diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/ast/Desugar.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/ast/Desugar.scala
index a118e95bb5a8..c1e31140f411 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/ast/Desugar.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/ast/Desugar.scala
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ object desugar {
         ListOfNil
       }
       else if (isCaseClass && originalVparamss.head.exists(_.mods.isOneOf(GivenOrImplicit))) {
-        ctx.error("Case classes should have a non-implicit parameter list", namePos)
+        ctx.error(CaseClassMissingNonImplicitParamList(cdef), namePos)
         ListOfNil
       }
       else originalVparamss.nestedMap(toDefParam(_, keepAnnotations = false))
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/diagnostic/ErrorMessageID.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/diagnostic/ErrorMessageID.scala
index e2aecdfbb018..41399a285620 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/diagnostic/ErrorMessageID.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/diagnostic/ErrorMessageID.scala
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ enum ErrorMessageID extends java.lang.Enum[ErrorMessageID] {
     IllegalCyclicTypeReferenceID,
     MissingTypeParameterInTypeAppID,
     ImplicitTypesCanOnlyBeFunctionTypesID,
-    ErasedTypesCanOnlyBeFunctionTypesID
+    ErasedTypesCanOnlyBeFunctionTypesID,
+    CaseClassMissingNonImplicitParamListID
 
   def errorNumber = ordinal - 2
 }
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/diagnostic/messages.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/diagnostic/messages.scala
index 739a8f92a3b5..fe124b4ede06 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/diagnostic/messages.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/diagnostic/messages.scala
@@ -2395,4 +2395,16 @@ object messages {
     val msg: String = "Types with erased keyword can only be function types `erased (...) => ...`"
     val explanation: String = ""
   }
+
+  case class CaseClassMissingNonImplicitParamList(cdef: untpd.TypeDef)(implicit ctx: Context)
+    extends Message(CaseClassMissingNonImplicitParamListID) {
+    val kind: String = "Syntax"
+    val msg: String =
+      em"""|A ${hl("case class")} must have at least one non-implicit parameter list"""
+
+    val explanation: String =
+      em"""|${cdef.name} must have at least one non-implicit parameter list,
+           | if you're aiming to have a case class parametrized only by implicit ones, you should
+           | add an explicit ${hl("()")} as a parameter list to ${cdef.name}.""".stripMargin
+  }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/test/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/ErrorMessagesTests.scala b/compiler/test/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/ErrorMessagesTests.scala
index d89a5479d0d2..2859f701852a 100644
--- a/compiler/test/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/ErrorMessagesTests.scala
+++ b/compiler/test/dotty/tools/dotc/reporting/ErrorMessagesTests.scala
@@ -1710,4 +1710,32 @@ class ErrorMessagesTests extends ErrorMessagesTest {
         val ErasedTypesCanOnlyBeFunctionTypes() :: Nil = messages
         assertEquals("Types with erased keyword can only be function types `erased (...) => ...`", messages.head.msg)
       }
+
+  @Test def caseClassMissingParamListSuccessful =
+    checkMessagesAfter(FrontEnd.name) ("case class Test()")
+      .expectNoErrors
+
+  @Test def caseClassMissingParamListFailed =
+    checkMessagesAfter(FrontEnd.name) ("case class Test")
+      .expect {
+        (ictx, messages) =>
+          implicit val ctx: Context = ictx
+          assertMessageCount(1, messages)
+          val CaseClassMissingParamList(tpe) :: Nil = messages
+          assertEquals("A case class must have at least one parameter list", messages.head.msg)
+      }
+
+  @Test def caseClassMissingNonImplicitParamListSuccessful =
+    checkMessagesAfter(FrontEnd.name) ("case class Test()(given foo: String)")
+      .expectNoErrors
+
+  @Test def caseClassMissingNonImplicitParamListFailed =
+    checkMessagesAfter(FrontEnd.name) ("case class Test(given foo: String)")
+      .expect {
+        (ictx, messages) =>
+          implicit val ctx: Context = ictx
+          assertMessageCount(1, messages)
+          val CaseClassMissingNonImplicitParamList(tpe) :: Nil = messages
+          assertEquals("A case class must have at least one non-implicit parameter list", messages.head.msg)
+      }
 }