diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/utilities/arxiv.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/utilities/arxiv.py
index 383df6396e1..2a0027fd5a2 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/utilities/arxiv.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/utilities/arxiv.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class ArxivAPIWrapper(BaseModel):
     Attributes:
         top_k_results: number of the top-scored document used for the arxiv tool
         ARXIV_MAX_QUERY_LENGTH: the cut limit on the query used for the arxiv tool.
+        continue_on_failure (bool): If True, continue loading other URLs on failure.
         load_max_docs: a limit to the number of loaded documents
         load_all_available_meta:
             if True: the `metadata` of the loaded Documents contains all available
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ class ArxivAPIWrapper(BaseModel):
     arxiv_exceptions: Any  # :meta private:
     top_k_results: int = 3
     ARXIV_MAX_QUERY_LENGTH: int = 300
+    continue_on_failure: bool = False
     load_max_docs: int = 100
     load_all_available_meta: bool = False
     doc_content_chars_max: Optional[int] = 4000
@@ -225,6 +227,12 @@ class ArxivAPIWrapper(BaseModel):
             except (FileNotFoundError, fitz.fitz.FileDataError) as f_ex:
                 logger.debug(f_ex)
                 continue
+            except Exception as e:
+                if self.continue_on_failure:
+                    logger.error(e)
+                    continue
+                else:
+                    raise e
             if self.load_all_available_meta:
                 extra_metadata = {
                     "entry_id": result.entry_id,
diff --git a/libs/community/tests/integration_tests/document_loaders/test_arxiv.py b/libs/community/tests/integration_tests/document_loaders/test_arxiv.py
index 765290642a8..ceeb48d7507 100644
--- a/libs/community/tests/integration_tests/document_loaders/test_arxiv.py
+++ b/libs/community/tests/integration_tests/document_loaders/test_arxiv.py
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
-from typing import List
+import shutil
+from http.client import HTTPMessage
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import List, Union
+from unittest.mock import patch
+from urllib.error import HTTPError
 
 import pytest
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
 
 from langchain_community.document_loaders.arxiv import ArxivLoader
 
+EXAMPLE_HELLO_PDF_PATH = Path(__file__).parents[1] / "examples" / "hello.pdf"
+
 
 def assert_docs(docs: List[Document]) -> None:
     for doc in docs:
@@ -57,6 +64,36 @@ def test_load_returns_full_set_of_metadata() -> None:
         assert len(set(doc.metadata)) > 4
 
 
+def test_skip_http_error() -> None:
+    """Test skipping unexpected Http 404 error of a single doc"""
+    tmp_hello_pdf_path = Path(__file__).parent / "hello.pdf"
+
+    def first_download_fails() -> Union[HTTPError, str]:
+        if not hasattr(first_download_fails, "firstCall"):
+            first_download_fails.__setattr__("firstCall", False)
+            raise HTTPError(
+                url="", code=404, msg="Not Found", hdrs=HTTPMessage(), fp=None
+            )
+        else:
+            # Return temporary example pdf path
+            shutil.copy(EXAMPLE_HELLO_PDF_PATH, tmp_hello_pdf_path)
+            return str(tmp_hello_pdf_path.absolute())
+
+    with patch("arxiv.Result.download_pdf") as mock_download_pdf:
+        # Set up the mock to raise HTTP 404 error
+        mock_download_pdf.side_effect = first_download_fails
+        # Load documents
+        loader = ArxivLoader(
+            query="ChatGPT",
+            load_max_docs=2,
+            load_all_available_meta=True,
+            continue_on_failure=True,
+        )
+        docs = loader.load()
+        # Only 1 of 2 documents should be loaded
+        assert len(docs) == 1
+
+
 @pytest.mark.skip(reason="test could be flaky")
 def test_load_issue_9046() -> None:
     """Test for the fixed issue 9046"""