diff --git a/.changeset/hot-toys-grab.md b/.changeset/hot-toys-grab.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2d4faa469
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/hot-toys-grab.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/backend-common': patch
+---
+
+Add possibility to use custom error handler
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/api-report.md b/packages/backend-common/api-report.md
index b80ec84329..d20f568e98 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/api-report.md
+++ b/packages/backend-common/api-report.md
@@ -521,6 +521,8 @@ export type ServiceBuilder = {
   setRequestLoggingHandler(
     requestLoggingHandler: RequestLoggingHandlerFactory,
   ): ServiceBuilder;
+  setErrorHandler(errorHandler: ErrorRequestHandler): ServiceBuilder;
+  disableDefaultErrorHandler(): ServiceBuilder;
   start(): Promise<Server>;
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/service/lib/ServiceBuilderImpl.test.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/service/lib/ServiceBuilderImpl.test.ts
index bd97f444de..6229cbb683 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/service/lib/ServiceBuilderImpl.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/service/lib/ServiceBuilderImpl.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { applyCspDirectives } from './ServiceBuilderImpl';
+import { NextFunction, Request, Response } from 'express';
+import { applyCspDirectives, ServiceBuilderImpl } from './ServiceBuilderImpl';
 
 describe('ServiceBuilderImpl', () => {
   describe('applyCspDirectives', () => {
@@ -33,4 +34,27 @@ describe('ServiceBuilderImpl', () => {
       expect(result!['upgrade-insecure-requests']).toBeUndefined();
     });
   });
+
+  describe('setCustomErrorHandler', () => {
+    it('check if custom error handler is undefined', () => {
+      const serviceBuilder = new ServiceBuilderImpl(module);
+      const serviceBuilderProto = Object.getPrototypeOf(serviceBuilder);
+      expect(serviceBuilderProto.errorHandler).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it('adds custom error handler', () => {
+      const serviceBuilder = new ServiceBuilderImpl(module);
+      const serviceBuilderProto = Object.getPrototypeOf(serviceBuilder);
+      const customErrorHandler = (
+        error: Error,
+        _req: Request,
+        _res: Response,
+        next: NextFunction,
+      ) => {
+        next(error);
+      };
+      serviceBuilderProto.setErrorHandler(customErrorHandler);
+      expect(serviceBuilderProto.errorHandler).toEqual(customErrorHandler);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/service/lib/ServiceBuilderImpl.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/service/lib/ServiceBuilderImpl.ts
index b085cccfd6..54f145539f 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/service/lib/ServiceBuilderImpl.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/service/lib/ServiceBuilderImpl.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import compression from 'compression';
 import cors from 'cors';
-import express, { Router } from 'express';
+import express, { Router, ErrorRequestHandler } from 'express';
 import helmet from 'helmet';
 import * as http from 'http';
 import stoppable from 'stoppable';
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import { useHotCleanup } from '../../hot';
 import { getRootLogger } from '../../logging';
 import {
-  errorHandler,
+  errorHandler as defaultErrorHandler,
   notFoundHandler,
   requestLoggingHandler as defaultRequestLoggingHandler,
 } from '../../middleware';
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ export class ServiceBuilderImpl implements ServiceBuilder {
   private httpsSettings: HttpsSettings | undefined;
   private routers: [string, Router][];
   private requestLoggingHandler: RequestLoggingHandlerFactory | undefined;
+  private errorHandler: ErrorRequestHandler | undefined;
+  private useDefaultErrorHandler: boolean;
   // Reference to the module where builder is created - needed for hot module
   // reloading
   private module: NodeModule;
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ export class ServiceBuilderImpl implements ServiceBuilder {
   constructor(moduleRef: NodeModule) {
     this.routers = [];
     this.module = moduleRef;
+    this.useDefaultErrorHandler = true;
   }
 
   loadConfig(config: Config): ServiceBuilder {
@@ -152,6 +155,16 @@ export class ServiceBuilderImpl implements ServiceBuilder {
     return this;
   }
 
+  setErrorHandler(errorHandler: ErrorRequestHandler) {
+    this.errorHandler = errorHandler;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  disableDefaultErrorHandler() {
+    this.useDefaultErrorHandler = false;
+    return this;
+  }
+
   async start(): Promise<http.Server> {
     const app = express();
     const { port, host, logger, corsOptions, httpsSettings, helmetOptions } =
@@ -169,7 +182,14 @@ export class ServiceBuilderImpl implements ServiceBuilder {
       app.use(root, route);
     }
     app.use(notFoundHandler());
-    app.use(errorHandler());
+
+    if (this.errorHandler) {
+      app.use(this.errorHandler);
+    }
+
+    if (this.useDefaultErrorHandler) {
+      app.use(defaultErrorHandler());
+    }
 
     const server: http.Server = httpsSettings
       ? await createHttpsServer(app, httpsSettings, logger)
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/service/types.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/service/types.ts
index 2ad379f31e..3e94196006 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/service/types.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/service/types.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import cors from 'cors';
-import { Router, RequestHandler } from 'express';
+import { Router, RequestHandler, ErrorRequestHandler } from 'express';
 import { Server } from 'http';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 
@@ -98,6 +98,21 @@ export type ServiceBuilder = {
     requestLoggingHandler: RequestLoggingHandlerFactory,
   ): ServiceBuilder;
 
+  /**
+   * Sets an additional errorHandler to run before the defaultErrorHandler.
+   *
+   * For execution of only the custom error handler make sure to also invoke disableDefaultErrorHandler()
+   * otherwise the defaultErrorHandler is executed at the end of the error middleware chain.
+   *
+   * @param errorHandler - an error handler
+   */
+  setErrorHandler(errorHandler: ErrorRequestHandler): ServiceBuilder;
+
+  /**
+   * Disables the default error handler
+   */
+  disableDefaultErrorHandler(): ServiceBuilder;
+
   /**
    * Starts the server using the given settings.
    */