diff --git a/lib/mrkt/concerns/connection.rb b/lib/mrkt/concerns/connection.rb
index c73380d..c9d23df 100644
--- a/lib/mrkt/concerns/connection.rb
+++ b/lib/mrkt/concerns/connection.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ def init_connection
 
         conn.response :logger, @logger, (@log_options || {}) if @debug
         conn.response :mkto, content_type: /\bjson$/
+        conn.response :mkto_exceptional_response
 
         conn.options.timeout = @options[:read_timeout] if @options.key?(:read_timeout)
         conn.options.open_timeout = @options[:open_timeout] if @options.key?(:open_timeout)
diff --git a/lib/mrkt/faraday_middleware.rb b/lib/mrkt/faraday_middleware.rb
index f87f47d..a841afd 100644
--- a/lib/mrkt/faraday_middleware.rb
+++ b/lib/mrkt/faraday_middleware.rb
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 module Mrkt
   module FaradayMiddleware
     autoload :Response, 'mrkt/faraday_middleware/response'
+    autoload :ExceptionalResponse, 'mrkt/faraday_middleware/exceptional_response'
   end
 
   if Faraday::Middleware.respond_to? :register_middleware
     Faraday::Response.register_middleware mkto: -> { Mrkt::FaradayMiddleware::Response }
+    Faraday::Response.register_middleware mkto_exceptional_response: -> { Mrkt::FaradayMiddleware::ExceptionalResponse }
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/mrkt/faraday_middleware/exceptional_response.rb b/lib/mrkt/faraday_middleware/exceptional_response.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f7c621
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/mrkt/faraday_middleware/exceptional_response.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+module Mrkt
+  module FaradayMiddleware
+    # A middleware to handle exceptional non-json responses.
+    # In some cases, for example in trouble of marketo servers, we confirmed
+    # there is possibility that servers could respond with non json response
+    # unexpectedly.
+    class ExceptionalResponse < Faraday::Response::Middleware
+      ServerErrorStatuses = 400...600
+
+      def on_complete(env)
+        # Nothing to do by this handler if response content type is like json
+        return if env[:response_headers]['Content-Type'] =~ /\bjson$/
+
+        case env[:status]
+        when ServerErrorStatuses
+          raise Mrkt::Errors::Unknown, response_values(env)
+        end
+      end
+
+      def response_values(env)
+        {:status => env.status, :headers => env.response_headers, :body => env.body}
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/faraday_middleware/exceptional_response_spec.rb b/spec/faraday_middleware/exceptional_response_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c89394
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/faraday_middleware/exceptional_response_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+describe Mrkt::FaradayMiddleware::ExceptionalResponse do
+  before do
+    response = lambda { |env|
+      [status, {'Content-Type' => content_type}, body]
+    }
+    @conn = Faraday.new do |b|
+      b.use Mrkt::FaradayMiddleware::ExceptionalResponse
+      b.adapter :test do |stub|
+        stub.get('/', &response)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  context 'with application/json and with server error' do
+    let(:content_type) { 'application/json' }
+    let(:status) { 500 }
+    let(:body) { '{}' }
+
+    it 'does nothing' do
+      expect(@conn.get('/').body).to eq body
+    end
+  end
+
+  context 'with non json content-type and with server error' do
+    let(:content_type) { 'text/plain' }
+    let(:status) { 500 }
+    let(:body) { 'something wrong' }
+
+    it { expect { @conn.get('/') }.to raise_error(Mrkt::Errors::Unknown) }
+  end
+
+  context 'with non json content-type but with successful response' do
+    let(:content_type) { 'text/html' }
+    let(:status) { 200 }
+    let(:body) { 'ok' }
+
+    it 'does nothing' do
+      expect(@conn.get('/').body).to eq body
+    end
+  end
+end