diff --git a/src/Dibi/Drivers/PdoDriver.php b/src/Dibi/Drivers/PdoDriver.php
index 66321c153..d5ab5ba90 100644
--- a/src/Dibi/Drivers/PdoDriver.php
+++ b/src/Dibi/Drivers/PdoDriver.php
@@ -89,31 +89,43 @@ public function disconnect(): void
 	 */
 	public function query(string $sql): ?Dibi\ResultDriver
 	{
-		$res = $this->connection->query($sql);
-		if ($res) {
-			$this->affectedRows = $res->rowCount();
-			return $res->columnCount() ? $this->createResultDriver($res) : null;
+		try {
+			if ($res = @$this->connection->query($sql)) { // intentionally @ to catch warnings in warning PDO mode
+				$this->affectedRows = $res->rowCount();
+				return $res->columnCount() ? $this->createResultDriver($res) : null;
+			}
+
+		} catch (\PDOException $pdoException) {
 		}
 
 		$this->affectedRows = null;
+		throw $this->createException(
+			isset($pdoException) ? $pdoException->errorInfo : $this->connection->errorInfo(),
+			$sql
+		);
+	}
+
+
+	private function createException(array $errorInfo, string $sql): Dibi\DriverException
+	{
+		[$sqlState, $code, $message] = $errorInfo;
 
-		[$sqlState, $code, $message] = $this->connection->errorInfo();
 		$message = "SQLSTATE[$sqlState]: $message";
 		switch ($this->driverName) {
 			case 'mysql':
-				throw MySqliDriver::createException($message, $code, $sql);
+				return MySqliDriver::createException($message, $code, $sql);
 
 			case 'oci':
-				throw OracleDriver::createException($message, $code, $sql);
+				return OracleDriver::createException($message, $code, $sql);
 
 			case 'pgsql':
-				throw PostgreDriver::createException($message, $sqlState, $sql);
+				return PostgreDriver::createException($message, $sqlState, $sql);
 
 			case 'sqlite':
-				throw SqliteDriver::createException($message, $code, $sql);
+				return SqliteDriver::createException($message, $code, $sql);
 
 			default:
-				throw new Dibi\DriverException($message, $code, $sql);
+				return new Dibi\DriverException($message, $code, $sql);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/dibi/PdoDriver.providedConnection.phpt b/tests/dibi/PdoDriver.providedConnection.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20d161063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dibi/PdoDriver.providedConnection.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @dataProvider ../databases.ini != nothing, pdo
+ */
+
+// Context:
+// When PDO connection is passed into Dibi it can be in (re)configured in various ways.
+// This affects how connection is then internally handled.
+// There should be no visible difference in Dibi behaviour regardless of PDO configuration.
+//
+// There are two cases that needs to be tested:
+// 1. When query succeeds -> result returned
+// 2. When query fails for various reasons -> proper exception should be generated
+
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use Tester\Assert;
+
+require __DIR__ . '/bootstrap.php';
+
+
+function buildPDOConnection(int $errorMode = null): PDO
+{
+	global $config;
+
+	// used to parse config, establish connection
+	$connection = new \Dibi\Connection($config);
+	$dibiDriver = $connection->getDriver();
+	\assert($dibiDriver instanceof \Dibi\Drivers\PdoDriver);
+
+	// hack: extract PDO connection from driver (no public interface for that)
+	$connectionProperty = (new ReflectionClass($dibiDriver))
+		->getProperty('connection');
+	$connectionProperty->setAccessible(true);
+	$pdo = $connectionProperty->getValue($dibiDriver);
+	\assert($pdo instanceof PDO);
+
+	// check that error reporting is in PHPs default value
+	\assert($pdo->getAttribute(\PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE) === \PDO::ERRMODE_SILENT);
+
+	// override PDO error mode if provided
+	if ($errorMode !== null) {
+		$pdo->setAttribute(\PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, $errorMode);
+	}
+	return $pdo;
+}
+
+
+function buildDibiConnection(PDO $pdo): \Dibi\Connection
+{
+	$conn = new \Dibi\Connection(['resource' => $pdo, 'driver' => 'pdo']);
+	\assert($conn->getDriver() instanceof \Dibi\Drivers\PdoDriver);
+	return $conn;
+}
+
+
+$runTests = function (\Dibi\Connection $connection) use ($config) {
+	$connection->loadFile(__DIR__ . "/data/$config[system].sql");
+	if ($config['system'] === 'sqlite') { // @see issue #301
+		$connection->query('PRAGMA foreign_keys=true');
+	}
+
+	// successful SELECT
+	test(function () use ($connection) {
+		$result = $connection->query('SELECT `product_id`, `title` FROM `products` WHERE `product_id` = 1')->fetch();
+		Assert::equal(['product_id' => 1, 'title' => 'Chair'], $result->toArray());
+	});
+
+	// Non-existing table: General exception should be generated
+	Assert::exception(function () use ($connection) {
+		$connection->query('SELECT * FROM `nonexisting`');
+	}, \Dibi\DriverException::class);
+
+	// Duplicated INSERT: UniqueConstraintViolationException
+	Assert::exception(function () use ($connection) {
+		$connection->query("INSERT INTO `products` (`product_id`, `title`) VALUES (1, 'Chair')");
+	}, \Dibi\UniqueConstraintViolationException::class);
+
+	// INSERT with NULL: NotNullConstraintViolationException
+	Assert::exception(function () use ($connection) {
+		$connection->query('INSERT INTO `products` (`title`) VALUES (NULL)');
+	}, \Dibi\NotNullConstraintViolationException::class);
+
+	// INSERT with NULL: ForeignKeyConstraintViolationException
+	Assert::exception(function () use ($connection) {
+		$connection->query('INSERT INTO `orders` (`customer_id`, `product_id`, `amount`) VALUES (99999 /*non-existing*/, 1, 7)');
+	}, \Dibi\ForeignKeyConstraintViolationException::class);
+};
+
+// PDO error mode: exception
+$runTests(buildDibiConnection(buildPDOConnection(\PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION)));
+
+// PDO error mode: warning
+$runTests(buildDibiConnection(buildPDOConnection(\PDO::ERRMODE_WARNING)));
+
+// PDO error mode: explicitly set silent
+$runTests(buildDibiConnection(buildPDOConnection(\PDO::ERRMODE_SILENT)));
+
+// PDO error mode: implicitly set silent
+$runTests(buildDibiConnection(buildPDOConnection(null)));