diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/diagnostics/src/code.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/diagnostics/src/code.ts
index 67f44e6e32..592c12059c 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/diagnostics/src/code.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/diagnostics/src/code.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ export enum ErrorCode {
    * No matching directive was found for a `#ref="target"` expression.
    */
   MISSING_REFERENCE_TARGET = 8003,
+
+  /**
+   * No matching pipe was found for a
+   */
+  MISSING_PIPE = 8004,
 }
 
 export function ngErrorCode(code: ErrorCode): number {
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/diagnostics.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/diagnostics.ts
index dae298b33f..6f761c843c 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/diagnostics.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/diagnostics.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
-import {ParseSourceSpan, ParseSpan, Position} from '@angular/compiler';
+import {AbsoluteSourceSpan, ParseSourceSpan, ParseSpan, Position} from '@angular/compiler';
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
 
 import {getTokenAtPosition} from '../../util/src/typescript';
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ export function toAbsoluteSpan(span: ParseSpan, sourceSpan: ParseSourceSpan): Ab
   return <AbsoluteSpan>{start: span.start + offset, end: span.end + offset};
 }
 
+export function absoluteSourceSpanToSourceLocation(
+    id: string, span: AbsoluteSourceSpan): SourceLocation {
+  return {id, ...span};
+}
+
 /**
  * Wraps the node in parenthesis such that inserted span comments become attached to the proper
  * node. This is an alias for `ts.createParen` with the benefit that it signifies that the
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/oob.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/oob.ts
index 17fc520a85..4204f75b01 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/oob.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/oob.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {TmplAstReference} from '@angular/compiler';
+import {AbsoluteSourceSpan, BindingPipe, TmplAstReference} from '@angular/compiler';
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
 
 import {ErrorCode, ngErrorCode} from '../../diagnostics';
 
-import {TcbSourceResolver, makeTemplateDiagnostic} from './diagnostics';
+import {TcbSourceResolver, absoluteSourceSpanToSourceLocation, makeTemplateDiagnostic} from './diagnostics';
+
+
 
 /**
  * Collects `ts.Diagnostic`s on problems which occur in the template which aren't directly sourced
@@ -34,6 +36,19 @@ export interface OutOfBandDiagnosticRecorder {
    * @param ref the `TmplAstReference` which could not be matched to a directive.
    */
   missingReferenceTarget(templateId: string, ref: TmplAstReference): void;
+
+  /**
+   * Reports usage of a `| pipe` expression in the template for which the named pipe could not be
+   * found.
+   *
+   * @param templateId the template type-checking ID of the template which contains the unknown
+   * pipe.
+   * @param ast the `BindingPipe` invocation of the pipe which could not be found.
+   * @param sourceSpan the `AbsoluteSourceSpan` of the pipe invocation (ideally, this should be the
+   * source span of the pipe's name). This depends on the source span of the `BindingPipe` itself
+   * plus span of the larger expression context.
+   */
+  missingPipe(templateId: string, ast: BindingPipe, sourceSpan: AbsoluteSourceSpan): void;
 }
 
 export class OutOfBandDiagnosticRecorderImpl implements OutOfBandDiagnosticRecorder {
@@ -52,4 +67,19 @@ export class OutOfBandDiagnosticRecorderImpl implements OutOfBandDiagnosticRecor
         mapping, ref.valueSpan || ref.sourceSpan, ts.DiagnosticCategory.Error,
         ngErrorCode(ErrorCode.MISSING_REFERENCE_TARGET), errorMsg));
   }
+
+  missingPipe(templateId: string, ast: BindingPipe, absSpan: AbsoluteSourceSpan): void {
+    const mapping = this.resolver.getSourceMapping(templateId);
+    const errorMsg = `No pipe found with name '${ast.name}'.`;
+
+    const location = absoluteSourceSpanToSourceLocation(templateId, absSpan);
+    const sourceSpan = this.resolver.sourceLocationToSpan(location);
+    if (sourceSpan === null) {
+      throw new Error(
+          `Assertion failure: no SourceLocation found for usage of pipe '${ast.name}'.`);
+    }
+    this._diagnostics.push(makeTemplateDiagnostic(
+        mapping, sourceSpan, ts.DiagnosticCategory.Error, ngErrorCode(ErrorCode.MISSING_PIPE),
+        errorMsg));
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_block.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_block.ts
index 92774e7fb7..705de13bf6 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_block.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/src/type_check_block.ts
@@ -589,9 +589,9 @@ export class Context {
    */
   allocateId(): ts.Identifier { return ts.createIdentifier(`_t${this.nextId++}`); }
 
