diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
index 43ab78c1f8..5c731252c1 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
@@ -426,6 +426,22 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime
             return string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, GetString("TagHelperDescriptorFactory_InvalidRestrictChildrenAttributeNameNullWhitespace"), p0, p1);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Parent Tag
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static string TagHelperDescriptorFactory_ParentTag
+        {
+            get { return GetString("TagHelperDescriptorFactory_ParentTag"); }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Parent Tag
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static string FormatTagHelperDescriptorFactory_ParentTag()
+        {
+            return GetString("TagHelperDescriptorFactory_ParentTag");
+        }
+
         private static string GetString(string name, params string[] formatterNames)
         {
             var value = _resourceManager.GetString(name);
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/Resources.resx b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/Resources.resx
index 1c1593cc29..a1cdfa91b9 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/Resources.resx
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/Resources.resx
@@ -195,4 +195,7 @@
   <data name="TagHelperDescriptorFactory_InvalidRestrictChildrenAttributeNameNullWhitespace" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Invalid '{0}' tag name for tag helper '{1}'. Name cannot be null or whitespace.</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="TagHelperDescriptorFactory_ParentTag" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Parent Tag</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/HtmlTargetElementAttribute.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/HtmlTargetElementAttribute.cs
index e1c1164222..2e2882dbfc 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/HtmlTargetElementAttribute.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/HtmlTargetElementAttribute.cs
@@ -79,5 +79,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.TagHelpers
         /// </para>
         /// </remarks>
         public TagStructure TagStructure { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The required HTML element name of the direct parent.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>A <c>null</c> value indicates any HTML element name is appropriate.</remarks>
+        public string ParentTag { get; set; }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorFactory.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorFactory.cs
index 06b07b2b00..47eb1df056 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorFactory.cs
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.TagHelpers
                         requiredAttributes: Enumerable.Empty<string>(),
                         allowedChildren: allowedChildren,
                         tagStructure: default(TagStructure),
+                        parentTag: null,
                         designTimeDescriptor: typeDesignTimeDescriptor)
                 };
             }
@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.TagHelpers
                 attributeDescriptors,
                 requiredAttributes,
                 allowedChildren,
+                targetElementAttribute.ParentTag,
                 targetElementAttribute.TagStructure,
                 designTimeDescriptor);
         }
@@ -242,6 +244,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.TagHelpers
             IEnumerable<TagHelperAttributeDescriptor> attributeDescriptors,
             IEnumerable<string> requiredAttributes,
             IEnumerable<string> allowedChildren,
+            string parentTag,
             TagStructure tagStructure,
             TagHelperDesignTimeDescriptor designTimeDescriptor)
         {
@@ -253,6 +256,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.TagHelpers
                 Attributes = attributeDescriptors,
                 RequiredAttributes = requiredAttributes,
                 AllowedChildren = allowedChildren,
+                RequiredParent = parentTag,
                 TagStructure = tagStructure,
                 DesignTimeDescriptor = designTimeDescriptor
             };
@@ -286,7 +290,27 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.TagHelpers
                 }
             }
 
-            return validTagName && validAttributeNames;
+            var validParentTagName = ValidateParentTagName(attribute.ParentTag, errorSink);
+
+            return validTagName && validAttributeNames && validParentTagName;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Internal for unit testing.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static bool ValidateParentTagName(string parentTag, ErrorSink errorSink)
+        {
+            return parentTag == null ||
+                TryValidateName(
+                    parentTag,
+                    Resources.FormatHtmlTargetElementAttribute_NameCannotBeNullOrWhitespace(
+                        Resources.TagHelperDescriptorFactory_ParentTag),
+                    characterErrorBuilder: (invalidCharacter) =>
+                        Resources.FormatHtmlTargetElementAttribute_InvalidName(
+                            Resources.TagHelperDescriptorFactory_ParentTag.ToLower(),
+                            parentTag,
+                            invalidCharacter),
+                    errorSink: errorSink);
         }
 
         private static bool ValidateName(
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorResolver.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorResolver.cs
index 11d30e3667..c17fbb8cf4 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorResolver.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorResolver.cs
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.TagHelpers
                         Attributes = descriptor.Attributes,
                         RequiredAttributes = descriptor.RequiredAttributes,
                         AllowedChildren = descriptor.AllowedChildren,
+                        RequiredParent = descriptor.RequiredParent,
                         TagStructure = descriptor.TagStructure,
                         DesignTimeDescriptor = descriptor.DesignTimeDescriptor
                     });
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Test.Sources/CaseSensitiveTagHelperDescriptorComparer.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Test.Sources/CaseSensitiveTagHelperDescriptorComparer.cs
index c01092ef36..90f01e0220 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Test.Sources/CaseSensitiveTagHelperDescriptorComparer.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Test.Sources/CaseSensitiveTagHelperDescriptorComparer.cs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Test.Internal
             Assert.Equal(descriptorX.TagName, descriptorY.TagName, StringComparer.Ordinal);
             Assert.Equal(descriptorX.Prefix, descriptorY.Prefix, StringComparer.Ordinal);
             Assert.Equal(descriptorX.RequiredAttributes, descriptorY.RequiredAttributes, StringComparer.Ordinal);
+            Assert.Equal(descriptorX.RequiredParent, descriptorY.RequiredParent, StringComparer.Ordinal);
 
             if (descriptorX.AllowedChildren != descriptorY.AllowedChildren)
             {
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor/Parser/TagHelpers/TagHelperParseTreeRewriter.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor/Parser/TagHelpers/TagHelperParseTreeRewriter.cs
index 334dc12961..5c114bc789 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor/Parser/TagHelpers/TagHelperParseTreeRewriter.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor/Parser/TagHelpers/TagHelperParseTreeRewriter.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Parser.SyntaxTree;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.TagHelpers;
@@ -15,16 +14,38 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Parser.TagHelpers.Internal
 {
     public class TagHelperParseTreeRewriter : ISyntaxTreeRewriter
     {
+        // From http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#elements-0
+        private static readonly HashSet<string> VoidElements = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+        {
+            "area",
+            "base",
+            "br",
+            "col",
+            "command",
+            "embed",
+            "hr",
+            "img",
+            "input",
+            "keygen",
+            "link",
+            "meta",
+            "param",
+            "source",
+            "track",
+            "wbr"
+        };
+
         private TagHelperDescriptorProvider _provider;
-        private Stack<TagHelperBlockTracker> _trackerStack;
+        private Stack<TagBlockTracker> _trackerStack;
         private TagHelperBlockTracker _currentTagHelperTracker;
         private Stack<BlockBuilder> _blockStack;
         private BlockBuilder _currentBlock;
+        private string _currentParentTagName;
 
         public TagHelperParseTreeRewriter(TagHelperDescriptorProvider provider)
         {
             _provider = provider;
-            _trackerStack = new Stack<TagHelperBlockTracker>();
+            _trackerStack = new Stack<TagBlockTracker>();
             _blockStack = new Stack<BlockBuilder>();
         }
 
