diff --git a/lib/api/web-element/scoped-element.js b/lib/api/web-element/scoped-element.js
index 8dffc0b8f..234aa55a7 100644
--- a/lib/api/web-element/scoped-element.js
+++ b/lib/api/web-element/scoped-element.js
@@ -180,11 +180,14 @@ class ScopedWebElement {
 
         return await this.findElement({parentElement, selector: condition, index, timeout, retryInterval});
       } catch (error) {
-        if (this.suppressNotFoundErrors) {
+        const narrowedError = createNarrowedError({error, condition, timeout});
+        if (
+          this.suppressNotFoundErrors &&
+          narrowedError.name === 'NoSuchElementError'
+        ) {
           return null;
         }
 
-        const narrowedError = createNarrowedError({error, condition, timeout});
         Logger.error(narrowedError);
 
         if (abortOnFailure) {
@@ -356,6 +359,8 @@ function createNarrowedError({error, condition, timeout}) {
     return err;
   }
 
+  error.message = `Error occurred while trying to locate element "${condition}": ${error.message || 'unknown error'}`;
+
   return error;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/sampletests/webelement/findWithSuppressNotFoundErrors.js b/test/sampletests/webelement/findWithSuppressNotFoundErrors.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f71876f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sampletests/webelement/findWithSuppressNotFoundErrors.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+describe('test', function () {
+  test('test find with suppressNotFoundErrors', async (browser) => {
+    browser.element.find({
+      selector: browser.globals.selector,
+      suppressNotFoundErrors: browser.globals.suppressNotFoundErrors
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/src/api/commands/web-element/testFindOnErrors.js b/test/src/api/commands/web-element/testFindOnErrors.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09810ed48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/src/api/commands/web-element/testFindOnErrors.js
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+const assert = require('assert');
+const path = require('path');
+const MockServer  = require('../../../../lib/mockserver.js');
+const Mocks = require('../../../../lib/command-mocks.js');
+const CommandGlobals = require('../../../../lib/globals/commands-w3c.js');
+const common = require('../../../../common.js');
+const NightwatchClient = common.require('index.js');
+const {settings} = common;
+
+describe('element().isPresent() command', function() {
+  before(function (done) {
+    CommandGlobals.beforeEach.call(this, done);
+
+  });
+
+  after(function (done) {
+    CommandGlobals.afterEach.call(this, done);
+  });
+
+  it('test .element.find(suppressNotFoundErrors: true) suppresses NoSuchElementError', async function() {
+    Mocks.createNewW3CSession();
+    MockServer.addMock({
+      url: '/session/13521-10219-202/elements',
+      method: 'POST',
+      postdata: JSON.stringify({using: 'css selector', value: '#wrong'}),
+      response: JSON.stringify({
+        value: []
+      })
+    });
+
+    let globalReporterCalled = false;
+
+    const globals = {
+      reporter(results) {
+        globalReporterCalled = true;
+        if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(results, 'lastError')) {
+          assert.notStrictEqual(results.lastError.name, 'NoSuchElementError');
+        }
+      },
+      waitForConditionTimeout: 100,
+      selector: '#wrong',
+      suppressNotFoundErrors: true
+    };
+    const testsPath = [
+      path.join(__dirname, '../../../../sampletests/webelement/findWithSuppressNotFoundErrors.js')
+    ];
+
+    await NightwatchClient.runTests(testsPath, settings({
+      globals,
+      output_folder: 'output',
+      selenium_host: null
+    }));
+
+    assert.strictEqual(globalReporterCalled, true);
+  });
+
+  it('test .element.find(suppressNotFoundErrors: false) does not suppress NoSuchElementError', async function() {
+    Mocks.createNewW3CSession();
+    MockServer.addMock({
+      url: '/session/13521-10219-202/elements',
+      method: 'POST',
+      postdata: JSON.stringify({using: 'css selector', value: '#wrong'}),
+      response: JSON.stringify({
+        value: []
+      })
+    });
+
+    let globalReporterCalled = false;
+
+    const globals = {
+      reporter(results) {
+        globalReporterCalled = true;
+        assert.strictEqual(results.lastError.name, 'NoSuchElementError');
+      },
+      waitForConditionTimeout: 100,
+      selector: '#wrong',
+      suppressNotFoundErrors: false
+    };
+    const testsPath = [
+      path.join(__dirname, '../../../../sampletests/webelement/findWithSuppressNotFoundErrors.js')
+    ];
+
+    await NightwatchClient.runTests(testsPath, settings({
+      globals,
+      output_folder: 'output',
+      selenium_host: null
+    }));
+
+    assert.strictEqual(globalReporterCalled, true);
+  });
+
+  it('test .element.find(suppressNotFoundErrors: true) does not suppress other errors', async function() {
+    Mocks.createNewW3CSession();
+    MockServer.addMock({
+      url: '/session/13521-10219-202/elements',
+      method: 'POST',
+      postdata: JSON.stringify({using: 'css selector', value: '@wrong'}),
+      response: {
+        value: {
+          error: 'invalid selector',
+          message: 'invalid selector',
+          stacktrace: ''
+        }
+      },
+      statusCode: 400
+    });
+
+    let globalReporterCalled = false;
+
+    const globals = {
+      reporter(results) {
+        globalReporterCalled = true;
+        assert.strictEqual(results.lastError.name, 'InvalidSelectorError');
+      },
+      waitForConditionTimeout: 100,
+      selector: '@wrong',
+      suppressNotFoundErrors: true
+    };
+    const testsPath = [
+      path.join(__dirname, '../../../../sampletests/webelement/findWithSuppressNotFoundErrors.js')
+    ];
+
+    await NightwatchClient.runTests(testsPath, settings({
+      globals,
+      output_folder: 'output',
+      selenium_host: null
+    }));
+
+    assert.strictEqual(globalReporterCalled, true);
+  });
+
+  it('test .element.find(suppressNotFoundErrors: false) does not suppress other errors', async function() {
+    Mocks.createNewW3CSession();
+    MockServer.addMock({
+      url: '/session/13521-10219-202/elements',
+      method: 'POST',
+      postdata: JSON.stringify({using: 'css selector', value: '@wrong'}),
+      response: {
+        value: {
+          error: 'invalid selector',
+          message: 'invalid selector',
+          stacktrace: ''
+        }
+      },
+      statusCode: 400
+    });
+
+    let globalReporterCalled = false;
+
+    const globals = {
+      reporter(results) {
+        globalReporterCalled = true;
+        assert.strictEqual(results.lastError.name, 'InvalidSelectorError');
+      },
+      waitForConditionTimeout: 100,
+      selector: '@wrong',
+      suppressNotFoundErrors: false
+    };
+    const testsPath = [
+      path.join(__dirname, '../../../../sampletests/webelement/findWithSuppressNotFoundErrors.js')
+    ];
+
+    await NightwatchClient.runTests(testsPath, settings({
+      globals,
+      output_folder: 'output',
+      selenium_host: null
+    }));
+
+    assert.strictEqual(globalReporterCalled, true);
+  });
+});