diff --git a/artiq/coredevice/core.py b/artiq/coredevice/core.py
index 406a7c961..e7b6b4874 100644
--- a/artiq/coredevice/core.py
+++ b/artiq/coredevice/core.py
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ def rtio_get_destination_status(linkno: TInt32) -> TBool:
 def rtio_get_counter() -> TInt64:
     raise NotImplementedError("syscall not simulated")
 
+@syscall
+def raise_exception(id: TInt32) -> TNone:
+    raise NotImplementedError("syscall not simulated")
 
 class Core:
     """Core device driver.
diff --git a/artiq/test/coredevice/test_exceptions.py b/artiq/test/coredevice/test_exceptions.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26d6f8ca3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artiq/test/coredevice/test_exceptions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import unittest
+import artiq.coredevice.exceptions as exceptions
+
+from artiq.experiment import *
+from artiq.test.hardware_testbench import ExperimentCase
+from artiq.compiler.embedding import EmbeddingMap
+from artiq.coredevice.core import raise_exception
+
+"""
+Test sync in exceptions raised between host and kernel
+Check artiq.compiler.embedding and artiq.frontend.ksupport.eh_artiq
+
+Considers the following two cases:
+    1) Exception raised on kernel and passed to host
+    2) Exception raised in host function called from kernel
+Ensures integirty of exceptions is maintained as it passes between kernel and host
+"""
+
+exception_names = EmbeddingMap().str_reverse_map
+
+
+class _TestExceptionSync(EnvExperiment):
+    def build(self):
+        self.setattr_device("core")
+    
+    @rpc
+    def _raise_exception_host(self, id):
+        exn = exception_names[id].split('.')[-1].split(':')[-1]
+        exn = getattr(exceptions, exn)
+        raise exn
+
+    @kernel
+    def raise_exception_host(self, id):
+        self._raise_exception_host(id)
+
+    @kernel
+    def raise_exception_kernel(self, id):
+        raise_exception(id)
+
+    
+class ExceptionTest(ExperimentCase):
+    def test_raise_exceptions_kernel(self):
+        exp = self.create(_TestExceptionSync)
+        
+        for id, name in list(exception_names.items())[::-1]:
+            name = name.split('.')[-1].split(':')[-1]
+            with self.assertRaises(getattr(exceptions, name)) as ctx:
+                exp.raise_exception_kernel(id)
+            self.assertEqual(str(ctx.exception).strip("'"), name)
+            
+            
+    def test_raise_exceptions_host(self):
+        exp = self.create(_TestExceptionSync)
+
+        for id, name in exception_names.items():
+            name = name.split('.')[-1].split(':')[-1]
+            with self.assertRaises(getattr(exceptions, name)) as ctx:
+                exp.raise_exception_host(id)
+