diff --git a/eslint-plugin-prettier.js b/eslint-plugin-prettier.js
index 5ba28817..0c99b131 100644
--- a/eslint-plugin-prettier.js
+++ b/eslint-plugin-prettier.js
@@ -209,7 +209,40 @@ module.exports = {
               { filepath }
             );
 
-            const prettierSource = prettier.format(source, prettierOptions);
+            // prettier.format() may throw a SyntaxError if it cannot parse the
+            // source code it is given. Ususally for JS files this isn't a
+            // problem as ESLint will report invalid syntax before trying to
+            // pass it to the prettier plugin. However this might be a problem
+            // for non-JS languages that are handled by a plugin. Notably Vue
+            // files throw an error if they contain unclosed elements, such as
+            // `<template><div></template>. In this case report an error at the
+            // point at which parsing failed.
+            let prettierSource;
+            try {
+              prettierSource = prettier.format(source, prettierOptions);
+            } catch (err) {
+              if (!(err instanceof SyntaxError)) {
+                throw err;
+              }
+
+              let message = 'Parsing error: ' + err.message;
+
+              // Prettier's message contains a codeframe style preview of the
+              // invalid code and the line/column at which the error occured.
+              // ESLint shows those pieces of information elsewhere already so
+              // remove them from the message
+              if (err.codeFrame) {
+                message = message.replace(`\n${err.codeFrame}`, '');
+              }
+              if (err.loc) {
+                message = message.replace(/ \(\d+:\d+\)$/, '');
+              }
+
+              context.report({ message, loc: err.loc });
+
+              return;
+            }
+
             if (source !== prettierSource) {
               const differences = generateDifferences(source, prettierSource);
 
diff --git a/test/invalid/vue-syntax-error.txt b/test/invalid/vue-syntax-error.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1df5184
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/invalid/vue-syntax-error.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+CODE:
+<template>
+  <div>
+</template>
+<script>
+a();
+</script>
+
+OUTPUT:
+<template>
+  <div>
+</template>
+<script>
+a();
+</script>
+
+OPTIONS:
+[]
+
+ERRORS:
+[
+  {
+    message: 'Parsing error: Unexpected closing tag "template". It may happen when the tag has already been closed by another tag. For more info see https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/syntax.html#closing-elements-that-have-implied-end-tags',
+    line: 3, column: 2
+  },
+]
diff --git a/test/prettier.js b/test/prettier.js
index 1b4a2d79..0ef159d0 100644
--- a/test/prettier.js
+++ b/test/prettier.js
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ vueRuleTester.run('prettier', rule, {
   invalid: [
     Object.assign(loadInvalidFixture('vue'), {
       filename: 'invalid.vue'
+    }),
+    Object.assign(loadInvalidFixture('vue-syntax-error'), {
+      filename: 'syntax-error.vue'
     })
   ]
 });