diff --git a/src/validate/html/validateElement.ts b/src/validate/html/validateElement.ts
index 081fea6028..5ee8766f03 100644
--- a/src/validate/html/validateElement.ts
+++ b/src/validate/html/validateElement.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ export default function validateElement(validator: Validator, node: Node) {
 	const isComponent =
 		node.name === ':Self' || validator.components.has(node.name);
 
+	if (!isComponent && node.name[0] === node.name[0].toUpperCase()) {
+		// TODO upgrade to validator.error in v2
+		validator.warn(`${node.name} component is not defined`, node.start);
+	}
+
 	let hasIntro: boolean;
 	let hasOutro: boolean;
 	let hasTransition: boolean;
diff --git a/test/validator/samples/missing-component/input.html b/test/validator/samples/missing-component/input.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b689d711c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/validator/samples/missing-component/input.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<div>
+	<Widget/>
+</div>
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diff --git a/test/validator/samples/missing-component/warnings.json b/test/validator/samples/missing-component/warnings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3a3be4d02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/validator/samples/missing-component/warnings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[{
+	"message": "Widget component is not defined",
+	"loc": {
+		"line": 2,
+		"column": 1
+	},
+	"pos": 7
+}]
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