diff --git a/devito/passes/iet/errors.py b/devito/passes/iet/errors.py
index d4ac012d31..7c6cba71a4 100644
--- a/devito/passes/iet/errors.py
+++ b/devito/passes/iet/errors.py
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
+import contextlib
+
 import cgen as c
 import numpy as np
 from sympy import Expr, Not, S
 
 from devito.ir.iet import (
     Break, Call, Conditional, DummyExpr, EntryFunction, FindNodes, FindSymbols, Iteration,
-    List, Return, Transformer, make_callable
+    KernelLaunch, List, Return, Transformer, make_callable
 )
 from devito.passes.iet.engine import iet_pass
 from devito.symbolics import CondEq, MathFunction
 from devito.tools import dtype_to_ctype
 from devito.types import Eq, Inc, LocalObject, Symbol
 
-__all__ = ['check_stability', 'error_mapper']
+__all__ = ['check_launch', 'check_stability', 'error_mapper']
 
 
 def check_stability(graph, options=None, rcompile=None, sregistry=None, **kwargs):
@@ -100,6 +102,67 @@ def _check_stability(iet, wmovs=(), rcompile=None, sregistry=None):
     return iet, {'efuncs': efuncs, 'includes': includes}
 
 
+def check_launch(graph, options=None, **kwargs):
+    """
+    Insert the CHECK_LAUNCH macro if errctl is set to ensure graceful handling of
+    failed kernel launches. This macro should only be inserted if the kernel is
+    directly within a loop, as compilation will fail otherwise.
+    """
+    if options is None or not options.get('errctl', False):
+        return
+
+    langbb = kwargs['langbb']
+
+    definition = make_launch_macros(langbb)
+    if not definition:
+        return
+
+    macro = [langbb['check-launch']]
+
+    _check_launch(graph, definition=definition, macro=macro, **kwargs)
+
+
+@iet_pass
+def _check_launch(iet, definition=None, macro=None, **kwargs):
+    iterations = FindNodes(Iteration).visit(iet)
+
+    mapper = {}
+    for i in iterations:
+        # Two stages of substitution to account for the edge case
+        # where a kernel is launched in multiple places within the
+        # generated code, once inside a loop, once outside
+        launch_mapper = {}
+        launches = FindNodes(KernelLaunch).visit(i)
+
+        for launch in launches:
+            launch_mapper[launch] = List(body=[launch] + macro)
+
+        if launch_mapper:
+            mapper[i] = Transformer(launch_mapper).visit(i)
+
+    extras = {}
+    if mapper:
+        iet = Transformer(mapper).visit(iet)
+        extras.update({'headers': definition})
+
+    return iet, extras
+
+
+def make_launch_macros(langbb):
+    """
+    Define macros to check for errors to ensure graceful handling of failed kernel
+    launches.
+    """
+
+    # Will skip if there is no peek-error call or success code for the langbb
+    with contextlib.suppress(NotImplementedError):
+        peek = langbb['peek-error']
+        success = langbb['error-none']
+        return [('CHECK_LAUNCH', f'if ({peek().name}() != {success}) {{break;}}')]
+
+    return []
+
+
 class Retval(LocalObject, Expr):
 
     dtype = dtype_to_ctype(np.int32)