diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/EachBlock.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/EachBlock.ts
index 8f8fe29564..f0dfa5fbcc 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/EachBlock.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/EachBlock.ts
@@ -204,6 +204,9 @@ export default class EachBlockWrapper extends Wrapper {
 		const snippet = this.node.expression.manipulate(block);
 
 		block.chunks.init.push(b`let ${this.vars.each_block_value} = ${snippet};`);
+		if (this.renderer.options.dev) {
+			block.chunks.init.push(b`@validate_each_argument(${this.vars.each_block_value});`);
+		}
 
 		// TODO which is better — Object.create(array) or array.slice()?
 		renderer.blocks.push(b`
@@ -421,6 +424,7 @@ export default class EachBlockWrapper extends Wrapper {
 			block.chunks.update.push(b`
 				if (${block.renderer.dirty(Array.from(all_dependencies))}) {
 					const ${this.vars.each_block_value} = ${snippet};
+					${this.renderer.options.dev && b`@validate_each_argument(${this.vars.each_block_value});`}
 
 					${this.block.has_outros && b`@group_outros();`}
 					${this.node.has_animation && b`for (let #i = 0; #i < ${view_length}; #i += 1) ${iterations}[#i].r();`}
@@ -572,6 +576,7 @@ export default class EachBlockWrapper extends Wrapper {
 			const update = b`
 				${!this.block.has_update_method && b`const #old_length = ${this.vars.each_block_value}.length;`}
 				${this.vars.each_block_value} = ${snippet};
+				${this.renderer.options.dev && b`@validate_each_argument(${this.vars.each_block_value});`}
 
 				let #i;
 				for (#i = ${start}; #i < ${data_length}; #i += 1) {
diff --git a/src/runtime/internal/dev.ts b/src/runtime/internal/dev.ts
index 1829225ad9..7f4b52eb3b 100644
--- a/src/runtime/internal/dev.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/internal/dev.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@ export function set_data_dev(text, data) {
 	text.data = data;
 }
 
+export function validate_each_argument(arg) {
+	if (!arg || !('length' in arg)) {
+		let msg = '{#each} only iterates over array-like objects.';
+		if (typeof Symbol === 'function' && arg && Symbol.iterator in arg) {
+			msg += ' You can use a spread to convert this iterable into an array.';
+		}
+		throw new Error(msg);
+	}
+}
+
 
 type Props = Record<string, any>;
 export interface SvelteComponentDev {
diff --git a/test/js/samples/debug-foo-bar-baz-things/expected.js b/test/js/samples/debug-foo-bar-baz-things/expected.js
index fc65c59eda..3209afe8a2 100644
--- a/test/js/samples/debug-foo-bar-baz-things/expected.js
+++ b/test/js/samples/debug-foo-bar-baz-things/expected.js
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ import {
 	safe_not_equal,
 	set_data_dev,
 	space,
-	text
+	text,
+	validate_each_argument
 } from "svelte/internal";
 
 const file = undefined;
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ function create_fragment(ctx) {
 	let t1;
 	let t2;
 	let each_value = /*things*/ ctx[0];
+	validate_each_argument(each_value);
 	let each_blocks = [];
 
 	for (let i = 0; i < each_value.length; i += 1) {
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ function create_fragment(ctx) {
 		p: function update(ctx, [dirty]) {
 			if (dirty & /*things*/ 1) {
 				each_value = /*things*/ ctx[0];
+				validate_each_argument(each_value);
 				let i;
 
 				for (i = 0; i < each_value.length; i += 1) {
diff --git a/test/js/samples/debug-foo/expected.js b/test/js/samples/debug-foo/expected.js
index 710d6b2232..4b08be44d9 100644
--- a/test/js/samples/debug-foo/expected.js
+++ b/test/js/samples/debug-foo/expected.js
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ import {
 	safe_not_equal,
 	set_data_dev,
 	space,
-	text
+	text,
+	validate_each_argument
 } from "svelte/internal";
 
 const file = undefined;
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ function create_fragment(ctx) {
 	let t1;
 	let t2;
 	let each_value = /*things*/ ctx[0];
+	validate_each_argument(each_value);
 	let each_blocks = [];
 
 	for (let i = 0; i < each_value.length; i += 1) {
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ function create_fragment(ctx) {
 		p: function update(ctx, [dirty]) {
 			if (dirty & /*things*/ 1) {
 				each_value = /*things*/ ctx[0];
+				validate_each_argument(each_value);
 				let i;
 
 				for (i = 0; i < each_value.length; i += 1) {
diff --git a/test/js/samples/debug-no-dependencies/expected.js b/test/js/samples/debug-no-dependencies/expected.js
index 054dda7953..9985c814a2 100644
--- a/test/js/samples/debug-no-dependencies/expected.js
+++ b/test/js/samples/debug-no-dependencies/expected.js
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import {
 	noop,
 	safe_not_equal,
 	space,
-	text
+	text,
+	validate_each_argument
 } from "svelte/internal";
 
 const file = undefined;
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ function create_each_block(ctx) {
 function create_fragment(ctx) {
 	let each_1_anchor;
 	let each_value = things;
+	validate_each_argument(each_value);
 	let each_blocks = [];
 
 	for (let i = 0; i < each_value.length; i += 1) {
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ function create_fragment(ctx) {
 		p: function update(ctx, [dirty]) {
 			if (dirty & /*things*/ 0) {
 				each_value = things;
+				validate_each_argument(each_value);
 				let i;
 
 				for (i = 0; i < each_value.length; i += 1) {
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/dev-warning-each-block-no-sets-maps/_config.js b/test/runtime/samples/dev-warning-each-block-no-sets-maps/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83481d9ebe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/dev-warning-each-block-no-sets-maps/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+export default {
+	compileOptions: {
+		dev: true
+	},
+	error: `{#each} only iterates over array-like objects. You can use a spread to convert this iterable into an array.`
+};
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/dev-warning-each-block-no-sets-maps/main.svelte b/test/runtime/samples/dev-warning-each-block-no-sets-maps/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1aae26d12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/dev-warning-each-block-no-sets-maps/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<script>
+	const foo = new Set([1, 2, 3]);
+</script>
+
+{#each foo as item}
+	<div>{item}</div>
+{/each}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/dev-warning-each-block-require-arraylike/_config.js b/test/runtime/samples/dev-warning-each-block-require-arraylike/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62e5fc209b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/dev-warning-each-block-require-arraylike/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+export default {
+	compileOptions: {
+		dev: true
+	},
+	error: `{#each} only iterates over array-like objects.`
+};
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/dev-warning-each-block-require-arraylike/main.svelte b/test/runtime/samples/dev-warning-each-block-require-arraylike/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f85df8d84b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/dev-warning-each-block-require-arraylike/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{#each {} as item}
+	<div>{item}</div>
+{/each}
\ No newline at end of file