diff --git a/spec/Observable-spec.ts b/spec/Observable-spec.ts
index 16bdad8f6d..5b8eb18d75 100644
--- a/spec/Observable-spec.ts
+++ b/spec/Observable-spec.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,20 @@ describe('Observable', () => {
     }).to.throw();
   });
 
+  it('should rethrow if sink has syncErrorThrowable = false', () => {
+    const observable = new Observable(observer => {
+      observer.next(1);
+    });
+
+    const sink = Subscriber.create(() => {
+      throw 'error!';
+    });
+
+    expect(() => {
+      observable.subscribe(sink);
+    }).to.throw('error!');
+  });
+
   describe('forEach', () => {
     it('should iterate and return a Promise', (done: MochaDone) => {
       const expected = [1, 2, 3];
diff --git a/src/Observable.ts b/src/Observable.ts
index 74bc9af34f..25ccebbde9 100644
--- a/src/Observable.ts
+++ b/src/Observable.ts
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ export class Observable<T> implements Subscribable<T> {
     if (operator) {
       operator.call(sink, this.source);
     } else {
-      sink.add(this.source ? this._subscribe(sink) : this._trySubscribe(sink));
+      sink.add(this.source || !sink.syncErrorThrowable ? this._subscribe(sink) : this._trySubscribe(sink));
     }
 
     if (sink.syncErrorThrowable) {
diff --git a/src/Subscriber.ts b/src/Subscriber.ts
index 36d8459191..daa1536416 100644
--- a/src/Subscriber.ts
+++ b/src/Subscriber.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ export class Subscriber<T> extends Subscription implements Observer<T> {
         }
         if (typeof destinationOrNext === 'object') {
           if (destinationOrNext instanceof Subscriber) {
+            this.syncErrorThrowable = destinationOrNext.syncErrorThrowable;
             this.destination = (<Subscriber<any>> destinationOrNext);
             (<any> this.destination).add(this);
           } else {