@@ -44,7 +65,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Parser.TagHelpers.Internal
                 ChunkGenerator = input.ChunkGenerator
             });
 
-            var activeTagHelpers = _trackerStack.Count;
+            var activeTrackers = _trackerStack.Count;
 
             foreach (var child in input.Children)
             {
@@ -60,6 +81,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Parser.TagHelpers.Internal
                         }
                         else
                         {
+                            TrackTagBlock(childBlock);
+
                             // Non-TagHelper tag.
                             ValidateParentTagHelperAllowsPlainTag(childBlock, context.ErrorSink);
                         }
@@ -88,19 +111,48 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Parser.TagHelpers.Internal
 
             // We captured the number of active tag helpers at the start of our logic, it should be the same. If not
             // it means that there are malformed tag helpers at the top of our stack.
-            if (activeTagHelpers != _trackerStack.Count)
+            if (activeTrackers != _trackerStack.Count)
             {
                 // Malformed tag helpers built here will be tag helpers that do not have end tags in the current block
                 // scope. Block scopes are special cases in Razor such as @<p> would cause an error because there's no
                 // matching end </p> tag in the template block scope and therefore doesn't make sense as a tag helper.
-                BuildMalformedTagHelpers(_trackerStack.Count - activeTagHelpers, context);
+                BuildMalformedTagHelpers(_trackerStack.Count - activeTrackers, context);
 
-                Debug.Assert(activeTagHelpers == _trackerStack.Count);
+                Debug.Assert(activeTrackers == _trackerStack.Count);
             }
 
             BuildCurrentlyTrackedBlock();
         }
 
+        private void TrackTagBlock(Block childBlock)
+        {
+            var tagName = GetTagName(childBlock);
+
+            // Don't want to track incomplete tags that have no tag name.
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(tagName))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (IsEndTag(childBlock))
+            {
+                var parentTracker = _trackerStack.Count > 0 ? _trackerStack.Peek() : null;
+                if (parentTracker != null &&
+                    !parentTracker.IsTagHelper &&
+                    string.Equals(parentTracker.TagName, tagName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    PopTrackerStack();
+                }
+            }
+            else if (!VoidElements.Contains(tagName) && !IsSelfClosing(childBlock))
+            {
+                // If it's not a void element and it's not self-closing then we need to create a tag
+                // tracker for it.
+                var tracker = new TagBlockTracker(tagName, isTagHelper: false);
+                PushTrackerStack(tracker);
+            }
+        }
+
         private bool TryRewriteTagHelper(Block tagBlock, RewritingContext context)
         {
             // Get tag name of the current block (doesn't matter if it's an end or start tag)
@@ -120,15 +172,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Parser.TagHelpers.Internal
             }
 
             var tracker = _currentTagHelperTracker;
-            var tagNameScope = tracker?.Builder.TagName ?? string.Empty;
+            var tagNameScope = tracker?.TagName ?? string.Empty;
 
             if (!IsEndTag(tagBlock))
             {
                 // We're now in a start tag block, we first need to see if the tag block is a tag helper.
                 var providedAttributes = GetAttributeNames(tagBlock);
 
-                descriptors = _provider.GetDescriptors(tagName, providedAttributes);
-
+                descriptors = _provider.GetDescriptors(tagName, providedAttributes, _currentParentTagName);
 
                 // If there aren't any TagHelperDescriptors registered then we aren't a TagHelper
                 if (!descriptors.Any())
@@ -193,7 +244,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Parser.TagHelpers.Internal
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    descriptors = _provider.GetDescriptors(tagName, attributeNames: Enumerable.Empty<string>());
+                    descriptors = _provider.GetDescriptors(
+                        tagName,
+                        attributeNames: Enumerable.Empty<string>(),
+                        parentTagName: _currentParentTagName);
 
                     // If there are not TagHelperDescriptors associated with the end tag block that also have no
                     // required attributes then it means we can't be a TagHelper, bail out.
@@ -297,7 +351,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Parser.TagHelpers.Internal
                     errorSink.OnError(
                         errorStart,
                         RazorResources.FormatTagHelperParseTreeRewriter_CannotHaveNonTagContent(
-                            _currentTagHelperTracker.Builder.TagName,
+                            _currentTagHelperTracker.TagName,
                             allowedChildrenString),
                         length);
                 }
@@ -343,7 +397,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Parser.TagHelpers.Internal
             var allowedChildrenString = string.Join(", ", tracker.AllowedChildren);
             var errorMessage = RazorResources.FormatTagHelperParseTreeRewriter_InvalidNestedTag(
                 tagName,
-                tracker.Builder.TagName,
+                tracker.TagName,
                 allowedChildrenString);
             var errorStart = GetTagDeclarationErrorStart(tagBlock);
 
@@ -450,11 +504,23 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Parser.TagHelpers.Internal
 
         private void BuildCurrentlyTrackedTagHelperBlock(Block endTag)
         {
+            Debug.Assert(_trackerStack.Any(tracker => tracker.IsTagHelper));
+
+            // We need to pop all trackers until we reach our TagHelperBlock. We can throw away any non-TagHelper
+            // trackers because they don't need to be well-formed.
+            TagHelperBlockTracker tagHelperTracker;
+            do
+            {
+                tagHelperTracker = PopTrackerStack() as TagHelperBlockTracker;
+            }
+            while (tagHelperTracker == null);
+
             // Track the original end tag so the editor knows where each piece of the TagHelperBlock lies
             // for formatting.
-            _trackerStack.Pop().Builder.SourceEndTag = endTag;
+            tagHelperTracker.Builder.SourceEndTag = endTag;
 
