diff --git a/wit/network.wit b/wit/network.wit
index 8c13b34..993c4ce 100644
--- a/wit/network.wit
+++ b/wit/network.wit
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 @since(version = 0.2.0)
 interface network {
+    @unstable(feature = network-error-code)
+    use wasi:io/error@0.2.1.{error};
+
     /// An opaque resource that represents access to (a subset of) the network.
     /// This enables context-based security for networking.
     /// There is no need for this to map 1:1 to a physical network interface.
@@ -105,6 +108,19 @@ interface network {
         permanent-resolver-failure,
     }
 
+    /// Attempts to extract a network-related `error-code` from the stream
+    /// `error` provided.
+    ///
+    /// Stream operations which return `stream-error::last-operation-failed`
+    /// have a payload with more information about the operation that failed.
+    /// This payload can be passed through to this function to see if there's
+    /// network-related information about the error to return.
+    ///
+    /// Note that this function is fallible because not all stream-related
+    /// errors are network-related errors.
+    @unstable(feature = network-error-code)
+    network-error-code: func(err: borrow<error>) -> option<error-code>;
+
     @since(version = 0.2.0)
     enum ip-address-family {
         /// Similar to `AF_INET` in POSIX.