diff --git a/docs/guides/hooks.md b/docs/guides/hooks.md
index 5aad3e1c54..1ff6fa9b46 100644
--- a/docs/guides/hooks.md
+++ b/docs/guides/hooks.md
@@ -9,15 +9,19 @@ Hooks exist so that users can globally hook into certain Video.js lifecycle mome
     * [Example](#example)
   * [setup](#setup)
     * [Example](#example-1)
+  * [beforeerror](#beforeerror)
+    * [Example](#example-2)
+  * [error](#error)
+    * [Example](#example-3)
 * [Usage](#usage)
   * [Adding](#adding)
-    * [Example](#example-2)
+    * [Example](#example-4)
   * [Adding Once](#adding-once)
-    * [Example](#example-3)
+    * [Example](#example-5)
   * [Getting](#getting)
-    * [Example](#example-4)
+    * [Example](#example-6)
   * [Removing](#removing)
-    * [Example](#example-5)
+    * [Example](#example-7)
 
 ## Current Hooks
 
@@ -99,6 +103,53 @@ videojs.hook('setup', function(player) {
 videojs('some-id', {autoplay: true, controls: true});
 ```
 
+### beforeerror
+
+`beforeerror` occurs just as we get an error on the player. This allows plugins or other custom code to intercept the error and modify it to be something else.
+`error` can be [one of multiple things](https://docs.videojs.com/mediaerror#MediaError), most commonly an object with a `code` property or `null` which means that the current error should be cleared.
+
+`beforeerror` hook functions:
+
+* Take two arguments:
+  1. The `player` that the error is happening on.
+  1. The `error` object that was passed in.
+* Return an error object that should replace the error
+
+#### Example
+
+```js
+videojs.hook('beforeerror', function(player, err) {
+  const error = player.error();
+
+  // prevent current error from being cleared out
+  if (err === null) {
+    return error;
+  }
+
+  // but allow changing to a new error
+  return err;
+});
+```
+
+### error
+
+`error` occurs after the player has errored out, after `beforeerror` has allowed updating the error, and after an `error` event has been triggered on the player in question. It is purely an informative event which allows you to get all errors from all players.
+
+`error` hook functions:
+
+* Take two arguments:
+  1. `player`: the player that the error occurred on
+  1. `error`: the Error object that was resolved with the `beforeerror` hooks
+* Don't have to return anything
+
+#### Example
+
+```js
+videojs.hook('error', function(player, err) {
+  console.log(`player ${player.id()} has errored out with code ${err.code} ${err.message}`);
+});
+```
+
 ## Usage
 
 ### Adding
diff --git a/src/js/player.js b/src/js/player.js
index 2a1c0285d1..8804af0921 100644
--- a/src/js/player.js
+++ b/src/js/player.js
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import * as middleware from './tech/middleware.js';
 import {ALL as TRACK_TYPES} from './tracks/track-types';
 import filterSource from './utils/filter-source';
 import {getMimetype, findMimetype} from './utils/mimetypes';
+import {hooks} from './utils/hooks';
+import {isObject} from './utils/obj';
 import keycode from 'keycode';
 
 // The following imports are used only to ensure that the corresponding modules
@@ -3949,6 +3951,23 @@ class Player extends Component {
       return this.error_ || null;
     }
 
+    // allow hooks to modify error object
+    hooks('beforeerror').forEach((hookFunction) => {
+      const newErr = hookFunction(this, err);
+
+      if (!(
+        (isObject(newErr) && !Array.isArray(newErr)) ||
+        typeof newErr === 'string' ||
+        typeof newErr === 'number' ||
+        newErr === null
+      )) {
+        this.log.error('please return a value that MediaError expects in beforeerror hooks');
+        return;
+      }
+
+      err = newErr;
+    });
+
     // Suppress the first error message for no compatible source until
     // user interaction
     if (this.options_.suppressNotSupportedError &&
@@ -3991,6 +4010,9 @@ class Player extends Component {
      */
     this.trigger('error');
 
+    // notify hooks of the per player error
+    hooks('error').forEach((hookFunction) => hookFunction(this, this.error_));
+
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/js/utils/hooks.js b/src/js/utils/hooks.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ea26cbb4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/js/utils/hooks.js
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/**
+ * An Object that contains lifecycle hooks as keys which point to an array
+ * of functions that are run when a lifecycle is triggered
+ *
+ * @private
+ */
+const hooks_ = {};
+
+/**
+ * Get a list of hooks for a specific lifecycle
+ *
+ * @param  {string} type
+ *         the lifecyle to get hooks from
+ *
+ * @param  {Function|Function[]} [fn]
+ *         Optionally add a hook (or hooks) to the lifecycle that your are getting.
+ *
+ * @return {Array}
+ *         an array of hooks, or an empty array if there are none.
