diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ab0b05f..94814fe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ npm i @fastify/error
 
 The module exports a function that you can use for consistent error objects, it takes 4 parameters:
 
-```
+```js
 createError(code, message [, statusCode [, Base [, captureStackTrace]]])
 ```
 
@@ -58,6 +58,83 @@ new CustomError('world')
 new CustomError(1)
 ```
 
+### instanceof
+
+All errors created with `createError` will be instances of the base error constructor you provided, or `Error` if none was provided.
+
+```js
+const createError = require('@fastify/error')
+const CustomError = createError('ERROR_CODE', 'Hello %s', 500, TypeError)
+const customError = new CustomError('world')
+
+console.log(customError instanceof CustomError) // true
+console.log(customError instanceof TypeError) // true
+console.log(customError instanceof Error) // true
+```
+
+All instantiated errors are instances of the `FastifyError` class, which can be required directly from the module.
+
+```js
+const { createError, FastifyError } = require('@fastify/error')
+const CustomError = createError('ERROR_CODE', 'Hello %s', 500, TypeError)
+const customError = new CustomError('world')
+
+console.log(customError instanceof FastifyError) // true
+```
+
+A `FastifyError` created by `createError` can extend another `FastifyError` while maintaining correct `instanceof` behavior.
+
+```js
+const { createError, FastifyError } = require('@fastify/error')
+
+const CustomError = createError('ERROR_CODE', 'Hello %s', 500, TypeError)
+const ChildCustomError = createError('CHILD_ERROR_CODE', 'Hello %s', 500, CustomError)
+
+const customError = new ChildCustomError('world')
+
+console.log(customError instanceof ChildCustomError) // true
+console.log(customError instanceof CustomError) // true
+console.log(customError instanceof FastifyError) // true
+console.log(customError instanceof TypeError) // true
+console.log(customError instanceof Error) // true
+```
+
+If `fastify-error` is installed multiple times directly or as a transitive dependency, `instanceof` checks for errors created by `createError` will still work correctly across these installations, as long as their error codes (e.g., `FST_ERR_CUSTOM_ERROR`) are identical.
+
+```js
+const { createError, FastifyError } = require('@fastify/error')
+
+// CustomError from `@fastify/some-plugin` is created with `createError` and
+// has its own `@fastify/error` installation as dependency. CustomError has
+// FST_ERR_CUSTOM_ERROR as code.
+const { CustomError: CustomErrorFromPlugin } = require('@fastify/some-plugin')
+
+const CustomError = createError('FST_ERR_CUSTOM_ERROR', 'Hello %s', 500)
+
+const customError = new CustomError('world')
+const customErrorFromPlugin = new CustomErrorFromPlugin('world')
+
+console.log(customError instanceof CustomError) // true
+console.log(customError instanceof CustomErrorFromPlugin) // true
+console.log(customErrorFromPlugin instanceof CustomError) // true
+console.log(customErrorFromPlugin instanceof CustomErrorFromPlugin) // true
+```
+
+Changing the code of an instantiated Error will not change the result of the `instanceof` operator.
+
+```js
+const { createError, FastifyError } = require('@fastify/error')
+
+const CustomError = createError('ERROR_CODE', 'Hello %s', 500, TypeError)
+const AnotherCustomError = createError('ANOTHER_ERROR_CODE', 'Hello %s', 500, CustomError)
+
+const customError = new CustomError('world')
+customError.code = 'ANOTHER_ERROR_CODE'
+
+console.log(customError instanceof CustomError) // true
+console.log(customError instanceof AnotherCustomError) // false
+```
+
 ## License
 
 Licensed under [MIT](./LICENSE).
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 3e2365a..4d8da8e 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -6,13 +6,23 @@ function toString () {
   return `${this.name} [${this.code}]: ${this.message}`
 }
 
+const FastifyGenericErrorSymbol = Symbol.for('fastify-error-generic')
+
 function createError (code, message, statusCode = 500, Base = Error, captureStackTrace = createError.captureStackTrace) {
+  const shouldCreateFastifyGenericError = code === FastifyGenericErrorSymbol
+
+  if (shouldCreateFastifyGenericError) {
+    code = 'FST_ERR'
+  }
+
   if (!code) throw new Error('Fastify error code must not be empty')
   if (!message) throw new Error('Fastify error message must not be empty')
 
   code = code.toUpperCase()
   !statusCode && (statusCode = undefined)
 
+  const FastifySpecificErrorSymbol = Symbol.for(`fastify-error ${code}`)
+
   function FastifyError (...args) {
     if (!new.target) {
       return new FastifyError(...args)
@@ -38,9 +48,41 @@ function createError (code, message, statusCode = 500, Base = Error, captureStac
       enumerable: false,
       writable: true,
       configurable: true
+    },
+    [FastifyGenericErrorSymbol]: {
+      value: true,
+      enumerable: false,
+      writable: false,
+      configurable: false
+    },
+    [FastifySpecificErrorSymbol]: {
+      value: true,
+      enumerable: false,
+      writable: false,
+      configurable: false
     }
   })
 
