diff --git a/src/main/java/net/fortuna/ical4j/data/ContentHandlerContext.java b/src/main/java/net/fortuna/ical4j/data/ContentHandlerContext.java
index b16276401..2c771be92 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/fortuna/ical4j/data/ContentHandlerContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/fortuna/ical4j/data/ContentHandlerContext.java
@@ -21,12 +21,15 @@ public class ContentHandlerContext {
 
     private List<String> ignoredPropertyNames = Collections.emptyList();
 
+    private boolean supressInvalidProperties;
+
     public ContentHandlerContext withParameterFactorySupplier(Supplier<List<ParameterFactory<?>>> parameterFactorySupplier) {
         ContentHandlerContext context = new ContentHandlerContext();
         context.parameterFactorySupplier = parameterFactorySupplier;
         context.propertyFactorySupplier = this.propertyFactorySupplier;
         context.componentFactorySupplier = this.componentFactorySupplier;
         context.ignoredPropertyNames = this.ignoredPropertyNames;
+        context.supressInvalidProperties = this.supressInvalidProperties;
         return context;
     }
 
@@ -36,6 +39,7 @@ public ContentHandlerContext withPropertyFactorySupplier(Supplier<List<PropertyF
         context.propertyFactorySupplier = propertyFactorySupplier;
         context.componentFactorySupplier = this.componentFactorySupplier;
         context.ignoredPropertyNames = this.ignoredPropertyNames;
+        context.supressInvalidProperties = this.supressInvalidProperties;
         return context;
     }
 
@@ -45,6 +49,7 @@ public ContentHandlerContext withComponentFactorySupplier(Supplier<List<Componen
         context.propertyFactorySupplier = this.propertyFactorySupplier;
         context.componentFactorySupplier = componentFactorySupplier;
         context.ignoredPropertyNames = this.ignoredPropertyNames;
+        context.supressInvalidProperties = this.supressInvalidProperties;
         return context;
     }
 
@@ -54,6 +59,17 @@ public ContentHandlerContext withIgnoredPropertyNames(List<String> ignoredProper
         context.propertyFactorySupplier = this.propertyFactorySupplier;
         context.componentFactorySupplier = this.componentFactorySupplier;
         context.ignoredPropertyNames = ignoredPropertyNames;
+        context.supressInvalidProperties = this.supressInvalidProperties;
+        return context;
+    }
+
+    public ContentHandlerContext withSupressInvalidProperties(boolean supressInvalidProperties) {
+        ContentHandlerContext context = new ContentHandlerContext();
+        context.parameterFactorySupplier = this.parameterFactorySupplier;
+        context.propertyFactorySupplier = this.propertyFactorySupplier;
+        context.componentFactorySupplier = this.componentFactorySupplier;
+        context.ignoredPropertyNames = this.ignoredPropertyNames;
+        context.supressInvalidProperties = supressInvalidProperties;
         return context;
     }
 
@@ -72,4 +88,8 @@ public Supplier<List<ComponentFactory<?>>> getComponentFactorySupplier() {
     public List<String> getIgnoredPropertyNames() {
         return ignoredPropertyNames;
     }
+
+    public boolean isSupressInvalidProperties() {
+        return supressInvalidProperties;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/fortuna/ical4j/data/DefaultContentHandler.java b/src/main/java/net/fortuna/ical4j/data/DefaultContentHandler.java
index 01484fa4a..0da0325a8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/fortuna/ical4j/data/DefaultContentHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/fortuna/ical4j/data/DefaultContentHandler.java
@@ -156,7 +156,17 @@ public void propertyValue(String value) {
     public void endProperty(String name) throws URISyntaxException, ParseException, IOException {
         if (!context.getIgnoredPropertyNames().contains(name.toUpperCase())) {
             assertProperty(propertyBuilder);
-            Property property = propertyBuilder.build();
+            Property property;
+            try {
+                property = propertyBuilder.build();
+            } catch (URISyntaxException | ParseException | IOException e) {
+                if (context.isSupressInvalidProperties()) {
+                    LOG.warn("Suppressing invalid property", e);
+                    return;
+                } else {
+                    throw  e;
+                }
+            }
 
             if (propertyHasTzId) {
                 propertiesWithTzId.add(property);
@@ -168,7 +178,6 @@ public void endProperty(String name) throws URISyntaxException, ParseException,
             } else if (calendar != null) {
                 calendar.getProperties().add(property);
             }
-            property = null;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/net/fortuna/ical4j/data/DefaultContentHandlerTest.groovy b/src/test/groovy/net/fortuna/ical4j/data/DefaultContentHandlerTest.groovy
index ed9290f78..cfa0d49b3 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/net/fortuna/ical4j/data/DefaultContentHandlerTest.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/net/fortuna/ical4j/data/DefaultContentHandlerTest.groovy
@@ -69,4 +69,37 @@ class DefaultContentHandlerTest extends Specification {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    def 'test supressed invalid properties'() {
+        given: 'a calendar reference'
+        def result
+
+        and: 'a content handler instance with supressed invalid properties'
+        DefaultContentHandler contentHandler = [{result = it} as Consumer<Calendar>,
+                                                TimeZoneRegistryFactory.instance.createRegistry(),
+                                                new ContentHandlerContext().withSupressInvalidProperties(true)]
+
+        when: 'a calendar is parsed'
+        contentHandler.startCalendar()
+        contentHandler.startComponent('vevent')
+        contentHandler.startProperty('dtstart')
+        contentHandler.parameter('value', 'DATE')
+        contentHandler.propertyValue('20181212')
+        contentHandler.endProperty('dtstart')
+        contentHandler.startProperty('dtend')
+        contentHandler.parameter('value', 'DATE')
+        contentHandler.propertyValue('20181213T120000Z')
+        contentHandler.endProperty('dtend')
+        contentHandler.endComponent('vevent')
+        contentHandler.endCalendar()
+
+        then: 'the resulting calendar doesn\'t include suppressed properties'
+        result == new ContentBuilder().with {
+            calendar {
+                vevent {
+                    dtstart '20181212', parameters: parameters { value 'DATE' }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }