diff --git a/httplib.h b/httplib.h
index d02e4c3..2ca8f3b 100644
--- a/httplib.h
+++ b/httplib.h
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ public:
   using Handler = std::function<void(const Request &, Response &)>;
 
   using ExceptionHandler =
-      std::function<void(const Request &, Response &, std::exception &e)>;
+      std::function<void(const Request &, Response &, std::exception_ptr ep)>;
 
   enum class HandlerResponse {
     Handled,
@@ -5721,15 +5721,22 @@ Server::process_request(Stream &strm, bool close_connection,
     routed = routing(req, res, strm);
   } catch (std::exception &e) {
     if (exception_handler_) {
-      exception_handler_(req, res, e);
+      auto ep = std::current_exception();
+      exception_handler_(req, res, ep);
       routed = true;
     } else {
       res.status = 500;
       res.set_header("EXCEPTION_WHAT", e.what());
     }
   } catch (...) {
-    res.status = 500;
-    res.set_header("EXCEPTION_WHAT", "UNKNOWN");
+    if (exception_handler_) {
+      auto ep = std::current_exception();
+      exception_handler_(req, res, ep);
+      routed = true;
+    } else {
+      res.status = 500;
+      res.set_header("EXCEPTION_WHAT", "UNKNOWN");
+    }
   }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/test/test.cc b/test/test.cc
index aa1d2c8..58dc5b2 100644
--- a/test/test.cc
+++ b/test/test.cc
@@ -1249,8 +1249,13 @@ TEST(ExceptionHandlerTest, ContentLength) {
   Server svr;
 
   svr.set_exception_handler([](const Request & /*req*/, Response &res,
-                               std::exception &e) {
-    EXPECT_EQ("abc", std::string(e.what()));
+                               std::exception_ptr ep) {
+    EXPECT_FALSE(ep == nullptr);
+    try{
+      std::rethrow_exception(ep);
+    }catch(std::exception& e){
+      EXPECT_EQ("abc", std::string(e.what()));
+    }
     res.status = 500;
     res.set_content("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz",
                     "text/html"); // <= Content-Length still 13 at this point