diff --git a/read.go b/read.go
index f9953355..7cf444cf 100644
--- a/read.go
+++ b/read.go
@@ -24,8 +24,12 @@ var (
 	// value length which is not allowed.
 	ErrorOWRequiresEvenVL = errors.New("vr of OW requires even value length")
 	// ErrorUnsupportedVR indicates that this VR is not supported.
-	ErrorUnsupportedVR      = errors.New("unsupported VR")
-	errorUnableToParseFloat = errors.New("unable to parse float type")
+	ErrorUnsupportedVR = errors.New("unsupported VR")
+	// ErrorUnsupportedBitsAllocated indicates that the BitsAllocated in the
+	// NativeFrame PixelData is unsupported. In this situation, the rest of the
+	// dataset returned is still valid.
+	ErrorUnsupportedBitsAllocated = errors.New("unsupported BitsAllocated")
+	errorUnableToParseFloat       = errors.New("unable to parse float type")
 )
 
 func readTag(r dicomio.Reader) (*tag.Tag, error) {
@@ -252,6 +256,8 @@ func readNativeFrames(d dicomio.Reader, parsedData *Dataset, fc chan<- *frame.Fr
 					buf[(pixel*samplesPerPixel)+value] = int(bo.Uint16(pixelBuf))
 				} else if bitsAllocated == 32 {
 					buf[(pixel*samplesPerPixel)+value] = int(bo.Uint32(pixelBuf))
+				} else {
+					return nil, bytesRead, fmt.Errorf("unsupported BitsAllocated value of: %d : %w", bitsAllocated, ErrorUnsupportedBitsAllocated)
 				}
 			}
 			currentFrame.NativeData.Data[pixel] = buf[pixel*samplesPerPixel : (pixel+1)*samplesPerPixel]
diff --git a/read_test.go b/read_test.go
index 4385c214..32db2532 100644
--- a/read_test.go
+++ b/read_test.go
@@ -344,6 +344,19 @@ func TestReadNativeFrames(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedPixelData: nil,
 			expectedError:     ErrorElementNotFound,
 		},
+		{
+			Name: "unsupported BitsAllocated",
+			existingData: Dataset{Elements: []*Element{
+				mustNewElement(tag.Rows, []int{5}),
+				mustNewElement(tag.Columns, []int{2}),
+				mustNewElement(tag.NumberOfFrames, []string{"1"}),
+				mustNewElement(tag.BitsAllocated, []int{1}),
+				mustNewElement(tag.SamplesPerPixel, []int{1}),
+			}},
+			data:              []uint16{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+			expectedPixelData: nil,
+			expectedError:     ErrorUnsupportedBitsAllocated,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range cases {