diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 56cd943..483497c 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class Gravatar extends React.Component {
     protocol: PropTypes.string,
     domain: PropTypes.string,
     style: PropTypes.object,
+    fallback: PropTypes.object,
   }
   static defaultProps = {
     size: 50,
@@ -25,87 +26,108 @@ class Gravatar extends React.Component {
     domain: 'www.gravatar.com',
   }
 
+  constructor(props, context) {
+    super(props, context);
+    this.state = {
+      display: 'image',
+    }
+  }
+
+  _handleErrors = () => {
+    if (this.props.fallback) {
+      this.setState({ display: 'fallback' })
+    }
+  }
+
   render() {
-    const base = `${this.props.protocol}${this.props.domain}/avatar/`
+    if (this.state.display === 'fallback') {
+      // Fall back to another default component if the image results in a 404
+      return this.props.fallback
+    } else {
+      const base = `${this.props.protocol}${this.props.domain}/avatar/`
 
-    const query = querystring.stringify({
-      s: this.props.size,
-      r: this.props.rating,
-      d: this.props.default,
-    })
+      const query = querystring.stringify({
+        s: this.props.size,
+        r: this.props.rating,
+        d: this.props.default,
+      })
 
-    const retinaQuery = querystring.stringify({
-      s: this.props.size * 2,
-      r: this.props.rating,
-      d: this.props.default,
-    })
+      const retinaQuery = querystring.stringify({
+        s: this.props.size * 2,
+        r: this.props.rating,
+        d: this.props.default,
+      })
 
-    // Gravatar service currently trims and lowercases all registered emails
-    const formattedEmail = ('' + this.props.email).trim().toLowerCase();
+      // Gravatar service currently trims and lowercases all registered emails
+      const formattedEmail = ('' + this.props.email).trim().toLowerCase();
 
-    let hash
-    if (this.props.md5) {
-      hash = this.props.md5
-    } else if (typeof this.props.email === 'string') {
-      hash = md5(formattedEmail, {encoding: "binary"})
-    } else {
-      console.warn(
-        'Gravatar image can not be fetched. Either the "email" or "md5" prop must be specified.'
-      )
-      return (<script />)
-    }
+      let hash
+      if (this.props.md5) {
+        hash = this.props.md5
+      } else if (typeof this.props.email === 'string') {
+        hash = md5(formattedEmail, {encoding: "binary"})
+      } else {
+        console.warn(
+          'Gravatar image can not be fetched. Either the "email" or "md5" prop must be specified.'
+        )
+        return (<script />)
+      }
 
-    const src = `${base}${hash}?${query}`
-    const retinaSrc = `${base}${hash}?${retinaQuery}`
+      const src = `${base}${hash}?${query}`
+      const retinaSrc = `${base}${hash}?${retinaQuery}`
 
-    let modernBrowser = true  // server-side, we render for modern browsers
+      let modernBrowser = true  // server-side, we render for modern browsers
 
-    if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
-      // this is not NodeJS
-      modernBrowser = 'srcset' in document.createElement('img')
-    }
+      if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+        // this is not NodeJS
+        modernBrowser = 'srcset' in document.createElement('img')
+      }
 
-    let className = 'react-gravatar'
-    if (this.props.className) {
-      className = `${className} ${this.props.className}`
-    }
+      let className = 'react-gravatar'
+      if (this.props.className) {
+        className = `${className} ${this.props.className}`
+      }
 
-    // Clone this.props and then delete Component specific props so we can
-    // spread the rest into the img.
-    let { ...rest } = this.props
-    delete rest.md5
-    delete rest.email
-    delete rest.protocol
-    delete rest.rating
-    delete rest.size
-    delete rest.style
-    delete rest.className
-    delete rest.default
-    if (!modernBrowser && isRetina()) {
+      // Clone this.props and then delete Component specific props so we can
+      // spread the rest into the img.
+      let { ...rest } = this.props
+      delete rest.md5
+      delete rest.email
+      delete rest.protocol
+      delete rest.rating
+      delete rest.size
+      delete rest.style
+      delete rest.className
+      delete rest.default
+      delete rest.fallback
+      if (!modernBrowser && isRetina()) {
+        return (
+          <img
+            alt={`Gravatar for ${formattedEmail}`}
+            style={this.props.style}
+            src={retinaSrc}
+            height={this.props.size}
+            width={this.props.size}
+            {...rest}
+            className={className}
+            onError={() => this._handleErrors()}
+          />
+        )
+      }
       return (
         <img
           alt={this.props.email ? `Gravatar for ${formattedEmail}` : `Gravatar`}
           style={this.props.style}
-          src={retinaSrc}
+          src={src}
+          srcSet={`${retinaSrc} 2x`}
           height={this.props.size}
           width={this.props.size}
           {...rest}
           className={className}
+          onError={() => this._handleErrors()}
         />
       )
     }
-    return (
-      <img
-        alt={`Gravatar for ${formattedEmail}`}
-        style={this.props.style}
-        src={src}
-        srcSet={`${retinaSrc} 2x`}
-        height={this.props.size}
-        width={this.props.size}
-        {...rest}
-        className={className}
-      />
-    )
   }
 }