diff --git a/jerry-core/ecma/operations/ecma-exceptions.c b/jerry-core/ecma/operations/ecma-exceptions.c
index 33d04cd0d..8bb648261 100644
--- a/jerry-core/ecma/operations/ecma-exceptions.c
+++ b/jerry-core/ecma/operations/ecma-exceptions.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "ecma-globals.h"
 #include "ecma-helpers.h"
 #include "ecma-objects.h"
+#include "ecma-symbol-object.h"
 #include "jcontext.h"
 #include "jrt.h"
 
@@ -289,6 +290,13 @@ ecma_raise_standard_error_with_format (ecma_standard_error_t error_type, /**< er
         lit_magic_string_id_t class_name = ecma_object_get_class_name (arg_object_p);
         arg_string_p = ecma_get_magic_string (class_name);
       }
+#ifndef CONFIG_DISABLE_ES2015_SYMBOL_BUILTIN
+      else if (ecma_is_value_symbol (arg_val))
+      {
+        ecma_value_t symbol_desc_value = ecma_get_symbol_descriptive_string (arg_val);
+        arg_string_p = ecma_get_string_from_value (symbol_desc_value);
+      }
+#endif /* !CONFIG_DISABLE_ES2015_SYMBOL_BUILTIN */
       else
       {
         ecma_value_t str_val = ecma_op_to_string (arg_val);
diff --git a/tests/jerry/es2015/symbol-exception.js b/tests/jerry/es2015/symbol-exception.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34485bddd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/jerry/es2015/symbol-exception.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/* Copyright JS Foundation and other contributors, http://js.foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+try {
+  undefined[Symbol ("foo")];
+  assert (false);
+} catch (e) {
+  /* Error message: Cannot read property 'Symbol(foo)' of undefined */
+  assert (e instanceof TypeError);
+}