diff --git a/tokio/src/io/interest.rs b/tokio/src/io/interest.rs
index 3a39cf761..9256bd238 100644
--- a/tokio/src/io/interest.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/io/interest.rs
@@ -5,13 +5,28 @@ use crate::io::ready::Ready;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::ops;
 
+// These must be unique.
+// same as mio
+const READABLE: usize = 0b0001;
+const WRITABLE: usize = 0b0010;
+// The following are not available on all platforms.
+#[cfg(target_os = "freebsd")]
+const AIO: usize = 0b0100;
+#[cfg(target_os = "freebsd")]
+const LIO: usize = 0b1000;
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
+const PRIORITY: usize = 0b0001_0000;
+// error is available on all platforms, but behavior is platform-specific
+// mio does not have this interest
+const ERROR: usize = 0b0010_0000;
+
 /// Readiness event interest.
 ///
 /// Specifies the readiness events the caller is interested in when awaiting on
 /// I/O resource readiness states.
 #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "net")))]
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Eq, PartialEq)]
-pub struct Interest(mio::Interest);
+pub struct Interest(usize);
 
 impl Interest {
     // The non-FreeBSD definitions in this block are active only when
@@ -19,35 +34,41 @@ impl Interest {
     cfg_aio! {
         /// Interest for POSIX AIO.
         #[cfg(target_os = "freebsd")]
-        pub const AIO: Interest = Interest(mio::Interest::AIO);
+        pub const AIO: Interest = Interest(AIO);
 
         /// Interest for POSIX AIO.
         #[cfg(not(target_os = "freebsd"))]
-        pub const AIO: Interest = Interest(mio::Interest::READABLE);
+        pub const AIO: Interest = Interest(READABLE);
 
         /// Interest for POSIX AIO lio_listio events.
         #[cfg(target_os = "freebsd")]
-        pub const LIO: Interest = Interest(mio::Interest::LIO);
+        pub const LIO: Interest = Interest(LIO);
 
         /// Interest for POSIX AIO lio_listio events.
         #[cfg(not(target_os = "freebsd"))]
-        pub const LIO: Interest = Interest(mio::Interest::READABLE);
+        pub const LIO: Interest = Interest(READABLE);
     }
 
     /// Interest in all readable events.
     ///
     /// Readable interest includes read-closed events.
-    pub const READABLE: Interest = Interest(mio::Interest::READABLE);
+    pub const READABLE: Interest = Interest(READABLE);
 
     /// Interest in all writable events.
     ///
     /// Writable interest includes write-closed events.
-    pub const WRITABLE: Interest = Interest(mio::Interest::WRITABLE);
+    pub const WRITABLE: Interest = Interest(WRITABLE);
+
+    /// Interest in error events.
+    ///
+    /// Passes error interest to the underlying OS selector.
+    /// Behavior is platform-specific, read your platform's documentation.
+    pub const ERROR: Interest = Interest(ERROR);
 
     /// Returns a `Interest` set representing priority completion interests.
     #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
     #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))))]
-    pub const PRIORITY: Interest = Interest(mio::Interest::PRIORITY);
+    pub const PRIORITY: Interest = Interest(PRIORITY);
 
     /// Returns true if the value includes readable interest.
     ///
@@ -63,7 +84,7 @@ impl Interest {
     /// assert!(both.is_readable());
     /// ```
     pub const fn is_readable(self) -> bool {
-        self.0.is_readable()
+        self.0 & READABLE != 0
     }
 
     /// Returns true if the value includes writable interest.
@@ -80,7 +101,34 @@ impl Interest {
     /// assert!(both.is_writable());
     /// ```
     pub const fn is_writable(self) -> bool {
-        self.0.is_writable()
+        self.0 & WRITABLE != 0
+    }
+
+    /// Returns true if the value includes error interest.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use tokio::io::Interest;
+    ///
+    /// assert!(Interest::ERROR.is_error());
+    /// assert!(!Interest::WRITABLE.is_error());
+    ///
+    /// let combined = Interest::READABLE | Interest::ERROR;
+    /// assert!(combined.is_error());
+    /// ```
+    pub const fn is_error(self) -> bool {
+        self.0 & ERROR != 0
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "freebsd")]
+    const fn is_aio(self) -> bool {
+        self.0 & AIO != 0
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "freebsd")]
+    const fn is_lio(self) -> bool {
+        self.0 & LIO != 0
     }
 
