diff --git a/ginhttp/server.go b/ginhttp/server.go
index 8f17724..798dd76 100644
--- a/ginhttp/server.go
+++ b/ginhttp/server.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
-	opentracing "github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
+	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
 	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go/ext"
 )
 
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const defaultComponentName = "net/http"
 type mwOptions struct {
 	opNameFunc    func(r *http.Request) string
 	spanObserver  func(span opentracing.Span, r *http.Request)
+	errorFunc     func(ctx *gin.Context) bool
 	componentName string
 }
 
@@ -51,6 +52,13 @@ func MWSpanObserver(f func(span opentracing.Span, r *http.Request)) MWOption {
 	}
 }
 
+// MWErrorFunc returns a MWOption that sets the span error tag
+func MWErrorFunc(f func(ctx *gin.Context) bool) MWOption {
+	return func(options *mwOptions) {
+		options.errorFunc = f
+	}
+}
+
 // Middleware is a gin native version of the equivalent middleware in:
 //   https://github.com/opentracing-contrib/go-stdlib/
 func Middleware(tr opentracing.Tracer, options ...MWOption) gin.HandlerFunc {
@@ -84,6 +92,9 @@ func Middleware(tr opentracing.Tracer, options ...MWOption) gin.HandlerFunc {
 
 		c.Next()
 
+		if opts.errorFunc != nil {
+			ext.Error.Set(sp, opts.errorFunc(c))
+		}
 		ext.HTTPStatusCode.Set(sp, uint16(c.Writer.Status()))
 		sp.Finish()
 	}
diff --git a/ginhttp/server_test.go b/ginhttp/server_test.go
index 0fc0ec9..25ea2d9 100644
--- a/ginhttp/server_test.go
+++ b/ginhttp/server_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
-	opentracing "github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
+	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
 	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go/mocktracer"
 )
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func TestSpanObserverOption(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatalf("got %s operation name, expected %s", got, want)
 			}
 
-			defaultLength := 5
+			defaultLength := 6
 			if len(spans[0].Tags()) != len(testCase.Tags)+defaultLength {
 				t.Fatalf("got tag length %d, expected %d", len(spans[0].Tags()), len(testCase.Tags))
 			}