diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index 1d14b72abb2bf3..bf3fc3378f2d92 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ rules:
 
   # Custom rules in tools/eslint-rules
   require-buffer: 2
+  new-with-error: [2, "Error", "RangeError", "TypeError", "SyntaxError", "ReferenceError"]
+
 
 # Global scoped method and vars
 globals:
diff --git a/tools/eslint-rules/new-with-error.js b/tools/eslint-rules/new-with-error.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b0f550db2ffa2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/eslint-rules/new-with-error.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/**
+ * @fileoverview Require `throw new Error()` rather than `throw Error()`
+ * @author Rich Trott
+ */
+'use strict';
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Rule Definition
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+module.exports = function(context) {
+
+  var errorList = context.options.length !== 0 ? context.options : ['Error'];
+
+  return {
+    'ThrowStatement': function(node) {
+      if (node.argument.type === 'CallExpression' &&
+          errorList.indexOf(node.argument.callee.name) !== -1) {
+        context.report(node, 'Use new keyword when throwing.');
+      }
+    }
+  };
+};
+
+module.exports.schema = {
+  'type': 'array',
+  'items': [
+    {
+      'enum': [0, 1, 2]
+    }
+  ],
+  'additionalItems': {
+    'type': 'string'
+  },
+  'uniqueItems': true
+};