diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 49e2cd5ff..c20159568 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"math/rand"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
-	"reflect"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -378,13 +377,13 @@ func (client Client) Options() ClientOptions {
 
 // CaptureMessage captures an arbitrary message.
 func (client *Client) CaptureMessage(message string, hint *EventHint, scope EventModifier) *EventID {
-	event := client.eventFromMessage(message, LevelInfo)
+	event := client.EventFromMessage(message, LevelInfo)
 	return client.CaptureEvent(event, hint, scope)
 }
 
 // CaptureException captures an error.
 func (client *Client) CaptureException(exception error, hint *EventHint, scope EventModifier) *EventID {
-	event := client.eventFromException(exception, LevelError)
+	event := client.EventFromException(exception, LevelError)
 	return client.CaptureEvent(event, hint, scope)
 }
 
@@ -439,11 +438,11 @@ func (client *Client) RecoverWithContext(
 	var event *Event
 	switch err := err.(type) {
 	case error:
-		event = client.eventFromException(err, LevelFatal)
+		event = client.EventFromException(err, LevelFatal)
 	case string:
-		event = client.eventFromMessage(err, LevelFatal)
+		event = client.EventFromMessage(err, LevelFatal)
 	default:
-		event = client.eventFromMessage(fmt.Sprintf("%#v", err), LevelFatal)
+		event = client.EventFromMessage(fmt.Sprintf("%#v", err), LevelFatal)
 	}
 	return client.CaptureEvent(event, hint, scope)
 }
@@ -463,10 +462,11 @@ func (client *Client) Flush(timeout time.Duration) bool {
 	return client.Transport.Flush(timeout)
 }
 
-func (client *Client) eventFromMessage(message string, level Level) *Event {
+// EventFromMessage creates an event from the given message string.
+func (client *Client) EventFromMessage(message string, level Level) *Event {
 	if message == "" {
 		err := usageError{fmt.Errorf("%s called with empty message", callerFunctionName())}
-		return client.eventFromException(err, level)
+		return client.EventFromException(err, level)
 	}
 	event := NewEvent()
 	event.Level = level
@@ -483,41 +483,17 @@ func (client *Client) eventFromMessage(message string, level Level) *Event {
 	return event
 }
 
-func (client *Client) eventFromException(exception error, level Level) *Event {
-	err := exception
-	if err == nil {
-		err = usageError{fmt.Errorf("%s called with nil error", callerFunctionName())}
-	}
-
+// EventFromException creates a new Sentry event from the given `error` instance.
+func (client *Client) EventFromException(exception error, level Level) *Event {
 	event := NewEvent()
 	event.Level = level
 
-	for i := 0; i < client.options.MaxErrorDepth && err != nil; i++ {
-		event.Exception = append(event.Exception, Exception{
-			Value:      err.Error(),
-			Type:       reflect.TypeOf(err).String(),
-			Stacktrace: ExtractStacktrace(err),
-		})
-		switch previous := err.(type) {
-		case interface{ Unwrap() error }:
-			err = previous.Unwrap()
-		case interface{ Cause() error }:
-			err = previous.Cause()
-		default:
-			err = nil
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Add a trace of the current stack to the most recent error in a chain if
-	// it doesn't have a stack trace yet.
-	// We only add to the most recent error to avoid duplication and because the
-	// current stack is most likely unrelated to errors deeper in the chain.
-	if event.Exception[0].Stacktrace == nil {
-		event.Exception[0].Stacktrace = NewStacktrace()
+	err := exception
+	if err == nil {
+		err = usageError{fmt.Errorf("%s called with nil error", callerFunctionName())}
 	}
 
-	// event.Exception should be sorted such that the most recent error is last.
-	reverse(event.Exception)
+	event.SetException(err, client.options.MaxErrorDepth)
 
 	return event
 }
diff --git a/interfaces.go b/interfaces.go
index 91c5e476e..ad1cec04d 100644
--- a/interfaces.go
+++ b/interfaces.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
+	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -313,6 +314,44 @@ type Event struct {
 	sdkMetaData SDKMetaData
 }
 
+// SetException appends the unwrapped errors to the event's exception list.
+//
+// maxErrorDepth is the maximum depth of the error chain we will look
+// into while unwrapping the errors.
+func (e *Event) SetException(exception error, maxErrorDepth int) {
+	err := exception
+	if err == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < maxErrorDepth && err != nil; i++ {
+		e.Exception = append(e.Exception, Exception{
+			Value:      err.Error(),
+			Type:       reflect.TypeOf(err).String(),
+			Stacktrace: ExtractStacktrace(err),
+		})
+		switch previous := err.(type) {
+		case interface{ Unwrap() error }:
+			err = previous.Unwrap()
+		case interface{ Cause() error }:
+			err = previous.Cause()
+		default:
+			err = nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Add a trace of the current stack to the most recent error in a chain if
+	// it doesn't have a stack trace yet.
+	// We only add to the most recent error to avoid duplication and because the
+	// current stack is most likely unrelated to errors deeper in the chain.
+	if e.Exception[0].Stacktrace == nil {
+		e.Exception[0].Stacktrace = NewStacktrace()
+	}
+
+	// event.Exception should be sorted such that the most recent error is last.
+	reverse(e.Exception)
+}
+
 // TODO: Event.Contexts map[string]interface{} => map[string]EventContext,
 // to prevent accidentally storing T when we mean *T.
 // For example, the TraceContext must be stored as *TraceContext to pick up the