diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions/InjectDirective.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions/InjectDirective.cs
index dcc1ed41c8..903f5a2185 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions/InjectDirective.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions/InjectDirective.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions
         public static readonly DirectiveDescriptor Directive = DirectiveDescriptor.CreateDirective(
             "inject",
             DirectiveKind.SingleLine,
-            builder => builder.AddTypeToken().AddMemberToken());
+            builder =>
+            {
+                builder.AddTypeToken().AddMemberToken();
+                builder.Usage = DirectiveUsage.FileScopedMultipleOccurring;
+            });
 
         public static IRazorEngineBuilder Register(IRazorEngineBuilder builder)
         {
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions.Test/TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives_DesignTime.diagnostics.txt b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions.Test/TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives_DesignTime.diagnostics.txt
index 21345e2ab8..e76e803b55 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions.Test/TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives_DesignTime.diagnostics.txt
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions.Test/TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives_DesignTime.diagnostics.txt
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives.cs
 TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives.cshtml(7,7): Error RZ9999: The 'model' directive expects a type name.
 TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives.cshtml(8,1): Error RZ9999: The 'model' directive may only occur once per document.
 TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives.cshtml(8,8): Error RZ9999: The 'model' directive expects a type name.
+TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives.cshtml(10,1): Error RZ9999: The 'inject' directive must exist prior to markup or code.
 TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives.cshtml(10,8): Error RZ9999: The 'inject' directive expects a type name.
+TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives.cshtml(11,1): Error RZ9999: The 'inject' directive must exist prior to markup or code.
 TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives.cshtml(11,9): Error RZ9999: The 'inject' directive expects a type name.
+TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives.cshtml(12,1): Error RZ9999: The 'inject' directive must exist prior to markup or code.
 TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives.cshtml(12,26): Error RZ9999: The 'inject' directive expects an identifier.
 TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives.cshtml(14,1): Error RZ9999: The 'namespace' directive must exist prior to markup or code.
 TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives.cshtml(14,11): Error RZ9999: The 'namespace' directive expects a namespace name.
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions.Test/TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives_Runtime.diagnostics.txt b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions.Test/TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives_Runtime.diagnostics.txt
index 21345e2ab8..e76e803b55 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions.Test/TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives_Runtime.diagnostics.txt
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Extensions.Test/TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives_Runtime.diagnostics.txt
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives.cs
 TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives.cshtml(7,7): Error RZ9999: The 'model' directive expects a type name.
 TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives.cshtml(8,1): Error RZ9999: The 'model' directive may only occur once per document.
 TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives.cshtml(8,8): Error RZ9999: The 'model' directive expects a type name.
+TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives.cshtml(10,1): Error RZ9999: The 'inject' directive must exist prior to markup or code.
 TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives.cshtml(10,8): Error RZ9999: The 'inject' directive expects a type name.
+TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives.cshtml(11,1): Error RZ9999: The 'inject' directive must exist prior to markup or code.
 TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives.cshtml(11,9): Error RZ9999: The 'inject' directive expects a type name.
+TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives.cshtml(12,1): Error RZ9999: The 'inject' directive must exist prior to markup or code.
 TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives.cshtml(12,26): Error RZ9999: The 'inject' directive expects an identifier.
 TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives.cshtml(14,1): Error RZ9999: The 'namespace' directive must exist prior to markup or code.
 TestFiles/IntegrationTests/CodeGenerationIntegrationTest/IncompleteDirectives.cshtml(14,11): Error RZ9999: The 'namespace' directive expects a namespace name.