     /// Returns true if the value includes priority interest.
@@ -99,7 +147,7 @@ impl Interest {
     #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
     #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))))]
     pub const fn is_priority(self) -> bool {
-        self.0.is_priority()
+        self.0 & PRIORITY != 0
     }
 
     /// Add together two `Interest` values.
@@ -116,12 +164,60 @@ impl Interest {
     /// assert!(BOTH.is_readable());
     /// assert!(BOTH.is_writable());
     pub const fn add(self, other: Interest) -> Interest {
-        Interest(self.0.add(other.0))
+        Self(self.0 | other.0)
     }
 
     // This function must be crate-private to avoid exposing a `mio` dependency.
-    pub(crate) const fn to_mio(self) -> mio::Interest {
-        self.0
+    pub(crate) fn to_mio(self) -> mio::Interest {
+        fn mio_add(wrapped: &mut Option<mio::Interest>, add: mio::Interest) {
+            match wrapped {
+                Some(inner) => *inner |= add,
+                None => *wrapped = Some(add),
+            }
+        }
+
+        // mio does not allow and empty interest, so use None for empty
+        let mut mio = None;
+
+        if self.is_readable() {
+            mio_add(&mut mio, mio::Interest::READABLE);
+        }
+
+        if self.is_writable() {
+            mio_add(&mut mio, mio::Interest::WRITABLE);
+        }
+
+        #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
+        if self.is_priority() {
+            mio_add(&mut mio, mio::Interest::PRIORITY);
+        }
+
+        #[cfg(target_os = "freebsd")]
+        if self.is_aio() {
+            mio_add(&mut mio, mio::Interest::AIO);
+        }
+
+        #[cfg(target_os = "freebsd")]
+        if self.is_lio() {
+            mio_add(&mut mio, mio::Interest::LIO);
+        }
+
+        if self.is_error() {
+            // There is no error interest in mio, because error events are always reported.
+            // But mio interests cannot be empty and an interest is needed just for the registeration.
+            //
+            // read readiness is filtered out in `Interest::mask` or `Ready::from_interest` if
+            // the read interest was not specified by the user.
+            mio_add(&mut mio, mio::Interest::READABLE);
+        }
+
+        // the default `mio::Interest::READABLE` should never be used in practice. Either
+        //
+        // - at least one tokio interest with a mio counterpart was used
+        // - only the error tokio interest was specified
+        //
+        // in both cases, `mio` is Some already
+        mio.unwrap_or(mio::Interest::READABLE)
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn mask(self) -> Ready {
@@ -130,6 +226,7 @@ impl Interest {
             Interest::WRITABLE => Ready::WRITABLE | Ready::WRITE_CLOSED,
             #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
             Interest::PRIORITY => Ready::PRIORITY | Ready::READ_CLOSED,
+            Interest::ERROR => Ready::ERROR,
             _ => Ready::EMPTY,
         }
     }
@@ -147,12 +244,67 @@ impl ops::BitOr for Interest {
 impl ops::BitOrAssign for Interest {
     #[inline]
     fn bitor_assign(&mut self, other: Self) {
-        self.0 = (*self | other).0;
+        *self = *self | other
     }
 }
 
 impl fmt::Debug for Interest {
     fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        self.0.fmt(fmt)
+        let mut separator = false;
+
+        if self.is_readable() {
+            if separator {
+                write!(fmt, " | ")?;
+            }
+            write!(fmt, "READABLE")?;
+            separator = true;
+        }
+
+        if self.is_writable() {
+            if separator {
+                write!(fmt, " | ")?;
+            }
+            write!(fmt, "WRITABLE")?;
+            separator = true;
+        }
+
+        #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
+        if self.is_priority() {
+            if separator {
+                write!(fmt, " | ")?;
+            }
+            write!(fmt, "PRIORITY")?;
+            separator = true;
+        }
+
+        #[cfg(target_os = "freebsd")]
+        if self.is_aio() {
+            if separator {
+                write!(fmt, " | ")?;
+            }
+            write!(fmt, "AIO")?;
+            separator = true;
+        }
+
+        #[cfg(target_os = "freebsd")]
+        if self.is_lio() {
+            if separator {
+                write!(fmt, " | ")?;
+            }
+            write!(fmt, "LIO")?;
+            separator = true;
+        }
+
+        if self.is_error() {
+            if separator {
+                write!(fmt, " | ")?;
+            }
+            write!(fmt, "ERROR")?;
+            separator = true;
+        }
+
+        let _ = separator;
+
+        Ok(())
     }
 }
diff --git a/tokio/src/io/ready.rs b/tokio/src/io/ready.rs
index c2a80264b..919f1992c 100644
--- a/tokio/src/io/ready.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/io/ready.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const READ_CLOSED: usize = 0b0_0100;
 const WRITE_CLOSED: usize = 0b0_1000;
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
 const PRIORITY: usize = 0b1_0000;
+const ERROR: usize = 0b10_0000;
 