-            _currentTagHelperTracker = _trackerStack.Count > 0 ? _trackerStack.Peek() : null;
+            _currentTagHelperTracker =
+                (TagHelperBlockTracker)_trackerStack.FirstOrDefault(tagBlockTracker => tagBlockTracker.IsTagHelper);
 
             BuildCurrentlyTrackedBlock();
         }
@@ -481,7 +547,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Parser.TagHelpers.Internal
         private void TrackTagHelperBlock(TagHelperBlockBuilder builder)
         {
             _currentTagHelperTracker = new TagHelperBlockTracker(builder);
-            _trackerStack.Push(_currentTagHelperTracker);
+            PushTrackerStack(_currentTagHelperTracker);
 
             TrackBlock(builder);
         }
@@ -492,7 +558,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Parser.TagHelpers.Internal
 
             foreach (var tracker in _trackerStack)
             {
-                if (tracker.Builder.TagName.Equals(tagName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                if (tracker.IsTagHelper && tracker.TagName.Equals(tagName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
                     break;
                 }
@@ -521,7 +587,16 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Parser.TagHelpers.Internal
         {
             for (var i = 0; i < count; i++)
             {
-                var malformedTagHelper = _trackerStack.Peek().Builder;
+                var tracker = _trackerStack.Peek();
+
+                // Skip all non-TagHelper entries. Non TagHelper trackers do not need to represent well-formed HTML.
+                if (!tracker.IsTagHelper)
+                {
+                    PopTrackerStack();
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                var malformedTagHelper = ((TagHelperBlockTracker)tracker).Builder;
 
                 context.ErrorSink.OnError(
                     SourceLocation.Advance(malformedTagHelper.Start, "<"),
@@ -570,11 +645,46 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Parser.TagHelpers.Internal
             Debug.Assert(tagBlock.Children.First() is Span);
         }
 
-        private class TagHelperBlockTracker
+        private static bool IsSelfClosing(Block childBlock)
+        {
+            var childSpan = childBlock.FindLastDescendentSpan();
+
+            return childSpan?.Content.EndsWith("/>") ?? false;
+        }
+
+        private void PushTrackerStack(TagBlockTracker tracker)
+        {
+            _currentParentTagName = tracker.TagName;
+            _trackerStack.Push(tracker);
+        }
+
+        private TagBlockTracker PopTrackerStack()
+        {
+            var poppedTracker = _trackerStack.Pop();
+            _currentParentTagName = _trackerStack.Count > 0 ? _trackerStack.Peek().TagName : null;
+
+            return poppedTracker;
+        }
+
+        private class TagBlockTracker
+        {
+            public TagBlockTracker(string tagName, bool isTagHelper)
+            {
+                TagName = tagName;
+                IsTagHelper = isTagHelper;
+            }
+
+            public string TagName { get; }
+
+            public bool IsTagHelper { get; }
+        }
+
+        private class TagHelperBlockTracker : TagBlockTracker
         {
             private IEnumerable<string> _prefixedAllowedChildren;
 
             public TagHelperBlockTracker(TagHelperBlockBuilder builder)
+                : base(builder.TagName, isTagHelper: true)
             {
                 Builder = builder;
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptor.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptor.cs
index 68646e9211..78ea922aae 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptor.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptor.cs
@@ -163,6 +163,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
         /// <remarks><c>null</c> indicates all children are allowed.</remarks>
         public IEnumerable<string> AllowedChildren { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Get the name of the HTML element required as the immediate parent.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks><c>null</c> indicates no restriction on parent tag.</remarks>
+        public string RequiredParent { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The expected tag structure.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorComparer.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorComparer.cs
index 0f2ae63a34..f60e659494 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorComparer.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorComparer.cs
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
                 string.Equals(descriptorX.TypeName, descriptorY.TypeName, StringComparison.Ordinal) &&
                 string.Equals(descriptorX.TagName, descriptorY.TagName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) &&
                 string.Equals(descriptorX.AssemblyName, descriptorY.AssemblyName, StringComparison.Ordinal) &&
+                string.Equals(
+                    descriptorX.RequiredParent,
+                    descriptorY.RequiredParent,
+                    StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) &&
                 Enumerable.SequenceEqual(
                     descriptorX.RequiredAttributes.OrderBy(attribute => attribute, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase),
                     descriptorY.RequiredAttributes.OrderBy(attribute => attribute, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase),
@@ -72,6 +76,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
             hashCodeCombiner.Add(descriptor.TypeName, StringComparer.Ordinal);
             hashCodeCombiner.Add(descriptor.TagName, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
             hashCodeCombiner.Add(descriptor.AssemblyName, StringComparer.Ordinal);
+            hashCodeCombiner.Add(descriptor.RequiredParent, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
             hashCodeCombiner.Add(descriptor.TagStructure);
 
             var attributes = descriptor.RequiredAttributes.OrderBy(
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorProvider.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorProvider.cs
index b4185f8edd..4506e4f6da 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorProvider.cs
@@ -40,10 +40,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
         /// <param name="tagName">The name of the HTML tag to match. Providing a '*' tag name
         /// retrieves catch-all <see cref="TagHelperDescriptor"/>s (descriptors that target every tag).</param>
         /// <param name="attributeNames">Attributes the HTML element must contain to match.</param>
+        /// <param name="parentTagName">The parent tag name of the given <paramref name="tagName"/> tag.</param>
         /// <returns><see cref="TagHelperDescriptor"/>s that apply to the given <paramref name="tagName"/>.
         /// Will return an empty <see cref="Enumerable" /> if no <see cref="TagHelperDescriptor"/>s are
         /// found.</returns>
-        public IEnumerable<TagHelperDescriptor> GetDescriptors(string tagName, IEnumerable<string> attributeNames)
+        public IEnumerable<TagHelperDescriptor> GetDescriptors(
+            string tagName,
+            IEnumerable<string> attributeNames,
+            string parentTagName)
         {
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(_tagHelperPrefix) &&
                 (tagName.Length <= _tagHelperPrefix.Length ||
@@ -75,10 +79,20 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
             }
 
