Index: ELF/ScriptLexer.h
===================================================================
--- ELF/ScriptLexer.h
+++ ELF/ScriptLexer.h
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
   explicit ScriptLexer(MemoryBufferRef MB);
 
   void setError(const Twine &Msg);
+  void setErrorContext(const Twine &Msg) { ErrorContext = Msg.str(); }
+  void dropErrorContext() { ErrorContext.clear(); }
+
   void tokenize(MemoryBufferRef MB);
   static StringRef skipSpace(StringRef S);
   bool atEOF();
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@
   std::vector<StringRef> Tokens;
   bool InExpr = false;
   size_t Pos = 0;
+  std::string ErrorContext;
 
 private:
   void maybeSplitExpr();
Index: ELF/ScriptLexer.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/ScriptLexer.cpp
+++ ELF/ScriptLexer.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@
   if (ErrorCount)
     return;
 
+  if (!ErrorContext.empty())
+    error(ErrorContext);
+
   if (!Pos) {
     error(getCurrentLocation() + ": " + Msg);
     return;
Index: ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
+++ ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
@@ -604,6 +604,8 @@
 }
 
 OutputSection *ScriptParser::readOutputSectionDescription(StringRef OutSec) {
+  setErrorContext("unable to parse section definition for output section '" +
+                  OutSec + "':");
   OutputSection *Cmd =
       Script->createOutputSection(OutSec, getCurrentLocation());
 
@@ -666,6 +668,7 @@
   // Consume optional comma following output section command.
   consume(",");
 
+  dropErrorContext();
   return Cmd;
 }
 
Index: test/ELF/linkerscript/operators.s
===================================================================
--- test/ELF/linkerscript/operators.s
+++ test/ELF/linkerscript/operators.s
@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@
 # RUN:  FileCheck --check-prefix=TERNERR %s
 # TERNERR: : expected, but got ;
 
+## Broken assignment.
+# RUN: echo "SECTIONS { .= 1; }" > %t.script
+# RUN: not ld.lld %t --script %t.script -o %t2 2>&1 | \
+# RUN:  FileCheck --check-prefix=ASSIGNERR %s
+# ASSIGNERR: unable to parse section definition for output section '.=':
+# ASSIGNERR: : expected, but got ;
+
 .globl _start
 _start:
 nop