diff --git a/airflow/models.py b/airflow/models.py
index d2fd3c05320aa..dadf4a737e196 100755
--- a/airflow/models.py
+++ b/airflow/models.py
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@
 from sqlalchemy.orm import reconstructor, relationship, synonym
 from sqlalchemy_utc import UtcDateTime
 
-from croniter import croniter
+from croniter import (
+    croniter, CroniterBadCronError, CroniterBadDateError, CroniterNotAlphaError
+)
 import six
 
 from airflow import settings, utils
@@ -412,8 +414,18 @@ def process_file(self, filepath, only_if_updated=True, safe_mode=True):
                     try:
                         dag.is_subdag = False
                         self.bag_dag(dag, parent_dag=dag, root_dag=dag)
+                        if isinstance(dag._schedule_interval, six.string_types):
+                            croniter(dag._schedule_interval)
                         found_dags.append(dag)
                         found_dags += dag.subdags
+                    except (CroniterBadCronError,
+                            CroniterBadDateError,
+                            CroniterNotAlphaError) as cron_e:
+                        self.log.exception("Failed to bag_dag: %s", dag.full_filepath)
+                        self.import_errors[dag.full_filepath] = \
+                            "Invalid Cron expression: " + str(cron_e)
+                        self.file_last_changed[dag.full_filepath] = \
+                            file_last_changed_on_disk
                     except AirflowDagCycleException as cycle_exception:
                         self.log.exception("Failed to bag_dag: %s", dag.full_filepath)
                         self.import_errors[dag.full_filepath] = str(cycle_exception)
diff --git a/tests/dags/test_invalid_cron.py b/tests/dags/test_invalid_cron.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..51a0e43cb500a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dags/test_invalid_cron.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from airflow.models import DAG
+from airflow.operators.dummy_operator import DummyOperator
+from airflow.utils.timezone import datetime
+
+# The schedule_interval specified here is an INVALID
+# Cron expression. This invalid DAG will be used to
+# test whether dagbag.process_file() can identify
+# invalid Cron expression.
+dag1 = DAG(
+    dag_id='test_invalid_cron',
+    start_date=datetime(2015, 1, 1),
+    schedule_interval="0 100 * * *")
+dag1_task1 = DummyOperator(
+    task_id='task1',
+    dag=dag1,
+    owner='airflow')
diff --git a/tests/dags/test_zip_invalid_cron.zip b/tests/dags/test_zip_invalid_cron.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fe45153abe85a
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/dags/test_zip_invalid_cron.zip differ
diff --git a/tests/models.py b/tests/models.py
index 473cecb10080b..27415c643f335 100644
--- a/tests/models.py
+++ b/tests/models.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 from airflow.utils.trigger_rule import TriggerRule
 from mock import patch, ANY
 from parameterized import parameterized
-from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
+from tempfile import mkdtemp, NamedTemporaryFile
 
 DEFAULT_DATE = timezone.datetime(2016, 1, 1)
 TEST_DAGS_FOLDER = os.path.join(
@@ -1047,6 +1047,19 @@ def test_zip(self):
         dagbag.process_file(os.path.join(TEST_DAGS_FOLDER, "test_zip.zip"))
         self.assertTrue(dagbag.get_dag("test_zip_dag"))
 
+    def test_process_file_cron_validity_check(self):
+        """
+        test if an invalid cron expression
+        as schedule interval can be identified
+        """
+        invalid_dag_files = ["test_invalid_cron.py", "test_zip_invalid_cron.zip"]
+        dagbag = models.DagBag(dag_folder=mkdtemp())
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(dagbag.import_errors), 0)
+        for d in invalid_dag_files:
+            dagbag.process_file(os.path.join(TEST_DAGS_FOLDER, d))
+        self.assertEqual(len(dagbag.import_errors), len(invalid_dag_files))
+
     @patch.object(DagModel,'get_current')
     def test_get_dag_without_refresh(self, mock_dagmodel):
         """