             var applicableDescriptors = ApplyRequiredAttributes(descriptors, attributeNames);
+            applicableDescriptors = ApplyParentTagFilter(applicableDescriptors, parentTagName);
 
             return applicableDescriptors;
         }
 
+        private IEnumerable<TagHelperDescriptor> ApplyParentTagFilter(
+            IEnumerable<TagHelperDescriptor> descriptors,
+            string parentTagName)
+        {
+            return descriptors.Where(descriptor =>
+                descriptor.RequiredParent == null ||
+                string.Equals(parentTagName, descriptor.RequiredParent, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+        }
+
         private IEnumerable<TagHelperDescriptor> ApplyRequiredAttributes(
             IEnumerable<TagHelperDescriptor> descriptors,
             IEnumerable<string> attributeNames)
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.Test/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorFactoryTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.Test/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorFactoryTest.cs
index 4fe8252beb..8d46aba19a 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.Test/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorFactoryTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.Test/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorFactoryTest.cs
@@ -13,11 +13,100 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.TagHelpers
 {
     public abstract class TagHelperDescriptorFactoryTest
     {
-        protected static readonly AssemblyName TagHelperDescriptorFactoryTestAssembly =  
+        protected static readonly AssemblyName TagHelperDescriptorFactoryTestAssembly =
             typeof(TagHelperDescriptorFactoryTest).GetTypeInfo().Assembly.GetName();
 
         protected static readonly string AssemblyName = TagHelperDescriptorFactoryTestAssembly.Name;
 
+        public static TheoryData RequiredParentData
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                // tagHelperType, expectedDescriptors
+                return new TheoryData<Type, TagHelperDescriptor[]>
+                {
+                    {
+                        typeof(RequiredParentTagHelper),
+                        new[]
+                        {
+                            new TagHelperDescriptor
+                            {
+                                TagName = "input",
+                                TypeName = typeof(RequiredParentTagHelper).FullName,
+                                AssemblyName = AssemblyName,
+                                RequiredParent = "div"
+                            }
+                        }
+                    },
+                    {
+                        typeof(MultiSpecifiedRequiredParentTagHelper),
+                        new[]
+                        {
+                            new TagHelperDescriptor
+                            {
+                                TagName = "input",
+                                TypeName = typeof(MultiSpecifiedRequiredParentTagHelper).FullName,
+                                AssemblyName = AssemblyName,
+                                RequiredParent = "section"
+                            },
+                            new TagHelperDescriptor
+                            {
+                                TagName = "p",
+                                TypeName = typeof(MultiSpecifiedRequiredParentTagHelper).FullName,
+                                AssemblyName = AssemblyName,
+                                RequiredParent = "div"
+                            }
+                        }
+                    },
+                    {
+                        typeof(MultiWithUnspecifiedRequiredParentTagHelper),
+                        new[]
+                        {
+                            new TagHelperDescriptor
+                            {
+                                TagName = "input",
+                                TypeName = typeof(MultiWithUnspecifiedRequiredParentTagHelper).FullName,
+                                AssemblyName = AssemblyName,
+                                RequiredParent = "div"
+                            },
+                            new TagHelperDescriptor
+                            {
+                                TagName = "p",
+                                TypeName = typeof(MultiWithUnspecifiedRequiredParentTagHelper).FullName,
+                                AssemblyName = AssemblyName
+                            }
+                        }
+                    },
+                };
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [MemberData(nameof(RequiredParentData))]
+        public void CreateDescriptors_CreatesDesignTimeDescriptorsWithRequiredParent(
+            Type tagHelperType,
+            TagHelperDescriptor[] expectedDescriptors)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var errorSink = new ErrorSink();
+
+            // Act
+            var descriptors = TagHelperDescriptorFactory.CreateDescriptors(
+                AssemblyName,
+                GetTypeInfo(tagHelperType),
+                designTime: false,
+                errorSink: errorSink);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Empty(errorSink.Errors);
+
+            // We don't care about order. Mono returns reflected attributes differently so we need to ensure order
+            // doesn't matter by sorting.
+            descriptors = descriptors.OrderBy(descriptor => descriptor.TagName);
+
+            Assert.Equal(expectedDescriptors, descriptors, CaseSensitiveTagHelperDescriptorComparer.Default);
+        }
+
         public static TheoryData RestrictChildrenData
         {
             get
@@ -1713,6 +1802,41 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.TagHelpers
             Assert.Equal(expectedErrors, errorSink.Errors);
         }
 
+        public static TheoryData<string, string[]> InvalidParentTagData
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                var nullOrWhiteSpaceError =
+                    Resources.FormatHtmlTargetElementAttribute_NameCannotBeNullOrWhitespace(
+                        Resources.TagHelperDescriptorFactory_ParentTag);
+
+                return GetInvalidNameOrPrefixData(
+                    onNameError: (invalidInput, invalidCharacter) =>
+                        Resources.FormatHtmlTargetElementAttribute_InvalidName(
+                            Resources.TagHelperDescriptorFactory_ParentTag.ToLower(),
+                            invalidInput,
+                            invalidCharacter),
+                    whitespaceErrorString: nullOrWhiteSpaceError,
+                    onDataError: null);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [MemberData(nameof(InvalidParentTagData))]
+        public void ValidateParentTagName_AddsExpectedErrors(string name, string[] expectedErrorMessages)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var errorSink = new ErrorSink();
+            var expectedErrors = expectedErrorMessages.Select(
+                message => new RazorError(message, SourceLocation.Zero, 0));
+
+            // Act
+            TagHelperDescriptorFactory.ValidateParentTagName(name, errorSink);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal(expectedErrors, errorSink.Errors);
+        }
+
         private static TheoryData<string, string[]> GetInvalidNameOrPrefixData(
             Func<string, string, string> onNameError,
             string whitespaceErrorString,
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.Test/TagHelpers/TestTagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorFactoryTagHelpers.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.Test/TagHelpers/TestTagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorFactoryTagHelpers.cs
index 69256a1ae9..34c50f6489 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.Test/TagHelpers/TestTagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorFactoryTagHelpers.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.Test/TagHelpers/TestTagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorFactoryTagHelpers.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,23 @@ using Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.TagHelpers;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.TagHelpers
 {
+    [HtmlTargetElement("input", ParentTag = "div")]
+    public class RequiredParentTagHelper : TagHelper
+    {
+    }
+
+    [HtmlTargetElement("p", ParentTag = "div")]
+    [HtmlTargetElement("input", ParentTag = "section")]
+    public class MultiSpecifiedRequiredParentTagHelper : TagHelper
+    {
+    }
+
+    [HtmlTargetElement("p")]
+    [HtmlTargetElement("input", ParentTag = "div")]
+    public class MultiWithUnspecifiedRequiredParentTagHelper : TagHelper
+    {
+    }
+
 
