diff --git a/src/datasets/packaged_modules/text/text.py b/src/datasets/packaged_modules/text/text.py
index 74bc48d0d13..dadf9848195 100644
--- a/src/datasets/packaged_modules/text/text.py
+++ b/src/datasets/packaged_modules/text/text.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class TextConfig(datasets.BuilderConfig):
 
     features: Optional[datasets.Features] = None
     encoding: str = "utf-8"
+    errors: Optional[str] = None
     chunksize: int = 10 << 20  # 10MB
     keep_linebreaks: bool = False
     sample_by: str = "line"
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ def _generate_tables(self, files):
         pa_table_names = list(self.config.features) if self.config.features is not None else ["text"]
         for file_idx, file in enumerate(itertools.chain.from_iterable(files)):
             # open in text mode, by default translates universal newlines ("\n", "\r\n" and "\r") into "\n"
-            with open(file, encoding=self.config.encoding) as f:
+            with open(file, encoding=self.config.encoding, errors=self.config.errors) as f:
                 if self.config.sample_by == "line":
                     batch_idx = 0
                     while True: