diff --git a/src/fsharp/CompileOptions.fs b/src/fsharp/CompileOptions.fs
index 3a3ecf332f4..1e2fe37a9f7 100644
--- a/src/fsharp/CompileOptions.fs
+++ b/src/fsharp/CompileOptions.fs
@@ -256,12 +256,20 @@ let ParseCompilerOptions (collectOtherArgument : string -> unit, blocks: Compile
     | [] -> ()
     | ((rsp: string) :: t) when rsp.StartsWith("@") ->
         let responseFileOptions =
-            let path = rsp.TrimStart('@') |> FileSystem.GetFullPathShim
-
-            if not (FileSystem.SafeExists path) then
+            let fullpath =
+                try
+                    Some (rsp.TrimStart('@') |> FileSystem.GetFullPathShim)
+                with _ ->
+                    None
+
+            match fullpath with
+            | None ->
+                errorR(Error(FSComp.SR.optsResponseFileNameInvalid(rsp),rangeCmdArgs))
+                []
+            | Some(path) when not (FileSystem.SafeExists path) ->
                 errorR(Error(FSComp.SR.optsResponseFileNotFound(rsp, path),rangeCmdArgs))
                 []
-            else
+            | Some path ->
                 match ResponseFile.parseFile path with
                 | Choice2Of2 _ ->
                     errorR(Error(FSComp.SR.optsInvalidResponseFile(rsp, path),rangeCmdArgs))
diff --git a/src/fsharp/FSComp.txt b/src/fsharp/FSComp.txt
index fd879611611..ee15b73cba1 100644
--- a/src/fsharp/FSComp.txt
+++ b/src/fsharp/FSComp.txt
@@ -1266,3 +1266,4 @@ estApplyStaticArgumentsForMethodNotImplemented,"A type provider implemented GetS
 3190,checkLowercaseLiteralBindingInPattern,"Lowercase literal '%s' is being shadowed by a new pattern with the same name. Only uppercase and module-prefixed literals can be used as named patterns."
 3191,optsInvalidResponseFile,"Invalid response file '%s' ( '%s' )"
 3192,optsResponseFileNotFound,"Response file '%s' not found in '%s'"
+3193,optsResponseFileNameInvalid,"Response file name '%s' is empty, contains invalid characters, has a drive specification without an absolute path, or is too long"
diff --git a/tests/fsharpqa/Source/CompilerOptions/fsc/responsefile/E_responsefile_not_found.fs b/tests/fsharpqa/Source/CompilerOptions/fsc/responsefile/E_responsefile_not_found.fs
index 94872625c24..e566097a42c 100644
--- a/tests/fsharpqa/Source/CompilerOptions/fsc/responsefile/E_responsefile_not_found.fs
+++ b/tests/fsharpqa/Source/CompilerOptions/fsc/responsefile/E_responsefile_not_found.fs
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 // #NoMT #CompilerOptions 
 //<Expects id="FS3192" status="error"></Expects>
-exit 0
+exit 1
diff --git a/tests/fsharpqa/Source/CompilerOptions/fsc/responsefile/E_responsefile_path_invalid.fs b/tests/fsharpqa/Source/CompilerOptions/fsc/responsefile/E_responsefile_path_invalid.fs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..860167f29de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fsharpqa/Source/CompilerOptions/fsc/responsefile/E_responsefile_path_invalid.fs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// #NoMT #CompilerOptions 
+//<Expects id="FS3193" status="error"></Expects>
+exit 1
diff --git a/tests/fsharpqa/Source/CompilerOptions/fsc/responsefile/env.lst b/tests/fsharpqa/Source/CompilerOptions/fsc/responsefile/env.lst
index b9290d94807..45f9472bb80 100644
--- a/tests/fsharpqa/Source/CompilerOptions/fsc/responsefile/env.lst
+++ b/tests/fsharpqa/Source/CompilerOptions/fsc/responsefile/env.lst
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 	SOURCE="responsefile01.fs \@empty_rs.rsp \@rs2.rsp \@empty_rs.rsp "  	# responsefile01.fs nested response file
 	SOURCE="responsefile02.fs"  SCFLAGS="\@rs1_multiline_and_comments.rsp"	# responsefile02.fs response file multiline
 	SOURCE="E_responsefile_not_found.fs" COMPILE_ONLY=1 SCFLAGS="\@not_exists"	# E_responsefile_not_found.fs error if response file does not exists
+	SOURCE="E_responsefile_path_invalid.fs" COMPILE_ONLY=1 SCFLAGS="\@"			# E_responsefile_path_invalid.fs error if response file name is empty or invalid