diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/builtins/mod.rs b/tvix/eval/src/builtins/mod.rs
index 6cdb434f4..7cc2732ec 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/builtins/mod.rs
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/builtins/mod.rs
@@ -766,8 +766,16 @@ mod pure_builtins {
 
     #[builtin("match")]
     async fn builtin_match(co: GenCo, regex: Value, str: Value) -> Result<Value, ErrorKind> {
-        let s = str.to_str()?;
-        let re = regex.to_str()?;
+        let s = str;
+        if s.is_catchable() {
+            return Ok(s);
+        }
+        let s = s.to_str()?;
+        let re = regex;
+        if re.is_catchable() {
+            return Ok(re);
+        }
+        let re = re.to_str()?;
         let re: Regex = Regex::new(&format!("^{}$", re.as_str())).unwrap();
         match re.captures(&s) {
             Some(caps) => Ok(Value::List(
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-builtins-match-propagate-catchables.exp b/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-builtins-match-propagate-catchables.exp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c508d5366
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-builtins-match-propagate-catchables.exp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+false
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-builtins-match-propagate-catchables.nix b/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-builtins-match-propagate-catchables.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d00994b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-builtins-match-propagate-catchables.nix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+(builtins.tryEval (builtins.match (throw "foo") ".*")).success