diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fd3113807..ffc78c6e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 - Move `http.query` to span data in net/http integration [#2039](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/2039)
 - Validate `release` is a `String` during configuration [#2040](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/2040)
+- Allow JRuby Java exceptions to be captured [#2043](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/2043)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/hub.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/hub.rb
index 92cc2ed6b..2b87b2694 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/hub.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/hub.rb
@@ -116,7 +116,11 @@ def with_child_span(instrumenter: :sentry, **attributes, &block)
     end
 
     def capture_exception(exception, **options, &block)
-      check_argument_type!(exception, ::Exception)
+      if RUBY_PLATFORM == "java"
+        check_argument_type!(exception, ::Exception, ::Java::JavaLang::Throwable)
+      else
+        check_argument_type!(exception, ::Exception)
+      end
 
       return if Sentry.exception_captured?(exception)
 
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/hub_spec.rb b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/hub_spec.rb
index e5fea23e5..ed001b69a 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/hub_spec.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/hub_spec.rb
@@ -180,10 +180,35 @@
       end.to change { transport.events.count }.by(1)
     end
 
-    it "raises error when passing a non-exception object" do
-      expect do
-        subject.capture_exception("String")
-      end.to raise_error(ArgumentError, 'expect the argument to be a Exception, got String ("String")')
+    if RUBY_PLATFORM == "java"
+      context 'when called under jRuby' do
+        let(:exception) do
+          begin
+            raise java.lang.OutOfMemoryError, "A Java error"
+          rescue Exception => exception
+            exception
+          end
+        end
+
+
+      it "raises error when passing a non-exception object" do
+        expect do
+          subject.capture_exception("String")
+        end.to raise_error(ArgumentError, 'expect the argument to be a Exception or Java::JavaLang::Throwable, got String ("String")')
+      end
+
+        it 'allows a java error object to be passed' do
+          expect do
+            subject.capture_exception(exception)
+          end.not_to raise_error
+        end
+      end
+    else
+      it "raises error when passing a non-exception object" do
+        expect do
+          subject.capture_exception("String")
+        end.to raise_error(ArgumentError, 'expect the argument to be a Exception, got String ("String")')
+      end
     end
 
     # see https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/issues/1323