diff --git a/packages/eventstream-serde-universal/src/getUnmarshalledStream.spec.ts b/packages/eventstream-serde-universal/src/getUnmarshalledStream.spec.ts
index 34d6fe3da71c9..9ecb3251a42c3 100644
--- a/packages/eventstream-serde-universal/src/getUnmarshalledStream.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/eventstream-serde-universal/src/getUnmarshalledStream.spec.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
 import { Message } from "@aws-sdk/types";
 
 describe("getUnmarshalledStream", () => {
-  it("emits parsed message on data", async () => {
+  it("emits parsed payload on data", async () => {
     const expectedMessages: Array<Message> = [
       {
         headers: {
@@ -124,4 +124,23 @@ describe("getUnmarshalledStream", () => {
       "This is a modeled exception event that would be thrown in deserializer."
     );
   });
+
+  it("omit the unknown event type", async () => {
+    const source = async function* () {
+      yield recordEventMessage;
+    };
+    const unmarshallerStream = getUnmarshalledStream(source(), {
+      eventMarshaller: new EventStreamMarshaller(toUtf8, fromUtf8),
+      deserializer: message =>
+        Promise.resolve({
+          $unknown: message
+        } as any), //deserializer that parse anything into unknown event
+      toUtf8
+    });
+    const messages: Array<Message> = [];
+    for await (const message of unmarshallerStream) {
+      messages.push(message[Object.keys(message)[0]]);
+    }
+    expect(messages.length).toEqual(0);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/eventstream-serde-universal/src/getUnmarshalledStream.ts b/packages/eventstream-serde-universal/src/getUnmarshalledStream.ts
index 291a7731fefa2..d09dff380801c 100644
--- a/packages/eventstream-serde-universal/src/getUnmarshalledStream.ts
+++ b/packages/eventstream-serde-universal/src/getUnmarshalledStream.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ export function getUnmarshalledStream<T extends { [key: string]: any }>(
           const event = {
             [message.headers[":event-type"].value as string]: message
           };
-          yield await options.deserializer(event);
+          const deserialized = await options.deserializer(event);
+          if (deserialized.$unknown) continue;
+          yield deserialized;
         } else {
           throw Error(
             `Unrecognizable event type: ${message.headers[":event-type"].value}`