diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 921a108..c7a1049 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ export interface RetryConfig<T> {
 
     // maximal backoff in ms (default: 5 * 60 * 1000)
     maxBackOff?: number;
+
+    // allows to abort retrying for certain errors (default: () => true)
+    retryIf: (error: any) => boolean
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/retry-promise.ts b/src/retry-promise.ts
index 75ab9eb..984ac86 100644
--- a/src/retry-promise.ts
+++ b/src/retry-promise.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ export interface RetryConfig<T> {
 
     // maximal backoff in ms (default: 5 * 60 * 1000)
     maxBackOff: number;
+
+    // allows to abort retrying for certain errors
+    retryIf: (error: any) => boolean
 }
 
 const fixedBackoff = (attempt: number, delay: number) => delay;
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ export const defaultRetryConfig: RetryConfig<any> = {
     retries: 10,
     timeout: 60 * 1000,
     until: () => true,
+    retryIf: () => true
 };
 
 export async function wait(ms: number): Promise<void> {
@@ -98,6 +102,10 @@ async function _retry<T>(f: () => Promise<T>, config: RetryConfig<T>, done: () =
             }
             config.logger("Until condition not met by " + result);
         } catch (error) {
+            if (!config.retryIf(error)) {
+                throw error;
+            }
+
             if (error.name === NotRetryableError.name) {
                 throw new RetryError(
                   `Met not retryable error. Last error: ${error}`,
diff --git a/test/retry-promise.test.ts b/test/retry-promise.test.ts
index 5767afd..988f1ef 100644
--- a/test/retry-promise.test.ts
+++ b/test/retry-promise.test.ts
@@ -153,6 +153,31 @@ describe("Retry Promise", () => {
         }, {retries: 1}))
             .to.be.eventually.rejected.with.property("lastError", error);
     });
+
+    it("should stop retrying if retryIf is false", async () => {
+        const failer = new Failer(1);
+
+        const result = retry(() => failer.run(), {retryIf: () => false});
+
+        await expect(result).to.eventually.be.rejected
+        expect(failer.calls).to.eq(1);
+    });
+
+    it("should provide error to retryIf function", async () => {
+        const error = Error("fail")
+        let passedError: Error | undefined;
+
+        const result = retry(() => {
+            throw error
+        }, {
+            retryIf: e => {
+                passedError = e
+                return false;
+            }
+        });
+        await expect(result).to.eventually.be.rejected;
+        expect(passedError).to.eq(error);
+    });
 });
 
 class Failer {