diff --git a/packages/@glimmer/syntax/lib/parser/handlebars-node-visitors.ts b/packages/@glimmer/syntax/lib/parser/handlebars-node-visitors.ts
index 6f7a620bb..aad4535a2 100644
--- a/packages/@glimmer/syntax/lib/parser/handlebars-node-visitors.ts
+++ b/packages/@glimmer/syntax/lib/parser/handlebars-node-visitors.ts
@@ -220,6 +220,13 @@ export abstract class HandlebarsNodeVisitors extends Parser {
     let mustache: ASTv1.MustacheStatement;
     const { escaped, loc, strip } = rawMustache;
 
+    if ('original' in rawMustache.path && rawMustache.path.original === '...attributes') {
+      throw generateSyntaxError(
+        'Illegal use of ...attributes',
+        this.source.spanFor(rawMustache.loc)
+      );
+    }
+
     if (isHBSLiteral(rawMustache.path)) {
       mustache = b.mustache({
         path: this.acceptNode<(typeof rawMustache.path)['type']>(rawMustache.path),
diff --git a/packages/@glimmer/syntax/test/parser-node-test.ts b/packages/@glimmer/syntax/test/parser-node-test.ts
index dc8d3e150..5bd0ba57b 100644
--- a/packages/@glimmer/syntax/test/parser-node-test.ts
+++ b/packages/@glimmer/syntax/test/parser-node-test.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,36 @@ test('a piece of Handlebars with HTML', () => {
   );
 });
 
+test('attributes are not allowed as values', (assert) => {
+  let t = '{{...attributes}}';
+  assert.throws(
+    () => {
+      parse(t, { meta: { moduleName: 'test-module' } });
+    },
+    syntaxErrorFor('Illegal use of ...attributes', '{{...attributes}}', 'test-module', 1, 0)
+  );
+});
+
+test('attributes are not allowed as modifiers', (assert) => {
+  let t = '<div {{...attributes}}></div>';
+  assert.throws(
+    () => {
+      parse(t, { meta: { moduleName: 'test-module' } });
+    },
+    syntaxErrorFor('Illegal use of ...attributes', '{{...attributes}}', 'test-module', 1, 5)
+  );
+});
+
+test('attributes are not allowed as attribute values', (assert) => {
+  let t = '<div class={{...attributes}}></div>';
+  assert.throws(
+    () => {
+      parse(t, { meta: { moduleName: 'test-module' } });
+    },
+    syntaxErrorFor('Illegal use of ...attributes', '{{...attributes}}', 'test-module', 1, 11)
+  );
+});
+
 test('Handlebars embedded in an attribute (quoted)', () => {
   let t = 'some <div class="{{foo}}">content</div> done';
   astEqual(