diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/error_collector.php b/phpBB/phpbb/error_collector.php
index 7141f83174..bf8efd1065 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/error_collector.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/error_collector.php
@@ -16,15 +16,28 @@ namespace phpbb;
 class error_collector
 {
 	var $errors;
+	var $error_types;
 
-	function __construct()
+	/**
+	 * Constructor.
+	 *
+	 * The variable $error_types may be set to a mask of PHP error types that
+	 * the collector should keep, e.g. `E_ALL`. If unset, the current value of
+	 * the error_reporting() function will be used to determine which errors
+	 * the collector will keep.
+	 *
+	 * @see PHPBB3-13306
+	 * @param int|null $error_types
+	 */
+	function __construct($error_types = null)
 	{
 		$this->errors = array();
+		$this->error_types = $error_types;
 	}
 
 	function install()
 	{
-		set_error_handler(array(&$this, 'error_handler'));
+		set_error_handler(array(&$this, 'error_handler'), ($this->error_types !== null) ? $this->error_types : error_reporting());
 	}
 
 	function uninstall()
diff --git a/tests/error_collector_test.php b/tests/error_collector_test.php
index 1d8ef367f5..b92c4fa6bb 100644
--- a/tests/error_collector_test.php
+++ b/tests/error_collector_test.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class phpbb_error_collector_test extends phpbb_test_case
 {
 	public function test_collection()
 	{
-		$collector = new \phpbb\error_collector;
+		$collector = new \phpbb\error_collector(E_ALL | E_STRICT); // php set_error_handler() default
 		$collector->install();
 
 		// Cause a warning
@@ -35,4 +35,32 @@ class phpbb_error_collector_test extends phpbb_test_case
 		$this->assertStringStartsWith('Errno 2: Division by zero at ', $error_contents);
 		$this->assertStringEndsWith(" line $line", $error_contents);
 	}
+
+	public function test_collection_with_mask()
+	{
+		$collector = new \phpbb\error_collector(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE); // not collecting notices
+		$collector->install();
+
+		// Cause a warning
+		1/0; $line = __LINE__;
+
+		// Cause a notice
+		$array = array('ITEM' => 'value');
+		$value = $array[ITEM]; $line2 = __LINE__;
+
+		$collector->uninstall();
+
+		// The notice should not be collected
+		$this->assertEmpty($collector->errors[1]);
+
+		list($errno, $msg_text, $errfile, $errline) = $collector->errors[0];
+		$error_contents = $collector->format_errors();
+
+		$this->assertEquals($errno, 2);
+
+		// Unfortunately $error_contents will contain the full path here,
+		// because the tests directory is outside of phpbb root path.
+		$this->assertStringStartsWith('Errno 2: Division by zero at ', $error_contents);
+		$this->assertStringEndsWith(" line $line", $error_contents);
+	}
 }