diff --git a/src/lib/FunctionAssertion.ts b/src/lib/FunctionAssertion.ts
index 9a441a30..22d855c5 100644
--- a/src/lib/FunctionAssertion.ts
+++ b/src/lib/FunctionAssertion.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { AssertionError } from "assert";
+import { isDeepStrictEqual } from "util";
 
 import { Assertion, Constructor } from "./Assertion";
 import { ErrorAssertion } from "./ErrorAssertion";
@@ -29,25 +30,41 @@ export class FunctionAssertion<T extends AnyFunction> extends Assertion<T> {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Check if the function throws anything when called.
+   * Check if the function throws when called. Optionally, you can check that
+   * the thrown error is strictly equal to an `Error` instance by passing it as
+   * a parameter.
    *
+   * @param error the error the function should throw
    * @returns the assertion instance
    */
-  public toThrow(): this {
+  public toThrow<E extends Error>(error?: E): this {
     const captured = this.captureError();
-    const error = new AssertionError({
-      actual: captured,
-      message: "Expected the function to throw when called"
-    });
-    const invertedError = new AssertionError({
-      actual: captured,
-      message: "Expected the function NOT to throw when called"
-    });
+
+    if (error !== undefined) {
+      return this.execute({
+        assertWhen: isDeepStrictEqual(captured, error),
+        error: new AssertionError({
+          actual: captured,
+          expected: error,
+          message: `Expected the function to throw - ${error}`
+        }),
+        invertedError: new AssertionError({
+          actual: this.actual,
+          message: `Expected the function NOT to throw - ${error}`
+        })
+      });
+    }
 
     return this.execute({
       assertWhen: captured !== NoThrow,
-      error,
-      invertedError
+      error: new AssertionError({
+        actual: captured,
+        message: "Expected the function to throw when called"
+      }),
+      invertedError: new AssertionError({
+        actual: captured,
+        message: "Expected the function NOT to throw when called"
+      })
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/test/lib/FunctionAssertion.test.ts b/test/lib/FunctionAssertion.test.ts
index e60992dd..0051e2a6 100644
--- a/test/lib/FunctionAssertion.test.ts
+++ b/test/lib/FunctionAssertion.test.ts
@@ -19,40 +19,86 @@ class CustomError extends Error {
 
 describe("[Unit] FunctionAssertion.test.ts", () => {
   describe(".toThrow", () => {
-    context("when the function throws", () => {
-      const variants = [
-        -1,
-        "foo",
-        true,
-        null,
-        Error(),
-        new CustomError("bar")
-      ] as const;
-
-      variants.forEach(error => {
-        it(`[${error}] returns the assertion instance`, () => {
-          const test = new FunctionAssertion(() => {
-            throw error;
+    context("when the error param is not present", () => {
+      context("and the function throws", () => {
+        const variants = [
+          -1,
+          "foo",
+          true,
+          null,
+          Error(),
+          new CustomError("bar")
+        ] as const;
+
+        variants.forEach(error => {
+          it(`[${error}] returns the assertion instance`, () => {
+            const test = new FunctionAssertion(() => {
+              throw error;
+            });
+
+            assert.deepStrictEqual(test.toThrow(), test);
+            assert.throws(() => test.not.toThrow(), {
+              message: "Expected the function NOT to throw when called",
+              name: AssertionError.name
+            });
           });
+        });
+      });
+
+      context("and the function does not throw", () => {
+        it("throws an assertion error", () => {
+          const test = new FunctionAssertion(() => undefined);
 
-          assert.deepStrictEqual(test.toThrow(), test);
-          assert.throws(() => test.not.toThrow(), {
-            message: "Expected the function NOT to throw when called",
+          assert.throws(() => test.toThrow(), {
+            message: "Expected the function to throw when called",
             name: AssertionError.name
           });
+          assert.deepStrictEqual(test.not.toThrow(), test);
         });
       });
     });
 
-    context("when the function does not throw", () => {
-      it("throws an assertion error", () => {
-        const test = new FunctionAssertion(() => undefined);
+    context("when the error param is present", () => {
+      context("and the function throws", () => {
+        context("and the thrown error is strictly equal to the param", () => {
+          it("returns the assertion instance", () => {
+            const test = new FunctionAssertion(() => {
+              throw new Error("This is expected!");
+            });
 
-        assert.throws(() => test.toThrow(), {
-          message: "Expected the function to throw when called",
-          name: AssertionError.name
+            assert.deepStrictEqual(test.toThrow(new Error("This is expected!")), test);
+            assert.throws(() => test.not.toThrow(new Error("This is expected!")), {
+              message: "Expected the function NOT to throw - Error: This is expected!",
+              name: AssertionError.name
+            });
+          });
+        });
+
+        context("and the error is not strictly equal to the param", () => {
+          it("throws and assertion error", () => {
+            const test = new FunctionAssertion(() => {
+              throw new Error("This is expected!");
+            });
+
+            assert.throws(() => test.toThrow(new Error("Another error here!")), {
+              message: "Expected the function to throw - Error: Another error here!",
+              name: AssertionError.name
+            });
+            assert.deepStrictEqual(test.not.toThrow(new Error("Another error here!")), test);
+          });
+        });
+      });
+
+      context("and the function does not throw", () => {
+        it("throw an assertion error", () => {
+          const test = new FunctionAssertion(() => undefined);
+
+          assert.throws(() => test.toThrow(new Error("Unreachable!")), {
+            message: "Expected the function to throw - Error: Unreachable!",
+            name: AssertionError.name
+          });
+          assert.deepStrictEqual(test.not.toThrow(new Error("Unreachable!")), test);
         });
-        assert.deepStrictEqual(test.not.toThrow(), test);
       });
     });
   });