 /// Describes the readiness state of an I/O resources.
 ///
@@ -40,13 +41,17 @@ impl Ready {
     #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))))]
     pub const PRIORITY: Ready = Ready(PRIORITY);
 
+    /// Returns a `Ready` representing error readiness.
+    pub const ERROR: Ready = Ready(ERROR);
+
     /// Returns a `Ready` representing readiness for all operations.
     #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
-    pub const ALL: Ready = Ready(READABLE | WRITABLE | READ_CLOSED | WRITE_CLOSED | PRIORITY);
+    pub const ALL: Ready =
+        Ready(READABLE | WRITABLE | READ_CLOSED | WRITE_CLOSED | ERROR | PRIORITY);
 
     /// Returns a `Ready` representing readiness for all operations.
     #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android")))]
-    pub const ALL: Ready = Ready(READABLE | WRITABLE | READ_CLOSED | WRITE_CLOSED);
+    pub const ALL: Ready = Ready(READABLE | WRITABLE | READ_CLOSED | WRITE_CLOSED | ERROR);
 
     // Must remain crate-private to avoid adding a public dependency on Mio.
     pub(crate) fn from_mio(event: &mio::event::Event) -> Ready {
@@ -79,6 +84,10 @@ impl Ready {
             ready |= Ready::WRITE_CLOSED;
         }
 
+        if event.is_error() {
+            ready |= Ready::ERROR;
+        }
+
         #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
         {
             if event.is_priority() {
@@ -182,6 +191,21 @@ impl Ready {
         self.contains(Ready::PRIORITY)
     }
 
+    /// Returns `true` if the value includes error `readiness`.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use tokio::io::Ready;
+    ///
+    /// assert!(!Ready::EMPTY.is_error());
+    /// assert!(!Ready::WRITABLE.is_error());
+    /// assert!(Ready::ERROR.is_error());
+    /// ```
+    pub fn is_error(self) -> bool {
+        self.contains(Ready::ERROR)
+    }
+
     /// Returns true if `self` is a superset of `other`.
     ///
     /// `other` may represent more than one readiness operations, in which case
@@ -230,6 +254,10 @@ impl Ready {
             ready |= Ready::READ_CLOSED;
         }
 
+        if interest.is_error() {
+            ready |= Ready::ERROR;
+        }
+
         ready
     }
 
@@ -283,7 +311,8 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Ready {
         fmt.field("is_readable", &self.is_readable())
             .field("is_writable", &self.is_writable())
             .field("is_read_closed", &self.is_read_closed())
-            .field("is_write_closed", &self.is_write_closed());
+            .field("is_write_closed", &self.is_write_closed())
+            .field("is_error", &self.is_error());
 
