diff --git a/lib/serpapi/client.rb b/lib/serpapi/client.rb
index 0a8f081..120284c 100644
--- a/lib/serpapi/client.rb
+++ b/lib/serpapi/client.rb
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def location(params = {})
     def search_archive(search_id, format = :json)
       raise SerpApiError, 'format must be json or html' unless [:json, :html].include?(format)
 
-      get("/searches/#{search_id}.#{format}", format)
+      get("/searches/#{search_id}.#{format}", format, {}, allow_error_field: true)
     end
 
     # Get account information using Account API
@@ -214,9 +214,9 @@ def persistent?
     # @param [Symbol] decoder type :json or :html
     # @param [Hash] params custom search inputs
     # @return [String|Hash] raw HTML or decoded response as JSON / Hash
-    def get(endpoint, decoder = :json, params = {})
+    def get(endpoint, decoder = :json, params = {}, allow_error_field: false)
       response = execute_request(endpoint, params)
-      handle_response(response, decoder, endpoint, params)
+      handle_response(response, decoder, endpoint, params, allow_error_field: allow_error_field)
     end
 
     def execute_request(endpoint, params)
@@ -228,10 +228,10 @@ def execute_request(endpoint, params)
       end
     end
 
-    def handle_response(response, decoder, endpoint, params)
+    def handle_response(response, decoder, endpoint, params, allow_error_field: false)
       case decoder
       when :json
-        process_json_response(response, endpoint, params)
+        process_json_response(response, endpoint, params, allow_error_field: allow_error_field)
       when :html
         process_html_response(response, endpoint, params)
       else
@@ -239,12 +239,12 @@ def handle_response(response, decoder, endpoint, params)
       end
     end
 
-    def process_json_response(response, endpoint, params)
+    def process_json_response(response, endpoint, params, allow_error_field: false)
       symbolize = params.fetch(:symbolize_names, true)
 
       begin
         data = JSON.parse(response.body, symbolize_names: symbolize)
-        validate_json_content!(data, response, endpoint, params)
+        validate_json_content!(data, response, endpoint, params, allow_error_field: allow_error_field)
       rescue JSON::ParserError
         raise_parser_error(response, endpoint, params)
       end
@@ -258,7 +258,10 @@ def process_html_response(response, endpoint, params)
       response.body
     end
 
-    def validate_json_content!(data, response, endpoint, params)
+    def validate_json_content!(data, response, endpoint, params, allow_error_field: false)
+      # Successful archive responses can contain an error field for the archived search itself.
+      return if allow_error_field && response.status == 200
+
       if data.is_a?(Hash) && data.key?(:error)
         raise_http_error(response, data, endpoint, params, explicit_error: data[:error])
       elsif response.status != 200
diff --git a/spec/serpapi/client/search_archive_error_handling_spec.rb b/spec/serpapi/client/search_archive_error_handling_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34f20d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/serpapi/client/search_archive_error_handling_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'SerpApi Search Archive API error handling' do
+  def client_with_response(body, status)
+    response = double('response', body: body, status: status)
+    client = SerpApi::Client.new(api_key: '', engine: 'google', persistent: false)
+
+    allow(client).to receive(:execute_request).and_return(response)
+    client
+  end
+
+  def client_with_json(payload, status)
+    client_with_response(JSON.dump(payload), status)
+  end
+
+  it 'returns archived search data when a successful response contains an error field' do
+    payload = {
+      error: "Google hasn't returned any results for this query.",
+      search_metadata: {
+        id: '6935c0b9a0cb1015d74ef919'
+      }
+    }
+    client = client_with_json(payload, 200)
+
+    expect(client.search_archive(payload[:search_metadata][:id])).to eq(payload)
+  end
+
+  it 'keeps raising for regular search responses with an error field' do
+    payload = {
+      error: 'Missing query `q` parameter.',
+      search_metadata: {
+        id: 'regular-search-error'
+      }
+    }
+    client = client_with_json(payload, 200)
+
+    expect {
+      client.search(q: 'Coffee')
+    }.to raise_error(SerpApi::SerpApiError) { |error|
+      expect(error.response_status).to eq(200)
+      expect(error.serpapi_error).to eq(payload[:error])
+    }
+  end
+
+  it 'raises for unsuccessful archive responses with an error field' do
+    payload = {
+      error: 'Search not found.',
+      search_metadata: {
+        id: 'missing-archive-search'
+      }
+    }
+    client = client_with_json(payload, 404)
+
+    expect {
+      client.search_archive(payload[:search_metadata][:id])
+    }.to raise_error(SerpApi::SerpApiError) { |error|
+      expect(error.response_status).to eq(404)
+      expect(error.serpapi_error).to eq(payload[:error])
+      expect(error.search_id).to eq(payload[:search_metadata][:id])
+    }
+  end
+
+  it 'raises for unsuccessful archive responses without an error field' do
+    payload = {
+      search_metadata: {
+        id: 'server-error-archive-search'
+      }
+    }
+    client = client_with_json(payload, 500)
+
+    expect {
+      client.search_archive(payload[:search_metadata][:id])
+    }.to raise_error(SerpApi::SerpApiError) { |error|
+      expect(error.response_status).to eq(500)
+      expect(error.serpapi_error).to be_nil
+      expect(error.search_id).to eq(payload[:search_metadata][:id])
+    }
+  end
+
+  it 'still raises parser errors for malformed archive JSON responses' do
+    client = client_with_response('{"error":', 200)
+
+    expect {
+      client.search_archive('malformed-json')
+    }.to raise_error(SerpApi::SerpApiError, /JSON parse error/)
+  end
+end