diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/Write.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/Write.cs
index bf907203544..40c4ec63568 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/Write.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/Write.cs
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ public class WriteOrThrowErrorCommand : PSCmdlet
         /// <summary>
         /// ErrorRecord.Exception -- if not specified, ErrorRecord.Exception is System.Exception.
         /// </summary>
-        [Parameter(ParameterSetName = "WithException", Mandatory = true)]
+        [Parameter(Position = 0, ParameterSetName = "WithException", Mandatory = true)]
         public Exception Exception { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -232,9 +232,9 @@ public class WriteOrThrowErrorCommand : PSCmdlet
         /// If Exception is specified, this is ErrorRecord.ErrorDetails.Message;
         /// otherwise, the Exception is System.Exception, and this is Exception.Message.
         /// </summary>
-        [Parameter(ParameterSetName = "ErrorRecord", Mandatory = true)]
+        [Parameter(Position = 0, ParameterSetName = "ErrorRecord", Mandatory = true)]
         public ErrorRecord ErrorRecord { get; set; }
-
+        
         /// <summary>
         /// ErrorRecord.CategoryInfo.Category.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Write-Error.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Write-Error.Tests.ps1
index ce52a59285a..d243ec07988 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Write-Error.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Write-Error.Tests.ps1
@@ -105,4 +105,31 @@ Describe "Write-Error Tests" -Tags "CI" {
         $result.Count | Should -BeExactly 3
         $result[0] | Should -Match $longtext
     }
+
+    It "Should be able to pass ErrorRecord to parameter position 0." {
+        try {
+            [int]::parse('foo')
+        } catch { }
+
+        (Write-Error $Error[0] 2>&1).Exception.GetType().FullName |
+            Should -Be System.Management.Automation.MethodInvocationException
+    }
+
+    It "Should be able to pass Exception to parameter position 0." {
+        try {
+            [int]::parse('foo')
+        } catch { }
+
+        (Write-Error $Error[0].Exception.InnerException 2>&1).Exception.GetType().FullName |
+            Should -Be System.FormatException
+    }
+
+    It "Should be able to pass string to parameter position 0." {
+        try {
+            [int]::parse('foo')
+        } catch { }
+
+        (Write-Error "$($Error[0])" 2>&1).Exception.GetType().FullName |
+            Should -Be Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException
+    }
 }