diff --git a/__tests__/Auth0Client/getTokenWithPopup.test.ts b/__tests__/Auth0Client/getTokenWithPopup.test.ts
index 926ea36f7..a43093302 100644
--- a/__tests__/Auth0Client/getTokenWithPopup.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/Auth0Client/getTokenWithPopup.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import * as scope from '../../src/scope';
 import {
   assertPostFn,
   fetchResponse,
+  setupFailingPopup,
   setupFn,
   setupMessageEventLister
 } from './helpers';
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ import {
   TEST_STATE
 } from '../constants';
 
-import { Auth0ClientOptions } from '../../src';
+import { Auth0ClientOptions, PopupOpenError } from '../../src';
 import { DEFAULT_AUTH0_CLIENT } from '../../src/constants';
 import { expect } from '@jest/globals';
 
@@ -214,5 +215,12 @@ describe('Auth0Client', () => {
 
       expect(config.popup.location.href).toMatch(/global-audience/);
     });
+
+    it('should fail if the popup cannot be opened', async () => {
+      const auth0 = setup();
+      setupFailingPopup(mockWindow);
+
+      await expect(auth0.getTokenWithPopup()).rejects.toThrow(PopupOpenError);
+    })
   });
 });
diff --git a/__tests__/Auth0Client/helpers.ts b/__tests__/Auth0Client/helpers.ts
index 6d94f0d82..27dd28159 100644
--- a/__tests__/Auth0Client/helpers.ts
+++ b/__tests__/Auth0Client/helpers.ts
@@ -304,6 +304,12 @@ export const setupMessageEventLister = (
   });
 };
 
+export const setupFailingPopup = (
+  mockWindow: any
+) => {
+  mockWindow.open.mockReturnValue(null);
+}
+
 export const loginWithPopupFn = (mockWindow, mockFetch) => {
   return async (
     auth0,
diff --git a/src/Auth0Client.ts b/src/Auth0Client.ts
index b338a7372..56146240b 100644
--- a/src/Auth0Client.ts
+++ b/src/Auth0Client.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import {
   AuthenticationError,
   GenericError,
   MissingRefreshTokenError,
+  PopupOpenError,
   TimeoutError
 } from './errors';
 
@@ -361,9 +362,7 @@ export class Auth0Client {
       config.popup = openPopup('');
 
       if (!config.popup) {
-        throw new Error(
-          'Unable to open a popup for loginWithPopup - window.open returned `null`'
-        );
+        throw new PopupOpenError();
       }
     }
 
@@ -625,7 +624,7 @@ export class Auth0Client {
    *
    * If refresh tokens are used, the token endpoint is called directly with the
    * 'refresh_token' grant. If no refresh token is available to make this call,
-   * the SDK will only fall back to using an iframe to the '/authorize' URL if 
+   * the SDK will only fall back to using an iframe to the '/authorize' URL if
    * the `useRefreshTokensFallback` setting has been set to `true`. By default this
    * setting is `false`.
    *
diff --git a/src/errors.ts b/src/errors.ts
index d8518f854..6b42ca7c6 100644
--- a/src/errors.ts
+++ b/src/errors.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ export class PopupCancelledError extends GenericError {
   }
 }
 
+export class PopupOpenError extends GenericError {
+  constructor() {
+    super('popup_open', 'Unable to open a popup for loginWithPopup - window.open returned `null`');
+    //https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript-wiki/blob/master/Breaking-Changes.md#extending-built-ins-like-error-array-and-map-may-no-longer-work
+    Object.setPrototypeOf(this, PopupOpenError.prototype);
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Error thrown when the token exchange results in a `mfa_required` error
  */
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index d1a559690..0657d514b 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export {
   TimeoutError,
   PopupTimeoutError,
   PopupCancelledError,
+  PopupOpenError,
   MfaRequiredError,
   MissingRefreshTokenError
 } from './errors';