     [RestrictChildren("p")]
     public class RestrictChildrenTagHelper
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Test/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorProviderTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Test/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorProviderTest.cs
index 0c0565fcb5..899bfe1741 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Test/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorProviderTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Test/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorProviderTest.cs
@@ -4,12 +4,94 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Runtime.TagHelpers;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Test.Internal;
 using Xunit;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
 {
     public class TagHelperDescriptorProviderTest
     {
+        public static TheoryData RequiredParentData
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                var strongPParent = new TagHelperDescriptor
+                {
+                    TagName = "strong",
+                    TypeName = "StrongTagHelper",
+                    AssemblyName = "SomeAssembly",
+                    RequiredParent = "p",
+                };
+                var strongDivParent = new TagHelperDescriptor
+                {
+                    TagName = "strong",
+                    TypeName = "StrongTagHelper",
+                    AssemblyName = "SomeAssembly",
+                    RequiredParent = "div",
+                };
+                var catchAllPParent = new TagHelperDescriptor
+                {
+                    TagName = "*",
+                    TypeName = "CatchAllTagHelper",
+                    AssemblyName = "SomeAssembly",
+                    RequiredParent = "p",
+                };
+
+                return new TheoryData<
+                    string, // tagName
+                    string, // parentTagName
+                    IEnumerable<TagHelperDescriptor>, // availableDescriptors
+                    IEnumerable<TagHelperDescriptor>> // expectedDescriptors
+                {
+                    {
+                        "strong",
+                        "p",
+                        new[] { strongPParent, strongDivParent },
+                        new[] { strongPParent }
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "strong",
+                        "div",
+                        new[] { strongPParent, strongDivParent, catchAllPParent },
+                        new[] { strongDivParent }
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "strong",
+                        "p",
+                        new[] { strongPParent, strongDivParent, catchAllPParent },
+                        new[] { strongPParent, catchAllPParent }
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "custom",
+                        "p",
+                        new[] { strongPParent, strongDivParent, catchAllPParent },
+                        new[] { catchAllPParent }
+                    },
+                };
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [MemberData(nameof(RequiredParentData))]
+        public void GetDescriptors_ReturnsDescriptorsWithRequiredAttributes(
+            string tagName,
+            string parentTagName,
+            IEnumerable<TagHelperDescriptor> availableDescriptors,
+            IEnumerable<TagHelperDescriptor> expectedDescriptors)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var provider = new TagHelperDescriptorProvider(availableDescriptors);
+
+            // Act
+            var resolvedDescriptors = provider.GetDescriptors(
+                tagName,
+                attributeNames: Enumerable.Empty<string>(),
+                parentTagName: parentTagName);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal(expectedDescriptors, resolvedDescriptors, CaseSensitiveTagHelperDescriptorComparer.Default);
+        }
+
         public static TheoryData RequiredAttributeData
         {
             get
@@ -163,10 +245,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
             var provider = new TagHelperDescriptorProvider(availableDescriptors);
 
             // Act
-            var resolvedDescriptors = provider.GetDescriptors(tagName, providedAttributes);
+            var resolvedDescriptors = provider.GetDescriptors(tagName, providedAttributes, parentTagName: "p");
 
             // Assert
-            Assert.Equal(expectedDescriptors, resolvedDescriptors, TagHelperDescriptorComparer.Default);
+            Assert.Equal(expectedDescriptors, resolvedDescriptors, CaseSensitiveTagHelperDescriptorComparer.Default);
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -181,7 +263,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
             var provider = new TagHelperDescriptorProvider(descriptors);
 
             // Act
-            var resolvedDescriptors = provider.GetDescriptors("th", attributeNames: Enumerable.Empty<string>());
+            var resolvedDescriptors = provider.GetDescriptors(
+                tagName: "th",
+                attributeNames: Enumerable.Empty<string>(),
+                parentTagName: "p");
 
             // Assert
             Assert.Empty(resolvedDescriptors);
@@ -197,8 +282,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
             var provider = new TagHelperDescriptorProvider(descriptors);
 
             // Act
-            var retrievedDescriptorsDiv = provider.GetDescriptors("th:div", attributeNames: Enumerable.Empty<string>());
-            var retrievedDescriptorsSpan = provider.GetDescriptors("th2:span", attributeNames: Enumerable.Empty<string>());
+            var retrievedDescriptorsDiv = provider.GetDescriptors(
+                tagName: "th:div",
+                attributeNames: Enumerable.Empty<string>(),
+                parentTagName: "p");
+            var retrievedDescriptorsSpan = provider.GetDescriptors(
+                tagName: "th2:span",
+                attributeNames: Enumerable.Empty<string>(),
+                parentTagName: "p");
 
             // Assert
             var descriptor = Assert.Single(retrievedDescriptorsDiv);
@@ -215,8 +306,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
             var provider = new TagHelperDescriptorProvider(descriptors);
 
