diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.views_execution.inc b/core/modules/node/node.views_execution.inc
index ead8702..acdadd8 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.views_execution.inc
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.views_execution.inc
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * Provide views runtime hooks for node.module.
  */
 
+use Drupal\views\Analyzer;
 use Drupal\views\ViewExecutable;
 
 /**
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/EventSubscriber/ViewsImportValidation.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/EventSubscriber/ViewsImportValidation.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6c3ed3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/EventSubscriber/ViewsImportValidation.php
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\views\EventSubscriber\ViewsImportValidation.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\views\EventSubscriber;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Config\Config;
+use Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigException;
+use Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigImporter;
+use Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigImporterEvent;
+use Drupal\Core\Config\Context\ConfigContext;
+use Drupal\views\Analyzer;
+use Drupal\views\Plugin\Core\Entity\View;
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher;
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Validates imported views.
+ */
+class ViewsImportValidation implements EventSubscriberInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * The views analyzer.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\views\Analyzer
+   */
+  protected $analyzer;
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a ViewsImportValidation object.
+   *
+   * @param \Drupal\views\Analyzer $analyzer
+   *   The views analyzer.
+   */
+  public function __construct(Analyzer $analyzer) {
+    $this->analyzer = $analyzer;
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Validates imported views.
+   *
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigImporterEvent $event
+   *   The event to process
+   *
+   * @throws \Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigException
+   */
+  public function onConfigImporterValidate(ConfigImporterEvent $event) {
+    foreach (array('create', 'update') as $op) {
+      foreach ($event->getConfigImporter()->getUnprocessed($op) as $name) {
+        // Only validate views.
+        if (strpos($name, 'views.view') === 0) {
+          $context = new ConfigContext(new EventDispatcher());
+          $config = new Config($name, $event->getConfigImporter()->getStorageComparer()->getTargetStorage(), $context);
+          $view = new View($config->get(), 'view');
+
+          $executable = $view->get('executable');
+          $messages = $this->analyzer->getMessages($executable);
+          foreach ($messages as $info) {
+            if ($info['type'] == 'error') {
+              throw new ConfigException($config['message']);
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public static function getSubscribedEvents() {
+    $events = array();
+    $events[ConfigImporter::ID . '.validate'] = array('onConfigImporterValidate');
+    return $events;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/views/views.services.yml b/core/modules/views/views.services.yml
index 1629da5..eec0bd1 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/views.services.yml
+++ b/core/modules/views/views.services.yml
@@ -87,3 +87,8 @@ services:
     class: Drupal\views\ViewsAccessCheck
     tags:
       - { name: 'access_check' }
+  views.config_import.validator:
+    class: Drupal\views\EventSubscriber\ViewsImportValidation
+    arguments: ['@views.analyzer']
+    tags:
+      - { name: event_subscriber }