diff --git a/src/script.c b/src/script.c
index 9f31cf2..b71e25d 100644
--- a/src/script.c
+++ b/src/script.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include "script.h"
+#include "http_parser.h"
 
 typedef struct {
     char *name;
@@ -177,6 +178,47 @@ void script_done(lua_State *L, stats *latency, stats *requests) {
     lua_pop(L, 1);
 }
 
+static int verify_request(http_parser *parser) {
+    size_t *count = parser->data;
+    (*count)++;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+size_t script_verify_request(lua_State *L) {
+    http_parser_settings settings = {
+        .on_message_complete = verify_request
+    };
+    http_parser parser;
+    char *request;
+    size_t len, count = 0;
+
+    script_request(L, &request, &len);
+    http_parser_init(&parser, HTTP_REQUEST);
+    parser.data = &count;
+
+    size_t parsed = http_parser_execute(&parser, &settings, request, len);
+
+    if (parsed != len || count == 0) {
+        enum http_errno err = HTTP_PARSER_ERRNO(&parser);
+        const char *desc = http_errno_description(err);
+        const char *msg = err != HPE_OK ? desc : "incomplete request";
+        int line = 1, column = 1;
+
+        for (char *c = request; c < request + parsed; c++) {
+            column++;
+            if (*c == '\n') {
+                column = 1;
+                line++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s at %d:%d\n", msg, line, column);
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    return count;
+}
+
 static stats *checkstats(lua_State *L) {
     stats **s = luaL_checkudata(L, 1, "wrk.stats");
     luaL_argcheck(L, s != NULL, 1, "`stats' expected");
diff --git a/src/script.h b/src/script.h
index 72fdaf9..72a3c32 100644
--- a/src/script.h
+++ b/src/script.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 lua_State *script_create(char *, char *, char *, char *);
 void script_headers(lua_State *, char **);
+size_t script_verify_request(lua_State *L);
 
 void script_init(lua_State *, char *, int, char **);
 void script_done(lua_State *, stats *, stats *);
diff --git a/src/wrk.c b/src/wrk.c
index 37cc3d9..bc9613c 100644
--- a/src/wrk.c
+++ b/src/wrk.c
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         script_init(t->L, cfg.script, argc - optind, &argv[optind]);
 
         if (i == 0) {
+            script_verify_request(t->L);
             cfg.dynamic = !script_is_static(t->L);
             if (script_want_response(t->L)) {
                 parser_settings.on_header_field = header_field;