diff --git a/lib/bunyan.js b/lib/bunyan.js
index 1e85649..c38f102 100644
--- a/lib/bunyan.js
+++ b/lib/bunyan.js
@@ -828,13 +828,16 @@ function mkLogEmitter(minLevel) {
             var excludeFields;
             if (args[0] instanceof Error) {
                 // `log.<level>(err, ...)`
-                fields = {err: errSerializer(args[0])};
+                fields = {
+                    // if a serializer is defined for err use it else fallback on the default serializer
+                    err: log.serializers.err ? log.serializers.err(args[0]) : Logger.stdSerializers.err(args[0])
+                };
                 excludeFields = {err: true};
                 if (args.length === 1) {
                     msgArgs = [fields.err.message];
                 } else {
                     msgArgs = Array.prototype.slice.call(args, 1);
-                }
+                }                
             } else if (typeof (args[0]) !== 'object' && args[0] !== null ||
                        Array.isArray(args[0])) {
                 // `log.<level>(msg, ...)`
diff --git a/test/serializers.test.js b/test/serializers.test.js
index f7862eb..3c7578b 100644
--- a/test/serializers.test.js
+++ b/test/serializers.test.js
@@ -181,6 +181,43 @@ test('err serializer', function (t) {
     t.end();
 });
 
+test('err serializer: custom serializer', function (t) {
+    var records = [];
+
+    function customSerializer(err) {
+        return {
+            message: err.message,
+            name: err.name,
+            stack: err.stack,
+            beep: err.beep
+        };
+    }
+
+    var log = bunyan.createLogger({
+        name: 'serializer-test',
+        streams: [
+            {
+                stream: new CapturingStream(records),
+                type: 'raw'
+            }
+        ],
+        serializers: {
+            err: customSerializer
+        }
+    });
+
+    var e1 = new Error('message1');
+    e1.beep = 'bop';
+    var e2 = new Error('message2');    
+    var errs = [e1, e2];
+
+    for (var i = 0; i < errs.length; i++) {
+        log.info(errs[i]);
+        t.equal(records[i].err.message, errs[i].message);
+        t.equal(records[i].err.beep, errs[i].beep);
+    }
+    t.end();
+});
 
 test('err serializer: long stack', function (t) {
     var records = [];