+  if (shouldCreateFastifyGenericError) {
+    Object.defineProperty(FastifyError, Symbol.hasInstance, {
+      value (instance) {
+        return instance && instance[FastifyGenericErrorSymbol]
+      },
+      configurable: false,
+      writable: false,
+      enumerable: false
+    })
+  } else {
+    Object.defineProperty(FastifyError, Symbol.hasInstance, {
+      value (instance) {
+        return instance && instance[FastifySpecificErrorSymbol]
+      },
+      configurable: false,
+      writable: false,
+      enumerable: false
+    })
+  }
+
   FastifyError.prototype[Symbol.toStringTag] = 'Error'
 
   FastifyError.prototype.toString = toString
@@ -50,6 +92,9 @@ function createError (code, message, statusCode = 500, Base = Error, captureStac
 
 createError.captureStackTrace = true
 
+const FastifyErrorConstructor = createError(FastifyGenericErrorSymbol, 'Fastify Error', 500, Error)
+
 module.exports = createError
+module.exports.FastifyError = FastifyErrorConstructor
 module.exports.default = createError
 module.exports.createError = createError
diff --git a/test/index.test.js b/test/index.test.js
index beca457..3ad97f6 100644
--- a/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/index.test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const test = require('node:test')
-const createError = require('..')
+const { createError, FastifyError } = require('..')
 
