diff --git a/v2/ansible/errors/__init__.py b/v2/ansible/errors/__init__.py
index 04beb2b3caf..453e63de6e3 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/errors/__init__.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/errors/__init__.py
@@ -171,3 +171,7 @@ class AnsibleUndefinedVariable(AnsibleRuntimeError):
 class AnsibleFileNotFound(AnsibleRuntimeError):
     ''' a file missing failure '''
     pass
+
+class AnsibleParserError(AnsibleRuntimeError):
+    ''' a parser error '''
+    pass