diff --git a/src/backends/redis/command.cpp b/src/backends/redis/command.cpp
index 0007aec..a2d6d37 100644
--- a/src/backends/redis/command.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/redis/command.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ namespace redis {
 					PtrToReplyIterator(parReply->element, &make_redis_reply_type),
 					PtrToReplyIterator(parReply->element + parReply->elements, &make_redis_reply_type)
 				);
+			case REDIS_REPLY_ERROR:
+				throw RedisError(parReply->str, parReply->len);
 			default:
 				return Reply();
 			};
@@ -141,4 +143,9 @@ namespace redis {
 	auto Command::zscan (boost::string_ref parKey) -> zscan_range {
 		return zscan_range(zscan_iterator(this, parKey, false), zscan_iterator(this, parKey, true));
 	}
+
+	RedisError::RedisError (const char* parMessage, std::size_t parLength) :
+		std::runtime_error(std::string(parMessage, parLength))
+	{
+	}
 } //namespace redis
diff --git a/src/backends/redis/command.hpp b/src/backends/redis/command.hpp
index 4626e9b..4524f3d 100644
--- a/src/backends/redis/command.hpp
+++ b/src/backends/redis/command.hpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <utility>
 #include <boost/range/iterator_range_core.hpp>
 #include <boost/utility/string_ref.hpp>
+#include <stdexcept>
 
 struct redisContext;
 
@@ -88,6 +89,11 @@ namespace redis {
 			LengthArray{ arg_to_bin_safe_length(string_ref(parCommand)), arg_to_bin_safe_length(std::forward<Args>(parArgs))... }.data()
 		);
 	}
+
+	class RedisError : public std::runtime_error {
+	public:
+		RedisError ( const char* parMessage, std::size_t parLength );
+	};
 } //namespace redis
 
 #endif