diff --git a/zcl/json/parser.go b/zcl/json/parser.go
index ef35985..1c3924f 100644
--- a/zcl/json/parser.go
+++ b/zcl/json/parser.go
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ func parseFileContent(buf []byte, filename string) (node, zcl.Diagnostics) {
 	})
 	p := newPeeker(tokens)
 	node, diags := parseValue(p)
+	if len(diags) == 0 && p.Peek().Type != tokenEOF {
+		diags = diags.Append(&zcl.Diagnostic{
+			Severity: zcl.DiagError,
+			Summary:  "Extraneous data after value",
+			Detail:   "Extra characters appear after the JSON value.",
+			Subject:  p.Peek().Range.Ptr(),
+		})
+	}
 	if diags.HasErrors() {
 		// Don't return a node if there were errors during parsing.
 		return nil, diags
diff --git a/zcl/json/parser_test.go b/zcl/json/parser_test.go
index a5ba789..8bb7a93 100644
--- a/zcl/json/parser_test.go
+++ b/zcl/json/parser_test.go
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 			nil,
 			1,
 		},
+		{
+			`1 2`,
+			nil,
+			1,
+		},
 
 		// Objects
 		{