diff --git a/core/modules/rest/src/Plugin/views/display/RestExport.php b/core/modules/rest/src/Plugin/views/display/RestExport.php
index d2f66fff95..dd5ae28afd 100644
--- a/core/modules/rest/src/Plugin/views/display/RestExport.php
+++ b/core/modules/rest/src/Plugin/views/display/RestExport.php
@@ -328,6 +328,10 @@ public function collectRoutes(RouteCollection $collection) {
 
     if ($route = $collection->get("view.$view_id.$display_id")) {
       $style_plugin = $this->getPlugin('style');
+      if (!method_exists($style_plugin, 'getFormats') || !method_exists($style_plugin, 'getFormatOptions')) {
+        $class_name = get_class($style_plugin);
+        throw new \Exception("Views style plugins used with REST exports must provide methods getFormats and getFormatOptions. Plugin class {$class_name} doesn't provide these methods.");
+      }
       // REST exports should only respond to GET methods.
       $route->setMethods(['GET']);