diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 784397af6e..aab3d82e69 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ module.exports = {
     'react/sort-comp': 0,
     'react/jsx-one-expression-per-line': 0,
     'react/jsx-curly-newline': 0,
+    'react/jsx-indent-props': 0,
+    'react/jsx-max-props-per-line': 0,
+    'react/jsx-first-prop-new-line': 0,
     'react/jsx-indent': 0,
     // Too restrictive: https://github.com/yannickcr/eslint-plugin-react/blob/master/docs/rules/destructuring-assignment.md
     'react/destructuring-assignment': 0,
diff --git a/src/chart_types/xy_chart/domains/y_domain.ts b/src/chart_types/xy_chart/domains/y_domain.ts
index d08df5f7e9..265edd8fac 100644
--- a/src/chart_types/xy_chart/domains/y_domain.ts
+++ b/src/chart_types/xy_chart/domains/y_domain.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
+import { GracefulError } from '../../../components/error_boundary/errors';
 import { ScaleContinuousType } from '../../../scales';
 import { ScaleType } from '../../../scales/constants';
 import { identity } from '../../../utils/commons';
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ function mergeYDomainForGroup(
       domain = [newCustomDomain.min, newCustomDomain.max];
     } else if (newCustomDomain && isLowerBound(newCustomDomain)) {
       if (newCustomDomain.min > computedDomainMax) {
-        throw new Error(`custom yDomain for ${groupId} is invalid, custom min is greater than computed max`);
+        throw new GracefulError(`custom yDomain for ${groupId} is invalid, custom min is greater than computed max`);
       }
 
       domain = [newCustomDomain.min, computedDomainMax];
diff --git a/src/components/chart.tsx b/src/components/chart.tsx
index b2e0902400..e00dea5752 100644
--- a/src/components/chart.tsx
+++ b/src/components/chart.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import { ChartBackground } from './chart_background';
 import { ChartContainer } from './chart_container';
 import { ChartResizer } from './chart_resizer';
 import { ChartStatus } from './chart_status';
+import { ErrorBoundary } from './error_boundary';
 import { Legend } from './legend/legend';
 
 interface ChartProps {
@@ -179,10 +180,12 @@ export class Chart extends React.Component<ChartProps, ChartState> {
           <ChartStatus />
           <ChartResizer />
           <Legend />
-          <SpecsParser>{this.props.children}</SpecsParser>
-          <div className="echContainer">
-            <ChartContainer getChartContainerRef={this.getChartContainerRef} forwardStageRef={this.chartStageRef} />
-          </div>
+          <ErrorBoundary>
+            <SpecsParser>{this.props.children}</SpecsParser>
+            <div className="echContainer">
+              <ChartContainer getChartContainerRef={this.getChartContainerRef} forwardStageRef={this.chartStageRef} />
+            </div>
+          </ErrorBoundary>
         </div>
       </Provider>
     );
diff --git a/src/components/error_boundary/error_boundary.tsx b/src/components/error_boundary/error_boundary.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..878a959fd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/error_boundary/error_boundary.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import React, { Component, ReactNode } from 'react';
+
+import { isGracefulError } from './errors';
+
+type ErrorBoundaryProps = {
+  children: ReactNode;
+};
+
+interface ErrorBoundaryState {
+  hasError: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Error Boundary to catch and handle custom errors
+ * @internal
+ */
+export class ErrorBoundary extends Component<ErrorBoundaryProps, ErrorBoundaryState> {
+  hasError = false;
+
+  componentDidUpdate() {
+    if (this.hasError) {
+      this.hasError = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  componentDidCatch(error: Error) {
+    if (isGracefulError(error)) {
+      this.hasError = true;
+      this.forceUpdate();
+    }
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    if (this.hasError) {
+      return (
+        <div className="echReactiveChart_unavailable">
+          <p>No data to display</p>
+        </div>
+      );
+    }
+
+    return this.props.children;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/error_boundary/errors.ts b/src/components/error_boundary/errors.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02221896e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/error_boundary/errors.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import { $Values } from 'utility-types';
+
+export const ErrorType = Object.freeze({
+  Graceful: 'graceful' as const,
+});
+/** @public */
+export type ErrorType = $Values<typeof ErrorType>;
+
+/**
+ * Error to used to gracefully render empty chart
+ */
+export class GracefulError extends Error {
+  type = ErrorType.Graceful;
+}
+
+export function isGracefulError(error: Error): error is GracefulError {
+  return (error as GracefulError)?.type === ErrorType.Graceful;
+}
diff --git a/src/components/error_boundary/index.tsx b/src/components/error_boundary/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0ac8af0c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/error_boundary/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/* @internal */
+export { ErrorBoundary } from './error_boundary';
+/* @internal */
+export * from './errors';