diff --git a/pkg/chart/v2/util/chartfile.go b/pkg/chart/v2/util/chartfile.go
index 0a6ca0e20..b48687d55 100644
--- a/pkg/chart/v2/util/chartfile.go
+++ b/pkg/chart/v2/util/chartfile.go
@@ -28,6 +28,17 @@ import (
 
 // LoadChartfile loads a Chart.yaml file into a *chart.Metadata.
 func LoadChartfile(filename string) (*chart.Metadata, error) {
+	b, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	y := new(chart.Metadata)
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal(b, y)
+	return y, err
+}
+
+// StrictLoadChartFile loads a Chart.yaml into a *chart.Metadata using a strict unmarshaling
+func StrictLoadChartfile(filename string) (*chart.Metadata, error) {
 	b, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/lint/lint_test.go b/pkg/lint/lint_test.go
index ecf544686..11d53d0e0 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/lint_test.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/lint_test.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func TestInvalidChartYaml(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(m) != 1 {
 		t.Fatalf("All didn't fail with expected errors, got %#v", m)
 	}
-	if !strings.Contains(m[0].Err.Error(), "unable to parse YAML") {
+	if !strings.Contains(m[0].Err.Error(), "failed to strictly parse chartfile") {
 		t.Errorf("All didn't have the error for duplicate YAML keys")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/lint/rules/chartfile.go b/pkg/lint/rules/chartfile.go
index 598557a97..7c71c9df6 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/rules/chartfile.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/rules/chartfile.go
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ func Chartfile(linter *support.Linter) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	_, err = chartutil.StrictLoadChartfile(chartPath)
+	linter.RunLinterRule(support.WarningSev, chartFileName, validateChartYamlStrictFormat(err))
+
 	// type check for Chart.yaml . ignoring error as any parse
 	// errors would already be caught in the above load function
 	chartFileForTypeCheck, _ := loadChartFileForTypeCheck(chartPath)
@@ -102,6 +105,13 @@ func validateChartYamlFormat(chartFileError error) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func validateChartYamlStrictFormat(chartFileError error) error {
+	if chartFileError != nil {
+		return errors.Errorf("failed to strictly parse chartfile\n\t%s", chartFileError.Error())
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func validateChartName(cf *chart.Metadata) error {
 	if cf.Name == "" {
 		return errors.New("name is required")
diff --git a/pkg/lint/rules/testdata/invalidchartfile/Chart.yaml b/pkg/lint/rules/testdata/invalidchartfile/Chart.yaml
index 01dcf1864..0fd58d1d4 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/rules/testdata/invalidchartfile/Chart.yaml
+++ b/pkg/lint/rules/testdata/invalidchartfile/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ apiVersion: v2
 apiVersion: v1
 description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes
 version: 1.3.0
+icon: http://example.com