diff --git a/scrapy/utils/defer.py b/scrapy/utils/defer.py
index 6db9cc117..2d02c0621 100644
--- a/scrapy/utils/defer.py
+++ b/scrapy/utils/defer.py
@@ -124,6 +124,20 @@ def iter_errback(iterable, errback, *a, **kw):
             errback(failure.Failure(), *a, **kw)
 
 
+async def aiter_errback(aiterable, errback, *a, **kw):
+    """Wraps an async iterable calling an errback if an error is caught while
+    iterating it. Similar to scrapy.utils.defer.iter_errback()
+    """
+    it = aiterable.__aiter__()
+    while True:
+        try:
+            yield await it.__anext__()
+        except StopAsyncIteration:
+            break
+        except Exception:
+            errback(failure.Failure(), *a, **kw)
+
+
 def deferred_from_coro(o):
     """Converts a coroutine into a Deferred, or returns the object as is if it isn't a coroutine"""
     if isinstance(o, defer.Deferred):
diff --git a/tests/test_utils_defer.py b/tests/test_utils_defer.py
index e60242a3b..06d91c574 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils_defer.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils_defer.py
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ from twisted.trial import unittest
 from twisted.internet import reactor, defer
 from twisted.python.failure import Failure
 
+from scrapy.utils.asyncgen import collect_asyncgen
 from scrapy.utils.defer import (
     iter_errback,
+    aiter_errback,
     mustbe_deferred,
     process_chain,
     process_chain_both,
     process_parallel,
+    deferred_f_from_coro_f,
 )
 
 
@@ -117,3 +120,31 @@ class IterErrbackTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(out, [0, 1, 2, 3, 4])
         self.assertEqual(len(errors), 1)
         self.assertIsInstance(errors[0].value, ZeroDivisionError)
+
+
+class AiterErrbackTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    @deferred_f_from_coro_f
+    async def test_aiter_errback_good(self):
+        async def itergood():
+            for x in range(10):
+                yield x
+
+        errors = []
+        out = await collect_asyncgen(aiter_errback(itergood(), errors.append))
+        self.assertEqual(out, list(range(10)))
+        self.assertFalse(errors)
+
+    @deferred_f_from_coro_f
+    async def test_iter_errback_bad(self):
+        async def iterbad():
+            for x in range(10):
+                if x == 5:
+                    1 / 0
+                yield x
+
+        errors = []
+        out = await collect_asyncgen(aiter_errback(iterbad(), errors.append))
+        self.assertEqual(out, [0, 1, 2, 3, 4])
+        self.assertEqual(len(errors), 1)
+        self.assertIsInstance(errors[0].value, ZeroDivisionError)