diff --git a/src/tinyformat.h b/src/tinyformat.h
index 17f0360c42..5022d46809 100644
--- a/src/tinyformat.h
+++ b/src/tinyformat.h
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ namespace tinyformat {}
 namespace tfm = tinyformat;
 
 // Error handling; calls assert() by default.
-#define TINYFORMAT_ERROR(reasonString) throw std::runtime_error(reasonString)
+#define TINYFORMAT_ERROR(reasonString) throw tinyformat::format_error(reasonString)
 
 // Define for C++11 variadic templates which make the code shorter & more
 // general.  If you don't define this, C++11 support is autodetected below.
@@ -164,6 +164,13 @@ namespace tfm = tinyformat;
 
 namespace tinyformat {
 
+class format_error: public std::runtime_error
+{
+public:
+    format_error(const std::string &what): std::runtime_error(what) {
+    }
+};
+
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 namespace detail {
 
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index c9d465954c..87eb16c91b 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ template<typename... Args> std::string FormatStringFromLogArgs(const char *fmt,
     std::string _log_msg_; /* Unlikely name to avoid shadowing variables */ \
     try { \
         _log_msg_ = tfm::format(__VA_ARGS__); \
-    } catch (std::runtime_error &e) { \
+    } catch (tinyformat::format_error &e) { \
         /* Original format string will have newline so don't add one here */ \
         _log_msg_ = "Error \"" + std::string(e.what()) + "\" while formatting log message: " + FormatStringFromLogArgs(__VA_ARGS__); \
     } \