diff --git a/src/ngMock/angular-mocks.js b/src/ngMock/angular-mocks.js
index b8fc8d065985..c5966b37f6fb 100644
--- a/src/ngMock/angular-mocks.js
+++ b/src/ngMock/angular-mocks.js
@@ -2899,6 +2899,15 @@ angular.mock.$RootScopeDecorator = ['$delegate', function($delegate) {
   window.inject = angular.mock.inject = function() {
     var blockFns = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 0);
     var errorForStack = new Error('Declaration Location');
+    // some browsers, e.g. PhanthomJS, do not set a new error object's stack
+    // information until it has been thrown
+    if (!errorForStack.stack) {
+      try {
+        throw errorForStack;
+      } catch (e) {
+        errorForStack = e;
+      }
+    }
     return wasInjectorCreated() ? workFn.call(currentSpec) : workFn;
     /////////////////////
     function workFn() {
diff --git a/test/ngMock/angular-mocksSpec.js b/test/ngMock/angular-mocksSpec.js
index 1e19e2eb9ae6..9db25fff5e7d 100644
--- a/test/ngMock/angular-mocksSpec.js
+++ b/test/ngMock/angular-mocksSpec.js
@@ -914,6 +914,53 @@ describe('ngMock', function() {
           });
         }).toThrow('test message');
       }));
+
+      describe('when called outside of test spec context and inject callback throws an Error', function() {
+        // - IE9 does not support providing stack traces
+        // - Chrome & Firefox give us the stack trace as soon as an Error is
+        //   created
+        // - IE10, IE11 & PhantomJS give us the stack trace only once the error
+        //   is thrown
+        var stackTraceSupported = (function() {
+          var error = new Error();
+          if (error.stack)
+            return error.stack;
+          try {
+            throw error;
+          } catch (e) {
+            return e.stack;
+          }
+        })();
+
+        function testCaller() {
+          return inject(function() {
+            throw new Error();
+          });
+        }
+        var throwErrorFromInjectCallback = testCaller();
+
+        if (stackTraceSupported) {
+          describe('on browsers supporting stack traces', function() {
+              it('should update thrown Error stack with inject call location', function() {
+                try {
+                  throwErrorFromInjectCallback();
+                } catch (e) {
+                  expect(e.stack).toMatch('testCaller');
+                }
+              });
+          });
+        } else {
+          describe('on browsers not supporting stack traces', function() {
+            it('should not add stack trace information to thrown Error', function() {
+              try {
+                throwErrorFromInjectCallback();
+              } catch (e) {
+                expect(e.stack).not.toBeDefined();
+              }
+            });
+          });
+        }
+      });
     });
   });