diff --git a/lib/_stream_wrap.js b/lib/_stream_wrap.js
index 25a77b8c4a9e8c..4b92fb64536b11 100644
--- a/lib/_stream_wrap.js
+++ b/lib/_stream_wrap.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const JSStream = process.binding('js_stream').JSStream;
 var Buffer = require('buffer').Buffer;
 const uv = process.binding('uv');
 const debug = util.debuglog('stream_wrap');
+const errors = require('internal/errors');
 
 function StreamWrap(stream) {
   const handle = new JSStream();
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ function StreamWrap(stream) {
       this.pause();
       this.removeListener('data', ondata);
 
-      self.emit('error', new Error('Stream has StringDecoder'));
+      self.emit('error', new errors.Error('ERR_STREAM_HAS_STRINGDECODER'));
       return;
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/errors.js b/lib/internal/errors.js
index fcfbdd24bf3925..a73d4599313b09 100644
--- a/lib/internal/errors.js
+++ b/lib/internal/errors.js
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ E('ERR_PARSE_HISTORY_DATA',
 E('ERR_NO_CRYPTO', 'Node.js is not compiled with OpenSSL crypto support');
 E('ERR_STDERR_CLOSE', 'process.stderr cannot be closed');
 E('ERR_STDOUT_CLOSE', 'process.stdout cannot be closed');
+E('ERR_STREAM_HAS_STRINGDECODER', 'Stream has StringDecoder');
 E('ERR_TRANSFORM_ALREADY_TRANSFORMING',
   'Calling transform done when still transforming');
 E('ERR_TRANSFORM_MULTIPLE_CALLBACK', 'Callback called multiple times');