         #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
         fmt.field("is_priority", &self.is_priority());
diff --git a/tokio/tests/io_async_fd.rs b/tokio/tests/io_async_fd.rs
index cdbfbacd0..7abd592d9 100644
--- a/tokio/tests/io_async_fd.rs
+++ b/tokio/tests/io_async_fd.rs
@@ -685,3 +685,128 @@ async fn clear_ready_matching_clears_ready_mut() {
     guard.clear_ready_matching(Ready::WRITABLE);
     assert_eq!(guard.ready(), Ready::EMPTY);
 }
+
+#[tokio::test]
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+async fn await_error_readiness_timestamping() {
+    use std::net::{Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr};
+
+    use tokio::io::{Interest, Ready};
+
+    let address_a = SocketAddr::from((Ipv4Addr::LOCALHOST, 0));
+    let address_b = SocketAddr::from((Ipv4Addr::LOCALHOST, 0));
+
+    let socket = std::net::UdpSocket::bind(address_a).unwrap();
+
+    socket.set_nonblocking(true).unwrap();
+
+    // configure send timestamps
+    configure_timestamping_socket(&socket).unwrap();
+
+    socket.connect(address_b).unwrap();
+
+    let fd = AsyncFd::new(socket).unwrap();
+
+    tokio::select! {
+        _ = fd.ready(Interest::ERROR) => panic!(),
+        _ = tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10)) => {}
+    }
+
+    let buf = b"hello there";
+    fd.get_ref().send(buf).unwrap();
+
+    // the send timestamp should now be in the error queue
+    let guard = fd.ready(Interest::ERROR).await.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(guard.ready(), Ready::ERROR);
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+fn configure_timestamping_socket(udp_socket: &std::net::UdpSocket) -> std::io::Result<libc::c_int> {
+    // enable software timestamping, and specifically software send timestamping
+    let options = libc::SOF_TIMESTAMPING_SOFTWARE | libc::SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX_SOFTWARE;
+
+    let res = unsafe {
+        libc::setsockopt(
+            udp_socket.as_raw_fd(),
+            libc::SOL_SOCKET,
+            libc::SO_TIMESTAMP,
+            &options as *const _ as *const libc::c_void,
+            std::mem::size_of_val(&options) as libc::socklen_t,
+        )
+    };
+
+    if res == -1 {
+        Err(std::io::Error::last_os_error())
+    } else {
+        Ok(res)
+    }
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+async fn await_error_readiness_invalid_address() {
+    use std::net::{Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr};
+    use tokio::io::{Interest, Ready};
+
+    let socket_addr = SocketAddr::from((Ipv4Addr::LOCALHOST, 0));
+    let socket = std::net::UdpSocket::bind(socket_addr).unwrap();
+    let socket_fd = socket.as_raw_fd();
+
+    // Enable IP_RECVERR option to receive error messages
+    // https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/ip.7.html has some extra information
+    let recv_err: libc::c_int = 1;
+    unsafe {
+        let res = libc::setsockopt(
+            socket.as_raw_fd(),
+            libc::SOL_IP,
+            libc::IP_RECVERR,
+            &recv_err as *const _ as *const libc::c_void,
+            std::mem::size_of_val(&recv_err) as libc::socklen_t,
+        );
+        if res == -1 {
+            panic!("{:?}", std::io::Error::last_os_error());
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Spawn a separate thread for sending messages
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        // Set the destination address. This address is invalid in this context. the OS will notice
+        // that nobody is listening on port this port. Normally this is ignored (UDP is "fire and forget"),
+        // but because IP_RECVERR is enabled, the error will actually be reported to the sending socket
+        let mut dest_addr =
+            unsafe { std::mem::MaybeUninit::<libc::sockaddr_in>::zeroed().assume_init() };
+        dest_addr.sin_family = libc::AF_INET as _;
+        // based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephemeral_port, we should pick a port number
+        // below 1024 to guarantee that other tests don't select this port by accident when they
+        // use port 0 to select an ephemeral port.
+        dest_addr.sin_port = 512u16.to_be(); // Destination port
+
+        // Prepare the message data
+        let message = "Hello, Socket!";
+
+        // Prepare the message structure for sendmsg
+        let mut iov = libc::iovec {
+            iov_base: message.as_ptr() as *mut libc::c_void,
+            iov_len: message.len(),
+        };
+
+        // Prepare the destination address for the sendmsg call
+        let dest_sockaddr: *const libc::sockaddr = &dest_addr as *const _ as *const libc::sockaddr;
+        let dest_addrlen: libc::socklen_t = std::mem::size_of_val(&dest_addr) as libc::socklen_t;
+
+        let mut msg: libc::msghdr = unsafe { std::mem::MaybeUninit::zeroed().assume_init() };
+        msg.msg_name = dest_sockaddr as *mut libc::c_void;
+        msg.msg_namelen = dest_addrlen;
+        msg.msg_iov = &mut iov;
+        msg.msg_iovlen = 1;
+
+        if unsafe { libc::sendmsg(socket_fd, &msg, 0) } == -1 {
+            Err(std::io::Error::last_os_error()).unwrap()
+        }
+    });
+
+    let fd = AsyncFd::new(socket).unwrap();
+
+    let guard = fd.ready(Interest::ERROR).await.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(guard.ready(), Ready::ERROR);
+}