diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/ClangTidyOptions.h b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/ClangTidyOptions.h
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/ClangTidyOptions.h
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/ClangTidyOptions.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "llvm/ADT/StringMap.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/StringRef.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/ErrorOr.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/MemoryBufferRef.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/VirtualFileSystem.h"
 #include <functional>
 #include <string>
@@ -313,6 +314,11 @@
 /// error.
 llvm::ErrorOr<ClangTidyOptions> parseConfiguration(llvm::StringRef Config);
 
+using DiagCallback = llvm::function_ref<void(const llvm::SMDiagnostic &)>;
+
+llvm::ErrorOr<ClangTidyOptions>
+parseConfigurationWithDiags(llvm::MemoryBufferRef Config, DiagCallback Handler);
+
 /// Serializes configuration to a YAML-encoded string.
 std::string configurationAsText(const ClangTidyOptions &Options);
 
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/ClangTidyOptions.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/ClangTidyOptions.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/ClangTidyOptions.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/ClangTidyOptions.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "llvm/Support/Debug.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/Errc.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/FileSystem.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/MemoryBufferRef.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/Path.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/YAMLTraits.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
@@ -389,6 +390,22 @@
   return Options;
 }
 
+static void diagHandlerImpl(const llvm::SMDiagnostic &Diag, void *Ctx) {
+  (*reinterpret_cast<DiagCallback *>(Ctx))(Diag);
+};
+
+llvm::ErrorOr<ClangTidyOptions>
+parseConfigurationWithDiags(llvm::MemoryBufferRef Config,
+                            DiagCallback Handler) {
+  llvm::yaml::Input Input(Config, nullptr, Handler ? diagHandlerImpl : nullptr,
+                          &Handler);
+  ClangTidyOptions Options;
+  Input >> Options;
+  if (Input.error())
+    return Input.error();
+  return Options;
+}
+
 std::string configurationAsText(const ClangTidyOptions &Options) {
   std::string Text;
   llvm::raw_string_ostream Stream(Text);