             // Act
-            var retrievedDescriptorsDiv = provider.GetDescriptors("th:div", attributeNames: Enumerable.Empty<string>());
-            var retrievedDescriptorsSpan = provider.GetDescriptors("th:span", attributeNames: Enumerable.Empty<string>());
+            var retrievedDescriptorsDiv = provider.GetDescriptors(
+                tagName: "th:div",
+                attributeNames: Enumerable.Empty<string>(),
+                parentTagName: "p");
+            var retrievedDescriptorsSpan = provider.GetDescriptors(
+                tagName: "th:span",
+                attributeNames: Enumerable.Empty<string>(),
+                parentTagName: "p");
 
             // Assert
             var descriptor = Assert.Single(retrievedDescriptorsDiv);
@@ -234,7 +331,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
             var provider = new TagHelperDescriptorProvider(descriptors);
 
             // Act
-            var retrievedDescriptors = provider.GetDescriptors("th:div", attributeNames: Enumerable.Empty<string>());
+            var retrievedDescriptors = provider.GetDescriptors(
+                tagName: "th:div",
+                attributeNames: Enumerable.Empty<string>(),
+                parentTagName: "p");
 
             // Assert
             var descriptor = Assert.Single(retrievedDescriptors);
@@ -252,7 +352,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
             var provider = new TagHelperDescriptorProvider(descriptors);
 
             // Act
-            var retrievedDescriptorsDiv = provider.GetDescriptors("div", attributeNames: Enumerable.Empty<string>());
+            var retrievedDescriptorsDiv = provider.GetDescriptors(
+                tagName: "div",
+                attributeNames: Enumerable.Empty<string>(),
+                parentTagName: "p");
 
             // Assert
             Assert.Empty(retrievedDescriptorsDiv);
@@ -278,7 +381,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
             var provider = new TagHelperDescriptorProvider(descriptors);
 
             // Act
-            var retrievedDescriptors = provider.GetDescriptors("foo", attributeNames: Enumerable.Empty<string>());
+            var retrievedDescriptors = provider.GetDescriptors(
+                tagName: "foo",
+                attributeNames: Enumerable.Empty<string>(),
+                parentTagName: "p");
 
             // Assert
             Assert.Empty(retrievedDescriptors);
@@ -310,8 +416,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
             var provider = new TagHelperDescriptorProvider(descriptors);
 
             // Act
-            var divDescriptors = provider.GetDescriptors("div", attributeNames: Enumerable.Empty<string>());
-            var spanDescriptors = provider.GetDescriptors("span", attributeNames: Enumerable.Empty<string>());
+            var divDescriptors = provider.GetDescriptors(
+                tagName: "div",
+                attributeNames: Enumerable.Empty<string>(),
+                parentTagName: "p");
+            var spanDescriptors = provider.GetDescriptors(
+                tagName: "span",
+                attributeNames: Enumerable.Empty<string>(),
+                parentTagName: "p");
 
             // Assert
             // For divs
@@ -339,7 +451,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
             var provider = new TagHelperDescriptorProvider(descriptors);
 
             // Act
-            var retrievedDescriptors = provider.GetDescriptors("div", attributeNames: Enumerable.Empty<string>());
+            var retrievedDescriptors = provider.GetDescriptors(
+                tagName: "div",
+                attributeNames: Enumerable.Empty<string>(),
+                parentTagName: "p");
 
             // Assert
             var descriptor = Assert.Single(retrievedDescriptors);
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Test/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Test/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorTest.cs
index cdce725540..f5a94afc79 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Test/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Test/TagHelpers/TagHelperDescriptorTest.cs
@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
                 AssemblyName =  "assembly name",
                 RequiredAttributes = new[] { "required attribute one", "required attribute two" },
                 AllowedChildren = new[] { "allowed child one" },
+                RequiredParent = "parent name",
                 DesignTimeDescriptor = new TagHelperDesignTimeDescriptor
                 {
                     Summary = "usage summary",
                     Remarks = "usage remarks",
                     OutputElementHint = "some-tag"
-                }
+                },
             };
 
             var expectedSerializedDescriptor =
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
                 $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.RequiredAttributes) }\":" +
                 "[\"required attribute one\",\"required attribute two\"]," +
                 $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.AllowedChildren) }\":[\"allowed child one\"]," +
+                $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.RequiredParent) }\":\"parent name\"," +
                 $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.TagStructure) }\":0," +
                 $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.DesignTimeDescriptor) }\":{{"+
                 $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDesignTimeDescriptor.Summary) }\":\"usage summary\"," +
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
                 $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperAttributeDescriptor.DesignTimeDescriptor) }\":null}}]," +
                 $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.RequiredAttributes) }\":[]," +
                 $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.AllowedChildren) }\":null," +
+                $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.RequiredParent) }\":null," +
                 $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.TagStructure) }\":1," +
                 $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.DesignTimeDescriptor) }\":null}}";
 
@@ -143,7 +146,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
                         IsStringProperty = true
                     },
                 },
-                AllowedChildren = new[] { "allowed child one", "allowed child two" }
+                AllowedChildren = new[] { "allowed child one", "allowed child two" },
+                RequiredParent = "parent name"
             };
 
             var expectedSerializedDescriptor =
@@ -167,6 +171,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
                 $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperAttributeDescriptor.DesignTimeDescriptor) }\":null}}]," +
                 $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.RequiredAttributes) }\":[]," +
                 $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.AllowedChildren) }\":[\"allowed child one\",\"allowed child two\"]," +
+                $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.RequiredParent) }\":\"parent name\"," +
                 $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.TagStructure) }\":0," +
                 $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.DesignTimeDescriptor) }\":null}}";
 
