diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/reporters/github.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/reporters/github.ts
index 11453bee64..757589a6a7 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/reporters/github.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/reporters/github.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 
 import milliseconds from 'ms';
 import path from 'path';
-import { BaseReporter, formatFailure, stripAnsiEscapes } from './base';
-import { TestCase, FullResult } from '../../types/testReporter';
+import { BaseReporter, formatError, formatFailure, stripAnsiEscapes } from './base';
+import { TestCase, FullResult, TestError } from '../../types/testReporter';
 
 type GitHubLogType = 'debug' | 'notice' | 'warning' | 'error';
 
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ export class GitHubReporter extends BaseReporter {
     this._printAnnotations();
   }
 
+  override onError(error: TestError) {
+    const errorMessage = formatError(error, false).message;
+    this.githubLogger.error(errorMessage);
+  }
+
   private _printAnnotations() {
     const summary = this.generateSummary();
     const summaryMessage = this.generateSummaryMessage(summary);
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-github.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-github.spec.ts
index e4bcef8387..a7f242c6b9 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/reporter-github.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/reporter-github.spec.ts
@@ -73,4 +73,22 @@ test('print GitHub annotations for slow tests', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(text).toContain('::warning title=Slow Test,file=a.test.js::a.test.js took');
   expect(text).toContain('::notice title=🎭 Playwright Run Summary::  1 passed');
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
+
+test('print GitHub annotations for global error', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
+  const result = await runInlineTest({
+    'a.test.js': `
+      const test = pwt.test.extend({
+        w: [async ({}, use) => {
+          await use();
+          throw new Error('Oh my!');
+        }, { scope: 'worker' }],
+      });
+      test('passes but...', ({w}) => {
+      });
+    `,
+  }, { reporter: 'github' });
+  const text = stripAscii(result.output);
+  expect(text).toContain('::error ::%0AError: Oh my!%0A%0A');
+  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
+});