diff --git a/packages/keyv-mongo/src/index.js b/packages/keyv-mongo/src/index.js
index ff808d2..5a1e63b 100644
--- a/packages/keyv-mongo/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/keyv-mongo/src/index.js
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ class KeyvMongo extends EventEmitter {
     this.options = Object.assign(
       {
         url: 'mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017',
-        collection: 'keyv'
+        collection: 'keyv',
+        emitErrors: true
       },
       url,
       options
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ class KeyvMongo extends EventEmitter {
         this.options.mongoOptions
       )
     } catch (error) {
-      this.emit('error', error)
+      if (this.options.emitErrors) this.emit('error', error)
     }
 
     this.mongo = {}
@@ -76,13 +77,17 @@ class KeyvMongo extends EventEmitter {
           }
 
           if (!listeningEvents) {
-            this.client.on('error', error => this.emit('error', error))
-            listeningEvents = true
+            if (this.options.emitErrors) {
+              this.client.on('error', error => this.emit('error', error))
+              listeningEvents = true
+            }
           }
 
           resolve(this.store)
         })
-        .catch(error => this.emit('error', error))
+        .catch(error => {
+          if (this.options.emitErrors) this.emit('error', error)
+        })
     })
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/keyv-redis/src/index.js b/packages/keyv-redis/src/index.js
index 0e09c8f..ae752f7 100644
--- a/packages/keyv-redis/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/keyv-redis/src/index.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const pEvent = require('p-event')
 const Redis = require('ioredis')
 
 class KeyvRedis extends EventEmitter {
-  constructor (uri, options) {
+  constructor (uri, { emitErrors = true, ...options }) {
     super()
 
     if (uri instanceof Redis) {
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ class KeyvRedis extends EventEmitter {
       this.redis = new Redis(options.uri, options)
     }
 
-    this.redis.on('error', error => this.emit('error', error))
+    if (emitErrors) {
+      this.redis.on('error', error => this.emit('error', error))
+    }
   }
 
   async get (key) {
diff --git a/packages/keyv-sql/src/index.js b/packages/keyv-sql/src/index.js
index 0f13091..2020283 100644
--- a/packages/keyv-sql/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/keyv-sql/src/index.js
@@ -6,33 +6,45 @@ class KeyvSql extends EventEmitter {
     super()
     this.ttlSupport = false
 
-    this.options = Object.assign({
-      table: 'keyv',
-      keySize: 255,
-      iterationLimit: 10
-    }, options)
-
-    const createTable = this.options.dialect === 'mysql' ? `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS \`${this.options.table}\` (\`key\` VARCHAR(${this.options.keySize}) PRIMARY KEY, \`value\` TEXT)` : `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "${this.options.table}" ("key" VARCHAR(${this.options.keySize}) PRIMARY KEY, "value" TEXT)`
-
-    const connected = this.options.connect()
+    this.options = Object.assign(
+      {
+        table: 'keyv',
+        keySize: 255,
+        iterationLimit: 10
+      },
+      options
+    )
+
+    const createTable =
+      this.options.dialect === 'mysql'
+        ? `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS \`${this.options.table}\` (\`key\` VARCHAR(${this.options.keySize}) PRIMARY KEY, \`value\` TEXT)`
+        : `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "${this.options.table}" ("key" VARCHAR(${this.options.keySize}) PRIMARY KEY, "value" TEXT)`
+
+    const connected = this.options
+      .connect()
       .then(query => query(createTable).then(() => query))
-      .catch(error => this.emit('error', error))
+      .catch(error => {
+        if (this.options.emitErrors && typeof this.store.on === 'function') {
+          this.emit('error', error)
+        }
+      })
 
