diff --git a/lib/Raven/ErrorHandler.php b/lib/Raven/ErrorHandler.php
index 77954ab9c..98223f952 100644
--- a/lib/Raven/ErrorHandler.php
+++ b/lib/Raven/ErrorHandler.php
@@ -61,12 +61,18 @@ public function __construct($client, $send_errors_last = false, $error_types = n
 
         $this->client = $client;
         $this->error_types = $error_types;
+        $this->fatal_error_types = array_reduce($this->fatal_error_types, array($this, 'bitwiseOr'));
         if ($send_errors_last) {
             $this->send_errors_last = true;
             $this->client->store_errors_for_bulk_send = true;
         }
     }
 
+    public function bitwiseOr($a, $b)
+    {
+        return $a | $b;
+    }
+
     public function handleException($e, $isError = false, $vars = null)
     {
         $e->event_id = $this->client->captureException($e, null, null, $vars);
@@ -119,7 +125,7 @@ public function handleFatalError()
             return;
         }
 
-        if ($error['type'] & $this->fatal_error_types) {
+        if ($this->shouldCaptureFatalError($error['type'])) {
             $e = new ErrorException(
                 @$error['message'], 0, @$error['type'],
                 @$error['file'], @$error['line']
@@ -128,6 +134,11 @@ public function handleFatalError()
         }
     }
 
+    public function shouldCaptureFatalError($type)
+    {
+        return $type & $this->fatal_error_types;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Register a handler which will intercept unhnalded exceptions and report them to the
      * associated Sentry client.
diff --git a/test/Raven/Tests/ErrorHandlerTest.php b/test/Raven/Tests/ErrorHandlerTest.php
index d6e8890ab..5d9ee4ba6 100644
--- a/test/Raven/Tests/ErrorHandlerTest.php
+++ b/test/Raven/Tests/ErrorHandlerTest.php
@@ -157,6 +157,18 @@ public function testSilentErrorsAreNotReportedWithLocal()
         $handler->handleFatalError();
     }
 
+    public function testShouldCaptureFatalErrorBehavior()
+    {
+        $client = $this->getMockBuilder('Client')
+                       ->setMethods(array('captureException'))
+                       ->getMock();
+        $handler = new Raven_ErrorHandler($client);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($handler->shouldCaptureFatalError(E_ERROR), true);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($handler->shouldCaptureFatalError(E_WARNING), false);
+    }
+
     public function testErrorHandlerDefaultsErrorReporting()
     {
         $client = $this->getMockBuilder('Client')