diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-05-13-10-09-41.gh-issue-118986.-r4W9h.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-05-13-10-09-41.gh-issue-118986.-r4W9h.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..0374b0e323caa48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-05-13-10-09-41.gh-issue-118986.-r4W9h.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The socket options IPV6_RECVERR and IP_RECVERR are now exposed through the
+socket module.
diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.c b/Modules/socketmodule.c
index daec560ddfcac70..bcfe137d35093d7 100644
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c
@@ -8411,6 +8411,9 @@ socket_exec(PyObject *m)
 #ifdef  IP_TTL
     ADD_INT_MACRO(m, IP_TTL);
 #endif
+#ifdef  IP_RECVERR
+    ADD_INT_MACRO(m, IP_RECVERR);
+#endif
 #ifdef  IP_RECVOPTS
     ADD_INT_MACRO(m, IP_RECVOPTS);
 #endif
@@ -8523,6 +8526,9 @@ socket_exec(PyObject *m)
 #ifdef IPV6_RECVDSTOPTS
     ADD_INT_MACRO(m, IPV6_RECVDSTOPTS);
 #endif
+#ifdef  IPV6_RECVERR
+    ADD_INT_MACRO(m, IPV6_RECVERR);
+#endif
 #ifdef IPV6_RECVHOPLIMIT
     ADD_INT_MACRO(m, IPV6_RECVHOPLIMIT);
 #endif