diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/tests/for_loop_range_inclusive_err.out b/vlib/v/checker/tests/for_loop_range_inclusive_err.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..856021b471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/tests/for_loop_range_inclusive_err.out
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+vlib/v/checker/tests/for_loop_range_inclusive_err.vv:1:11: error: for loop only supports exclusive (`..`) ranges, not inclusive (`...`)
+    1 | for a in 1...10 {
+      |           ~~~
+    2 |     println(a)
+    3 | }
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/tests/for_loop_range_inclusive_err.vv b/vlib/v/checker/tests/for_loop_range_inclusive_err.vv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c89c6e8fb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/tests/for_loop_range_inclusive_err.vv
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+for a in 1...10 {
+    println(a)
+}
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/for.v b/vlib/v/parser/for.v
index bb995da7a3..843cbed200 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/for.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/for.v
@@ -150,7 +150,10 @@ fn (mut p Parser) for_stmt() ast.Stmt {
 		// TODO use RangeExpr
 		mut high_expr := ast.empty_expr
 		mut is_range := false
-		if p.tok.kind == .dotdot {
+		if p.tok.kind == .ellipsis {
+			p.error_with_pos('for loop only supports exclusive (`..`) ranges, not inclusive (`...`)',
+				p.tok.pos())
+		} else if p.tok.kind == .dotdot {
 			is_range = true
 			p.next()
 			high_expr = p.expr(0)