diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Internal/AttributeRoute.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Internal/AttributeRoute.cs
index 2caa02cbb2..158fd66c49 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Internal/AttributeRoute.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Internal/AttributeRoute.cs
@@ -94,14 +94,24 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal
                     defaults.Add(kvp.Key, kvp.Value);
                 }
 
-                // We use the `NullRouter` as the route handler because we don't need to do anything for link
-                // generations. The TreeRouter does it all for us.
-                builder.MapOutbound(
-                    NullRouter.Instance,
-                    routeInfo.RouteTemplate, 
-                    defaults,
-                    routeInfo.RouteName, 
-                    routeInfo.Order);
+                try
+                {
+                    // We use the `NullRouter` as the route handler because we don't need to do anything for link
+                    // generations. The TreeRouter does it all for us.
+                    builder.MapOutbound(
+                        NullRouter.Instance,
+                        routeInfo.RouteTemplate,
+                        defaults,
+                        routeInfo.RouteName,
+                        routeInfo.Order);
+                }
+                catch (RouteCreationException routeCreationException)
+                {
+                    throw new RouteCreationException(
+                        "An error occurred while adding a route to the route builder. " +
+                        $"Route name '{routeInfo.RouteName}' and template '{routeInfo.RouteTemplate.TemplateText}'.",
+                        routeCreationException);
+                }
             }
 
             // We're creating one AttributeRouteMatchingEntry per group, so we need to identify the distinct set of
@@ -113,7 +123,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal
                 var handler = _handlerFactory(group.ToArray());
 
                 // Note that because we only support 'inline' defaults, each routeInfo group also has the same
-                // set of defaults. 
+                // set of defaults.
                 //
                 // We then inject the route group as a default for the matcher so it gets passed back to MVC
                 // for use in action selection.
@@ -167,7 +177,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal
                             e.ErrorMessage)));
 
                 var message = Resources.FormatAttributeRoute_AggregateErrorMessage(Environment.NewLine, allErrors);
-                throw new InvalidOperationException(message);
+                throw new RouteCreationException(message);
             }
 
             return routeInfos;
@@ -227,7 +237,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal
             public ActionDescriptor ActionDescriptor { get; set; }
 
             public string ErrorMessage { get; set; }
-            
+
             public int Order { get; set; }
 
             public string RouteName { get; set; }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Internal/AttributeRouteTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Internal/AttributeRouteTest.cs
index 2e99324d32..4d0408ed92 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Internal/AttributeRouteTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Internal/AttributeRouteTest.cs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal
             Assert.NotNull(context.Handler);
             Assert.Equal("5", context.RouteData.Values["key2"]);
             Assert.Same(actions[1], selected);
-            
+
             // Arrange 2 - remove the action and update the collection
             selected = null;
             actions.RemoveAt(1);
@@ -511,6 +511,40 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal
                 });
         }
 
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("")]
+        [InlineData("GetBlogById")]
+        public void AttributeRoute_ThrowsRouteCreationException_ForConstraintsNotTakingArguments(string routeName)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var routeTemplate = "api/Blog/{id:int(10)}";
+            var actions = new List<ActionDescriptor>()
+            {
+                new ActionDescriptor()
+                {
+                    AttributeRouteInfo = new AttributeRouteInfo()
+                    {
+                        Template = routeTemplate,
+                        Name = routeName
+                    }
+                },
+            };
+            var expectedErrorMessage = "An error occurred while adding a route to the route builder. " +
+                        $"Route name '{routeName}' and template '{routeTemplate}'.";
+
+            var builder = CreateBuilder();
+            var actionDescriptorProvider = CreateActionDescriptorProvider(actions);
+            var route = CreateRoute(CreateHandler().Object, actionDescriptorProvider.Object);
+
+            // Act & Assert
+            var exception = Assert.Throws<RouteCreationException>(() =>
+            {
+                route.AddEntries(builder, actionDescriptorProvider.Object.ActionDescriptors);
+            });
+            Assert.Equal(expectedErrorMessage, exception.Message);
+            Assert.IsType<RouteCreationException>(exception.InnerException);
+        }
+
         private static TreeRouteBuilder CreateBuilder()
         {
             var services = new ServiceCollection()
@@ -546,7 +580,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal
         }
 
         private static AttributeRoute CreateRoute(
-            IRouter handler, 
+            IRouter handler,
             IActionDescriptorCollectionProvider actionDescriptorProvider)
         {
             return CreateRoute((_) => handler, actionDescriptorProvider);
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Internal/AttributeRoutingTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Internal/AttributeRoutingTest.cs
index 5b77c4d995..f6eedb826e 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Internal/AttributeRoutingTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Internal/AttributeRoutingTest.cs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal
             var routeContext = new RouteContext(new DefaultHttpContext());
 
             // Act & Assert
-            var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<InvalidOperationException>(() => route.RouteAsync(routeContext));
+            var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<RouteCreationException>(() => route.RouteAsync(routeContext));
 
             Assert.Equal(expectedMessage, ex.Message);
         }
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal
             var route = AttributeRouting.CreateAttributeMegaRoute(services);
 
             // Act & Assert
-            var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<InvalidOperationException>(async () =>
+            var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<RouteCreationException>(async () =>
             {
                 await route.RouteAsync(new RouteContext(new DefaultHttpContext()));
             });
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal
             var route = AttributeRouting.CreateAttributeMegaRoute(services);
 
             // Act & Assert
-            var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<InvalidOperationException>(async () =>
+            var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<RouteCreationException>(async () =>
             {
                 await route.RouteAsync(new RouteContext(new DefaultHttpContext()));
             });
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal
             var route = AttributeRouting.CreateAttributeMegaRoute(services);
 
             // Act & Assert
-            var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<InvalidOperationException>(async () =>
+            var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<RouteCreationException>(async () =>
             {
                 await route.RouteAsync(new RouteContext(new DefaultHttpContext()));
             });