diff --git a/rhino/src/main/java/org/mozilla/javascript/Parser.java b/rhino/src/main/java/org/mozilla/javascript/Parser.java
index 6807ec081f..c1952c2e10 100644
--- a/rhino/src/main/java/org/mozilla/javascript/Parser.java
+++ b/rhino/src/main/java/org/mozilla/javascript/Parser.java
@@ -1677,6 +1677,16 @@ && matchToken(Token.NAME, true)
                 markDestructuring(init);
                 cond = expr(false); // object over which we're iterating
             } else { // ordinary for-loop
+                // For ordinary for loops, destructuring declarations must have initializers
+                if (init instanceof VariableDeclaration) {
+                    VariableDeclaration varDecl = (VariableDeclaration) init;
+                    for (VariableInitializer vi : varDecl.getVariables()) {
+                        if (vi.isDestructuring() && vi.getInitializer() == null) {
+                            reportError("msg.destruct.assign.no.init");
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
                 mustMatchToken(Token.SEMI, "msg.no.semi.for", true);
                 if (peekToken() == Token.SEMI) {
                     // no loop condition
diff --git a/tests/src/test/java/org/mozilla/javascript/tests/ParserTest.java b/tests/src/test/java/org/mozilla/javascript/tests/ParserTest.java
index 11a86b6efc..420e314385 100644
--- a/tests/src/test/java/org/mozilla/javascript/tests/ParserTest.java
+++ b/tests/src/test/java/org/mozilla/javascript/tests/ParserTest.java
@@ -1490,6 +1490,13 @@ public void oomOnInvalidInput() {
         expectParseErrors("`\\u{8", new String[] {"syntax error"});
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void errorOnInvalidDestructuringDeclaration() {
+        expectParseErrors(
+                "for(var {};;) {}",
+                new String[] {"Missing = in destructuring declaration", "syntax error"});
+    }
+
     private void expectParseErrors(String string, String[] errors) {
         parse(string, errors, null, false);
     }
diff --git a/tests/testsrc/jstests/harmony/destructuring.js b/tests/testsrc/jstests/harmony/destructuring.js
index 7886b66517..ea0865946a 100644
--- a/tests/testsrc/jstests/harmony/destructuring.js
+++ b/tests/testsrc/jstests/harmony/destructuring.js
@@ -29,5 +29,9 @@ assertEquals(obj.b, 345);
 
 assertThrows("(1 ? {} : 490) = 1", SyntaxError);
 assertThrows("(1 ? [] : 490) = 1", SyntaxError);
+assertThrows("for (var {};;) {}", SyntaxError);
+assertThrows("for (let {};;) {}", SyntaxError);
+assertThrows("for (var {a};;) {}", SyntaxError);
+assertThrows("for (let {a};;) {}", SyntaxError);
 
 "success";