diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dc1d1aef..2b123b82 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ We use [Break Versioning][breakver]. The version numbers follow a `<major>.<mino
 
 [breakver]: https://github.com/ptaoussanis/encore/blob/master/BREAK-VERSIONING.md
 
+## UNRELEASED
+
+* FIX [#334](https://github.com/metosin/reitit/pull/334) - Frontend: there is no way to catch the exception if coercion fails (via [#549](https://github.com/metosin/reitit/pull/549))
+
 ## 0.5.17 (2022-03-10)
 
 * FIX match-by-path is broken if there are no non-conflicting wildcard routes [#538](https://github.com/metosin/reitit/issues/538)
diff --git a/modules/reitit-frontend/src/reitit/frontend.cljs b/modules/reitit-frontend/src/reitit/frontend.cljs
index 60273f79..d1e9c50a 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-frontend/src/reitit/frontend.cljs
+++ b/modules/reitit-frontend/src/reitit/frontend.cljs
@@ -22,18 +22,28 @@
 
 (defn match-by-path
   "Given routing tree and current path, return match with possibly
-  coerced parameters. Return nil if no match found."
-  [router path]
-  (let [uri (.parse Uri path)]
-    (if-let [match (r/match-by-path router (.getPath uri))]
-      (let [q (query-params uri)
-            match (assoc match :query-params q)
-            ;; Return uncoerced values if coercion is not enabled - so
-            ;; that tha parameters are always accessible from same property.
-            parameters (or (coercion/coerce! match)
-                           {:path (:path-params match)
-                            :query q})]
-        (assoc match :parameters parameters)))))
+  coerced parameters. Return nil if no match found.
+
+  :on-coercion-error - a sideeffecting fn of `match exception -> nil`"
+  ([router path] (match-by-path router path nil))
+  ([router path {:keys [on-coercion-error]}]
+   (let [uri (.parse Uri path)
+         coerce! (if on-coercion-error
+                   (fn [match]
+                     (try (coercion/coerce! match)
+                          (catch js/Error e
+                            (on-coercion-error match e)
+                            (throw e))))
+                   coercion/coerce!)]
+     (if-let [match (r/match-by-path router (.getPath uri))]
+       (let [q (query-params uri)
+             match (assoc match :query-params q)
+             ;; Return uncoerced values if coercion is not enabled - so
+             ;; that tha parameters are always accessible from same property.
+             parameters (or (coerce! match)
+                            {:path (:path-params match)
+                             :query q})]
+         (assoc match :parameters parameters))))))
 
 (defn match-by-name
   "Given a router, route name and optionally path-parameters,
diff --git a/modules/reitit-frontend/src/reitit/frontend/history.cljs b/modules/reitit-frontend/src/reitit/frontend/history.cljs
index 600feaec..f95dcf12 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-frontend/src/reitit/frontend/history.cljs
+++ b/modules/reitit-frontend/src/reitit/frontend/history.cljs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     nil)
   (-on-navigate [this path]
     (reset! last-fragment path)
-    (on-navigate (rf/match-by-path router path) this))
+    (on-navigate (rf/match-by-path router path this) this))
   (-get-path [this]
     ;; Remove #
     ;; "" or "#" should be same as "#/"
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
       (-on-navigate this (-get-path this))
       this))
   (-on-navigate [this path]
-    (on-navigate (rf/match-by-path router path) this))
+    (on-navigate (rf/match-by-path router path this) this))
   (-stop [this]
     (gevents/unlistenByKey listen-key)
     (gevents/unlistenByKey click-listen-key)
diff --git a/test/cljs/reitit/frontend/core_test.cljs b/test/cljs/reitit/frontend/core_test.cljs
index 22ac1db2..e5c1d13a 100644
--- a/test/cljs/reitit/frontend/core_test.cljs
+++ b/test/cljs/reitit/frontend/core_test.cljs
@@ -80,6 +80,19 @@
       (is (= "/5"
              (r/match->path (rf/match-by-name router ::foo {:id 5}))))
 
+      (testing "coercion error"
+        (testing "throws without options"
+          (is (thrown? js/Error (m (rf/match-by-path router "/a")))))
+
+        (testing "thows and calles on-coercion-error"
+          (let [exception (atom nil)
+                match (atom nil)]
+            (is (thrown? js/Error (m (rf/match-by-path router "/a" {:on-coercion-error (fn [m e]
+                                                                                         (reset! match m)
+                                                                                         (reset! exception e))}))))
+            (is (= {:id "a"} (-> @match :path-params)))
+            (is (= {:id "a"} (-> @exception (ex-data) :value))))))
+
       (testing "query param is read"
         (is (= (r/map->Match
                  {:template "/:id"