diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/expressions/BasicExpressionTypingVisitor.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/expressions/BasicExpressionTypingVisitor.java
index 3e25cfb6088..1d7c4fa4c68 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/expressions/BasicExpressionTypingVisitor.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/expressions/BasicExpressionTypingVisitor.java
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.builtins.KotlinBuiltIns;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.*;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.annotations.Annotations;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.diagnostics.Diagnostic;
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.diagnostics.Errors;
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.lexer.JetKeywordToken;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.lexer.JetTokens;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.Name;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.*;
@@ -73,8 +75,7 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import static org.jetbrains.kotlin.diagnostics.Errors.*;
-import static org.jetbrains.kotlin.lexer.JetTokens.AS_KEYWORD;
-import static org.jetbrains.kotlin.lexer.JetTokens.AS_SAFE;
+import static org.jetbrains.kotlin.lexer.JetTokens.*;
 import static org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.BindingContext.*;
 import static org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.calls.context.ContextDependency.DEPENDENT;
 import static org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.calls.context.ContextDependency.INDEPENDENT;
@@ -115,6 +116,10 @@ public class BasicExpressionTypingVisitor extends ExpressionTypingVisitor {
 
     @Override
     public JetTypeInfo visitConstantExpression(@NotNull JetConstantExpression expression, ExpressionTypingContext context) {
+        if (expression.getNode().getElementType() == JetNodeTypes.CHARACTER_CONSTANT) {
+            checkStringPrefixAndSuffix(expression, context);
+        }
+
         CompileTimeConstant<?> compileTimeConstant = components.constantExpressionEvaluator.evaluateExpression(
                 expression, context.trace, context.expectedType
         );
@@ -1372,6 +1377,9 @@ public class BasicExpressionTypingVisitor extends ExpressionTypingVisitor {
     @Override
     public JetTypeInfo visitStringTemplateExpression(@NotNull JetStringTemplateExpression expression, ExpressionTypingContext contextWithExpectedType) {
         final ExpressionTypingContext context = contextWithExpectedType.replaceExpectedType(NO_EXPECTED_TYPE).replaceContextDependency(INDEPENDENT);
+
+        checkStringPrefixAndSuffix(expression, context);
+
         class StringTemplateVisitor extends JetVisitorVoid {
             private JetTypeInfo typeInfo = TypeInfoFactoryKt.noTypeInfo(context);
 
@@ -1402,6 +1410,27 @@ public class BasicExpressionTypingVisitor extends ExpressionTypingVisitor {
                                           contextWithExpectedType);
     }
 
