diff --git a/src/main/scala/scala/xml/parsing/MarkupParser.scala b/src/main/scala/scala/xml/parsing/MarkupParser.scala
index 612cc88e3..498bd0f19 100755
--- a/src/main/scala/scala/xml/parsing/MarkupParser.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/scala/xml/parsing/MarkupParser.scala
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ package scala
 package xml
 package parsing
 
+import java.io.{ByteArrayOutputStream, PrintStream}
+
 import scala.io.Source
 import scala.xml.dtd._
 import Utility.Escapes.{ pairs => unescape }
@@ -936,7 +938,12 @@ trait MarkupParser extends MarkupParserCommon with TokenTests {
     handle.notationDecl(notat, extID)
   }
 
-  def reportSyntaxError(pos: Int, str: String) { curInput.reportError(pos, str) }
+  def reportSyntaxError(pos: Int, str: String) {
+    val msg = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
+    curInput.reportError(pos, str, new PrintStream(msg))
+    throw FatalError(msg.toString("UTF-8"))
+  }
+
   def reportSyntaxError(str: String) { reportSyntaxError(pos, str) }
   def reportValidationError(pos: Int, str: String) { reportSyntaxError(pos, str) }
 
diff --git a/src/test/scala/scala/xml/XMLTest.scala b/src/test/scala/scala/xml/XMLTest.scala
index ae54f6da4..562bfe0fd 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/scala/xml/XMLTest.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/scala/xml/XMLTest.scala
@@ -476,15 +476,16 @@ Ours is the portal of hope, come as you are."
         try {
           xml.parsing.ConstructingParser.fromSource(io.Source.fromString("<foo>"), false).document()
         } catch {
-          case e: Exception => println(e.getMessage)
+          case e: Exception =>
+            e.printStackTrace()
+            println(e.getMessage)
         }
       }
     }
     out.flush()
     assertEquals(
       """:1:5: '/' expected instead of ' '    ^
-:1:5: name expected, but char ' ' cannot start a name    ^
-expected closing tag of foo
+
 """, out.toString)
   }
 
@@ -815,7 +816,7 @@ expected closing tag of foo
   import scala.xml.parsing._
   @UnitTest
   def dontLoop: Unit = {
-    val xml = "<!DOCTYPE xmeml SYSTEM> <xmeml> <sequence> </sequence> </xmeml> "
+    val xml = "<!DOCTYPE xmeml SYSTEM 'uri'> <xmeml> <sequence> </sequence> </xmeml> "
     val sink = new PrintStream(new ByteArrayOutputStream())
     (Console withOut sink) {
       (Console withErr sink) {
@@ -824,4 +825,48 @@ expected closing tag of foo
     }
   }
 
+  @UnitTest(expected = classOf[FatalError])
+  def shouldThrowFatalErrorWhenCantFindRequestedXToken {
+    val x = xml.parsing.ConstructingParser.fromSource(io.Source.fromString("<a/>"), false)
+
+    x.xToken('b')
+  }
+
+  @UnitTest(expected = classOf[FatalError])
+  def shouldThrowFatalErrorWhenCantFindRequestedXCharData {
+    val x = xml.parsing.ConstructingParser.fromSource(io.Source.fromString("<a/>"), false)
+
+    x.xCharData
+  }
+
+  @UnitTest(expected = classOf[FatalError])
+  def shouldThrowFatalErrorWhenCantFindRequestedXComment {
+    val x = xml.parsing.ConstructingParser.fromSource(io.Source.fromString("<a/>"), false)
+
+    x.xComment
+  }
+
+  @UnitTest(expected = classOf[FatalError])
+  def shouldThrowFatalErrorWhenCantFindRequestedXmlProcInstr {
+    val x = xml.parsing.ConstructingParser.fromSource(io.Source.fromString("<a/>"), false)
+
+    x.xmlProcInstr()
+  }
+
+  @Ignore("Ignored for future fix, currently throw OOE because of infinity MarkupParserCommon:66")
+  @UnitTest(expected = classOf[FatalError])
+  def shouldThrowFatalErrorWhenCantFindRequestedXAttributeValue {
+    val x = xml.parsing.ConstructingParser.fromSource(io.Source.fromString("<a/>"), false)
+
+    x.xAttributeValue()
+  }
+
+  @Ignore("Ignored for future fix, currently return unexpected result")
+  @UnitTest(expected = classOf[FatalError])
+  def shouldThrowFatalErrorWhenCantFindRequestedXEntityValue {
+    val x = xml.parsing.ConstructingParser.fromSource(io.Source.fromString("<a/>"), false)
+
+    assertEquals("a/>", x.xEntityValue())
+  }
+
 }
