diff --git a/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes.rs b/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes.rs
index 738b3bc7539..6a5e23adafa 100644
--- a/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes.rs
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ E0761: include_str!("./error_codes/E0761.md"),
 E0762: include_str!("./error_codes/E0762.md"),
 E0763: include_str!("./error_codes/E0763.md"),
 E0764: include_str!("./error_codes/E0764.md"),
+E0765: include_str!("./error_codes/E0765.md"),
 ;
 //  E0006, // merged with E0005
 //  E0008, // cannot bind by-move into a pattern guard
diff --git a/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0765.md b/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0765.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..456e3f3e9e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0765.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+A double quote string (`"`) was not terminated.
+
+Erroneous code example:
+
+```compile_fail,E0765
+let s = "; // error!
+```
+
+To fix this error, add the missing double quote at the end of the string:
+
+```
+let s = ""; // ok!
+```
diff --git a/src/librustc_parse/lexer/mod.rs b/src/librustc_parse/lexer/mod.rs
index 2e3cf4e746a..8e74c3847bc 100644
--- a/src/librustc_parse/lexer/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_parse/lexer/mod.rs
@@ -353,8 +353,15 @@ impl<'a> StringReader<'a> {
             }
             rustc_lexer::LiteralKind::Str { terminated } => {
                 if !terminated {
-                    self.fatal_span_(start, suffix_start, "unterminated double quote string")
-                        .raise()
+                    self.sess
+                        .span_diagnostic
+                        .struct_span_fatal_with_code(
+                            self.mk_sp(start, suffix_start),
+                            "unterminated double quote string",
+                            error_code!(E0765),
+                        )
+                        .emit();
+                    FatalError.raise();
                 }
                 (token::Str, Mode::Str, 1, 1) // " "
             }