diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 5f9fe91..5419ac3 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -50,7 +50,14 @@ module.exports = function(input, inputMap) {
 						emitWarning("Cannot open SourceMap '" + result + "': " + err);
 						return untouched();
 					}
-					processMap(JSON.parse(content), path.dirname(result), callback);
+					var map;
+					try {
+						map = JSON.parse(content);
+					} catch (e) {
+						emitWarning("Cannot parse SourceMap '" + url + "': " + e);
+						return untouched();				
+					}
+					processMap(map, path.dirname(result), callback);
 				});
 			}.bind(this));
 			return;
diff --git a/test/fixtures/invalid-source-map.js b/test/fixtures/invalid-source-map.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd24048
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/invalid-source-map.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+with SourceMap
+//#sourceMappingURL=invalid-source-map.map
+// comment
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/invalid-source-map.map b/test/fixtures/invalid-source-map.map
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdcf017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/invalid-source-map.map
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"version":3,"file":"invalid-source-map.js","sources":["../invalid-source-map.txt"],"mappings":"AAAA"}"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/index.test.js b/test/index.test.js
index 0504647..819f036 100644
--- a/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/index.test.js
@@ -149,6 +149,20 @@ describe("source-map-loader", function() {
 			done();
 		});
 	});
+	it("should warn on invalid SourceMap", function (done) {
+		execLoader(path.join(__dirname, "fixtures", "invalid-source-map.js"), function (err, res, map, deps, warns) {
+			should.equal(err, null);
+			warns.should.matchEach(
+				new RegExp("Cannot parse SourceMap 'invalid-source-map.map': SyntaxError: Unexpected string in JSON at position 102")
+			);
+			should.equal(res, "with SourceMap\n//#sourceMappingURL=invalid-source-map.map\n// comment");
+			should.equal(map, null);
+			deps.should.be.eql([
+				path.join(__dirname, "fixtures", "invalid-source-map.map")
+			]);
+			done();
+		});
+	});
 	it("should warn on missing SourceMap", function(done) {
 		execLoader(path.join(__dirname, "fixtures", "missing-source-map.js"), function(err, res, map, deps, warns) {
 			should.equal(err, null);