diff --git a/packages/dynamic-import-vars/src/index.js b/packages/dynamic-import-vars/src/index.js
index 5b18f59e0..b0d60df96 100644
--- a/packages/dynamic-import-vars/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/dynamic-import-vars/src/index.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { createFilter } from '@rollup/pluginutils';
 
 import { dynamicImportToGlob, VariableDynamicImportError } from './dynamic-import-to-glob';
 
-function dynamicImportVariables({ include, exclude, warnOnError } = {}) {
+function dynamicImportVariables({ include, exclude, warnOnError, errorWhenNoFilesFound } = {}) {
   const filter = createFilter(include, exclude);
 
   return {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ function dynamicImportVariables({ include, exclude, warnOnError } = {}) {
               r.startsWith('./') || r.startsWith('../') ? r : `./${r}`
             );
 
-            if (paths.length === 0) {
+            if (errorWhenNoFilesFound && paths.length === 0) {
               this.error(
                 new Error('No files found when trying to dynamically load concatted string')
               );
diff --git a/packages/dynamic-import-vars/test/rollup-plugin-dynamic-import-vars.test.js b/packages/dynamic-import-vars/test/rollup-plugin-dynamic-import-vars.test.js
index e7454859e..68be487af 100644
--- a/packages/dynamic-import-vars/test/rollup-plugin-dynamic-import-vars.test.js
+++ b/packages/dynamic-import-vars/test/rollup-plugin-dynamic-import-vars.test.js
@@ -205,20 +205,25 @@ test('dynamic imports assertions', async (t) => {
   t.snapshot(output[0].code);
 });
 
-test('no files in dir', async (t) => {
+test("doesn't throw if no files in dir when option isn't set", async (t) => {
   let thrown = false;
   try {
     await rollup({
       input: 'fixture-no-files.js',
       plugins: [dynamicImportVars()]
     });
+  } catch (_) {
+    thrown = true;
+  }
+  t.false(thrown);
+});
+
+test('throws if no files in dir when option is set', async (t) => {
+  let thrown = false;
+  try {
     await rollup({
-      input: 'fixture-extensionless.js',
-      plugins: [
-        dynamicImportVars({
-          exclude: ['fixture-excluded.js']
-        })
-      ]
+      input: 'fixture-no-files.js',
+      plugins: [dynamicImportVars({ errorWhenNoFilesFound: true })]
     });
   } catch (_) {
     thrown = true;