diff --git a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/jvmArguments.kt b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/jvmArguments.kt
index 120664b1046..056412f5188 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/jvmArguments.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/jvmArguments.kt
@@ -38,6 +38,17 @@ fun CompilerConfiguration.setupJvmSpecificArguments(arguments: K2JVMCompilerArgu
         }
     }
 
+    val jvmTarget = get(JVMConfigurationKeys.JVM_TARGET) ?: JvmTarget.DEFAULT
+    if (jvmTarget.bytecodeVersion < JvmTarget.JVM_1_8.bytecodeVersion) {
+        val jvmDefaultMode = languageVersionSettings.getFlag(JvmAnalysisFlags.jvmDefaultMode)
+        if (jvmDefaultMode.forAllMethodsWithBody) {
+            messageCollector.report(
+                ERROR,
+                "'-Xjvm-default=${jvmDefaultMode.description}' is only supported since JVM target 1.8. Recompile with '-jvm-target 1.8'"
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
     addAll(JVMConfigurationKeys.ADDITIONAL_JAVA_MODULES, arguments.additionalJavaModules?.asList())
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/jvmDefaultAll.args b/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/jvmDefaultAll.args
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a7c934a1c3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/jvmDefaultAll.args
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+$TESTDATA_DIR$/jvmDefaultAll.kt
+-d
+$TEMP_DIR$
+-jvm-target
+1.6
+-Xjvm-default=all
diff --git a/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/jvmDefaultAll.kt b/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/jvmDefaultAll.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1f5c7ebed50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/jvmDefaultAll.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+interface Foo {
+    fun test() {}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/jvmDefaultAll.out b/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/jvmDefaultAll.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d661afc460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/jvmDefaultAll.out
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+error: '-Xjvm-default=all' is only supported since JVM target 1.8. Recompile with '-jvm-target 1.8'
+COMPILATION_ERROR
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/CliTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/CliTestGenerated.java
index 075d1d727a9..40cf8ebb0bf 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/CliTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/CliTestGenerated.java
@@ -475,6 +475,11 @@ public class CliTestGenerated extends AbstractCliTest {
             runTest("compiler/testData/cli/jvm/jvm8Target.args");
         }
 
+        @TestMetadata("jvmDefaultAll.args")
+        public void testJvmDefaultAll() throws Exception {
+            runTest("compiler/testData/cli/jvm/jvmDefaultAll.args");
+        }
+
         @TestMetadata("kotlinHomeWithoutStdlib.args")
         public void testKotlinHomeWithoutStdlib() throws Exception {
             runTest("compiler/testData/cli/jvm/kotlinHomeWithoutStdlib.args");