diff --git a/agent/src/main/java/reactor/blockhound/BlockHound.java b/agent/src/main/java/reactor/blockhound/BlockHound.java
index 9a3df87..791d0e5 100644
--- a/agent/src/main/java/reactor/blockhound/BlockHound.java
+++ b/agent/src/main/java/reactor/blockhound/BlockHound.java
@@ -193,7 +193,26 @@ public static class Builder {
         }};
 
         private Consumer<BlockingMethod> onBlockingMethod = method -> {
-            throw new BlockingOperationError(method);
+            Error error = new BlockingOperationError(method);
+
+            // Strip BlockHound's internal noisy frames from the stacktrace to not mislead the users
+            StackTraceElement[] stackTrace = error.getStackTrace();
+            int length = stackTrace.length;
+            for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+                StackTraceElement stackTraceElement = stackTrace[i];
+                if (!BlockHoundRuntime.class.getName().equals(stackTraceElement.getClassName())) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if ("checkBlocking".equals(stackTraceElement.getMethodName())) {
+                    if (i + 1 < length) {
+                        error.setStackTrace(Arrays.copyOfRange(stackTrace, i + 1, length));
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            throw error;
         };
 
         private Predicate<Thread> threadPredicate = t -> false;
diff --git a/example/src/test/java/com/example/StackTraceTest.java b/example/src/test/java/com/example/StackTraceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2641740
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/src/test/java/com/example/StackTraceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019-Present Pivotal Software Inc, All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.example;
+
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import reactor.blockhound.BlockHound;
+import reactor.blockhound.BlockingOperationError;
+import reactor.core.scheduler.NonBlocking;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.tuple;
+
+public class StackTraceTest {
+
+    static {
+        BlockHound.install();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldHideInternalFrames() {
+        CompletableFuture<Void> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
+        class TestThread extends Thread implements NonBlocking {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                try {
+                    Thread.sleep(0);
+                    future.complete(null);
+                }
+                catch (Throwable e) {
+                    future.completeExceptionally(e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        new TestThread().start();
+
+        assertThat(Assertions.catchThrowable(future::join))
+                .as("exception")
+                .isNotNull()
+                .hasCauseInstanceOf(BlockingOperationError.class)
+                .satisfies(e -> {
+                    assertThat(e.getCause().getStackTrace())
+                            .as("Cause's stacktrace")
+                            .extracting(StackTraceElement::getClassName, StackTraceElement::getMethodName)
+                            .containsExactly(
+                                    tuple("java.lang.Thread", "sleep"),
+                                    tuple(TestThread.class.getName(), "run")
+                            );
+                });
+    }
+}