diff --git a/conjure-go-client/httpclient/request_params.go b/conjure-go-client/httpclient/request_params.go
index 904b4a2f..b541b1e4 100644
--- a/conjure-go-client/httpclient/request_params.go
+++ b/conjure-go-client/httpclient/request_params.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/palantir/conjure-go-runtime/v2/conjure-go-contract/codecs"
+	"github.com/palantir/conjure-go-runtime/v2/conjure-go-contract/errors"
 	werror "github.com/palantir/witchcraft-go-error"
 )
 
@@ -230,3 +231,14 @@ func WithRequestTimeout(timeout time.Duration) RequestParam {
 		return nil
 	})
 }
+
+func WithRequestConjureErrorDecoder(ced errors.ConjureErrorDecoder) RequestParam {
+	return requestParamFunc(func(b *requestBuilder) error {
+		b.errorDecoderMiddleware = errorDecoderMiddleware{
+			errorDecoder: restErrorDecoder{
+				conjureErrorDecoder: ced,
+			},
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+}
diff --git a/conjure-go-client/httpclient/response_error_decoder_middleware.go b/conjure-go-client/httpclient/response_error_decoder_middleware.go
index 603ea36a..829e43fc 100644
--- a/conjure-go-client/httpclient/response_error_decoder_middleware.go
+++ b/conjure-go-client/httpclient/response_error_decoder_middleware.go
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ func (e errorDecoderMiddleware) RoundTrip(req *http.Request, next http.RoundTrip
 // If the response has a Content-Type containing 'application/json', we attempt
 // to unmarshal the error as a conjure error. See TestErrorDecoderMiddlewares for
 // example error messages and parameters.
-type restErrorDecoder struct{}
+type restErrorDecoder struct {
+	conjureErrorDecoder errors.ConjureErrorDecoder
+}
 
 var _ ErrorDecoder = restErrorDecoder{}
 
@@ -102,7 +104,13 @@ func (d restErrorDecoder) DecodeError(resp *http.Response) error {
 	if isJSON := strings.Contains(resp.Header.Get("Content-Type"), codecs.JSON.ContentType()); !isJSON {
 		return werror.Error(resp.Status, wSafeParams, wUnsafeParams, werror.UnsafeParam("responseBody", string(body)))
 	}
-	conjureErr, jsonErr := errors.UnmarshalError(body)
+	var conjureErr errors.Error
+	var jsonErr error
+	if d.conjureErrorDecoder != nil {
+		conjureErr, jsonErr = errors.UnmarshalErrorWithDecoder(d.conjureErrorDecoder, body)
+	} else {
+		conjureErr, jsonErr = errors.UnmarshalError(body)
+	}
 	if jsonErr != nil {
 		return werror.Error(resp.Status, wSafeParams, wUnsafeParams, werror.UnsafeParam("responseBody", string(body)))
 	}
diff --git a/conjure-go-contract/errors/conjure_error_decoder.go b/conjure-go-contract/errors/conjure_error_decoder.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ec98f07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conjure-go-contract/errors/conjure_error_decoder.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2024 Palantir Technologies. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package errors
+
+type ConjureErrorDecoder interface {
+	DecodeConjureError(name string, body []byte) (Error, error)
+}
diff --git a/conjure-go-contract/errors/unmarshal.go b/conjure-go-contract/errors/unmarshal.go
index a0921f2c..22c4e540 100644
--- a/conjure-go-contract/errors/unmarshal.go
+++ b/conjure-go-contract/errors/unmarshal.go
@@ -46,3 +46,19 @@ func UnmarshalError(body []byte) (Error, error) {
 	// Cast should never panic, as we've verified in RegisterErrorType
 	return instance.(Error), nil
 }
+
+// UnmarshalErrorWithDecoder attempts to deserialize the message to a known implementation of Error
+// using the provided ConjureErrorDecoder.
+func UnmarshalErrorWithDecoder(ced ConjureErrorDecoder, body []byte) (Error, error) {
+	var name struct {
+		Name string `json:"errorName"`
+	}
+	if err := codecs.JSON.Unmarshal(body, &name); err != nil {
+		return nil, werror.Wrap(err, "failed to unmarshal body as conjure error")
+	}
+	cErr, err := ced.DecodeConjureError(name.Name, body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, werror.Wrap(err, "failed to decode body using ConjureErrorDecoder")
+	}
+	return cErr, nil
+}