diff --git a/lib/misc/errors.js b/lib/misc/errors.js
index 025f4bab..f12dbfee 100644
--- a/lib/misc/errors.js
+++ b/lib/misc/errors.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class SqlError extends Error {
         (sql ? '\nsql: ' + sql : '')
     );
     this.name = 'SqlError';
-    this.text = msg;
+    this.sqlMessage = msg;
     this.sql = sql;
     this.fatal = fatal;
     this.errno = errno;
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ class SqlError extends Error {
       this.stack += '\n From event:\n' + additionalStack.substring(additionalStack.indexOf('\n') + 1);
     }
   }
+
+  get text() {
+    return this.sqlMessage;
+  }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/integration/test-error.js b/test/integration/test-error.js
index b6e63dbc..52aa6033 100644
--- a/test/integration/test-error.js
+++ b/test/integration/test-error.js
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ describe('Error', () => {
                 assert.equal(err.sqlState, 42000);
                 assert.isTrue(err.message.includes('You have an error in your SQL syntax'));
                 assert.isTrue(err.message.includes('sql: wrong query - parameters:[]'));
+                assert.isTrue(err.sqlMessage.includes('You have an error in your SQL syntax'));
               }
             }
             conn.end();
diff --git a/types/index.d.ts b/types/index.d.ts
index c45fe76c..42ace3b1 100644
--- a/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/index.d.ts
@@ -852,9 +852,15 @@ export interface SqlError extends Error {
 
   /**
    * original error message value
+   * @deprecated since 3.2.0 prefer using sqlMessage for compatibility with other drivers.
    */
   text: string | null;
 
+  /**
+   * original error message value
+   */
+  sqlMessage: string | null;
+
   /**
    * The sql command associate
    */