@@ -191,6 +196,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
                 $"\"{nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.RequiredAttributes)}\":" +
                 "[\"required attribute one\",\"required attribute two\"]," +
                 $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.AllowedChildren) }\":[\"allowed child one\",\"allowed child two\"]," +
+                $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.RequiredParent) }\":\"parent name\"," +
                 $"\"{nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.TagStructure)}\":2," +
                 $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.DesignTimeDescriptor) }\":{{" +
                 $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDesignTimeDescriptor.Summary) }\":\"usage summary\"," +
@@ -204,6 +210,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
                 AssemblyName = "assembly name",
                 RequiredAttributes = new[] { "required attribute one", "required attribute two" },
                 AllowedChildren = new[] { "allowed child one", "allowed child two" },
+                RequiredParent = "parent name",
                 DesignTimeDescriptor = new TagHelperDesignTimeDescriptor
                 {
                     Summary = "usage summary",
@@ -255,6 +262,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
                 $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperAttributeDescriptor.DesignTimeDescriptor) }\":null}}]," +
                 $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.RequiredAttributes) }\":[]," +
                 $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.AllowedChildren) }\":null," +
+                $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.RequiredParent) }\":null," +
                 $"\"{nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.TagStructure)}\":0," +
                 $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.DesignTimeDescriptor) }\":null}}";
             var expectedDescriptor = new TagHelperDescriptor
@@ -321,6 +329,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.TagHelpers
                 $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperAttributeDescriptor.DesignTimeDescriptor) }\":null}}]," +
                 $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.RequiredAttributes) }\":[]," +
                 $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.AllowedChildren) }\":null," +
+                $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.RequiredParent) }\":null," +
                 $"\"{nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.TagStructure)}\":1," +
                 $"\"{ nameof(TagHelperDescriptor.DesignTimeDescriptor) }\":null}}";
             var expectedDescriptor = new TagHelperDescriptor
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Test/TagHelpers/TagHelperParseTreeRewriterTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Test/TagHelpers/TagHelperParseTreeRewriterTest.cs
index 37d61f6c49..ec695afd9c 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Test/TagHelpers/TagHelperParseTreeRewriterTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Test/TagHelpers/TagHelperParseTreeRewriterTest.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,330 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Razor.Test.TagHelpers
 {
     public class TagHelperParseTreeRewriterTest : TagHelperRewritingTestBase
     {
+        public static TheoryData PartialRequiredParentData
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                var factory = CreateDefaultSpanFactory();
+                var blockFactory = new BlockFactory(factory);
+                Func<int, string, RazorError> errorFormatUnclosed = (location, tagName) =>
+                    new RazorError(
+                        $"Found a malformed '{tagName}' tag helper. Tag helpers must have a start and end tag or be " +
+                        "self closing.",
+                        new SourceLocation(location, 0, location),
+                        tagName.Length);
+                Func<int, string, RazorError> errorFormatNoCloseAngle = (location, tagName) =>
+                    new RazorError(
+                        $"Missing close angle for tag helper '{tagName}'.",
+                        new SourceLocation(location, 0, location),
+                        tagName.Length);
+
+                // documentContent, expectedOutput, expectedErrors
+                return new TheoryData<string, MarkupBlock, RazorError[]>
+                {
+                    {
+                        "<p><strong>",
+                        new MarkupBlock(
+                            new MarkupTagHelperBlock("p",
+                                new MarkupTagHelperBlock("strong"))),
+                        new[] { errorFormatUnclosed(1, "p"), errorFormatUnclosed(4, "strong") }
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "<p><strong></strong>",
+                        new MarkupBlock(
+                            new MarkupTagHelperBlock("p",
+                                new MarkupTagHelperBlock("strong"))),
+                        new[] { errorFormatUnclosed(1, "p") }
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "<p><strong></p><strong>",
+                        new MarkupBlock(
+                            new MarkupTagHelperBlock("p",
+                                new MarkupTagHelperBlock("strong")),
+                            blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("<strong>")),
+                        new[] { errorFormatUnclosed(4, "strong") }
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "<<p><<strong></</strong</strong></p>",
+                        new MarkupBlock(
+                            blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("<"),
+                            new MarkupTagHelperBlock("p",
+                                blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("<"),
+                                new MarkupTagHelperBlock("strong",
+                                    blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("</")),
+                                blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("</strong>"))),
+                        new[] { errorFormatNoCloseAngle(17, "strong"), errorFormatUnclosed(25, "strong") }
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "<<p><<strong></</strong></strong></p>",
+                        new MarkupBlock(
+                            blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("<"),
+                            new MarkupTagHelperBlock("p",
+                                blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("<"),
+                                new MarkupTagHelperBlock("strong",
+                                    blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("</")),
+                                blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("</strong>"))),
+                        new[] { errorFormatUnclosed(26, "strong") }
+                    },
+
+                    {
+                        "<<p><<custom></<</custom></custom></p>",
+                        new MarkupBlock(
+                            blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("<"),
+                            new MarkupTagHelperBlock("p",
+                                blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("<"),
+                                new MarkupTagHelperBlock("custom",
+                                    blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("</"),
+                                    blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("<")),
+                                blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("</custom>"))),
+                        new[] { errorFormatUnclosed(27, "custom") }
+                    },
+                };
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [MemberData(nameof(PartialRequiredParentData))]
+        public void Rewrite_UnderstandsPartialRequiredParentTags(
+            string documentContent,
+            MarkupBlock expectedOutput,
+            RazorError[] expectedErrors)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var descriptors = new TagHelperDescriptor[]
+            {
+                new TagHelperDescriptor
+                {
+                    TagName = "strong",
+                    TypeName = "StrongTagHelper",
+                    AssemblyName = "SomeAssembly",
+                    RequiredParent = "p",
+                },
+                new TagHelperDescriptor
+                {
+                    TagName = "strong",
+                    TypeName = "StrongTagHelper",
+                    AssemblyName = "SomeAssembly",
+                    RequiredParent = "div",
+                },
+                new TagHelperDescriptor
+                {
+                    TagName = "*",
+                    TypeName = "CatchALlTagHelper",
+                    AssemblyName = "SomeAssembly",
+                    RequiredParent = "p",
+                },
+                new TagHelperDescriptor
+                {
+                    TagName = "p",
