diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.xtext/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xtext/ecoreInference/TransformationErrorCode.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.xtext/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xtext/ecoreInference/TransformationErrorCode.java
index 6b2d71af8..8a0970674 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.xtext/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xtext/ecoreInference/TransformationErrorCode.java
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.xtext/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xtext/ecoreInference/TransformationErrorCode.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public enum TransformationErrorCode {
 	InvalidSupertype, 
 	InvalidFeature,
 	InvalidFragmentOverride,
+	InvalidFragmentCall,
 	InvalidRuleOverride;
 
 	public String getFullyQualifiedCode() {
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.xtext/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xtext/ecoreInference/Xtext2EcoreInterpretationContext.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.xtext/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xtext/ecoreInference/Xtext2EcoreInterpretationContext.java
index ecabb93e8..a437c5d15 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.xtext/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xtext/ecoreInference/Xtext2EcoreInterpretationContext.java
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.xtext/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xtext/ecoreInference/Xtext2EcoreInterpretationContext.java
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ public class Xtext2EcoreInterpretationContext {
 			if (terminal == null) {
 				throw new TransformationException(TransformationErrorCode.NoSuchTypeAvailable, "Cannot derive type from incomplete assignment.", assignment);
 			}
+			checkNoFragmentRuleCall(terminal);
 			EClassifier type = getTerminalType(terminal);
 			isContainment = isContainmentAssignment(assignment);
 			featureTypeInfo = getEClassifierInfoOrThrowException(type, assignment);
@@ -94,6 +95,17 @@ public class Xtext2EcoreInterpretationContext {
 		addFeature(featureName, featureTypeInfo, isMultivalue, isContainment, assignment);
 	}
 
+	private void checkNoFragmentRuleCall(AbstractElement terminal) throws TransformationException {
+		if (GrammarUtil.isEObjectFragmentRuleCall(terminal)) {
+			throw new TransformationException(TransformationErrorCode.InvalidFragmentCall, "Cannot call a fragment from an assignment", terminal);
+		}
+		if (terminal instanceof Alternatives) {
+			for(AbstractElement child: ((Alternatives) terminal).getElements()) {
+				checkNoFragmentRuleCall(child);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	public boolean isContainmentAssignment(Assignment assignment) {
 		// TODO throw TransformationException in case of unexpected terminal
 		return new XtextSwitch<Boolean>() {
diff --git a/tests/org.eclipse.xtext.tests/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xtext/ecoreInference/Xtext2EcoreTransformerTest.xtend b/tests/org.eclipse.xtext.tests/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xtext/ecoreInference/Xtext2EcoreTransformerTest.xtend
index fd92a9b67..d1206eac0 100644
--- a/tests/org.eclipse.xtext.tests/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xtext/ecoreInference/Xtext2EcoreTransformerTest.xtend
+++ b/tests/org.eclipse.xtext.tests/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xtext/ecoreInference/Xtext2EcoreTransformerTest.xtend
@@ -351,6 +351,32 @@ class Xtext2EcoreTransformerTest extends AbstractXtextTests {
 		assertTrue(bottomType.superTypes.contains(middleType1))
 		assertTrue(bottomType.superTypes.contains(middleType2))
 	}
+	
+	@Test def void testParserRuleFragment_08() throws Exception {
+		val grammar = '''
+			grammar test with org.eclipse.xtext.common.Terminals
+			generate test 'http://test'
+			RuleA: feature=Fragment;
+			fragment Fragment * Fragment: name=ID;
+		'''
+		errorAcceptorMock.acceptError(TransformationErrorCode.InvalidFragmentCall,
+			TestErrorAcceptor.ANY_STRING, TestErrorAcceptor.ANY_EOBJECT)
+		var EPackage result = getEPackageFromGrammar(grammar, 2)
+		assertEquals(1, result.EClassifiers.size)
+	}
+	
+	@Test def void testParserRuleFragment_09() throws Exception {
+		val grammar = '''
+			grammar test with org.eclipse.xtext.common.Terminals
+			generate test 'http://test'
+			RuleA: feature=(Fragment|Fragment);
+			fragment Fragment returns Fragment: name=ID;
+		'''
+		errorAcceptorMock.acceptError(TransformationErrorCode.InvalidFragmentCall,
+			TestErrorAcceptor.ANY_STRING, TestErrorAcceptor.ANY_EOBJECT)
+		var EPackage result = getEPackageFromGrammar(grammar, 1)
+		assertEquals(2, result.EClassifiers.size)
+	}
 
 	@Test def void testTypesOfImplicitSuperGrammar() throws Exception {
 		val xtextGrammar = '''