diff --git a/src/parser/location.js b/src/parser/location.js
index a2a6039762..c506fd0928 100644
--- a/src/parser/location.js
+++ b/src/parser/location.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import CommentsParser from "./comments";
 // message.
 
 export default class LocationParser extends CommentsParser {
-  raise(pos: number, message: string): empty {
+  raise(pos: number, message: string, missingPluginName: string): empty {
     const loc = getLineInfo(this.input, pos);
     message += ` (${loc.line}:${loc.column})`;
     // $FlowIgnore
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ export default class LocationParser extends CommentsParser {
     );
     err.pos = pos;
     err.loc = loc;
+    if (missingPluginName) {
+      err.missingPlugin = missingPluginName;
+    }
     throw err;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/parser/util.js b/src/parser/util.js
index bc789ef993..1300637276 100644
--- a/src/parser/util.js
+++ b/src/parser/util.js
@@ -109,4 +109,14 @@ export default class UtilParser extends Tokenizer {
     }
     throw this.raise(pos != null ? pos : this.state.start, messageOrType);
   }
+
+  expectPlugin(name: string): void {
+    if (!this.hasPlugin(name)) {
+      throw this.raise(
+        this.state.start,
+        `This experimental syntax requires enabling the parser plugin: ${name}`,
+        name,
+      );
+    }
+  }
 }