3 files changed, 24 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_interface/messages.ftl b/compiler/rustc_interface/messages.ftl
index d83b18cbc2d..6f6666f8c76 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_interface/messages.ftl
+++ b/compiler/rustc_interface/messages.ftl
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ interface_ignoring_out_dir = ignoring --out-dir flag due to -o flag
 interface_input_file_would_be_overwritten =
     the input file "{$path}" would be overwritten by the generated executable
 
+interface_invalid_crate_type_value = invalid `crate_type` value
+    .suggestion = did you mean
+
 interface_mixed_bin_crate =
     cannot mix `bin` crate type with others
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/errors.rs b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/errors.rs
index d1082eaf617..727e09c7562 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/errors.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/errors.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::io;
 use std::path::Path;
 
-use rustc_macros::Diagnostic;
+use rustc_macros::{Diagnostic, LintDiagnostic, Subdiagnostic};
 use rustc_span::{Span, Symbol};
 
 #[derive(Diagnostic)]
@@ -108,3 +108,18 @@ pub(crate) struct AbiRequiredTargetFeature<'a> {
     pub feature: &'a str,
     pub enabled: &'a str,
 }
+
+#[derive(LintDiagnostic)]
+#[diag(interface_invalid_crate_type_value)]
+pub(crate) struct UnknownCrateTypes {
+    #[subdiagnostic]
+    pub sugg: Option<UnknownCrateTypesSub>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Subdiagnostic)]
+#[suggestion(interface_suggestion, code = r#""{snippet}""#, applicability = "maybe-incorrect")]
+pub(crate) struct UnknownCrateTypesSub {
+    #[primary_span]
+    pub span: Span,
+    pub snippet: Symbol,
+}
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/util.rs b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/util.rs
index 04006f3e446..061c764e619 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/util.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/util.rs
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ use rustc_errors::LintBuffer;
 use rustc_metadata::{DylibError, load_symbol_from_dylib};
 use rustc_middle::ty::CurrentGcx;
 use rustc_session::config::{Cfg, OutFileName, OutputFilenames, OutputTypes, Sysroot, host_tuple};
-use rustc_session::lint::{self, BuiltinLintDiag};
 use rustc_session::output::{CRATE_TYPES, categorize_crate_type};
-use rustc_session::{EarlyDiagCtxt, Session, filesearch};
+use rustc_session::{EarlyDiagCtxt, Session, filesearch, lint};
 use rustc_span::edit_distance::find_best_match_for_name;
 use rustc_span::edition::Edition;
 use rustc_span::source_map::SourceMapInputs;
@@ -468,7 +467,10 @@ pub(crate) fn check_attr_crate_type(
                         lint::builtin::UNKNOWN_CRATE_TYPES,
                         ast::CRATE_NODE_ID,
                         span,
-                        BuiltinLintDiag::UnknownCrateTypes { span, candidate },
+                        errors::UnknownCrateTypes {
+                            sugg: candidate
+                                .map(|cand| errors::UnknownCrateTypesSub { span, snippet: cand }),
+                        },
                     );
                 }
             } else {