diff --git a/src/consumer/__tests__/runner.spec.js b/src/consumer/__tests__/runner.spec.js
index c7dd60e91..4ad464538 100644
--- a/src/consumer/__tests__/runner.spec.js
+++ b/src/consumer/__tests__/runner.spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const Runner = require('../runner')
 const Batch = require('../batch')
-const { KafkaJSProtocolError } = require('../../errors')
+const { KafkaJSProtocolError, KafkaJSNotImplemented } = require('../../errors')
 const { createErrorFromCode } = require('../../protocol/error')
 const InstrumentationEventEmitter = require('../../instrumentation/emitter')
 const { newLogger } = require('testHelpers')
@@ -90,4 +90,14 @@ describe('Consumer > Runner', () => {
     expect(runner.scheduleFetch).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
     expect(onCrash).toHaveBeenCalledWith(unknowError)
   })
+
+  it('crashes on KafkaJSNotImplemented errors', async () => {
+    const notImplementedError = new KafkaJSNotImplemented('not implemented')
+    consumerGroup.fetch.mockImplementationOnce(() => {
+      throw notImplementedError
+    })
+
+    await runner.start()
+    expect(onCrash).toHaveBeenCalledWith(notImplementedError)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/consumer/runner.js b/src/consumer/runner.js
index 631c22f2a..caa8ed635 100644
--- a/src/consumer/runner.js
+++ b/src/consumer/runner.js
@@ -307,6 +307,10 @@ module.exports = class Runner {
           return
         }
 
+        if (e.name === 'KafkaJSNotImplemented') {
+          return bail(e)
+        }
+
         this.logger.debug('Error while fetching data, trying again...', {
           groupId: this.consumerGroup.groupId,
           memberId: this.consumerGroup.memberId,
diff --git a/src/protocol/requests/fetch/fixtures/v4_response_snappy.json b/src/protocol/requests/fetch/fixtures/v4_response_snappy.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aea1b6814
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/protocol/requests/fetch/fixtures/v4_response_snappy.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"type":"Buffer","data":[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,10,116,111,112,105,99,45,116,101,115,116,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,110,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,98,0,0,0,0,2,151,239,110,170,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,104,185,18,144,177,0,0,1,104,185,18,144,177,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,48,68,94,0,0,0,14,107,101,121,45,49,52,57,68,118,97,108,117,101,1,10,100,45,50,48,49,57,45,48,50,45,48,52,84,49,53,58,49,51,58,52,56,46,49,56,55,90,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]}
diff --git a/src/protocol/requests/fetch/v4/response.js b/src/protocol/requests/fetch/v4/response.js
index 912101caa..65925c5b7 100644
--- a/src/protocol/requests/fetch/v4/response.js
+++ b/src/protocol/requests/fetch/v4/response.js
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ const decodeMessages = async decoder => {
         if (e.name === 'KafkaJSPartialMessageError') {
           break
         }
+
+        throw e
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/protocol/requests/fetch/v4/response.spec.js b/src/protocol/requests/fetch/v4/response.spec.js
index aec217608..5d0a8f58d 100644
--- a/src/protocol/requests/fetch/v4/response.spec.js
+++ b/src/protocol/requests/fetch/v4/response.spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const { decode, parse } = require('./response')
+const { KafkaJSNotImplemented } = require('../../../../errors')
 
 describe('Protocol > Requests > Fetch > v4', () => {
   test('response', async () => {
@@ -262,4 +263,12 @@ describe('Protocol > Requests > Fetch > v4', () => {
       expect(new Set(messagesMagicBytes)).toEqual(new Set([1]))
     })
   })
+
+  describe('response with an unconfigured compression codec (snappy)', () => {
+    test('throws KafkaJSNotImplemented error', async () => {
+      await expect(
+        decode(Buffer.from(require('../fixtures/v4_response_snappy.json')))
+      ).rejects.toThrow(KafkaJSNotImplemented)
+    })
+  })
 })