diff --git a/resp/resp.go b/resp/resp.go
index 8ac91fd..d7e927e 100644
--- a/resp/resp.go
+++ b/resp/resp.go
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ type Opts struct {
 	// deterministic results. This is largely used for ensuring map key/values
 	// are emitted in a deterministic order.
 	Deterministic bool
+
+	// TreatErrorsAsValues indicates that unmarshaled RESP errors should
+	// not be treated as actual errors but like other response type.
+	TreatErrorsAsValues bool
 }
 
 const defaultBytePoolThreshold = 10000000 // ~10MB
diff --git a/resp/resp3/marshal_unmarshal_test.go b/resp/resp3/marshal_unmarshal_test.go
index 78003d4..038378f 100644
--- a/resp/resp3/marshal_unmarshal_test.go
+++ b/resp/resp3/marshal_unmarshal_test.go
@@ -1585,6 +1585,46 @@ func TestAnyUnmarshalMarshal(t *testing.T) {
 				return cases
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			descr: "blob error in aggregated",
+			ins: []in{
+				{
+					msg:       "*2\r\n$5\r\nhello\r\n!10\r\nsome error\r\n",
+					flattened: []string{"hello", "some error"},
+				},
+			},
+			mkCases: func(in in) []kase {
+				return []kase{
+					{
+						r: true,
+						ie: ie{
+							[]interface{}{[]byte("hello"), &BlobError{B: []byte("some error")}},
+							[]interface{}{[]byte("hello"), errors.New("some error")},
+						},
+					},
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			descr: "simple error in aggregated",
+			ins: []in{
+				{
+					msg:       "*2\r\n$5\r\nhello\r\n-ERR some error\r\n",
+					flattened: []string{"hello", "ERR some error"},
+				},
+			},
+			mkCases: func(in in) []kase {
+				return []kase{
+					{
+						r: false,
+						ie: ie{
+							[]interface{}{[]byte("hello"), &SimpleError{S: "ERR some error"}},
+							[]interface{}{[]byte("hello"), errors.New("ERR some error")},
+						},
+					},
+				}
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	opts := resp.NewOpts()
diff --git a/resp/resp3/resp.go b/resp/resp3/resp.go
index b28c472..390c16e 100644
--- a/resp/resp3/resp.go
+++ b/resp/resp3/resp.go
@@ -1609,6 +1609,8 @@ func saneDefault(prefix Prefix) (interface{}, error) {
 	// we don't handle ErrorPrefix because that always returns an error and
 	// doesn't touch I
 	switch prefix {
+	case BlobErrorPrefix, SimpleErrorPrefix:
+		return new(error), nil
 	case BlobStringPrefix:
 		bb := make([]byte, 16)
 		return &bb, nil
@@ -1677,27 +1679,29 @@ func Unmarshal(br resp.BufferedReader, rcv interface{}, o *resp.Opts) error {
 	}
 	prefix := Prefix(b[0])
 
-	// if the prefix is one of the error types then just parse and return that
-	// full message here using the actual unmarshalers, which is easier than
-	// re-implementing them.
-	switch prefix {
-	case SimpleErrorPrefix:
-		var into SimpleError
-		if err := into.UnmarshalRESP(br, o); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		return resp.ErrConnUsable{Err: into}
-	case BlobErrorPrefix:
-		var into BlobError
-		if err := into.UnmarshalRESP(br, o); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		return resp.ErrConnUsable{Err: into}
-	case AttributeHeaderPrefix:
-		if err := DiscardAttribute(br, o); err != nil {
-			return err
+	if o == nil || !o.TreatErrorsAsValues {
+		// if the prefix is one of the error types then just parse and return that
+		// full message here using the actual unmarshalers, which is easier than
+		// re-implementing them.
+		switch prefix {
+		case SimpleErrorPrefix:
+			var into SimpleError
+			if err := into.UnmarshalRESP(br, o); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			return resp.ErrConnUsable{Err: into}
+		case BlobErrorPrefix:
+			var into BlobError
+			if err := into.UnmarshalRESP(br, o); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			return resp.ErrConnUsable{Err: into}
+		case AttributeHeaderPrefix:
+			if err := DiscardAttribute(br, o); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			return Unmarshal(br, rcv, o)
 		}
-		return Unmarshal(br, rcv, o)
 	}
 
 	// This is a super special case that _must_ be handled before we actually
@@ -1748,7 +1752,7 @@ func Unmarshal(br resp.BufferedReader, rcv interface{}, o *resp.Opts) error {
 		}
 		return unmarshalAgg(prefix, br, l, rcv, o)
 
-	case BlobStringPrefix, VerbatimStringPrefix:
+	case BlobErrorPrefix, BlobStringPrefix, VerbatimStringPrefix:
 		var l int64
 		if len(b) == 1 && b[0] == '?' {
 			l = -1
@@ -1821,7 +1825,7 @@ func Unmarshal(br resp.BufferedReader, rcv interface{}, o *resp.Opts) error {
 		}
 		fallthrough
 
-	case SimpleStringPrefix, NumberPrefix, DoublePrefix, BigNumberPrefix:
+	case SimpleErrorPrefix, SimpleStringPrefix, NumberPrefix, DoublePrefix, BigNumberPrefix:
 		// We used to have a pool for *bytes.Reader instances which was used
 		// here. This resulted in one fewer heap allocation than this does, but
 		// took longer per-op due to the locking around the Pool.
@@ -1853,6 +1857,9 @@ func unmarshalSingle(body io.Reader, n int, rcv interface{}, o *resp.Opts) error
 			*ai = []byte{}
 		}
 		*ai, err = bytesutil.ReadNAppend(body, (*ai)[:0], n)
+	case *error:
+		*scratch, err = bytesutil.ReadNAppend(body, *scratch, n)
+		*ai = errors.New(string(*scratch))
 	case *string:
 		*scratch, err = bytesutil.ReadNAppend(body, *scratch, n)
 		*ai = string(*scratch)
@@ -2004,6 +2011,17 @@ func unmarshalAgg(prefix Prefix, br resp.BufferedReader, l int64, rcv interface{
 		l *= 2
 	}
 
+	if o == nil || o.TreatErrorsAsValues == false {
+		if o == nil {
+			o = resp.NewOpts()
+		} else {
+			o1 := *o
+			o = &o1
+		}
+
+		o.TreatErrorsAsValues = true
+	}
+
 	size := int(l)
 	stream := size < 0
 	if rcv == nil {