diff --git a/src/core/evaluator.js b/src/core/evaluator.js
index 660630ce9..9aadc4649 100644
--- a/src/core/evaluator.js
+++ b/src/core/evaluator.js
@@ -3405,7 +3405,12 @@ class PartialEvaluator {
       } else if (encoding instanceof Name) {
         baseEncodingName = encoding.name;
       } else {
-        throw new FormatError("Encoding is not a Name nor a Dict");
+        const msg = "Encoding is not a Name nor a Dict";
+
+        if (!this.options.ignoreErrors) {
+          throw new FormatError(msg);
+        }
+        warn(msg);
       }
       // According to table 114 if the encoding is a named encoding it must be
       // one of these predefined encodings.
diff --git a/test/pdfs/.gitignore b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
index 2306c1674..51f3ded88 100644
--- a/test/pdfs/.gitignore
+++ b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
 !asciihexdecode.pdf
 !bug766086.pdf
 !bug793632.pdf
+!issue14821.pdf
 !bug1020858.pdf
 !prefilled_f1040.pdf
 !bug1050040.pdf
diff --git a/test/pdfs/issue14821.pdf b/test/pdfs/issue14821.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71c50726a
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/pdfs/issue14821.pdf differ
diff --git a/test/test_manifest.json b/test/test_manifest.json
index 9465e2712..f780d69c4 100644
--- a/test/test_manifest.json
+++ b/test/test_manifest.json
@@ -3612,6 +3612,12 @@
        "rounds": 1,
        "type": "eq"
     },
+    {  "id": "issue14821",
+       "file": "pdfs/issue14821.pdf",
+       "md5": "ae77afb0f98c62e6b7fe7f912c84a75c",
+       "rounds": 1,
+       "type": "eq"
+    },
     {
       "id": "issue6165",
       "file": "pdfs/issue6165.pdf",