diff --git a/yesod-core/Yesod/Core/Types.hs b/yesod-core/Yesod/Core/Types.hs
index eb0f6090..bd76e99e 100644
--- a/yesod-core/Yesod/Core/Types.hs
+++ b/yesod-core/Yesod/Core/Types.hs
@@ -424,6 +424,13 @@ instance MonadCatch m => MonadCatch (HandlerT site m) where
   uninterruptibleMask a =
     HandlerT $ \e -> uninterruptibleMask $ \u -> unHandlerT (a $ q u) e
       where q u (HandlerT b) = HandlerT (u . b)
+instance MonadCatch m => MonadCatch (WidgetT site m) where
+  catch (WidgetT m) c = WidgetT $ \r -> m r `catch` \e -> unWidgetT (c e) r
+  mask a = WidgetT $ \e -> mask $ \u -> unWidgetT (a $ q u) e
+    where q u (WidgetT b) = WidgetT (u . b)
+  uninterruptibleMask a =
+    WidgetT $ \e -> uninterruptibleMask $ \u -> unWidgetT (a $ q u) e
+      where q u (WidgetT b) = WidgetT (u . b)
 #else
     monadThrow = lift . monadThrow
 #endif
diff --git a/yesod-core/yesod-core.cabal b/yesod-core/yesod-core.cabal
index 08cfb142..bad68e7e 100644
--- a/yesod-core/yesod-core.cabal
+++ b/yesod-core/yesod-core.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:            yesod-core
-version:         1.2.12
+version:         1.2.13
 license:         MIT
 license-file:    LICENSE
 author:          Michael Snoyman <michael@snoyman.com>