-  getPipeByName(name: string): ts.Expression {
+  getPipeByName(name: string): ts.Expression|null {
     if (!this.pipes.has(name)) {
-      throw new Error(`Missing pipe: ${name}`);
+      return null;
     }
     return this.env.pipeInst(this.pipes.get(name) !);
   }
@@ -988,9 +988,17 @@ class TcbExpressionTranslator {
       return ts.createIdentifier('ctx');
     } else if (ast instanceof BindingPipe) {
       const expr = this.translate(ast.exp);
-      let pipe: ts.Expression;
+      let pipe: ts.Expression|null;
       if (this.tcb.env.config.checkTypeOfPipes) {
         pipe = this.tcb.getPipeByName(ast.name);
+        if (pipe === null) {
+          // No pipe by that name exists in scope. Record this as an error.
+          const nameAbsoluteSpan = toAbsoluteSpan(ast.nameSpan, this.sourceSpan);
+          this.tcb.oobRecorder.missingPipe(this.tcb.id, ast, nameAbsoluteSpan);
+
+          // Return an 'any' value to at least allow the rest of the expression to be checked.
+          pipe = NULL_AS_ANY;
+        }
       } else {
         pipe = ts.createParen(ts.createAsExpression(
             ts.createNull(), ts.createKeywordTypeNode(ts.SyntaxKind.AnyKeyword)));
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/test_utils.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/test_utils.ts
index 026c41236c..76962ea6a1 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/test_utils.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/typecheck/test/test_utils.ts
@@ -387,4 +387,5 @@ export class NoopSchemaChecker implements DomSchemaChecker {
 export class NoopOobRecorder implements OutOfBandDiagnosticRecorder {
   get diagnostics(): ReadonlyArray<ts.Diagnostic> { return []; }
   missingReferenceTarget(): void {}
+  missingPipe(): void {}
 }
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/template_typecheck_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/template_typecheck_spec.ts
index b5f3eca791..a7d4cb52fb 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/template_typecheck_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/template_typecheck_spec.ts
@@ -735,6 +735,29 @@ export declare class AnimationEvent {
       expect(getSourceCodeForDiagnostic(diags[0])).toBe('unknownTarget');
     });
 
+    it('should report an error with an unknown pipe', () => {
+      env.write('test.ts', `
+        import {Component, NgModule} from '@angular/core';
+
+        @Component({
+          selector: 'test',
+          template: '{{expr | unknown}}',
+        })
+        class TestCmp {
+          expr = 3;
+        }
+
+        @NgModule({
+          declarations: [TestCmp],
+        })
+        class Module {}
+      `);
+      const diags = env.driveDiagnostics();
+      expect(diags.length).toBe(1);
+      expect(diags[0].messageText).toBe(`No pipe found with name 'unknown'.`);
+      expect(getSourceCodeForDiagnostic(diags[0])).toBe('unknown');
+    });
+
     it('should report an error with pipe bindings', () => {
       env.write('test.ts', `
     import {CommonModule} from '@angular/common';
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/expression_parser/ast.ts b/packages/compiler/src/expression_parser/ast.ts
index 5323373a19..2b7052e791 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/expression_parser/ast.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/expression_parser/ast.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export class KeyedWrite extends AST {
 export class BindingPipe extends AST {
   constructor(
       span: ParseSpan, sourceSpan: AbsoluteSourceSpan, public exp: AST, public name: string,
-      public args: any[]) {
+      public args: any[], public nameSpan: ParseSpan) {
     super(span, sourceSpan);
   }
   visit(visitor: AstVisitor, context: any = null): any { return visitor.visitPipe(this, context); }
@@ -484,7 +484,8 @@ export class AstTransformer implements AstVisitor {
 
   visitPipe(ast: BindingPipe, context: any): AST {
     return new BindingPipe(
-        ast.span, ast.sourceSpan, ast.exp.visit(this), ast.name, this.visitAll(ast.args));
+        ast.span, ast.sourceSpan, ast.exp.visit(this), ast.name, this.visitAll(ast.args),
+        ast.nameSpan);
   }
 
   visitKeyedRead(ast: KeyedRead, context: any): AST {
@@ -635,7 +636,7 @@ export class AstMemoryEfficientTransformer implements AstVisitor {
     const exp = ast.exp.visit(this);
     const args = this.visitAll(ast.args);
     if (exp !== ast.exp || args !== ast.args) {
-      return new BindingPipe(ast.span, ast.sourceSpan, exp, ast.name, args);
+      return new BindingPipe(ast.span, ast.sourceSpan, exp, ast.name, args, ast.nameSpan);
     }
     return ast;
   }
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/expression_parser/parser.ts b/packages/compiler/src/expression_parser/parser.ts
index 4a6ca50aee..cc78d11603 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/expression_parser/parser.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/expression_parser/parser.ts
@@ -348,13 +348,16 @@ export class _ParseAST {
       }
 
       do {
+        const nameStart = this.inputIndex;
         const name = this.expectIdentifierOrKeyword();
+        const nameSpan = this.span(nameStart);
         const args: AST[] = [];
         while (this.optionalCharacter(chars.$COLON)) {
           args.push(this.parseExpression());
         }
         const {start} = result.span;
-        result = new BindingPipe(this.span(start), this.sourceSpan(start), result, name, args);
+        result =
+            new BindingPipe(this.span(start), this.sourceSpan(start), result, name, args, nameSpan);
       } while (this.optionalOperator('|'));
     }