diff --git a/cli/tests/integration/fmt_tests.rs b/cli/tests/integration/fmt_tests.rs
index 18ad2ab295..3f4bc15cbe 100644
--- a/cli/tests/integration/fmt_tests.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/integration/fmt_tests.rs
@@ -177,6 +177,12 @@ itest!(fmt_check_ignore {
   exit_code: 0,
 });
 
+itest!(fmt_check_parse_error {
+  args: "fmt --check fmt/parse_error/parse_error.ts",
+  output: "fmt/fmt_check_parse_error.out",
+  exit_code: 1,
+});
+
 itest!(fmt_stdin {
   args: "fmt -",
   input: Some("const a = 1\n"),
diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/fmt/fmt_check_parse_error.out b/cli/tests/testdata/fmt/fmt_check_parse_error.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d9b918af7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/fmt/fmt_check_parse_error.out
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Error checking: [WILDCARD]
+   Line 2, column 7: Expected '{', got '<eof>'
+
+  class Test
+        ~~~~
+error: Found 1 not formatted file in 1 file
diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/fmt/parse_error/parse_error.ts b/cli/tests/testdata/fmt/parse_error/parse_error.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..136d165080
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/fmt/parse_error/parse_error.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// a file that purposefully will cause an error
+class Test
diff --git a/cli/tools/fmt.rs b/cli/tools/fmt.rs
index 3eb6209002..4e399bcf56 100644
--- a/cli/tools/fmt.rs
+++ b/cli/tools/fmt.rs
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ async fn check_source_files(
           incremental_cache.update_file(&file_path, &file_text);
         }
         Err(e) => {
+          not_formatted_files_count.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
           let _g = output_lock.lock();
           eprintln!("Error checking: {}", file_path.to_string_lossy());
           eprintln!("   {}", e);
diff --git a/tools/lint.js b/tools/lint.js
index 7a77c09ae0..18be09c657 100755
--- a/tools/lint.js
+++ b/tools/lint.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ async function dlint() {
     ":!:cli/dts/**",
     ":!:cli/tests/testdata/encoding/**",
     ":!:cli/tests/testdata/error_syntax.js",
+    ":!:cli/tests/testdata/fmt/**",
     ":!:cli/tests/testdata/lint/**",
     ":!:cli/tests/testdata/tsc/**",
     ":!:cli/tsc/*typescript.js",