diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/sliver.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/sliver.dart
index a033ed9cfc..d551a0986c 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/sliver.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/sliver.dart
@@ -1291,8 +1291,8 @@ class KeepAlive extends ParentDataWidget<SliverWithKeepAliveWidget> {
   }
 }
 
-// Return an ErrorWidget for the given Exception
-ErrorWidget _createErrorWidget(dynamic exception, StackTrace stackTrace) {
+// Return a Widget for the given Exception
+Widget _createErrorWidget(dynamic exception, StackTrace stackTrace) {
   final FlutterErrorDetails details = FlutterErrorDetails(
     exception: exception,
     stack: stackTrace,
diff --git a/packages/flutter/test/widgets/slivers_test.dart b/packages/flutter/test/widgets/slivers_test.dart
index c25ee665b1..91b8041209 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/test/widgets/slivers_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/test/widgets/slivers_test.dart
@@ -195,4 +195,19 @@ void main() {
     expect(find.text('B'), findsNothing);
     expect(find.text('BOTTOM'), findsOneWidget);
   });
+
+  testWidgets('Can override ErrorWidget.build', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+    const Text errorText = Text('error');
+    final ErrorWidgetBuilder oldBuilder = ErrorWidget.builder;
+    ErrorWidget.builder = (FlutterErrorDetails details) => errorText;
+    final SliverChildBuilderDelegate builderThrowsDelegate = SliverChildBuilderDelegate(
+      (_, __) => throw 'builder',
+      addAutomaticKeepAlives: false,
+      addRepaintBoundaries: false,
+      addSemanticIndexes: false,
+    );
+    expect(builderThrowsDelegate.build(null, 0), errorText);
+    expect(tester.takeException(), 'builder');
+    ErrorWidget.builder = oldBuilder;
+  });
 }