diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/DWARFDebugAbbrev.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/DWARFDebugAbbrev.cpp
index d681925daeacc..1cf0e7eeeb600 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/DWARFDebugAbbrev.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/DWARFDebugAbbrev.cpp
@@ -97,6 +97,21 @@ dw_uleb128_t DWARFAbbreviationDeclarationSet::AppendAbbrevDeclSequential(
   return code; // return the new abbreviation code!
 }
 
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// DWARFAbbreviationDeclarationSet::GetUnsupportedForms()
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------
+void DWARFAbbreviationDeclarationSet::GetUnsupportedForms(
+    std::set<dw_form_t> &invalid_forms) const {
+  for (const auto &abbr_decl : m_decls) {
+    const size_t num_attrs = abbr_decl.NumAttributes();
+    for (size_t i=0; i<num_attrs; ++i) {
+      dw_form_t form = abbr_decl.GetFormByIndex(i);
+      if (!DWARFFormValue::FormIsSupported(form))
+        invalid_forms.insert(form);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Encode
 //
@@ -175,3 +190,12 @@ DWARFDebugAbbrev::GetAbbreviationDeclarationSet(
     return &(pos->second);
   return NULL;
 }
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// DWARFDebugAbbrev::GetUnsupportedForms()
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------
+void DWARFDebugAbbrev::GetUnsupportedForms(
+    std::set<dw_form_t> &invalid_forms) const {
+  for (const auto &pair : m_abbrevCollMap)
+    pair.second.GetUnsupportedForms(invalid_forms);
+}
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/DWARFDebugAbbrev.h b/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/DWARFDebugAbbrev.h
index 137c81780513c..2bacb6349b6fc 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/DWARFDebugAbbrev.h
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/DWARFDebugAbbrev.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class DWARFAbbreviationDeclarationSet {
   // void Encode(BinaryStreamBuf& debug_abbrev_buf) const;
   dw_uleb128_t
   AppendAbbrevDeclSequential(const DWARFAbbreviationDeclaration &abbrevDecl);
+  void GetUnsupportedForms(std::set<dw_form_t> &invalid_forms) const;
 
   const DWARFAbbreviationDeclaration *
   GetAbbreviationDeclaration(dw_uleb128_t abbrCode) const;
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ class DWARFDebugAbbrev {
   GetAbbreviationDeclarationSet(dw_offset_t cu_abbr_offset) const;
   void Dump(lldb_private::Stream *s) const;
   void Parse(const lldb_private::DWARFDataExtractor &data);
+  void GetUnsupportedForms(std::set<dw_form_t> &invalid_forms) const;
 
 protected:
   DWARFAbbreviationDeclarationCollMap m_abbrevCollMap;
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/DWARFFormValue.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/DWARFFormValue.cpp
index 0853671ee8749..a21e313c2f811 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/DWARFFormValue.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/DWARFFormValue.cpp
@@ -725,3 +725,39 @@ int DWARFFormValue::Compare(const DWARFFormValue &a_value,
   }
   return -1;
 }
+
+bool DWARFFormValue::FormIsSupported(dw_form_t form) {
+  switch (form) {
+    case DW_FORM_addr:
+    case DW_FORM_block2:
+    case DW_FORM_block4:
+    case DW_FORM_data2:
+    case DW_FORM_data4:
+    case DW_FORM_data8:
+    case DW_FORM_string:
+    case DW_FORM_block:
+    case DW_FORM_block1:
+    case DW_FORM_data1:
+    case DW_FORM_flag:
+    case DW_FORM_sdata:
+    case DW_FORM_strp:
+    case DW_FORM_udata:
+    case DW_FORM_ref_addr:
+    case DW_FORM_ref1:
+    case DW_FORM_ref2:
+    case DW_FORM_ref4:
+    case DW_FORM_ref8:
+    case DW_FORM_ref_udata:
+    case DW_FORM_indirect:
+    case DW_FORM_sec_offset:
+    case DW_FORM_exprloc:
+    case DW_FORM_flag_present:
+    case DW_FORM_ref_sig8:
+    case DW_FORM_GNU_str_index:
+    case DW_FORM_GNU_addr_index:
+      return true;
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/DWARFFormValue.h b/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/DWARFFormValue.h
index 8d6af3d65b331..2aa7460c49109 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/DWARFFormValue.h
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/DWARFFormValue.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ class DWARFFormValue {
                                                         bool is_dwarf64);
   static int Compare(const DWARFFormValue &a, const DWARFFormValue &b);
   void Clear();
+  static bool FormIsSupported(dw_form_t form);
 
 protected:
   const DWARFCompileUnit *m_cu; // Compile unit for this form
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/SymbolFileDWARF.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/SymbolFileDWARF.cpp
index 7a4d894af1040..82d68574c4972 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/SymbolFileDWARF.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/SymbolFileDWARF.cpp
@@ -532,6 +532,20 @@ uint32_t SymbolFileDWARF::CalculateAbilities() {
       if (section)
         debug_abbrev_file_size = section->GetFileSize();
 
+      DWARFDebugAbbrev *abbrev = DebugAbbrev();
+      if (abbrev) {
+        std::set<dw_form_t> invalid_forms;
+        abbrev->GetUnsupportedForms(invalid_forms);
+        if (!invalid_forms.empty()) {
+          StreamString error;
+          error.Printf("unsupported DW_FORM value%s:", invalid_forms.size() > 1 ? "s" : "");
+          for (auto form : invalid_forms)
+            error.Printf(" %#x", form);
+          m_obj_file->GetModule()->ReportWarning("%s", error.GetString().str().c_str());
+          return 0;
+        }
+      }
+
       section =
           section_list->FindSectionByType(eSectionTypeDWARFDebugLine, true)
               .get();