-    this.query = sqlString => connected
-      .then(query => query(sqlString))
+    this.query = sqlString => connected.then(query => query(sqlString))
   }
 
   get (key) {
-    const select = this.options.dialect === 'mysql' ? `SELECT \`${this.options.table}\`.* FROM \`${this.options.table}\` WHERE (\`${this.options.table}\`.\`key\` = '${key}')` : `SELECT "${this.options.table}".* FROM "${this.options.table}" WHERE ("${this.options.table}"."key" = '${key}')`
-    return this.query(select)
-      .then(rows => {
-        const row = rows[0]
-        if (row === undefined) {
-          return undefined
-        }
+    const select =
+      this.options.dialect === 'mysql'
+        ? `SELECT \`${this.options.table}\`.* FROM \`${this.options.table}\` WHERE (\`${this.options.table}\`.\`key\` = '${key}')`
+        : `SELECT "${this.options.table}".* FROM "${this.options.table}" WHERE ("${this.options.table}"."key" = '${key}')`
+    return this.query(select).then(rows => {
+      const row = rows[0]
+      if (row === undefined) {
+        return undefined
+      }
 
-        return row.value
-      })
+      return row.value
+    })
   }
 
   set (key, value) {
@@ -40,39 +52,61 @@ class KeyvSql extends EventEmitter {
       value = value.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')
     }
 
-    const upsert = this.options.dialect === 'postgres'
-      ? `INSERT INTO "${this.options.table}" ("key", "value") VALUES ('${key}', '${value}') ON CONFLICT ("key") DO UPDATE SET "value" = EXCLUDED."value"`
-      : (this.options.dialect === 'mysql'
-          ? `REPLACE INTO \`${this.options.table}\` (\`key\`, \`value\`) VALUES ('${key}', '${value}')`
-          : `REPLACE INTO "${this.options.table}" ("key", "value") VALUES ('${key}', '${value}')`)
+    const upsert =
+      this.options.dialect === 'postgres'
+        ? `INSERT INTO "${this.options.table}" ("key", "value") VALUES ('${key}', '${value}') ON CONFLICT ("key") DO UPDATE SET "value" = EXCLUDED."value"`
+        : this.options.dialect === 'mysql'
+        ? `REPLACE INTO \`${this.options.table}\` (\`key\`, \`value\`) VALUES ('${key}', '${value}')`
+        : `REPLACE INTO "${this.options.table}" ("key", "value") VALUES ('${key}', '${value}')`
 
     return this.query(upsert)
   }
 
   delete (key) {
-    const select = this.options.dialect === 'mysql' ? `SELECT \`${this.options.table}\`.* FROM \`${this.options.table}\` WHERE (\`${this.options.table}\`.\`key\` = '${key}')` : `SELECT "${this.options.table}".* FROM "${this.options.table}" WHERE ("${this.options.table}"."key" = '${key}')`
-    const del = this.options.dialect === 'mysql' ? `DELETE FROM \`${this.options.table}\` WHERE (\`${this.options.table}\`.\`key\` = '${key}')` : `DELETE FROM "${this.options.table}" WHERE ("${this.options.table}"."key" = '${key}')`
-    return this.query(select)
-      .then(rows => {
-        const row = rows[0]
-        if (row === undefined) {
-          return false
-        }
+    const select =
+      this.options.dialect === 'mysql'
+        ? `SELECT \`${this.options.table}\`.* FROM \`${this.options.table}\` WHERE (\`${this.options.table}\`.\`key\` = '${key}')`
+        : `SELECT "${this.options.table}".* FROM "${this.options.table}" WHERE ("${this.options.table}"."key" = '${key}')`
+    const del =
+      this.options.dialect === 'mysql'
+        ? `DELETE FROM \`${this.options.table}\` WHERE (\`${this.options.table}\`.\`key\` = '${key}')`
+        : `DELETE FROM "${this.options.table}" WHERE ("${this.options.table}"."key" = '${key}')`
+    return this.query(select).then(rows => {
+      const row = rows[0]
+      if (row === undefined) {
+        return false
+      }
 
