1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/ng/directive/ngTransclude.js b/src/ng/directive/ngTransclude.js
index d7c9cd44..490ea21f 100644
--- a/src/ng/directive/ngTransclude.js
+++ b/src/ng/directive/ngTransclude.js
@@ -52,7 +52,15 @@
  *
  */
 var ngTranscludeDirective = ngDirective({
-  controller: ['$transclude', function($transclude) {
+  controller: ['$element', '$transclude', function($element, $transclude) {
+    if (!$transclude) {
+      throw minErr('ngTransclude')('orphan',
+          'Illegal use of ngTransclude directive in the template! ' +
+          'No parent directive that requires a transclusion found. ' +
+          'Element: {0}',
+          startingTag($element));
+    }
+
     // remember the transclusion fn but call it during linking so that we don't process transclusion before directives on
     // the parent element even when the transclusion replaces the current element. (we can't use priority here because
     // that applies only to compile fns and not controllers