diff --git a/serde/src/de/mod.rs b/serde/src/de/mod.rs
index a04ecf77..b53206bd 100644
--- a/serde/src/de/mod.rs
+++ b/serde/src/de/mod.rs
@@ -126,10 +126,13 @@ mod utf8;
 
 pub use self::ignored_any::IgnoredAny;
 
+#[cfg(all(feature = "unstable", not(feature = "std")))]
+#[doc(no_inline)]
+pub use core::error::Error as StdError;
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 #[doc(no_inline)]
 pub use std::error::Error as StdError;
-#[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
+#[cfg(not(any(feature = "std", feature = "unstable")))]
 #[doc(no_inline)]
 pub use std_error::Error as StdError;