diff --git a/src/intertyper.js b/src/intertyper.js
index 7db1a2fe4..1d18c3cfe 100644
--- a/src/intertyper.js
+++ b/src/intertyper.js
@@ -919,6 +919,7 @@ function intertyper(data, sidePass, baseLineNums) {
     processItem: function(item) {
       return [{
         intertype: 'resume',
+        ident: toNiceIdent(item.tokens[2].text),
         lineNum: item.lineNum
       }];
     }
diff --git a/src/jsifier.js b/src/jsifier.js
index 8b3c96837..47118d76b 100644
--- a/src/jsifier.js
+++ b/src/jsifier.js
@@ -1036,8 +1036,12 @@ function JSify(data, functionsOnly, givenFunctions) {
     return ret + ';';
   });
   makeFuncLineActor('resume', function(item) {
+    // exception pointer is from the ident (we can't reuse it from the original exception since cxa_end_catch might clean it up);
+    // type and destructor can be reused.
     return (EXCEPTION_DEBUG ? 'Module.print("Resuming exception");' : '') + 
-    	'throw ' + makeGetValue('_llvm_eh_exception.buf', '0', 'void*') + ';';
+    	'___cxa_throw(' + item.ident + '.f0, ' +
+        makeGetValue('_llvm_eh_exception.buf', Runtime.QUANTUM_SIZE, 'void*') + ',' +
+        makeGetValue('_llvm_eh_exception.buf', Runtime.QUANTUM_SIZE*2, 'void*') + ');';
   });
   makeFuncLineActor('invoke', function(item) {
     // Wrapping in a function lets us easily return values if we are
diff --git a/tests/runner.py b/tests/runner.py
index 1f40ed708..723356c0c 100755
--- a/tests/runner.py
+++ b/tests/runner.py
@@ -2377,8 +2377,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
       self.do_run(src, '''setjmp normal execution path, level: 0, prev_jmp: -1
 setjmp normal execution path, level: 1, prev_jmp: 0
 level is 2, perform longjmp!
+caught 1
 setjmp exception execution path, level: 1, prev_jmp: 0
 prev_jmp is not empty, continue with longjmp!
+caught 0
 setjmp exception execution path, level: 0, prev_jmp: -1
 Exiting setjmp function, level: 0, prev_jmp: -1
 ''')