diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 1b2e1a7f9b..6c081e6347 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ You might be looking for:
 
 ### Version 1.13.0-SNAPSHOT - TBD (javadoc [lib](https://diffplug.github.io/spotless/javadoc/spotless-lib/snapshot/) [lib-extra](https://diffplug.github.io/spotless/javadoc/spotless-lib-extra/snapshot/), [snapshot repo](https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/com/diffplug/spotless/))
 
+* Add line and column numbers to ktlint errors. ([#251](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/251))
+
 ### Version 1.12.0 - May 14th 2018 (javadoc [lib](https://diffplug.github.io/spotless/javadoc/spotless-lib/1.11.0/) [lib-extra](https://diffplug.github.io/spotless/javadoc/spotless-lib-extra/1.12.0/), artifact [lib]([jcenter](https://bintray.com/diffplug/opensource/spotless-lib), [lib-extra]([jcenter](https://bintray.com/diffplug/opensource/spotless-lib-extra)))
 
 * Fixed a bug in `LicenseHeaderStep` which caused an exception with some malformed date-aware licenses. ([#222](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/222))
diff --git a/lib/src/main/java/com/diffplug/spotless/kotlin/KtLintStep.java b/lib/src/main/java/com/diffplug/spotless/kotlin/KtLintStep.java
index 7762d4bb1a..5f3dff5d86 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/java/com/diffplug/spotless/kotlin/KtLintStep.java
+++ b/lib/src/main/java/com/diffplug/spotless/kotlin/KtLintStep.java
@@ -101,13 +101,17 @@ FormatterFunc createFormat() throws Exception {
 			Class<?> function2Interface = classLoader.loadClass("kotlin.jvm.functions.Function2");
 			Class<?> lintErrorClass = classLoader.loadClass("com.github.shyiko.ktlint.core.LintError");
 			Method detailGetter = lintErrorClass.getMethod("getDetail");
+			Method lineGetter = lintErrorClass.getMethod("getLine");
+			Method colGetter = lintErrorClass.getMethod("getCol");
 			Object formatterCallback = Proxy.newProxyInstance(classLoader, new Class[]{function2Interface},
 					(proxy, method, args) -> {
 						Object lintError = args[0]; // com.github.shyiko.ktlint.core.LintError
 						boolean corrected = (Boolean) args[1];
 						if (!corrected) {
 							String detail = (String) detailGetter.invoke(lintError);
-							throw new AssertionError(detail);
+							int line = (Integer) lineGetter.invoke(lintError);
+							int col = (Integer) colGetter.invoke(lintError);
+							throw new AssertionError("Error on line: " + line + ", column: " + col + "\n" + detail);
 						}
 						return null;
 					});
diff --git a/plugin-gradle/CHANGES.md b/plugin-gradle/CHANGES.md
index d5dc45392e..8cf862fde6 100644
--- a/plugin-gradle/CHANGES.md
+++ b/plugin-gradle/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ### Version 3.13.0-SNAPSHOT - TBD ([javadoc](https://diffplug.github.io/spotless/javadoc/snapshot/), [snapshot](https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/com/diffplug/spotless/spotless-plugin-gradle/))
 
+* Add line and column numbers to ktlint errors. ([#251](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/251))
+
 ### Version 3.12.0 - May 14th 2018 ([javadoc](https://diffplug.github.io/spotless/javadoc/spotless-plugin-gradle/3.11.0/), [jcenter](https://bintray.com/diffplug/opensource/spotless-plugin-gradle/3.11.0))
 
 * Migrated `plugin-gradle`'s tests away from `TaskInternal#execute` to a custom method to help with Gradle 5.0 migration later on. ([#208](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/208))
diff --git a/testlib/src/test/java/com/diffplug/spotless/kotlin/KtLintStepTest.java b/testlib/src/test/java/com/diffplug/spotless/kotlin/KtLintStepTest.java
index 931d5f7a65..258fad4677 100644
--- a/testlib/src/test/java/com/diffplug/spotless/kotlin/KtLintStepTest.java
+++ b/testlib/src/test/java/com/diffplug/spotless/kotlin/KtLintStepTest.java
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ public void behavior() throws Exception {
 				.testResource("kotlin/ktlint/basic.dirty", "kotlin/ktlint/basic.clean")
 				.testException("kotlin/ktlint/unsolvable.dirty", assertion -> {
 					assertion.isInstanceOf(AssertionError.class);
-					assertion.hasMessage("Wildcard import");
+					assertion.hasMessage("Error on line: 1, column: 1\n" +
+							"Wildcard import");
 				});
 	}