diff --git a/src/decoder.rs b/src/decoder.rs
index 11de44dd..b9f97cff 100644
--- a/src/decoder.rs
+++ b/src/decoder.rs
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ impl<R: Read> Decoder<R> {
             ));
         }
 
+        let mut recoverable_error = None;
         let mut previous_marker = Marker::SOI;
         let mut pending_marker = None;
         let mut scans_processed = 0;
@@ -291,7 +292,13 @@ impl<R: Read> Decoder<R> {
         loop {
             let marker = match pending_marker.take() {
                 Some(m) => m,
-                None => self.read_marker()?,
+                None => match self.read_marker() {
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        recoverable_error = Some(e);
+                        break;
+                    },
+                    Ok(v) => v,
+                },
             };
 
             match marker {
@@ -566,10 +573,16 @@ impl<R: Read> Decoder<R> {
         let frame = self.frame.as_ref().unwrap();
         let preference = Self::select_worker(&frame, PreferWorkerKind::Multithreaded);
 
-        worker_scope.get_or_init_worker(
+        let pixels = worker_scope.get_or_init_worker(
             preference,
             |worker| self.decode_planes(worker, planes, planes_u16)
-        )
+        )?;
+
+        if let Some(error) = recoverable_error {
+            Err(Error::Recoverable { err: Box::new(error), pixels: pixels })
+        } else {
+            Ok(pixels)
+        }
     }
 
     fn decode_planes(
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index aafa62cc..a061ac59 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ pub enum UnsupportedFeature {
 }
 
 /// Errors that can occur while decoding a JPEG image.
-#[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum Error {
     /// The image is not formatted properly. The string contains detailed information about the
     /// error.
@@ -41,6 +40,13 @@ pub enum Error {
     Io(IoError),
     /// An internal error occurred while decoding the image.
     Internal(Box<dyn StdError + Send + Sync + 'static>), //TODO: not used, can be removed with the next version bump
+    /// An error that occurred during the decode, but allows for incomplete image pixel data to be returned with `try_recover()`
+    Recoverable {
+        /// Error occurred while decoding the image
+        err: Box<Self>,
+        /// Incomplete pixel data of the image
+        pixels: Vec<u8>
+    }
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for Error {
@@ -50,6 +56,19 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
             Error::Unsupported(ref feat) => write!(f, "unsupported JPEG feature: {:?}", feat),
             Error::Io(ref err)           => err.fmt(f),
             Error::Internal(ref err)     => err.fmt(f),
+            Error::Recoverable { ref err, .. } => err.fmt(f),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Debug for Error {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::Format(err) => f.debug_tuple("Format").field(err).finish(),
+            Self::Unsupported(err) => f.debug_tuple("Unsupported").field(err).finish(),
+            Self::Io(err) => f.debug_tuple("Io").field(err).finish(),
+            Self::Internal(err) => f.debug_tuple("Internal").field(err).finish(),
+            Self::Recoverable { ref err, .. } => f.debug_tuple("Recoverable").field(err).finish(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -69,3 +88,20 @@ impl From<IoError> for Error {
         Error::Io(err)
     }
 }
+
+/// A trait that, if supported, returns incomplete image pixel data
+pub trait TryRecover {
+    /// Returns incomplete image pixel data if supported. Otherwise, simply passes through the original value.
+    fn try_recover(self) -> Self;
+}
+
+impl TryRecover for Result<Vec<u8>> {
+    fn try_recover(self) -> Self {
+        self.or_else(|err| match err {
+            Error::Recoverable { pixels, .. } => {
+                Ok(pixels)
+            },
+            _ => Err(err),
+        })
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index c2f74574..8463472e 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ extern crate core;
 extern crate rayon;
 
 pub use decoder::{Decoder, ImageInfo, PixelFormat};
-pub use error::{Error, UnsupportedFeature};
+pub use error::{Error, UnsupportedFeature, TryRecover};
 pub use parser::CodingProcess;
 
 use std::io;