diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/Cargo.toml b/crates/matrix-sdk/Cargo.toml
index 4a03b138e..ee8b93c10 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ anyhow = { version = "1.0.42", optional = true }
 bytes = "1.0.1"
 dashmap = "4.0.2"
 event-listener = "2.5.1"
+eyre = { version = "0.6.5", optional = true }
 futures = "0.3.15"
 http = "0.2.4"
 matrix-sdk-common = { version = "0.4.0", path = "../matrix-sdk-common" }
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/README.md b/crates/matrix-sdk/README.md
index 3911764d7..bc9c23c3b 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/README.md
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/README.md
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ The following crate feature flags are available:
   high-level API there's the `matrix-sdk-appservice` crate
 * `anyhow`: More verbose error logging for event handlers that return
   `anyhow::Result<()>`.
+* `eyre`: More verbose error logging for event handlers that return
+  `eyre::Result<()>`.
 
 # Enabling logging
 
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/event_handler.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/event_handler.rs
index 4834bd9bd..016030cd3 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/event_handler.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/event_handler.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 //!
 //! For more details, see the [`EventHandler`] trait.
 
-#[cfg(feature = "anyhow")]
+#[cfg(any(feature = "anyhow", feature = "eyre"))]
 use std::any::TypeId;
 use std::{borrow::Cow, fmt, future::Future, ops::Deref};
 
@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ pub trait SyncEvent {
 ///   that implements [`SyncEvent`]. Any additional arguments need to implement
 ///   the [`EventHandlerContext`] trait.
 /// * Their return type has to be one of: `()`, `Result<(), impl Display + Debug
-///   + 'static>` (if you are using `anyhow::Result` you can additionally enable
-///   the `anyhow` feature to get the verbose `Debug` output printed on error)
+///   + 'static>` (if you are using `anyhow::Result` or `eyre::Result` you can
+///   additionally enable the `anyhow` / `eyre` feature to get the verbose
+///   `Debug` output printed on error)
 ///
 /// ### How it works
 ///
@@ -197,6 +198,10 @@ impl<E: fmt::Debug + fmt::Display + 'static> EventHandlerResult for Result<(), E
             Err(e) if TypeId::of::<E>() == TypeId::of::<anyhow::Error>() => {
                 tracing::error!("Event handler for `{}` failed: {:?}", event_type, e);
             }
+            #[cfg(feature = "eyre")]
+            Err(e) if TypeId::of::<E>() == TypeId::of::<eyre::Report>() => {
+                tracing::error!("Event handler for `{}` failed: {:?}", event_type, e);
+            }
             Err(e) => {
                 tracing::error!("Event handler for `{}` failed: {}", event_type, e);
             }