diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f2fe37cd1..f071b43cf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 - Fixed a deprecation in `sidekiq-ruby` error handler [#2160](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/2160)
 - Avoid invoking ActiveSupport::BroadcastLogger if not defined [#2169](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/2169)
 - Respect custom `Delayed::Job.max_attempts` if it's defined [#2176](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/2176)
+- Allow non-string error message to be reported to sentry ([#2137](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-ruby/pull/2137))
 
 ## 5.13.0
 
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/interfaces/single_exception.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/interfaces/single_exception.rb
index 73e75c812..96217c077 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/interfaces/single_exception.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/interfaces/single_exception.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ def initialize(exception:, stacktrace: nil)
         else
           exception.message || ""
         end
+      exception_message = exception_message.inspect unless exception_message.is_a?(String)
 
       @value = Utils::EncodingHelper.encode_to_utf_8(exception_message.byteslice(0..Event::MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE_IN_BYTES))
 
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/client_spec.rb b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/client_spec.rb
index 8ffc43a44..a3517dc1d 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/client_spec.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/client_spec.rb
@@ -209,6 +209,18 @@ def sentry_context
           expect(hash[:exception][:values][0][:value]).to eq("undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass")
         end
       end
+
+      it "converts non-string error message" do
+        NonStringMessageError = Class.new(StandardError) do
+          def detailed_message(*)
+            { foo: "bar" }
+          end
+        end
+
+        event = subject.event_from_exception(NonStringMessageError.new)
+        expect(event).to be_a(Sentry::ErrorEvent)
+        expect(Sentry::Event.get_message_from_exception(event.to_hash)).to match("NonStringMessageError: {:foo=>\"bar\"}")
+      end
     end
 
     it "sets threads interface without stacktrace" do