1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/mod.rs
index 4a638ec3f80..bb63dbd5303 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/mod.rs
@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ impl<'a> StringReader<'a> {
                 // tokens like `<<` from `rustc_lexer`, and then add fancier error recovery to it,
                 // as there will be less overall work to do this way.
                 let token = unicode_chars::check_for_substitution(self, start, c, &mut err);
+                if c == '\x00' {
+                    err.help("source files must be encoded in UTF-8, unexpected null bytes might occur when the wrong text encoding is used");
+                }
                 err.emit();
                 token?
             }