diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/lexer/tokentrees.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/lexer/tokentrees.rs
index e5ba7e45309dd..b4dd23c9f9b0f 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/lexer/tokentrees.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/lexer/tokentrees.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use rustc_data_structures::fx::FxHashMap;
 use syntax_pos::Span;
 
 use crate::print::pprust::token_to_string;
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ impl<'a> StringReader<'a> {
             unmatched_braces: Vec::new(),
             matching_delim_spans: Vec::new(),
             last_unclosed_found_span: None,
+            last_delim_empty_block_spans: FxHashMap::default()
         };
         let res = tt_reader.parse_all_token_trees();
         (res, tt_reader.unmatched_braces)
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ struct TokenTreesReader<'a> {
     /// Used only for error recovery when arriving to EOF with mismatched braces.
     matching_delim_spans: Vec<(token::DelimToken, Span, Span)>,
     last_unclosed_found_span: Option<Span>,
+    last_delim_empty_block_spans: FxHashMap<token::DelimToken, Span>
 }
 
 impl<'a> TokenTreesReader<'a> {
@@ -121,13 +124,20 @@ impl<'a> TokenTreesReader<'a> {
                     // Correct delimiter.
                     token::CloseDelim(d) if d == delim => {
                         let (open_brace, open_brace_span) = self.open_braces.pop().unwrap();
+                        let close_brace_span = self.token.span;
+
+                        if tts.is_empty() {
+                            let empty_block_span = open_brace_span.to(close_brace_span);
+                            self.last_delim_empty_block_spans.insert(delim, empty_block_span);
+                        }
+
                         if self.open_braces.len() == 0 {
                             // Clear up these spans to avoid suggesting them as we've found
                             // properly matched delimiters so far for an entire block.
                             self.matching_delim_spans.clear();
                         } else {
                             self.matching_delim_spans.push(
-                                (open_brace, open_brace_span, self.token.span),
+                                (open_brace, open_brace_span, close_brace_span),
                             );
                         }
                         // Parse the close delimiter.
@@ -193,13 +203,20 @@ impl<'a> TokenTreesReader<'a> {
                     tts.into()
                 ).into())
             },
-            token::CloseDelim(_) => {
+            token::CloseDelim(delim) => {
                 // An unexpected closing delimiter (i.e., there is no
                 // matching opening delimiter).
                 let token_str = token_to_string(&self.token);
                 let msg = format!("unexpected close delimiter: `{}`", token_str);
                 let mut err = self.string_reader.sess.span_diagnostic
                     .struct_span_err(self.token.span, &msg);
+
+                if let Some(span) = self.last_delim_empty_block_spans.remove(&delim) {
+                    err.span_label(
+                        span,
+                        "this block is empty, you might have not meant to close it"
+                    );
+                }
                 err.span_label(self.token.span, "unexpected close delimiter");
                 Err(err)
             },
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/token.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/token.rs
index e527989fb0ba0..4a8b25c61079b 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/token.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/token.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pub enum BinOpToken {
 }
 
 /// A delimiter token.
-#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, RustcEncodable, RustcDecodable, Hash, Debug, Copy)]
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, RustcEncodable, RustcDecodable, Hash, Debug, Copy)]
 pub enum DelimToken {
     /// A round parenthesis (i.e., `(` or `)`).
     Paren,
diff --git a/src/test/ui/parser/mismatched-delim-brace-empty-block.rs b/src/test/ui/parser/mismatched-delim-brace-empty-block.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0f5a2cb09ecc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/parser/mismatched-delim-brace-empty-block.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+fn main() {
+
+}
+    let _ = ();
+} //~ ERROR unexpected close delimiter
diff --git a/src/test/ui/parser/mismatched-delim-brace-empty-block.stderr b/src/test/ui/parser/mismatched-delim-brace-empty-block.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5ae5fc91a4e8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/parser/mismatched-delim-brace-empty-block.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+error: unexpected close delimiter: `}`
+  --> $DIR/mismatched-delim-brace-empty-block.rs:5:1
+   |
+LL |   fn main() {
+   |  ___________-
+LL | |
+LL | | }
+   | |_- this block is empty, you might have not meant to close it
+LL |       let _ = ();
+LL |   }
+   |   ^ unexpected close delimiter
+
+error: aborting due to previous error
+