diff --git a/examples/exemplars/main.go b/examples/exemplars/main.go
index 798c2dfd0..b5fd3de85 100644
--- a/examples/exemplars/main.go
+++ b/examples/exemplars/main.go
@@ -14,6 +14,54 @@
 // A simple example of how to record a latency metric with exemplars, using a fictional id
 // as a prometheus label.
 
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/collectors"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
+	"log"
+	"math/rand"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/graphite"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	logger, _ := zap.NewProduction()
+	defer logger.Sync()
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	c := &Config{
+		URL:              "graphite.example.org:3099",
+		Gatherer:         prometheus.DefaultGatherer,
+		Prefix:           "prefix",
+		Interval:          5 * time.Second,
+		Timeout:           2 * time.Second,
+		ErrorHandling:     testCase.errorHandling,
+		ErrorCallbackFunc: func(err error) {  if err != nil { logger.Error("run", zap.Error(err)); cancel() } },
+	}
+
+
+	b, err := graphite.NewBridge(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	b.Run(ctx)
+}
+
+
+
+
+
 package main
 
 import (
diff --git a/prometheus/graphite/bridge.go b/prometheus/graphite/bridge.go
index 84eac0de9..f0693c61d 100644
--- a/prometheus/graphite/bridge.go
+++ b/prometheus/graphite/bridge.go
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	// logged regardless of the configured ErrorHandling provided Logger
 	// is not nil.
 	ErrorHandling HandlerErrorHandling
+
+	// ErrorCallbackFunc is a callback function that can be executed when error is occurred
+	ErrorCallbackFunc ErrorCallbackFunc
 }
 
 // Bridge pushes metrics to the configured Graphite server.
@@ -89,8 +92,9 @@ type Bridge struct {
 	interval time.Duration
 	timeout  time.Duration
 
-	errorHandling HandlerErrorHandling
-	logger        Logger
+	errorHandling     HandlerErrorHandling
+	errorCallbackFunc ErrorCallbackFunc
+	logger            Logger
 
 	g prometheus.Gatherer
 }
@@ -102,6 +106,9 @@ type Logger interface {
 	Println(v ...interface{})
 }
 
+// ErrorCallbackFunc is a special type for callback functions
+type ErrorCallbackFunc func(error)
+
 // NewBridge returns a pointer to a new Bridge struct.
 func NewBridge(c *Config) (*Bridge, error) {
 	b := &Bridge{}
@@ -142,6 +149,10 @@ func NewBridge(c *Config) (*Bridge, error) {
 
 	b.errorHandling = c.ErrorHandling
 
+	if c.ErrorCallbackFunc != nil {
+		b.errorCallbackFunc = c.ErrorCallbackFunc
+	}
+
 	return b, nil
 }
 
@@ -164,19 +175,29 @@ func (b *Bridge) Run(ctx context.Context) {
 
 // Push pushes Prometheus metrics to the configured Graphite server.
 func (b *Bridge) Push() error {
-	mfs, err := b.g.Gather()
-	if err != nil || len(mfs) == 0 {
-		switch b.errorHandling {
-		case AbortOnError:
-			return err
-		case ContinueOnError:
-			if b.logger != nil {
-				b.logger.Println("continue on error:", err)
-			}
-		default:
-			panic("unrecognized error handling value")
+	err := b.push()
+	if b.errorCallbackFunc != nil {
+		b.errorCallbackFunc(err)
+	}
+	switch b.errorHandling {
+	case AbortOnError:
+		return err
+	case ContinueOnError:
+		if b.logger != nil {
+			b.logger.Println("continue on error:", err)
 		}
 	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (b *Bridge) push() error {
+	mfs, err := b.g.Gather()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if len(mfs) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
 
 	conn, err := net.DialTimeout("tcp", b.url, b.timeout)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/prometheus/graphite/bridge_test.go b/prometheus/graphite/bridge_test.go
index df0cfff3f..01f0079eb 100644
--- a/prometheus/graphite/bridge_test.go
+++ b/prometheus/graphite/bridge_test.go
@@ -467,3 +467,43 @@ func ExampleBridge() {
 	// Start pushing metrics to Graphite in the Run() loop.
 	b.Run(ctx)
 }
+
+func TestErrorHandling(t *testing.T) {
+	var testCases = []struct {
+		errorHandling    HandlerErrorHandling
+		receivedError    error
+		interceptedError error
+	}{
+		{
+			errorHandling:    ContinueOnError,
+			receivedError:    nil,
+			interceptedError: &net.OpError{},
+		},
+		{
+			errorHandling:    AbortOnError,
+			receivedError:    &net.OpError{},
+			interceptedError: &net.OpError{},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, testCase := range testCases {
+		var interceptedError error
+		c := &Config{
+			URL:               "localhost",
+			ErrorHandling:     testCase.errorHandling,
+			ErrorCallbackFunc: func(err error) { interceptedError = err },
+		}
+		b, err := NewBridge(c)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		receivedError := b.Push()
+		if reflect.TypeOf(receivedError) != reflect.TypeOf(testCase.receivedError) {
+			t.Errorf("expected to receive: %T, received: %T", testCase.receivedError, receivedError)
+		}
+		if reflect.TypeOf(interceptedError) != reflect.TypeOf(testCase.interceptedError) {
+			t.Errorf("expected to intercept: %T, intercepted: %T", testCase.interceptedError, interceptedError)
+		}
+	}
+}