diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index fec8ae6..0bd1446
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@
 //!     }
 //! }
 //! ```
-use std::collections::VecDeque;
-use std::ops::Deref;
-use std::pin::Pin;
-use std::task::{Context, Poll, ready};
 use futures::Stream;
-use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use pin_project::pin_project;
+use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use serde_json::Deserializer;
+use std::collections::VecDeque;
+use std::ops::Deref;
+use std::pin::Pin;
+use std::task::{ready, Context, Poll};
 use tracing::trace;
 
 // should be 2^n - 1 for VecDeque to work efficiently
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ pub struct JsonStream<T, S> {
     byte_buffer: VecDeque<u8>,
     finished: bool,
     max_buffer_capacity: usize,
+    respect_eof: bool,
 }
 
 impl<T, S: Unpin> JsonStream<T, S> {
@@ -85,12 +86,26 @@ impl<T, S: Unpin> JsonStream<T, S> {
         Self {
             stream,
             entry_buffer: Vec::new(),
-            byte_buffer: VecDeque::with_capacity(std::cmp::min(DEFAULT_BUFFER_CAPACITY, max_capacity)),
+            byte_buffer: VecDeque::with_capacity(std::cmp::min(
+                DEFAULT_BUFFER_CAPACITY,
+                max_capacity,
+            )),
             finished: false,
-            max_buffer_capacity: max_capacity
+            max_buffer_capacity: max_capacity,
+            respect_eof: false,
         }
     }
 
+    /// Toggles a mode where the stream will "complete" when the
+    /// buffer is empty, there are no processed messages, and the
+    /// underlying reader returns an EOF error. All other error
+    /// messages, either from the parsing (because there might be a
+    /// partial json object,) or from the IO reader (because more data
+    /// may arrive or recover eventually,) are ignored.
+    pub fn set_respect_eof(&mut self) {
+        self.respect_eof = true
+    }
+
     /// Controls how large the internal buffer can grow in bytes. If the buffer grows larger than this
     /// the stream is terminated as it is assumed that the stream is malformed. If this number is too
     /// large, a malformed stream can cause the server to run out of memory.
@@ -115,10 +130,10 @@ impl<T, S: Unpin> JsonStream<T, S> {
 }
 
 impl<T: DeserializeOwned, S, B, E> Stream for JsonStream<T, S>
-    where
-        T: DeserializeOwned,
-        B: Deref<Target = [u8]>,
-        S: Stream<Item = Result<B, E>> + Unpin
+where
+    T: DeserializeOwned,
+    B: Deref<Target = [u8]>,
+    S: Stream<Item = Result<B, E>> + Unpin,
 {
     type Item = Result<T, E>;
 
@@ -143,7 +158,7 @@ impl<T: DeserializeOwned, S, B, E> Stream for JsonStream<T, S>
                     Some(Err(err)) => {
                         self.finish();
                         return Poll::Ready(Some(Err(err)));
-                    },
+                    }
                     None => {
                         self.finish();
                         return Poll::Ready(None);
@@ -157,7 +172,7 @@ impl<T: DeserializeOwned, S, B, E> Stream for JsonStream<T, S>
                     // no room for this chunk
                     self.finish();
                     return Poll::Ready(None);
-                },
+                }
                 None => {
                     // overflow occurred
                     self.finish();
@@ -182,14 +197,23 @@ impl<T: DeserializeOwned, S, B, E> Stream for JsonStream<T, S>
                     Some(Ok(entry)) => {
                         last_read_pos = json_iter.byte_offset();
                         this.entry_buffer.push(entry);
-                    },
+                    }
                     // if there was an error, log it but move on because this could be a partial entry
                     Some(Err(err)) => {
-                        trace!(err = ?err, "failed to parse json entry");
-                        break
-                    },
+                        if *this.respect_eof
+                            && err.is_eof()
+                            && this.entry_buffer.is_empty()
+                            && buffer.is_empty()
+                        {
+                            self.finish();
+                            return Poll::Ready(None);
+                        } else {
+                            trace!(err = ?err, "failed to parse json entry");
+                            break;
+                        };
+                    }
                     // nothing left then we move on
-                    None => break
+                    None => break,
                 }
             }
 
@@ -201,4 +225,4 @@ impl<T: DeserializeOwned, S, B, E> Stream for JsonStream<T, S>
             this.byte_buffer.make_contiguous();
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}