diff --git a/lrlex/src/lib/ctbuilder.rs b/lrlex/src/lib/ctbuilder.rs
index c37540a88..325e6bab4 100644
--- a/lrlex/src/lib/ctbuilder.rs
+++ b/lrlex/src/lib/ctbuilder.rs
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ where
             );
         }
 
-        let (missing_from_lexer, missing_from_parser) = match self.rule_ids_map {
+        let (mut missing_from_lexer, missing_from_parser) = match self.rule_ids_map {
             Some(ref rim) => {
                 // Convert from HashMap<String, _> to HashMap<&str, _>
                 let owned_map = rim
@@ -660,6 +660,17 @@ where
             None => (None, None),
         };
 
+        if let Some(mut mfl) = missing_from_lexer.take() {
+            for tok in &lexerdef.expected_missing_tokens {
+                mfl.remove(tok.as_str());
+            }
+            if mfl.is_empty() {
+                missing_from_lexer = None;
+            } else {
+                missing_from_lexer = Some(mfl);
+            }
+        }
+
         let mut has_unallowed_missing = false;
         let err_indent = " ".repeat(ERROR.len());
         if !self.allow_missing_terms_in_lexer
diff --git a/lrlex/src/lib/lexer.rs b/lrlex/src/lib/lexer.rs
index cb216e937..60cd726ca 100644
--- a/lrlex/src/lib/lexer.rs
+++ b/lrlex/src/lib/lexer.rs
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ where
     rules: Vec<Rule<LexerTypesT::StorageT>>,
     start_states: Vec<StartState>,
     lex_flags: LexFlags,
+    pub(crate) expected_missing_tokens: Vec<String>,
     phantom: PhantomData<LexerTypesT>,
 }
 
@@ -414,6 +415,7 @@ where
             rules,
             start_states,
             lex_flags: DEFAULT_LEX_FLAGS,
+            expected_missing_tokens: vec![],
             phantom: PhantomData,
         }
     }
@@ -430,6 +432,7 @@ where
                 rules: p.rules,
                 start_states: p.start_states,
                 lex_flags: flags,
+                expected_missing_tokens: p.expected_missing_tokens,
                 phantom: PhantomData,
             }
         })
@@ -547,6 +550,7 @@ where
                 rules: p.rules,
                 start_states: p.start_states,
                 lex_flags,
+                expected_missing_tokens: p.expected_missing_tokens,
                 phantom: PhantomData,
             },
         )
diff --git a/lrlex/src/lib/parser.rs b/lrlex/src/lib/parser.rs
index c3236b587..8192f33cc 100644
--- a/lrlex/src/lib/parser.rs
+++ b/lrlex/src/lib/parser.rs
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ where
     pub(super) rules: Vec<Rule<LexerTypesT::StorageT>>,
     pub(super) start_states: Vec<StartState>,
     pub(super) lex_flags: LexFlags,
+    pub(super) expected_missing_tokens: Vec<String>,
 }
 
 fn add_duplicate_occurrence(
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ where
                 false,
                 Span::new(0, 0),
             )],
+            expected_missing_tokens: vec![],
         };
         p.parse()?;
         Ok(p)
@@ -293,6 +295,16 @@ where
             self.declare_start_states(false, i, declaration_len, line_len, errs)
         } else if RE_EXCLUSIVE_START_STATE_DECLARATION.is_match(declaration) {
             self.declare_start_states(true, i, declaration_len, line_len, errs)
+        } else if declaration.starts_with("%expect-missing") {
+            for tok in self.src[i + declaration_len..i + line_len].split_ascii_whitespace() {
+                let tok_unquoted = tok.strip_prefix("\"").and_then(|s| s.strip_suffix("\""));
+                if let Some(tok_unquoted) = tok_unquoted {
+                    self.expected_missing_tokens.push(tok_unquoted.to_string());
+                } else {
+                    Err(self.mk_error(LexErrorKind::InvalidName, i))?;
+                }
+            }
+            Ok(i + line_len)
         } else {
             Err(self.mk_error(LexErrorKind::UnknownDeclaration, i))
         }
diff --git a/lrpar/cttests/src/expect_missing_tokens.test b/lrpar/cttests/src/expect_missing_tokens.test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4c536035
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lrpar/cttests/src/expect_missing_tokens.test
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+name: Test the %expect-missing lex directive
+yacckind: Original(YaccOriginalActionKind::NoAction)
+grammar: |
+    %start meta_start
+    %token START_A START_B
+    %%
+    
+    meta_start: START_A arule | START_B brule;
+    arule: 'A';
+    brule: 'B';
+    %%
+lexer: |
+    %expect-missing "START_A" "START_B"
+    %%
+    aA "A"
+    bB "B"