 test('Create error with zero parameter', (t) => {
   t.plan(6)
@@ -221,3 +221,12 @@ test('Create an error with last argument null', (t) => {
   t.assert.ok(err instanceof Error)
   t.assert.ifError(err.cause)
 })
+
+test('check if FastifyError is instantiable', (t) => {
+  t.plan(2)
+
+  const err = new FastifyError()
+
+  t.assert.ok(err instanceof FastifyError)
+  t.assert.ok(err instanceof Error)
+})
diff --git a/test/instanceof.test.js b/test/instanceof.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34d56fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/instanceof.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,263 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const cp = require('node:child_process')
+const fs = require('node:fs')
+const path = require('node:path')
+const os = require('node:os')
+const test = require('node:test')
+const { createError, FastifyError } = require('..')
+
+test('Readme: All errors created with `createError` will be instances of the base error constructor you provided, or `Error` if none was provided.', (t) => {
+  t.plan(3)
+
+  const CustomError = createError('ERROR_CODE', 'Hello %s', 500, TypeError)
+  const customError = new CustomError('world')
+
+  t.assert.ok(customError instanceof CustomError)
+  t.assert.ok(customError instanceof TypeError)
+  t.assert.ok(customError instanceof Error)
+})
+
+test('Readme: All instantiated errors will be instances of the `FastifyError` class. The `FastifyError` class can be required from the module directly.', (t) => {
+  t.plan(1)
+
+  const CustomError = createError('ERROR_CODE', 'Hello %s', 500, TypeError)
+  const customError = new CustomError('world')
+
+  t.assert.ok(customError instanceof FastifyError)
+})
+
+test('Readme: It is possible to create a `FastifyError` that extends another `FastifyError`, created by `createError`, while instanceof working correctly.', (t) => {
+  t.plan(5)
+
+  const CustomError = createError('ERROR_CODE', 'Hello %s', 500, TypeError)
+  const ChildCustomError = createError('CHILD_ERROR_CODE', 'Hello %s', 500, CustomError)
+
+  const customError = new ChildCustomError('world')
+
+  t.assert.ok(customError instanceof ChildCustomError)
+  t.assert.ok(customError instanceof CustomError)
+  t.assert.ok(customError instanceof FastifyError)
+  t.assert.ok(customError instanceof TypeError)
+  t.assert.ok(customError instanceof Error)
+})
+
+test('Readme: Changing the code of an instantiated Error will not change the result of the `instanceof` operator.', (t) => {
+  t.plan(3)
+
+  const CustomError = createError('ERROR_CODE', 'Hello %s', 500, TypeError)
+  const AnotherCustomError = createError('ANOTHER_ERROR_CODE', 'Hello %s', 500, CustomError)
+
+  const customError = new CustomError('world')
+  customError.code = 'ANOTHER_ERROR_CODE'
+
+  t.assert.ok(customError instanceof CustomError)
+  t.assert.ok(customError instanceof AnotherCustomError === false)
+  t.assert.ok(customError instanceof FastifyError)
+})
+
+test('check if createError creates an Error which is instanceof Error', (t) => {
+  t.plan(3)
+
+  const CustomFastifyError = createError('CODE', 'Not available')
+  const err = CustomFastifyError()
+
+  t.assert.ok(err instanceof Error)
+  t.assert.ok(err instanceof SyntaxError === false)
+  t.assert.ok(err instanceof TypeError === false)
+})
+
+test('check if createError creates an Error which is instanceof FastifyError', (t) => {
+  t.plan(4)
+
+  const CustomFastifyError = createError('CODE', 'Not available')
+  const err = CustomFastifyError()
+
+  t.assert.ok(err instanceof Error)
+  t.assert.ok(err instanceof FastifyError)
+  t.assert.ok(err instanceof SyntaxError === false)
+  t.assert.ok(err instanceof TypeError === false)
+})
+
+test('check if createError creates an Error with the right BaseConstructor', (t) => {
+  t.plan(2)
+
+  const CustomFastifyError = createError('CODE', 'Not available', 500, TypeError)
+  const err = CustomFastifyError()
+
+  t.assert.ok(err instanceof Error)
+  t.assert.ok(err instanceof TypeError)
+})
+
+test('check if createError creates an Error with the right BaseConstructor, which is a FastifyError', (t) => {
+  t.plan(6)
+
+  const BaseFastifyError = createError('CODE', 'Not available', 500, TypeError)
+  const CustomFastifyError = createError('CODE', 'Not available', 500, BaseFastifyError)
+  const err = CustomFastifyError()
+
+  t.assert.ok(err instanceof Error)
+  t.assert.ok(err instanceof TypeError)
+  t.assert.ok(err instanceof FastifyError)
+  t.assert.ok(err instanceof BaseFastifyError)
+  t.assert.ok(err instanceof CustomFastifyError)
+  t.assert.ok(err instanceof SyntaxError === false)
+})
+
+// for more information see https://github.com/fastify/fastify-error/pull/86#issuecomment-1301466407
+test('ensure that instanceof works accross different installations of the fastify-error module', async (t) => {
+  const assertsPlanned = 5
+  t.plan(assertsPlanned)
+
+  // We need to create a test environment where fastify-error is installed in two different locations
+  // and then we will check if the error created in one location is instanceof the error created in the other location
+  // This is done by creating a test directory with the following structure:
+
+  // /
+  // ├── index.js
+  // └── node_modules/
+  //     ├── fastify-error/
+  //     │   └── index.js
+  //     └── dep/
+  //         ├── index.js
+  //         └── node_modules/
+  //             └── fastify-error/
+  //                 └── index.js
+
+  const testDirectoryPrefix = 'fastify-error-instanceof-test-'
+
+  const testCwd = path.resolve(os.tmpdir(), `${testDirectoryPrefix}${Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 15)}`)
+  fs.mkdirSync(testCwd, { recursive: true })
+
+  // Create the index.js. It will be executed as a forked process, so we need to
+  // use process.send to send messages back to the parent process.
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.resolve(testCwd, 'index.js'), `
+    'use strict'
+
+    const path = require('node:path')
+    const { createError, FastifyError } = require('fastify-error')
+    const { foo } = require('dep')
+
+    const actualPathOfFastifyError = require.resolve('fastify-error')
+    const expectedPathOfFastifyError = path.resolve('node_modules', 'fastify-error', 'index.js')
+
+    // Ensure that fastify-error is required from the node_modules directory of the test-project
+    if (actualPathOfFastifyError !== expectedPathOfFastifyError) {
+      console.error('actualPathOfFastifyError', actualPathOfFastifyError)
+      console.error('expectedPathOfFastifyError', expectedPathOfFastifyError)
+      throw new Error('fastify-error should be required from the node_modules directory of the test-project')
+    }
+    
+    const Boom = createError('Boom', 'Boom', 500)
+    const ChildBoom = createError('ChildBoom', 'Boom', 500, Boom)
+    const NotChildBoom = createError('NotChildBoom', 'NotChildBoom', 500, Boom)
+
+    try {
+        foo()
+    } catch (err) {
+        process.send(err instanceof Error)
+        process.send(err instanceof FastifyError)
+        process.send(err instanceof NotChildBoom)
+        process.send(err instanceof Boom)
+        process.send(err instanceof ChildBoom)
+    }
+    `)
+
+  // Create /node_modules/fastify-error directory
+  // Copy the index.js file to the fastify-error directory
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.resolve(testCwd, 'node_modules', 'fastify-error'), { recursive: true })
+  fs.copyFileSync(path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'index.js'), path.resolve(testCwd, 'node_modules', 'fastify-error', 'index.js'))
+
+  // Create /node_modules/dep/node_modules/fastify-error directory
+  // Copy the index.js to the fastify-error directory
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.resolve(testCwd, 'node_modules', 'dep', 'node_modules', 'fastify-error'), { recursive: true })
+  fs.copyFileSync(path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'index.js'), path.resolve(testCwd, 'node_modules', 'dep', 'node_modules', 'fastify-error', 'index.js'))
+
+  // Create /node_modules/dep/index.js. It will export a function foo which will
+  // throw an error when called. The error will be an instance of ChildBoom, created
+  // by the fastify-error module in the node_modules directory of dep.
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.resolve(testCwd, 'node_modules', 'dep', 'index.js'), `
+    'use strict'
+
+    const path = require('node:path')
+    const { createError } = require('fastify-error')
+
+    const actualPathOfFastifyError = require.resolve('fastify-error')
+    const expectedPathOfFastifyError = path.resolve('node_modules', 'dep', 'node_modules', 'fastify-error', 'index.js')
+
+    // Ensure that fastify-error is required from the node_modules directory of the test-project
+    if (actualPathOfFastifyError !== expectedPathOfFastifyError) {
+      console.error('actualPathOfFastifyError', actualPathOfFastifyError)
+      console.error('expectedPathOfFastifyError', expectedPathOfFastifyError)
+      throw new Error('fastify-error should be required from the node_modules directory of dep')
+    }
+    
+    const Boom = createError('Boom', 'Boom', 500)
+    const ChildBoom = createError('ChildBoom', 'Boom', 500, Boom)
+
+    module.exports.foo = function foo () {
+        throw new ChildBoom('foo go Boom')
+    }
+    `)
+
+  const finishedPromise = {
+    promise: undefined,
+    reject: undefined,
+    resolve: undefined,
+  }
+
+  finishedPromise.promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    finishedPromise.resolve = resolve
+    finishedPromise.reject = reject
+  })
+
+  const child = cp.fork(path.resolve(testCwd, 'index.js'), {
+    cwd: testCwd,
+    stdio: 'inherit',
+    env: {
+      ...process.env,
+      NODE_OPTIONS: '--no-warnings'
+    },
+  })
+
+  let messageCount = 0
+  child.on('message', message => {
+    try {
+      switch (messageCount) {
+        case 0:
+          t.assert.strictEqual(message, true, 'instanceof Error')
+          break
+        case 1:
+          t.assert.strictEqual(message, true, 'instanceof FastifyError')
+          break
+        case 2:
+          t.assert.strictEqual(message, false, 'instanceof NotChildBoom')
+          break
+        case 3:
+          t.assert.strictEqual(message, true, 'instanceof Boom')
+          break
+        case 4:
+          t.assert.strictEqual(message, true, 'instanceof ChildBoom')
+          break
+      }
+      if (++messageCount === assertsPlanned) {
+        finishedPromise.resolve()
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      finishedPromise.reject(err)
+    }
+  })
+
+  child.on('error', err => {
+    finishedPromise.reject(err)
+  })
+
+  await finishedPromise.promise
+
+  // Cleanup
+  // As we are creating the test-setup on the fly in the /tmp directory, we can remove it
+  // safely when we are done. It is not relevant for the test if the deletion fails.
+  try {
+    fs.rmSync(testCwd, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  } catch {}
+})
diff --git a/types/index.d.ts b/types/index.d.ts
index 5ef39a3..2e59d9f 100644
--- a/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/index.d.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ declare namespace createError {
     readonly prototype: FastifyError & E
   }
 