+ */
+const hooks = function(type, fn) {
+  hooks_[type] = hooks_[type] || [];
+  if (fn) {
+    hooks_[type] = hooks_[type].concat(fn);
+  }
+  return hooks_[type];
+};
+
+/**
+ * Add a function hook to a specific videojs lifecycle.
+ *
+ * @param {string} type
+ *        the lifecycle to hook the function to.
+ *
+ * @param {Function|Function[]}
+ *        The function or array of functions to attach.
+ */
+const hook = function(type, fn) {
+  hooks(type, fn);
+};
+
+/**
+ * Remove a hook from a specific videojs lifecycle.
+ *
+ * @param  {string} type
+ *         the lifecycle that the function hooked to
+ *
+ * @param  {Function} fn
+ *         The hooked function to remove
+ *
+ * @return {boolean}
+ *         The function that was removed or undef
+ */
+const removeHook = function(type, fn) {
+  const index = hooks(type).indexOf(fn);
+
+  if (index <= -1) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  hooks_[type] = hooks_[type].slice();
+  hooks_[type].splice(index, 1);
+
+  return true;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Add a function hook that will only run once to a specific videojs lifecycle.
+ *
+ * @param {string} type
+ *        the lifecycle to hook the function to.
+ *
+ * @param {Function|Function[]}
+ *        The function or array of functions to attach.
+ */
+const hookOnce = function(type, fn) {
+  hooks(type, [].concat(fn).map(original => {
+    const wrapper = (...args) => {
+      removeHook(type, wrapper);
+      return original(...args);
+    };
+
+    return wrapper;
+  }));
+};
+
+export {
+  hooks_,
+  hooks,
+  hook,
+  hookOnce,
+  removeHook
+};
diff --git a/src/js/video.js b/src/js/video.js
index 704075c25f..dec6ccf2ce 100644
--- a/src/js/video.js
+++ b/src/js/video.js
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
  */
 import {version} from '../../package.json';
 import window from 'global/window';
+import {
+  hooks_,
+  hooks,
+  hook,
+  hookOnce,
+  removeHook
+} from './utils/hooks';
 import * as setup from './setup';
 import * as stylesheet from './utils/stylesheet.js';
 import Component from './component';
@@ -155,7 +162,7 @@ function videojs(id, options, ready) {
 
   options = options || {};
 
-  videojs.hooks('beforesetup').forEach((hookFunction) => {
+  hooks('beforesetup').forEach((hookFunction) => {
     const opts = hookFunction(el, mergeOptions(options));
 
     if (!isObject(opts) || Array.isArray(opts)) {
@@ -172,96 +179,16 @@ function videojs(id, options, ready) {
 
   player = new PlayerComponent(el, options, ready);
 
-  videojs.hooks('setup').forEach((hookFunction) => hookFunction(player));
+  hooks('setup').forEach((hookFunction) => hookFunction(player));
 
   return player;
 }
 
-/**
- * An Object that contains lifecycle hooks as keys which point to an array
- * of functions that are run when a lifecycle is triggered
- *
- * @private
- */
-videojs.hooks_ = {};
-
-/**
- * Get a list of hooks for a specific lifecycle
- *
- * @param  {string} type
- *         the lifecyle to get hooks from
- *
- * @param  {Function|Function[]} [fn]
- *         Optionally add a hook (or hooks) to the lifecycle that your are getting.
- *
- * @return {Array}
- *         an array of hooks, or an empty array if there are none.
- */
-videojs.hooks = function(type, fn) {
-  videojs.hooks_[type] = videojs.hooks_[type] || [];
-  if (fn) {
-    videojs.hooks_[type] = videojs.hooks_[type].concat(fn);
-  }
-  return videojs.hooks_[type];
-};
-
-/**
- * Add a function hook to a specific videojs lifecycle.
- *
- * @param {string} type
- *        the lifecycle to hook the function to.
- *
- * @param {Function|Function[]}
- *        The function or array of functions to attach.
- */
-videojs.hook = function(type, fn) {
-  videojs.hooks(type, fn);
-};
-
-/**
- * Add a function hook that will only run once to a specific videojs lifecycle.
- *
- * @param {string} type
- *        the lifecycle to hook the function to.
- *
- * @param {Function|Function[]}
- *        The function or array of functions to attach.
- */
-videojs.hookOnce = function(type, fn) {
-  videojs.hooks(type, [].concat(fn).map(original => {
-    const wrapper = (...args) => {
-      videojs.removeHook(type, wrapper);
-      return original(...args);
-    };
-
-    return wrapper;
-  }));
-};
-
-/**
- * Remove a hook from a specific videojs lifecycle.