-        return this.query(del)
-          .then(() => true)
-      })
+      return this.query(del).then(() => true)
+    })
   }
 
   clear () {
-    const del = this.options.dialect === 'mysql' ? `DELETE FROM \`${this.options.table}\` WHERE (\`${this.options.table}\`.\`key\` LIKE '${this.namespace ? this.namespace + ':' : ''}%')` : `DELETE FROM "${this.options.table}" WHERE ("${this.options.table}"."key" LIKE '${this.namespace ? this.namespace + ':' : ''}%')`
-    return this.query(del)
-      .then(() => undefined)
+    const del =
+      this.options.dialect === 'mysql'
+        ? `DELETE FROM \`${this.options.table}\` WHERE (\`${
+            this.options.table
+          }\`.\`key\` LIKE '${this.namespace ? this.namespace + ':' : ''}%')`
+        : `DELETE FROM "${this.options.table}" WHERE ("${
+            this.options.table
+          }"."key" LIKE '${this.namespace ? this.namespace + ':' : ''}%')`
+    return this.query(del).then(() => undefined)
   }
 
   async * iterator () {
     const limit = Number.parseInt(this.options.iterationLimit, 10)
-    const selectChunk = this.options.dialect === 'mysql' ? `SELECT * FROM \`${this.options.table}\` WHERE (\`${this.options.table}\`.\`key\` LIKE '${this.namespace ? this.namespace + ':' : ''}%') LIMIT ${limit} OFFSET ` : `SELECT * FROM "${this.options.table}" WHERE ("${this.options.table}"."key" LIKE '${this.namespace ? this.namespace + ':' : ''}%') LIMIT ${limit} OFFSET `
+    const selectChunk =
+      this.options.dialect === 'mysql'
+        ? `SELECT * FROM \`${this.options.table}\` WHERE (\`${
+            this.options.table
+          }\`.\`key\` LIKE '${
+            this.namespace ? this.namespace + ':' : ''
+          }%') LIMIT ${limit} OFFSET `
+        : `SELECT * FROM "${this.options.table}" WHERE ("${
+            this.options.table
+          }"."key" LIKE '${
+            this.namespace ? this.namespace + ':' : ''
+          }%') LIMIT ${limit} OFFSET `
 
     async function * iterate (offset, query) {
       const entries = await query(selectChunk + offset)
diff --git a/packages/keyv/README.md b/packages/keyv/README.md
index 6f57838..c46527c 100644
--- a/packages/keyv/README.md
+++ b/packages/keyv/README.md
@@ -232,6 +232,13 @@ Default: `JSONB.parse`
 
 A custom deserialization function.
 
+#### options.emitErrors
+
+Type: `Boolean`<br>
+Default: `true`
+
+When it's `true`, errors on `options.store` will be emitted at keyv level.
+
 #### options.store
 
 Type: `Storage adapter instance`<br>
diff --git a/packages/keyv/src/index.js b/packages/keyv/src/index.js
index 0e69d72..f5956c2 100644
--- a/packages/keyv/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/keyv/src/index.js
@@ -4,22 +4,22 @@ const EventEmitter = require('events')
 const JSONB = require('json-buffer')
 
 class Keyv extends EventEmitter {
-  constructor (options) {
+  constructor ({ emitErrors = true, ...options }) {
     super()
     this.options = Object.assign(
       {
         namespace: 'keyv',
         serialize: JSONB.stringify,
-        deserialize: JSONB.parse
+        deserialize: JSONB.parse,
+        emitErrors: true
       },
       options
     )
 
     this.store = this.options.store || new Map()
-
     this.store.namespace = this.options.namespace
 
-    if (typeof this.store.on === 'function') {
+    if (emitErrors) {
       this.store.on('error', error => this.emit('error', error))
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/keyv/test/keyv.js b/packages/keyv/test/keyv.js
index ea66037..37f3843 100644
--- a/packages/keyv/test/keyv.js
+++ b/packages/keyv/test/keyv.js
@@ -157,5 +157,19 @@ test.serial('An empty namespace stores the key as-is', async t => {
   t.is([...store.keys()][0], 42)
 })
 
+test('emit errors by default', async t => {
+  const store = new Keyv()
+  const keyv = new Keyv({ store, namespace: '' })
+  await keyv.set(42, 'foo')
+  t.is(store.listenerCount('error'), 1)
+})
+
+test('disable emit errors', async t => {
+  const store = new Keyv({ emitErrors: false })
+  const keyv = new Keyv({ store, emitErrors: false, namespace: '' })
+  await keyv.set(42, 'foo')
+  t.is(keyv.listenerCount('error'), 0)
+})
+
 const store = () => new Map()
 keyvTestSuite(test, Keyv, store)