diff --git a/include/pybind11/pybind11.h b/include/pybind11/pybind11.h
index c9b40b4b0..7af9b7537 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/pybind11.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/pybind11.h
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ protected:
             }
         } catch (const error_already_set &)      {                                                 return nullptr;
         } catch (const index_error &e)           { PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError,    e.what()); return nullptr;
+        } catch (const value_error &e)           { PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,    e.what()); return nullptr;
         } catch (const stop_iteration &e)        { PyErr_SetString(PyExc_StopIteration, e.what()); return nullptr;
         } catch (const std::bad_alloc &e)        { PyErr_SetString(PyExc_MemoryError,   e.what()); return nullptr;
         } catch (const std::domain_error &e)     { PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,    e.what()); return nullptr;