diff --git a/src/Consumer.php b/src/Consumer.php
index ebae3387..8efee91a 100644
--- a/src/Consumer.php
+++ b/src/Consumer.php
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ public function resume()
      *
      * @param Envelope $envelope
      * @param Queue    $queue
+     *
+     * @throws \Exception
+     * @throws \Throwable
      */
     public function invoke(Envelope $envelope, Queue $queue)
     {
@@ -134,16 +137,10 @@ public function invoke(Envelope $envelope, Queue $queue)
             $queue->acknowledge($envelope);
 
             $this->dispatcher->dispatch(BernardEvents::ACKNOWLEDGE, new EnvelopeEvent($envelope, $queue));
-        } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            // Make sure the exception is not interfering.
-            // Previously failing jobs handling have been moved to a middleware.
-            //
-            // Emit an event to let others log that exception
-            $this->dispatcher->dispatch(BernardEvents::REJECT, new RejectEnvelopeEvent($envelope, $queue, $e));
-
-            if ($this->options['stop-on-error']) {
-                throw $e;
-            }
+        } catch (\Throwable $error) {
+            $this->rejectDispatch($error, $envelope, $queue);
+        } catch (\Exception $exception) {
+            $this->rejectDispatch($exception, $envelope, $queue);
         }
     }
 
@@ -178,4 +175,26 @@ protected function bind()
             pcntl_signal(SIGCONT, [$this, 'resume']);
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param \Throwable|\Exception $exception note that the type-hint is missing due to PHP 5.x compat
+     *
+     * @param Envelope              $envelope
+     * @param Queue                 $queue
+     *
+     * @throws \Exception
+     * @throws \Throwable
+     */
+    private function rejectDispatch($exception, Envelope $envelope, Queue $queue)
+    {
+        // Make sure the exception is not interfering.
+        // Previously failing jobs handling have been moved to a middleware.
+        //
+        // Emit an event to let others log that exception
+        $this->dispatcher->dispatch(BernardEvents::REJECT, new RejectEnvelopeEvent($envelope, $queue, $exception));
+
+        if ($this->options['stop-on-error']) {
+            throw $exception;
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Event/RejectEnvelopeEvent.php b/src/Event/RejectEnvelopeEvent.php
index b1499525..949a83b0 100644
--- a/src/Event/RejectEnvelopeEvent.php
+++ b/src/Event/RejectEnvelopeEvent.php
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ class RejectEnvelopeEvent extends EnvelopeEvent
     protected $exception;
 
     /**
-     * @param Envelope   $envelope
-     * @param Queue      $queue
-     * @param \Exception $exception
+     * @param Envelope              $envelope
+     * @param Queue                 $queue
+     * @param \Exception|\Throwable $exception
      */
-    public function __construct(Envelope $envelope, Queue $queue, \Exception $exception)
+    public function __construct(Envelope $envelope, Queue $queue, $exception)
     {
         parent::__construct($envelope, $queue);
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public function __construct(Envelope $envelope, Queue $queue, \Exception $except
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return \Exception
+     * @return \Exception|\Throwable
      */
     public function getException()
     {
diff --git a/tests/ConsumerTest.php b/tests/ConsumerTest.php
index 63a9da59..ea4d3fa7 100644
--- a/tests/ConsumerTest.php
+++ b/tests/ConsumerTest.php
@@ -13,6 +13,21 @@
 
 class ConsumerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
+    /**
+     * @var SimpleRouter
+     */
+    private $router;
+
+    /**
+     * @var \Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcherInterface|\PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject
+     */
+    private $dispatcher;
+
+    /**
+     * @var Consumer
+     */
+    private $consumer;
+
     public function setUp()
     {
         $this->router = new SimpleRouter;
@@ -180,4 +195,35 @@ public function testEnvelopeWillBeInvoked()
 
         $this->assertTrue($service->importUsers);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @requires PHP 7.0
+     */
+    public function testWillRejectDispatchOnThrowableError()
+    {
+        $this->router->add('ImportReport', new Fixtures\Service);
+
+        $queue = new InMemoryQueue('send-newsletter');
+        $queue->enqueue(new Envelope(new DefaultMessage('ImportReport')));
+
+        $this->dispatcher->expects(self::at(0))->method('dispatch')->with('bernard.ping');
+        $this->dispatcher->expects(self::at(1))->method('dispatch')->with('bernard.invoke');
+
+        $this
+            ->dispatcher
+            ->expects(self::at(2))
+            ->method('dispatch')
+            ->with(
+                'bernard.reject',
+                self::callback(function (RejectEnvelopeEvent $rejectEnvelope) {
+                    self::assertInstanceOf('TypeError', $rejectEnvelope->getException());
+
+                    return true;
+                })
+            );
+
+        self::setExpectedException('TypeError');
+
+        $this->consumer->tick($queue, ['stop-on-error' => true]);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Driver/AbstractDoctrineDriverTest.php b/tests/Driver/AbstractDoctrineDriverTest.php
index 1e7dd2f0..ec21b6b6 100644
--- a/tests/Driver/AbstractDoctrineDriverTest.php
+++ b/tests/Driver/AbstractDoctrineDriverTest.php
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@
 
 abstract class AbstractDoctrineDriverTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
+    /**
+     * @var \Doctrine\DBAL\Connection
+     */
+    private $connection;
+
+    /**
+     * @var DoctrineDriver
+     */
+    protected $driver;
+
     public function setUp()
     {
         if (defined('HHVM_VERSION')) {
@@ -149,4 +159,9 @@ protected function setUpDatabase()
 
         return $connection;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @return \Doctrine\DBAL\Connection
+     */
+    protected abstract function createConnection();
 }
diff --git a/tests/Event/RejectEnvelopeEventTest.php b/tests/Event/RejectEnvelopeEventTest.php
index e3f92230..7dbf8f6b 100644
--- a/tests/Event/RejectEnvelopeEventTest.php
+++ b/tests/Event/RejectEnvelopeEventTest.php
@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@
 
 class RejectEnvelopeEventTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
+    /**
+     * @var \Bernard\Envelope|\PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject
+     */
+    private $envelope;
+
+    /**
+     * @var \Bernard\Queue|\PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject
+     */
+    private $queue;
+
     public function setUp()
     {
         $this->envelope = $this->getMockBuilder('Bernard\Envelope')
@@ -27,4 +37,15 @@ public function testRetrieveException()
 
         $this->assertSame($e, $event->getException());
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @requires PHP 7.0
+     */
+    public function testCanContainThrowable()
+    {
+        $error = new \TypeError();
+        $event = new RejectEnvelopeEvent($this->envelope, $this->queue, $error);
+
+        self::assertSame($error, $event->getException());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/Service.php b/tests/Fixtures/Service.php
index 4cecc99c..4a5c994d 100644
--- a/tests/Fixtures/Service.php
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/Service.php
@@ -20,4 +20,10 @@ public function createFile()
     {
         touch(__DIR__ . '/create_file.test');
     }
+
+    public function importReport(Report $report)
+    {
+        // note: the class hinted on this method does not exist on purpose, as calling this method should cause a
+        //       Throwable to be thrown
+    }
 }