diff --git a/compiler/src/error.rs b/compiler/src/error.rs
index 679a914bf..62546ddb4 100644
--- a/compiler/src/error.rs
+++ b/compiler/src/error.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use rustpython_parser::error::{ParseError, ParseErrorType};
+use rustpython_parser::error::{LexicalErrorType, ParseError, ParseErrorType};
 use rustpython_parser::location::Location;
 
 use std::error::Error;
@@ -40,6 +40,19 @@ pub enum CompileErrorType {
     InvalidYield,
 }
 
+impl CompileError {
+    pub fn is_tab_error(&self) -> bool {
+        if let CompileErrorType::Parse(parse) = &self.error {
+            if let ParseErrorType::Lexical(lex) = parse {
+                if let LexicalErrorType::TabError = lex {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        false
+    }
+}
+
 impl fmt::Display for CompileError {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         match &self.error {
diff --git a/parser/src/error.rs b/parser/src/error.rs
index cc34abac0..febef7c33 100644
--- a/parser/src/error.rs
+++ b/parser/src/error.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ pub enum LexicalErrorType {
     StringError,
     UnicodeError,
     NestingError,
+    TabError,
     DefaultArgumentError,
     PositionalArgumentError,
     DuplicateKeywordArgumentError,
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ impl fmt::Display for LexicalErrorType {
             LexicalErrorType::FStringError(error) => write!(f, "Got error in f-string: {}", error),
             LexicalErrorType::UnicodeError => write!(f, "Got unexpected unicode"),
             LexicalErrorType::NestingError => write!(f, "Got unexpected nesting"),
+            LexicalErrorType::TabError => {
+                write!(f, "inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation")
+            }
             LexicalErrorType::DefaultArgumentError => {
                 write!(f, "non-default argument follows default argument")
             }
diff --git a/parser/src/lexer.rs b/parser/src/lexer.rs
index 5d11514dc..86ff86400 100644
--- a/parser/src/lexer.rs
+++ b/parser/src/lexer.rs
@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ impl IndentationLevel {
             } else {
                 Err(LexicalError {
                     location,
-                    error: LexicalErrorType::OtherError(
-                        "inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation".to_string(),
-                    ),
+                    error: LexicalErrorType::TabError,
                 })
             }
         } else if self.tabs > other.tabs {
@@ -49,9 +47,7 @@ impl IndentationLevel {
             } else {
                 Err(LexicalError {
                     location,
-                    error: LexicalErrorType::OtherError(
-                        "inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation".to_string(),
-                    ),
+                    error: LexicalErrorType::TabError,
                 })
             }
         } else {
diff --git a/tests/snippets/invalid_syntax.py b/tests/snippets/invalid_syntax.py
index 8a4c8a738..faa3d2474 100644
--- a/tests/snippets/invalid_syntax.py
+++ b/tests/snippets/invalid_syntax.py
@@ -14,5 +14,14 @@ except SyntaxError as ex:
 else:
     raise AssertionError("Must throw syntax error")
 
+src = """
+if True:
+    pass
+\tpass
+"""
+
+with assert_raises(TabError):
+    compile(src, '', 'exec')
+
 with assert_raises(SyntaxError):
     compile('0xX', 'test.py', 'exec')
diff --git a/vm/src/builtins.rs b/vm/src/builtins.rs
index c7e11a027..f19753f7d 100644
--- a/vm/src/builtins.rs
+++ b/vm/src/builtins.rs
@@ -850,6 +850,8 @@ pub fn make_module(vm: &VirtualMachine, module: PyObjectRef) {
         "RuntimeError" => ctx.exceptions.runtime_error.clone(),
         "ReferenceError" => ctx.exceptions.reference_error.clone(),
         "SyntaxError" =>  ctx.exceptions.syntax_error.clone(),
+        "IndentationError" =>  ctx.exceptions.indentation_error.clone(),
+        "TabError" =>  ctx.exceptions.tab_error.clone(),
         "NotImplementedError" => ctx.exceptions.not_implemented_error.clone(),
         "TypeError" => ctx.exceptions.type_error.clone(),
         "ValueError" => ctx.exceptions.value_error.clone(),
diff --git a/vm/src/exceptions.rs b/vm/src/exceptions.rs
index b6d9f33a2..7193cd036 100644
--- a/vm/src/exceptions.rs
+++ b/vm/src/exceptions.rs
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ pub struct ExceptionZoo {
     pub runtime_error: PyClassRef,
     pub stop_iteration: PyClassRef,
     pub syntax_error: PyClassRef,
+    pub indentation_error: PyClassRef,
+    pub tab_error: PyClassRef,
     pub system_error: PyClassRef,
     pub type_error: PyClassRef,
     pub value_error: PyClassRef,
@@ -284,6 +286,8 @@ impl ExceptionZoo {
         let permission_error = create_type("PermissionError", &type_type, &os_error);
         let file_exists_error = create_type("FileExistsError", &type_type, &os_error);
         let eof_error = create_type("EOFError", &type_type, &exception_type);
+        let indentation_error = create_type("IndentationError", &type_type, &syntax_error);
+        let tab_error = create_type("TabError", &type_type, &indentation_error);
         let unicode_error = create_type("UnicodeError", &type_type, &value_error);
         let unicode_decode_error = create_type("UnicodeDecodeError", &type_type, &unicode_error);
         let unicode_encode_error = create_type("UnicodeEncodeError", &type_type, &unicode_error);
@@ -327,6 +331,8 @@ impl ExceptionZoo {
             runtime_error,
             stop_iteration,
             syntax_error,
+            indentation_error,
+            tab_error,
             system_error,
             type_error,
             value_error,
diff --git a/vm/src/vm.rs b/vm/src/vm.rs
index ebcb0a4c4..b64cd349c 100644
--- a/vm/src/vm.rs
+++ b/vm/src/vm.rs
@@ -397,7 +397,11 @@ impl VirtualMachine {
 
     #[cfg(feature = "rustpython-compiler")]
     pub fn new_syntax_error(&self, error: &CompileError) -> PyObjectRef {
-        let syntax_error_type = self.ctx.exceptions.syntax_error.clone();
+        let syntax_error_type = if error.is_tab_error() {
+            self.ctx.exceptions.tab_error.clone()
+        } else {
+            self.ctx.exceptions.syntax_error.clone()
+        };
         let syntax_error = self.new_exception(syntax_error_type, error.to_string());
         let lineno = self.new_int(error.location.row());
         self.set_attr(&syntax_error, "lineno", lineno).unwrap();