+    private static void checkStringPrefixAndSuffix(@NotNull PsiElement expression, ExpressionTypingContext context) {
+        checkStringPrefixOrSuffix(PsiTreeUtil.prevLeaf(expression), context);
+        checkStringPrefixOrSuffix(PsiTreeUtil.nextLeaf(expression), context);
+    }
+
+    private static void checkStringPrefixOrSuffix(PsiElement prefixOrSuffix, ExpressionTypingContext context) {
+        if (illegalStringPrefixOrSuffix(prefixOrSuffix)) {
+            context.trace.report(Errors.UNSUPPORTED.on(prefixOrSuffix, "string prefixes and suffixes"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static boolean illegalStringPrefixOrSuffix(@Nullable PsiElement element) {
+        if (element == null) return false;
+
+        IElementType elementType = element.getNode().getElementType();
+        return elementType == IDENTIFIER ||
+               elementType == INTEGER_LITERAL ||
+               elementType == FLOAT_LITERAL ||
+               elementType instanceof JetKeywordToken;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public JetTypeInfo visitAnnotatedExpression(@NotNull JetAnnotatedExpression expression, ExpressionTypingContext context) {
         return visitAnnotatedExpression(expression, context, false);
diff --git a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/StringPrefixAndSuffix.kt b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/StringPrefixAndSuffix.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e60d4b6170c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/StringPrefixAndSuffix.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// !DIAGNOSTICS: -UNUSED_PARAMETER
+
+infix fun Any?.foo(a: Any) {}
+operator fun Any?.contains(a: Any): Boolean = true
+
+fun test(a: Any) {
+
+    a <!UNSUPPORTED!>foo<!>""
+    a <!UNSUPPORTED!>foo<!>"asd"
+    a <!UNSUPPORTED!>foo<!>"$a"
+    a <!UNSUPPORTED!>foo<!>"asd${a}sfsa"
+    a <!UNSUPPORTED!>foo<!>"""sdf"""
+    a <!UNSUPPORTED!>foo<!>'d'
+    a <!UNSUPPORTED!>foo<!><!EMPTY_CHARACTER_LITERAL!>''<!>
+
+    a <!UNSUPPORTED!>foo<!>""<!UNSUPPORTED!>foo<!> a
+    a <!UNSUPPORTED!>foo<!>"asd"<!UNSUPPORTED!>foo<!> a
+    a <!UNSUPPORTED!>foo<!>"$a"<!UNSUPPORTED!>foo<!> a
+    a <!UNSUPPORTED!>foo<!>"asd${a}sfsa"<!UNSUPPORTED!>foo<!> a
+    a <!UNSUPPORTED!>foo<!>"""sdf"""<!UNSUPPORTED!>foo<!> a
+    a <!UNSUPPORTED!>foo<!>'d'<!UNSUPPORTED!>foo<!> a
+    a <!UNSUPPORTED!>foo<!><!EMPTY_CHARACTER_LITERAL!>''<!><!UNSUPPORTED!>foo<!> a
+
+    a <!UNSUPPORTED!>in<!>"foo"
+    a <!UNSUPPORTED!>in<!>"""foo"""
+    a <!UNSUPPORTED!>in<!>'s'
+    a <!UNSUPPORTED!>in<!><!EMPTY_CHARACTER_LITERAL!>''<!>
+
+    a <!UNSUPPORTED!>!in<!>"foo"
+    a <!UNSUPPORTED!>!in<!>"""foo"""
+    a <!UNSUPPORTED!>!in<!>'s'
+    a <!UNSUPPORTED!>!in<!><!EMPTY_CHARACTER_LITERAL!>''<!>
+
+    if("s"<!UNSUPPORTED!>is<!> Any) {}
+    test("s"<!UNSUPPORTED!>as<!> Any)
+
+    a <!UNSUPPORTED!>foo<!>""<!UNSUPPORTED, SYNTAX!>1<!>
+    a <!UNSUPPORTED!>foo<!>""<!UNSUPPORTED, SYNTAX!>1.0<!>
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/StringPrefixAndSuffix.txt b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/StringPrefixAndSuffix.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..84fa1c09fc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/StringPrefixAndSuffix.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package
+
+public fun test(/*0*/ a: kotlin.Any): kotlin.Unit
+public operator fun kotlin.Any?.contains(/*0*/ a: kotlin.Any): kotlin.Boolean
+public infix fun kotlin.Any?.foo(/*0*/ a: kotlin.Any): kotlin.Unit
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/checkers/JetDiagnosticsTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/checkers/JetDiagnosticsTestGenerated.java
index d2160a6f0a5..3a1e83bc189 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/checkers/JetDiagnosticsTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/checkers/JetDiagnosticsTestGenerated.java
@@ -589,6 +589,12 @@ public class JetDiagnosticsTestGenerated extends AbstractJetDiagnosticsTest {
             doTest(fileName);
         }
 
+        @TestMetadata("StringPrefixAndSuffix.kt")
+        public void testStringPrefixAndSuffix() throws Exception {
+            String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/StringPrefixAndSuffix.kt");
+            doTest(fileName);
+        }
+
         @TestMetadata("StringTemplates.kt")
         public void testStringTemplates() throws Exception {
             String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/StringTemplates.kt");