diff --git a/src/__tests__/query-helper.js b/src/__tests__/query-helper.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e53ab03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/query-helper.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import * as queryHelpers from '../query-helpers'
+import {configure, getConfig} from '../config'
+
+const originalConfig = getConfig()
+beforeEach(() => {
+  configure(originalConfig)
+})
+
+test('should delegate to config.getElementError', () => {
+  const getElementError = jest.fn()
+  configure({getElementError})
+
+  const message = 'test Message'
+  const container = {} // dummy
+
+  queryHelpers.getElementError(message, container)
+  expect(getElementError.mock.calls[0]).toEqual([message, container])
+})
diff --git a/src/query-helpers.js b/src/query-helpers.js
index 3e493699..7fcc6bd9 100644
--- a/src/query-helpers.js
+++ b/src/query-helpers.js
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@ import {fuzzyMatches, matches, makeNormalizer} from './matches'
 import {waitFor} from './wait-for'
 import {getConfig} from './config'
 
+function getElementError(message, container) {
+  return getConfig().getElementError(message, container)
+}
+
 function getMultipleElementsFoundError(message, container) {
-  return getConfig().getElementError(
+  return getElementError(
     `${message}\n\n(If this is intentional, then use the \`*AllBy*\` variant of the query (like \`queryAllByText\`, \`getAllByText\`, or \`findAllByText\`)).`,
     container,
   )
@@ -82,6 +86,7 @@ function buildQueries(queryAllBy, getMultipleError, getMissingError) {
 }
 
 export {
+  getElementError,
   getMultipleElementsFoundError,
   queryAllByAttribute,
   queryByAttribute,