diff --git a/Connection.php b/Connection.php
index fc56f03..77180f2 100644
--- a/Connection.php
+++ b/Connection.php
@@ -288,6 +288,11 @@ public function evalString($string, $parser = self::PARSER_NATIVE) {
 		if( !$r['is_error'] ) {
 				return $this->parseResponse($r['contents'], $parser);
 		}
+
+		if(strpos($r['contents'], "R warning:") == 0) {
+				throw new Rserve_Warning($r);
+		}
+
 		throw new Rserve_Exception('unable to evaluate', $r);
 	}
 
@@ -578,5 +583,8 @@ public function __construct($message, $packet=NULL) {
 class Rserve_Parser_Exception extends Rserve_Exception {
 }
 
+class Rserve_Warning extends Rserve_Exception {
+}
+
 Rserve_Connection::init();