+                    TypeName = "PTagHelper",
+                    AssemblyName = "SomeAssembly"
+                }
+            };
+            var descriptorProvider = new TagHelperDescriptorProvider(descriptors);
+
+            // Act & Assert
+            EvaluateData(descriptorProvider, documentContent, expectedOutput, expectedErrors);
+        }
+
+        public static TheoryData NestedVoidSelfClosingRequiredParentData
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                var factory = CreateDefaultSpanFactory();
+                var blockFactory = new BlockFactory(factory);
+
+                // documentContent, expectedOutput
+                return new TheoryData<string, MarkupBlock>
+                {
+                    {
+                        "<input><strong></strong>",
+                        new MarkupBlock(
+                            new MarkupTagHelperBlock("input", TagMode.StartTagOnly),
+                            blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("<strong>"),
+                            blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("</strong>"))
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "<p><input><strong></strong></p>",
+                        new MarkupBlock(
+                            new MarkupTagHelperBlock("p",
+                                new MarkupTagHelperBlock("input", TagMode.StartTagOnly),
+                                new MarkupTagHelperBlock("strong")))
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "<p><br><strong></strong></p>",
+                        new MarkupBlock(
+                            new MarkupTagHelperBlock("p",
+                                blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("<br>"),
+                                new MarkupTagHelperBlock("strong")))
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "<p><p><br></p><strong></strong></p>",
+                        new MarkupBlock(
+                            new MarkupTagHelperBlock("p",
+                                new MarkupTagHelperBlock("p",
+                                    blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("<br>")),
+                                new MarkupTagHelperBlock("strong")))
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "<input><strong></strong>",
+                        new MarkupBlock(
+                            new MarkupTagHelperBlock("input", TagMode.StartTagOnly),
+                            blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("<strong>"),
+                            blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("</strong>"))
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "<p><input /><strong /></p>",
+                        new MarkupBlock(
+                            new MarkupTagHelperBlock("p",
+                                new MarkupTagHelperBlock("input", TagMode.SelfClosing),
+                                new MarkupTagHelperBlock("strong", TagMode.SelfClosing)))
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "<p><br /><strong /></p>",
+                        new MarkupBlock(
+                            new MarkupTagHelperBlock("p",
+                                blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("<br />"),
+                                new MarkupTagHelperBlock("strong", TagMode.SelfClosing)))
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "<p><p><br /></p><strong /></p>",
+                        new MarkupBlock(
+                            new MarkupTagHelperBlock("p",
+                                new MarkupTagHelperBlock("p",
+                                    blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("<br />")),
+                                new MarkupTagHelperBlock("strong", TagMode.SelfClosing)))
+                    },
+                };
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [MemberData(nameof(NestedVoidSelfClosingRequiredParentData))]
+        public void Rewrite_UnderstandsNestedVoidSelfClosingRequiredParent(
+            string documentContent,
+            MarkupBlock expectedOutput)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var descriptors = new TagHelperDescriptor[]
+            {
+                new TagHelperDescriptor
+                {
+                    TagName = "input",
+                    TypeName = "InputTagHelper",
+                    AssemblyName = "SomeAssembly",
+                    TagStructure = TagStructure.WithoutEndTag,
+                },
+                new TagHelperDescriptor
+                {
+                    TagName = "strong",
+                    TypeName = "StrongTagHelper",
+                    AssemblyName = "SomeAssembly",
+                    RequiredParent = "p",
+                },
+                new TagHelperDescriptor
+                {
+                    TagName = "strong",
+                    TypeName = "StrongTagHelper",
+                    AssemblyName = "SomeAssembly",
+                    RequiredParent = "input",
+                },
+                new TagHelperDescriptor
+                {
+                    TagName = "p",
+                    TypeName = "PTagHelper",
+                    AssemblyName = "SomeAssembly"
+                }
+            };
+            var descriptorProvider = new TagHelperDescriptorProvider(descriptors);
+
+            // Act & Assert
+            EvaluateData(descriptorProvider, documentContent, expectedOutput, expectedErrors: new RazorError[0]);
+        }
+
+        public static TheoryData NestedRequiredParentData
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                var factory = CreateDefaultSpanFactory();
+                var blockFactory = new BlockFactory(factory);
+
+                // documentContent, expectedOutput
+                return new TheoryData<string, MarkupBlock>
+                {
+                    {
+                        "<strong></strong>",
+                        new MarkupBlock(
+                            blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("<strong>"),
+                            blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("</strong>"))
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "<p><strong></strong></p>",
+                        new MarkupBlock(
+                            new MarkupTagHelperBlock("p",
+                                new MarkupTagHelperBlock("strong")))
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "<div><strong></strong></div>",
+                        new MarkupBlock(
+                            blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("<div>"),
+                            new MarkupTagHelperBlock("strong"),
+                            blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("</div>"))
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "<strong><strong></strong></strong>",
+                        new MarkupBlock(
+                            blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("<strong>"),
+                            blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("<strong>"),
+                            blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("</strong>"),
+                            blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("</strong>"))
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "<p><strong><strong></strong></strong></p>",
+                        new MarkupBlock(
+                            new MarkupTagHelperBlock("p",
+                                new MarkupTagHelperBlock("strong",
+                                    blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("<strong>"),
+                                    blockFactory.MarkupTagBlock("</strong>"))))
+                    },
+                };
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [MemberData(nameof(NestedRequiredParentData))]
+        public void Rewrite_UnderstandsNestedRequiredParent(string documentContent, MarkupBlock expectedOutput)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var descriptors = new TagHelperDescriptor[]
+            {
+                new TagHelperDescriptor
+                {
+                    TagName = "strong",
+                    TypeName = "StrongTagHelper",
+                    AssemblyName = "SomeAssembly",
+                    RequiredParent = "p",
+                },
+                new TagHelperDescriptor
+                {
+                    TagName = "strong",
+                    TypeName = "StrongTagHelper",
+                    AssemblyName = "SomeAssembly",
+                    RequiredParent = "div",
+                },
+                new TagHelperDescriptor
+                {
+                    TagName = "p",
+                    TypeName = "PTagHelper",
+                    AssemblyName = "SomeAssembly"
+                }
+            };
+            var descriptorProvider = new TagHelperDescriptorProvider(descriptors);
+
+            // Act & Assert
+            EvaluateData(descriptorProvider, documentContent, expectedOutput, expectedErrors: new RazorError[0]);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void Rewrite_UnderstandsTagHelperPrefixAndAllowedChildren()
         {