diff --git a/src/helpers/errors.js b/src/helpers/errors.js
index 3fe368d..458d0f9 100644
--- a/src/helpers/errors.js
+++ b/src/helpers/errors.js
@@ -9,4 +9,11 @@ errors.WorkerTimeoutError = typedError({
   jobId: null
 });
 
+errors.UnspecifiedWorkerError = typedError({
+  type: 'UnspecifiedWorkerError',
+  message: 'Unspecified worker error',
+  timeout: null,
+  jobId: null
+});
+
 export default errors;
diff --git a/src/worker.js b/src/worker.js
index 23c4b2e..c2f65f3 100644
--- a/src/worker.js
+++ b/src/worker.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import Puid from 'puid';
 import moment from 'moment';
 import logger from './helpers/logger';
 import constants from './helpers/constants';
-import { WorkerTimeoutError } from './helpers/errors';
+import { WorkerTimeoutError, UnspecifiedWorkerError } from './helpers/errors';
 
 const puid = new Puid();
 const debug = logger('esqueue:worker');
@@ -173,6 +173,12 @@ export default class Job extends events.EventEmitter {
         this.emit('job_error', err);
       });
     }, (jobErr) => {
+      if (!jobErr) {
+        jobErr = new UnspecifiedWorkerError({
+          jobId: job._id,
+        });
+      }
+
       // job execution failed
       if (jobErr.type === 'WorkerTimeoutError') {
         this.debug(`Timeout on job ${job._id}`);