 failure:
@@ -35,4 +39,4 @@ There was 1 failure:
 Expected failure.
 %A
 FAILURES!
-Tests: 4, Assertions: 5, Failures: 1, Errors: 1.
\ No newline at end of file
+Tests: 5, Assertions: 5, Failures: 1, Errors: 2.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/Regression/GitHub/1351/Issue1351Test.php b/tests/Regression/GitHub/1351/Issue1351Test.php
index 9dac75defce..6008b13bd7e 100644
--- a/tests/Regression/GitHub/1351/Issue1351Test.php
+++ b/tests/Regression/GitHub/1351/Issue1351Test.php
@@ -36,4 +36,13 @@ public function testExceptionPost()
         $this->assertNull($this->instance);
         $this->assertFalse(class_exists('ChildProcessClass1351', false), 'ChildProcessClass1351 is not loaded.');
     }
+
+    public function testPhpCoreLanguageException()
+    {
+        // User-space code cannot instantiate a PDOException with a string code,
+        // so trigger a real one.
+        $connection = new PDO('sqlite::memory:');
+        $connection->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
+        $connection->query("DELETE FROM php_wtf WHERE exception_code = 'STRING'");
+    }
 }