diff --git a/errors/errors.go b/errors/errors.go
index 8ffe818e..08e2010a 100644
--- a/errors/errors.go
+++ b/errors/errors.go
@@ -40,3 +40,22 @@ func (err *QueryError) Error() string {
 }
 
 var _ error = &QueryError{}
+
+// SubscriptionError can be implemented by top-level resolver object to communicate to
+// the library a terminal subscription error happened while the stream is still active.
+//
+// After a subscription has started, this is the mechanism to inform subscriber about stream
+// failure in a graceful manner.
+//
+// **Note** This works only on the top-level object of the resolver, when implemented
+// by fields selector, this has no effect.
+type SubscriptionError interface {
+	// SubscriptionError is called to determined if a terminal error occurred. If the returned
+	// value is nil, subscription continues normally. If the error is non-nil, the subscription is
+	// assumed to have reached a terminal error, the subscription's channel is closed and the error
+	// is returned to the user.
+	//
+	// If the non-nil error returned is a *QueryError type, it is returned as-is to the user, otherwise,
+	// the non-nill error is wrapped using `Errorf("%s", err)` above.
+	SubscriptionError() error
+}
diff --git a/gqltesting/subscriptions.go b/gqltesting/subscriptions.go
index 7a1cd0d1..188891c9 100644
--- a/gqltesting/subscriptions.go
+++ b/gqltesting/subscriptions.go
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ func RunSubscribe(t *testing.T, test *TestSubscription) {
 	}
 
 	for i, expected := range test.ExpectedResults {
+		if i+1 > len(results) {
+			t.Fatalf("missing result: wanted %d results, got only %d, next expected result is %+v", len(test.ExpectedResults), len(results), expected)
+		}
+
 		res := results[i]
 
 		checkErrorStrings(t, expected.Errors, res.Errors)
@@ -89,6 +93,10 @@ func RunSubscribe(t *testing.T, test *TestSubscription) {
 			t.Fail()
 		}
 	}
+
+	if len(results) > len(test.ExpectedResults) {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected result: wanted %d results, got %d, first extra result was %+v", len(test.ExpectedResults), len(results), results[len(test.ExpectedResults)])
+	}
 }
 
 func checkErrorStrings(t *testing.T, expected, actual []*errors.QueryError) {
diff --git a/internal/exec/subscribe.go b/internal/exec/subscribe.go
index 16cae69c..ff4a5338 100644
--- a/internal/exec/subscribe.go
+++ b/internal/exec/subscribe.go
@@ -103,6 +103,18 @@ func (r *Request) Subscribe(ctx context.Context, s *resolvable.Schema, op *query
 					return
 				}
 
+				if subErr, ok := resp.Interface().(errors.SubscriptionError); ok {
+					if err := subErr.SubscriptionError(); err != nil {
+						if gqlError, ok := err.(*errors.QueryError); ok {
+							c <- &Response{Errors: []*errors.QueryError{gqlError}}
+						} else {
+							c <- &Response{Errors: []*errors.QueryError{errors.Errorf("%s", err)}}
+						}
+						close(c)
+						return
+					}
+				}
+
 				subR := &Request{
 					Request: selected.Request{
 						Doc:    r.Request.Doc,
diff --git a/subscription_test.go b/subscription_test.go
index 96649d94..aba75eb0 100644
--- a/subscription_test.go
+++ b/subscription_test.go
@@ -473,3 +473,53 @@ const schema = `
 		hello: String!
 	}
 `
+
+type subscriptionsErrorPropagation struct{}
+
+type subscriptionsErrorPropagationResolver struct {
+	msg string
+	err error
+}
+
+func (r subscriptionsErrorPropagationResolver) Msg() string              { return r.msg }
+func (r subscriptionsErrorPropagationResolver) SubscriptionError() error { return r.err }
+
+func (r *subscriptionsErrorPropagation) OnMessage() <-chan *subscriptionsErrorPropagationResolver {
+	c := make(chan *subscriptionsErrorPropagationResolver)
+	go func() {
+		c <- &subscriptionsErrorPropagationResolver{msg: "first"}
+		c <- &subscriptionsErrorPropagationResolver{err: errors.New("error")}
+		close(c)
+	}()
+
+	return c
+}
+
+func TestSchemaSubscribe_ErrorPropagation(t *testing.T) {
+	r := &struct {
+		*subscriptionsErrorPropagation
+	}{
+		subscriptionsErrorPropagation: &subscriptionsErrorPropagation{},
+	}
+	gqltesting.RunSubscribe(t, &gqltesting.TestSubscription{
+		Schema: graphql.MustParseSchema(`
+			type Query {}
+			type Subscription {
+				onMessage : Message!
+			}
+
+			type Message {
+				msg: String!
+			}
+		`, r),
+		Query: `
+			subscription {
+				onMessage { msg }
+			}
+		`,
+		ExpectedResults: []gqltesting.TestResponse{
+			{Data: json.RawMessage(`{"onMessage":{"msg":"first"}}`)},
+			{Errors: []*qerrors.QueryError{{Message: "error"}}},
+		},
+	})
+}