diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b05a392..923f868 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,6 +71,16 @@ import Autocomplete from "react-google-autocomplete";
 
 - `onPlaceSelected: (place: `[PlaceResult](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/reference/places-service#PlaceResult)`, inputRef, `[autocompleteRef](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/reference/places-widget#Autocomplete)`) => void`: The function gets invoked every time a user chooses location.
 
+- `onLoadFailed: (error: Error | ErrorEvent) => void`: Optional. The function gets invoked when the Google Maps script fails to load (e.g. it is blocked by an ad-blocker or CSP, the network is down, or a CDN/DNS error occurs) or when Google reports an authentication/quota failure via its global `gm_authFailure` callback (invalid API key, disabled billing, referrer restrictions, exceeded quota). When omitted, behavior is unchanged.
+
+  ```js
+  <ReactGoogleAutocomplete
+    apiKey={YOUR_GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY}
+    onPlaceSelected={(place) => console.log(place)}
+    onLoadFailed={(error) => console.error("Could not load Google Maps", error)}
+  />
+  ```
+
 - `options`: [Google autocomplete options.](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/reference/places-widget#AutocompleteOptions)
 
   - `options.types`: By default it uses (cities).
@@ -112,7 +122,7 @@ export default () => {
 
 ### Arguments
 
-It has only one config argument which has propperties: `apiKey`, `ref`, `onPlaceSelected`, `options`, `inputAutocompleteValue`, `googleMapsScriptBaseUrl`. The same props described [here](#reactgoogleautocomplete)
+It has only one config argument which has propperties: `apiKey`, `ref`, `onPlaceSelected`, `onLoadFailed`, `options`, `inputAutocompleteValue`, `googleMapsScriptBaseUrl`. The same props described [here](#reactgoogleautocomplete)
 
 ### Returned value
 
diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 5857591..840214d 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export interface ReactGoogleAutocompleteProps {
     ref: RefObject<HTMLInputElement>,
     autocompleteRef: RefObject<google.maps.places.Autocomplete>
   ) => void;
+  onLoadFailed?: (error: Error | ErrorEvent) => void;
   inputAutocompleteValue?: string;
   options?: google.maps.places.AutocompleteOptions;
   libraries?: string[];
diff --git a/src/ReactGoogleAutocomplete.js b/src/ReactGoogleAutocomplete.js
index 1d991ba..855ba6c 100644
--- a/src/ReactGoogleAutocomplete.js
+++ b/src/ReactGoogleAutocomplete.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ function ReactGoogleAutocomplete(props) {
     googleMapsScriptBaseUrl,
     refProp,
     language,
+    onLoadFailed,
     ...rest
   } = props;
 
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ function ReactGoogleAutocomplete(props) {
     libraries,
     inputAutocompleteValue,
     options,
-    language
+    language,
+    onLoadFailed,
   });
 
   return <input ref={ref} {...rest} />;
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ ReactGoogleAutocomplete.propTypes = {
   ]),
   googleMapsScriptBaseUrl: PropTypes.string,
   onPlaceSelected: PropTypes.func,
+  onLoadFailed: PropTypes.func,
   inputAutocompleteValue: PropTypes.string,
   options: PropTypes.shape({
     componentRestrictions: PropTypes.object,
diff --git a/src/usePlacesWidget.js b/src/usePlacesWidget.js
index 4a0cebc..e12ec02 100644
--- a/src/usePlacesWidget.js
+++ b/src/usePlacesWidget.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export default function usePlacesWidget(props) {
     } = {},
     googleMapsScriptBaseUrl = GOOGLE_MAP_SCRIPT_BASE_URL,
     language,
+    onLoadFailed,
   } = props;
   const inputRef = useRef(null);
   const event = useRef(null);
@@ -85,13 +86,40 @@ export default function usePlacesWidget(props) {
       }
     };
 
+    // Google only surfaces auth/quota failures (invalid key, disabled billing,
+    // referrer not allowed, over quota) through the global gm_authFailure
+    // callback. When the consumer opts in via onLoadFailed, chain any
+    // pre-existing handler so we don't clobber it, and restore it on cleanup.
+    const previousAuthFailure = isBrowser ? window.gm_authFailure : undefined;
+
+    if (isBrowser && onLoadFailed) {
+      window.gm_authFailure = (...args) => {
+        if (typeof previousAuthFailure === "function")
+          previousAuthFailure(...args);
+        onLoadFailed(
+          new Error(
+            "Google Maps authentication failed. This may be caused by an invalid API key, disabled billing, referrer restrictions, or exceeded quota."
+          )
+        );
+      };
+    }
+
     if (apiKey) {
-      handleLoadScript().then(() => handleAutoComplete());
+      handleLoadScript()
+        .then(() => handleAutoComplete())
+        // always attach a catch so a rejected load never becomes an unhandled
+        // promise rejection; forward it to the consumer when they opted in
+        .catch((error) => {
+          if (onLoadFailed) onLoadFailed(error);
+        });
     } else {
       handleAutoComplete();
     }
 
-    return () => (event.current ? event.current.remove() : undefined);
+    return () => {
+      if (event.current) event.current.remove();
+      if (isBrowser && onLoadFailed) window.gm_authFailure = previousAuthFailure;
+    };
   }, []);
 
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index ccf6a6b..df0f329 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -15,12 +15,15 @@ export const loadGoogleMapScript = (
   );
 
   if (scriptElements && scriptElements.length) {
-    return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       // in case we already have a script on the page and it's loaded we resolve
       if (typeof google !== "undefined") return resolve();
 
       // otherwise we wait until it's loaded and resolve
       scriptElements[0].addEventListener("load", () => resolve());
+
+      // or reject if it fails to load (e.g. blocked, network/CDN error)
+      scriptElements[0].addEventListener("error", (error) => reject(error));
     });
   }
 
@@ -32,8 +35,12 @@ export const loadGoogleMapScript = (
   const el = document.createElement("script");
   el.src = scriptUrl.toString();
 
-  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     window.__REACT_GOOGLE_AUTOCOMPLETE_CALLBACK__ = resolve;
+
+    // reject if the script fails to load (e.g. blocked, network/CDN error)
+    el.addEventListener("error", (error) => reject(error));
+
     document.body.appendChild(el);
   });
 };