- *
- * @param  {string} type
- *         the lifecycle that the function hooked to
- *
- * @param  {Function} fn
- *         The hooked function to remove
- *
- * @return {boolean}
- *         The function that was removed or undef
- */
-videojs.removeHook = function(type, fn) {
-  const index = videojs.hooks(type).indexOf(fn);
-
-  if (index <= -1) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  videojs.hooks_[type] = videojs.hooks_[type].slice();
-  videojs.hooks_[type].splice(index, 1);
-
-  return true;
-};
+videojs.hooks_ = hooks_;
+videojs.hooks = hooks;
+videojs.hook = hook;
+videojs.hookOnce = hookOnce;
+videojs.removeHook = removeHook;
 
 // Add default styles
 if (window.VIDEOJS_NO_DYNAMIC_STYLE !== true && Dom.isReal()) {
diff --git a/test/unit/player.test.js b/test/unit/player.test.js
index 1173af82b1..fd5a120da4 100644
--- a/test/unit/player.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/player.test.js
@@ -1181,6 +1181,105 @@ QUnit.test('player should handle different error types', function(assert) {
   player.dispose();
 });
 
+QUnit.test('beforeerror hook allows us to modify errors', function(assert) {
+  const player = TestHelpers.makePlayer({});
+  const beforeerrorHook = function(p, err) {
+    assert.equal(player, p, 'the players match');
+    assert.equal(err.code, 4, 'we got code 4 in beforeerror hook');
+    return { code: 1 };
+  };
+  const errorHook = function(p, err) {
+    assert.equal(player, p, 'the players match');
+    assert.equal(err.code, 1, 'we got code 1 in error hook');
+  };
+
+  videojs.hook('beforeerror', beforeerrorHook);
+  videojs.hook('error', errorHook);
+
+  player.error({code: 4});
+
+  player.dispose();
+  videojs.removeHook('beforeerror', beforeerrorHook);
+  videojs.removeHook('error', errorHook);
+});
+
+QUnit.test('beforeerror hook logs a warning if the incorrect type is returned', function(assert) {
+  const player = TestHelpers.makePlayer({});
+  const stub = sinon.stub(player.log, 'error');
+  let errorReturnValue;
+
+  const beforeerrorHook = function(p, err) {
+    return errorReturnValue;
+  };
+
+  videojs.hook('beforeerror', beforeerrorHook);
+
+  stub.reset();
+  errorReturnValue = {code: 4};
+  player.error({code: 4});
+  assert.ok(stub.notCalled, '{code: 4} is supported');
+
+  stub.reset();
+  errorReturnValue = 1;
+  player.error({code: 4});
+  assert.ok(stub.notCalled, 'number is supported');
+
+  stub.reset();
+  errorReturnValue = null;
+  player.error({code: 4});
+  assert.ok(stub.notCalled, 'null is supported');
+
+  stub.reset();
+  errorReturnValue = 'hello';
+  player.error({code: 4});
+  assert.ok(stub.notCalled, 'string is supported');
+
+  stub.reset();
+  errorReturnValue = new Error('hello');
+  player.error({code: 4});
+  assert.ok(stub.notCalled, 'Error object is supported');
+
+  stub.reset();
+  errorReturnValue = [1, 2, 3];
+  player.error({code: 4});
+  assert.ok(stub.called, 'array is not supported');
+
+  stub.reset();
+  errorReturnValue = undefined;
+  player.error({code: 4});
+  assert.ok(stub.called, 'undefined is not supported');
+
+  stub.reset();
+  errorReturnValue = true;
+  player.error({code: 4});
+  assert.ok(stub.called, 'booleans are not supported');
+
+  videojs.removeHook('beforeerror', beforeerrorHook);
+  player.dispose();
+});
+
+QUnit.test('player should trigger error related hooks', function(assert) {
+  const player = TestHelpers.makePlayer({});
+  const beforeerrorHook = function(p, err) {
+    assert.equal(player, p, 'the players match');
+    assert.equal(err.code, 4, 'we got code 4 in beforeerror hook');
+    return err;
+  };
+  const errorHook = function(p, err) {
+    assert.equal(player, p, 'the players match');
+    assert.equal(err.code, 4, 'we got code 4 in error hook');
+  };
+
+  videojs.hook('beforeerror', beforeerrorHook);
+  videojs.hook('error', errorHook);
+
+  player.error({code: 4});
+
+  player.dispose();
+  videojs.removeHook('beforeerror', beforeerrorHook);
+  videojs.removeHook('error', errorHook);
+});
+
 QUnit.test('Data attributes on the video element should persist in the new wrapper element', function(assert) {
   const dataId = 123;
 
diff --git a/test/unit/videojs-hooks.test.js b/test/unit/videojs-hooks.test.js
index 35ab7780c8..b58c504a85 100644
--- a/test/unit/videojs-hooks.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/videojs-hooks.test.js
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ import document from 'global/document';
 import sinon from 'sinon';
 import log from '../../src/js/utils/log.js';
 
+const clearObj = (obj) => Object.keys(obj).forEach((key) => delete obj[key]);
+
 QUnit.module('video.js:hooks ', {
   beforeEach() {
-    videojs.hooks_ = {};
+    clearObj(videojs.hooks_);
   },
   afterEach() {
-    videojs.hooks_ = {};
+    clearObj(videojs.hooks_);
   }
 });