diff --git a/ipa-core/src/lib.rs b/ipa-core/src/lib.rs
index 547817339..50e2d98d6 100644
--- a/ipa-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ipa-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,25 @@ pub(crate) mod task {
     pub use shuttle::future::{JoinError, JoinHandle};
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "shuttle")]
+pub(crate) mod shim {
+    use std::any::Any;
+
+    use shuttle_crate::future::JoinError;
+
+    /// There is currently an API mismatch between Tokio and Shuttle `JoinError` implementations.
+    /// This trait brings them closer together, until it is addressed
+    pub trait Tokio: Sized {
+        fn try_into_panic(self) -> Result<Box<dyn Any + Send + 'static>, Self>;
+    }
+
+    impl Tokio for JoinError {
+        fn try_into_panic(self) -> Result<Box<dyn Any + Send + 'static>, Self> {
+            Err(self) // Shuttle `JoinError` does not wrap panics
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(not(all(feature = "shuttle", test)))]
 pub(crate) mod task {
     pub use tokio::task::{JoinError, JoinHandle};
diff --git a/ipa-core/src/seq_join/multi_thread.rs b/ipa-core/src/seq_join/multi_thread.rs
index 0022c7bc3..492dcae9f 100644
--- a/ipa-core/src/seq_join/multi_thread.rs
+++ b/ipa-core/src/seq_join/multi_thread.rs
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ where
     type Item = F::Output;
 
     fn poll_next(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
+        #[cfg(feature = "shuttle")]
+        use crate::shim::Tokio;
+
         let mut this = self.project();
 
         // Draw more values from the input, up to the capacity.
@@ -114,7 +117,13 @@ where
         if this.spawner.remaining() > 0 {
             this.spawner.as_mut().poll_next(cx).map(|v| match v {
                 Some(Ok(v)) => Some(v),
-                Some(Err(_)) => panic!("SequentialFutures: spawned task aborted"),
+                Some(Err(e)) => {
+                    if let Ok(reason) = e.try_into_panic() {
+                        std::panic::resume_unwind(reason);
+                    } else {
+                        panic!("SequentialFutures: spawned task is cancelled")
+                    }
+                }
                 None => None,
             })
         } else if this.source.is_done() {
@@ -168,9 +177,11 @@ where
 
 #[cfg(all(test, unit_test))]
 mod tests {
-    use std::{future::Future, pin::Pin};
+    use std::{future::Future, num::NonZeroUsize, pin::Pin};
+
+    use futures_util::future::lazy;
 
-    use crate::test_executor::run;
+    use crate::{seq_join::seq_try_join_all, test_executor::run};
 
     /// This test demonstrates that forgetting the future returned by `parallel_join` is not safe and will cause
     /// use-after-free safety error. It spawns a few tasks that constantly try to access the `borrow_from_me` weak
@@ -248,4 +259,21 @@ mod tests {
             drop(f);
         });
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[should_panic(expected = "panic in task 1")]
+    fn panic_from_task_unwinds_to_main() {
+        fn f(i: u32) -> impl Future<Output = Result<u32, &'static str>> {
+            lazy(move |_| match i {
+                1 => panic!("panic in task 1"),
+                i => Ok(i),
+            })
+        }
+
+        run(|| async {
+            let active = NonZeroUsize::new(10).unwrap();
+            let _ = seq_try_join_all(active, (1..=3).map(f)).await;
+            assert!(false, "Should have aborted earlier");
+        });
+    }
 }