diff --git a/internal/interceptor.go b/internal/interceptor.go
index b94e9780b..db110074c 100644
--- a/internal/interceptor.go
+++ b/internal/interceptor.go
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ type ClientOutboundInterceptor interface {
 	TerminateWorkflow(context.Context, *ClientTerminateWorkflowInput) error
 
 	// QueryWorkflow intercepts client.Client.QueryWorkflow.
+	// If the query is rejected, QueryWorkflow will return an QueryRejectedError
 	// interceptor.Header will return a non-nil map for this context.
 	QueryWorkflow(context.Context, *ClientQueryWorkflowInput) (converter.EncodedValue, error)
 
diff --git a/internal/internal_workflow_client.go b/internal/internal_workflow_client.go
index 59c92a517..31d98ad7b 100644
--- a/internal/internal_workflow_client.go
+++ b/internal/internal_workflow_client.go
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ type (
 		paginate func(nexttoken []byte) (*workflowservice.GetWorkflowExecutionHistoryResponse, error)
 	}
 
-	// queryRejectedError is a wrapper for QueryRejected
-	queryRejectedError struct {
+	// QueryRejectedError is a wrapper for QueryRejected
+	QueryRejectedError struct {
 		queryRejected *querypb.QueryRejected
 	}
 )
@@ -924,9 +924,10 @@ func (wc *WorkflowClient) QueryWorkflowWithOptions(ctx context.Context, request
 		QueryRejectCondition: request.QueryRejectCondition,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		if err, ok := err.(*queryRejectedError); ok {
+		var qerr *QueryRejectedError
+		if errors.As(err, &qerr) {
 			return &QueryWorkflowWithOptionsResponse{
-				QueryRejected: err.queryRejected,
+				QueryRejected: qerr.QueryRejected(),
 			}, nil
 		}
 		return nil, err
@@ -1994,7 +1995,7 @@ func (w *workflowClientInterceptor) QueryWorkflow(
 	}
 
 	if resp.QueryRejected != nil {
-		return nil, &queryRejectedError{
+		return nil, &QueryRejectedError{
 			queryRejected: resp.QueryRejected,
 		}
 	}
@@ -2241,7 +2242,11 @@ func (luh *lazyUpdateHandle) Get(ctx context.Context, valuePtr interface{}) erro
 	return resp.Result.Get(valuePtr)
 }
 
-func (q *queryRejectedError) Error() string {
+func (q *QueryRejectedError) QueryRejected() *querypb.QueryRejected {
+	return q.queryRejected
+}
+
+func (q *QueryRejectedError) Error() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("query rejected: %s", q.queryRejected.Status.String())
 }
 
diff --git a/temporal/error.go b/temporal/error.go
index 3f14b41b9..736b47701 100644
--- a/temporal/error.go
+++ b/temporal/error.go
@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ type (
 
 	// UnknownExternalWorkflowExecutionError can be returned when external workflow doesn't exist
 	UnknownExternalWorkflowExecutionError = internal.UnknownExternalWorkflowExecutionError
+
+	// QueryRejectedError is a possible error that can be returned by
+	// ClientOutboundInterceptor.QueryWorkflow to indicate that the query was rejected by the server.
+	QueryRejectedError = internal.QueryRejectedError
 )
 
 var (