+  export const FastifyError: FastifyErrorConstructor
+
   export const createError: CreateError
   export { createError as default }
 }
diff --git a/types/index.test-d.ts b/types/index.test-d.ts
index 31316eb..1a4398d 100644
--- a/types/index.test-d.ts
+++ b/types/index.test-d.ts
@@ -77,3 +77,16 @@ expectError(new CustomTypedArgError6('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'))
 const CustomErrorWithErrorConstructor = createError('ERROR_CODE', 'message', 500, TypeError)
 expectType<FastifyErrorConstructor<{ code: 'ERROR_CODE', statusCode: 500 }>>(CustomErrorWithErrorConstructor)
 CustomErrorWithErrorConstructor({ cause: new Error('Error') })
+const customErrorWithErrorConstructor = CustomErrorWithErrorConstructor()
+if (customErrorWithErrorConstructor instanceof FastifyError) {
+  expectType<'ERROR_CODE'>(customErrorWithErrorConstructor.code)
+  expectType<string>(customErrorWithErrorConstructor.message)
+  expectType<500>(customErrorWithErrorConstructor.statusCode)
+}
+
+const error = new FastifyError('ERROR_CODE', 'message', 500)
+if (error instanceof FastifyError) {
+  expectType<string>(error.code)
+  expectType<string>(error.message)
+  expectType<number | undefined>(error.statusCode)
+}