diff --git a/lib/HookWebpackError.js b/lib/HookWebpackError.js
index 09d45a67f..2dafbabfc 100644
--- a/lib/HookWebpackError.js
+++ b/lib/HookWebpackError.js
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 "use strict";
 
 const WebpackError = require("./WebpackError");
+const makeSerializable = require("./util/makeSerializable");
+
+/** @typedef {import("./serialization/ObjectMiddleware").ObjectDeserializerContext} ObjectDeserializerContext */
+/** @typedef {import("./serialization/ObjectMiddleware").ObjectSerializerContext} ObjectSerializerContext */
 
 /**
  * @template T
@@ -22,18 +26,43 @@ class HookWebpackError extends WebpackError {
 	 * @param {string} hook name of hook
 	 */
 	constructor(error, hook) {
-		super(error.message);
+		super(error ? error.message : undefined, error ? { cause: error } : {});
 
-		this.name = "HookWebpackError";
 		this.hook = hook;
 		this.error = error;
+		this.name = "HookWebpackError";
 		this.hideStack = true;
-		this.details = `caused by plugins in ${hook}\n${error.stack}`;
+		this.stack += `\n-- inner error --\n${error ? error.stack : ""}`;
+		this.details = `caused by plugins in ${hook}\n${error ? error.stack : ""}`;
+	}
 
-		this.stack += `\n-- inner error --\n${error.stack}`;
+	/**
+	 * @param {ObjectSerializerContext} context context
+	 */
+	serialize(context) {
+		const { write } = context;
+
+		write(this.error);
+		write(this.hook);
+
+		super.serialize(context);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param {ObjectDeserializerContext} context context
+	 */
+	deserialize(context) {
+		const { read } = context;
+
+		this.error = read();
+		this.hook = read();
+
+		super.deserialize(context);
 	}
 }
 
+makeSerializable(HookWebpackError, "webpack/lib/HookWebpackError");
+
 module.exports = HookWebpackError;
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/configCases/errors/hook-webpack-error/errors.js b/test/configCases/errors/hook-webpack-error/errors.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d78130172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/configCases/errors/hook-webpack-error/errors.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"use strict";
+
+module.exports = [[/Module build failed/]];
diff --git a/test/configCases/errors/hook-webpack-error/index.js b/test/configCases/errors/hook-webpack-error/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50784061e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/configCases/errors/hook-webpack-error/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import value from "./my-errored-module.js"
+
+it("should work and cache", function(done) {
+	done();
+});
diff --git a/test/configCases/errors/hook-webpack-error/infrastructure-log.js b/test/configCases/errors/hook-webpack-error/infrastructure-log.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..951fafae2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/configCases/errors/hook-webpack-error/infrastructure-log.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+"use strict";
+
+module.exports = (options) => {
+	if (options.cache && options.cache.type === "filesystem") {
+		return [/Pack got invalid because of write to/];
+	}
+
+	return [];
+};
diff --git a/test/configCases/errors/hook-webpack-error/loader.js b/test/configCases/errors/hook-webpack-error/loader.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6226dc30c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/configCases/errors/hook-webpack-error/loader.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+const HookWebpackError = require('../../../../lib/HookWebpackError.js');
+
+/** @type {import("../../../../").LoaderDefinition} */
+module.exports = function loader() {
+	const callback = this.async();
+
+	callback(new HookWebpackError(new Error("Error: test"), "hookName"));
+};
+
diff --git a/test/configCases/errors/hook-webpack-error/my-errored-module.js b/test/configCases/errors/hook-webpack-error/my-errored-module.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/test/configCases/errors/hook-webpack-error/webpack.config.js b/test/configCases/errors/hook-webpack-error/webpack.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df59733be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/configCases/errors/hook-webpack-error/webpack.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+"use strict";
+
+/** @type {import("../../../../").Configuration} */
+module.exports = {
+	module: {
+		rules: [
+			{
+				test: /my-errored-module\.js$/i,
+				use: [
+					{
+						loader: require.resolve("./loader.js")
+					}
+				]
+			}
+		]
+	}
+};