diff --git a/src/parse/index.ts b/src/parse/index.ts
index 995a38f675..6711e9929f 100644
--- a/src/parse/index.ts
+++ b/src/parse/index.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class ParseError extends CompileError {
 
 interface ParserOptions {
 	filename?: string;
+	bind?: boolean;
 }
 
 type ParserState = (parser: Parser) => (ParserState | void);
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ export class Parser {
 	js: Node;
 	metaTags: {};
 
+	allowBindings: boolean;
+
 	constructor(template: string, options: ParserOptions) {
 		if (typeof template !== 'string') {
 			throw new TypeError('Template must be a string');
@@ -46,6 +49,8 @@ export class Parser {
 		this.template = template.replace(/\s+$/, '');
 		this.filename = options.filename;
 
+		this.allowBindings = options.bind !== false;
+
 		this.index = 0;
 		this.stack = [];
 		this.metaTags = {};
diff --git a/src/parse/state/tag.ts b/src/parse/state/tag.ts
index 1e39a51059..dae32bc3df 100644
--- a/src/parse/state/tag.ts
+++ b/src/parse/state/tag.ts
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ export default function tag(parser: Parser) {
 
 	let attribute;
 	while ((attribute = readAttribute(parser, uniqueNames))) {
+		if (attribute.type === 'Binding' && !parser.allowBindings) {
+			parser.error(`Two-way binding is disabled`, attribute.start);
+		}
+
 		element.attributes.push(attribute);
 		parser.allowWhitespace();
 	}
diff --git a/test/parser/index.js b/test/parser/index.js
index 1ce8165009..93060ef1ff 100644
--- a/test/parser/index.js
+++ b/test/parser/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import assert from 'assert';
 import fs from 'fs';
-import { svelte } from '../helpers.js';
+import { svelte, tryToLoadJson } from '../helpers.js';
 
 describe('parse', () => {
 	fs.readdirSync('test/parser/samples').forEach(dir => {
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ describe('parse', () => {
 				.readFileSync(`test/parser/samples/${dir}/input.html`, 'utf-8')
 				.replace(/\s+$/, '');
 
+			const options = tryToLoadJson(`test/parser/samples/${dir}/options.json`) || {};
+
 			try {
-				const actual = svelte.parse(input);
+				const actual = svelte.parse(input, options);
 				fs.writeFileSync(
 					`test/parser/samples/${dir}/_actual.json`,
 					JSON.stringify(actual, null, '\t')
diff --git a/test/parser/samples/error-binding-disabled/error.json b/test/parser/samples/error-binding-disabled/error.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36ad59d26f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parser/samples/error-binding-disabled/error.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+	"message": "Two-way binding is disabled",
+	"loc": {
+		"line": 1,
+		"column": 7
+	},
+	"pos": 7
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/parser/samples/error-binding-disabled/input.html b/test/parser/samples/error-binding-disabled/input.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a7bf8566c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parser/samples/error-binding-disabled/input.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<input bind:value='name'>
diff --git a/test/parser/samples/error-binding-disabled/options.json b/test/parser/samples/error-binding-disabled/options.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02fc50c2f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parser/samples/error-binding-disabled/options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+	"bind": false
+}
\ No newline at end of file