diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/MissingMemberHandlingTests.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/MissingMemberHandlingTests.cs
index 23748d85..470ec813 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/MissingMemberHandlingTests.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/MissingMemberHandlingTests.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.TestObjects;
 #if DNXCORE50
 using Xunit;
@@ -154,6 +155,20 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Serialization
             });
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void MissingErrorAttribute()
+        {
+            string json = @"{""Missing"":1}";
+
+            ExceptionAssert.Throws<JsonSerializationException>(() => { JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<NameWithMissingError>(json); }, "Could not find member 'Missing' on object of type 'NameWithMissingError'. Path 'Missing', line 1, position 11.");
+        }
+
+        [JsonObject(MissingMemberHandling = MissingMemberHandling.Error)]
+        public class NameWithMissingError
+        {
+            public string First { get; set; }
+        }
+
         public class Name
         {
             public string First { get; set; }
@@ -215,5 +230,46 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Serialization
             Assert.AreEqual(1, errors.Count);
             Assert.AreEqual("Could not find member 'firstERROR' on object of type 'Name'. Path 'name.firstERROR', line 1, position 20.", errors[0]);
         }
+
+        [JsonObject(MissingMemberHandling = MissingMemberHandling.Ignore)]
+        public class SimpleExtendableObject
+        {
+            [JsonExtensionData]
+            public IDictionary<string, object> Data { get; } = new Dictionary<string, object>();
+        }
+
+        public class ObjectWithExtendableChild
+        {
+            public SimpleExtendableObject Data;
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestMissingMemberHandlingForDirectObjects()
+        {
+            string json = @"{""extensionData1"": [1,2,3]}";
+            SimpleExtendableObject e2 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<SimpleExtendableObject>(json, new JsonSerializerSettings { MissingMemberHandling = MissingMemberHandling.Error });
+            JArray o1 = (JArray)e2.Data["extensionData1"];
+            Assert.AreEqual(JTokenType.Array, o1.Type);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestMissingMemberHandlingForChildObjects()
+        {
+            string json = @"{""Data"":{""extensionData1"": [1,2,3]}}";
+            ObjectWithExtendableChild e3 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ObjectWithExtendableChild>(json, new JsonSerializerSettings { MissingMemberHandling = MissingMemberHandling.Error });
+            JArray o1 = (JArray)e3.Data.Data["extensionData1"];
+            Assert.AreEqual(JTokenType.Array, o1.Type);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestMissingMemberHandlingForChildObjectsWithInvalidData()
+        {
+            string json = @"{""InvalidData"":{""extensionData1"": [1,2,3]}}";
+
+            ExceptionAssert.Throws<JsonSerializationException>(() =>
+            {
+                JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ObjectWithExtendableChild>(json, new JsonSerializerSettings { MissingMemberHandling = MissingMemberHandling.Error });
+            }, "Could not find member 'InvalidData' on object of type 'ObjectWithExtendableChild'. Path 'InvalidData', line 1, position 15.");
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonObjectAttribute.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonObjectAttribute.cs
index a5c35e42..4ad8a7af 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonObjectAttribute.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonObjectAttribute.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json
     public sealed class JsonObjectAttribute : JsonContainerAttribute
     {
         private MemberSerialization _memberSerialization = MemberSerialization.OptOut;
-        
+        internal MissingMemberHandling? _missingMemberHandling;
+
         // yuck. can't set nullable properties on an attribute in C#
         // have to use this approach to get an unset default state
         internal Required? _itemRequired;
@@ -50,6 +51,16 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json
             set => _memberSerialization = value;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the missing member handling used when deserializing this object.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The missing member handling.</value>
+        public MissingMemberHandling MissingMemberHandling
+        {
+            get => _missingMemberHandling ?? default;
+            set => _missingMemberHandling = value;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets how the object's properties with null values are handled during serialization and deserialization.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/DefaultContractResolver.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/DefaultContractResolver.cs
index adb29472..a3b934b8 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/DefaultContractResolver.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/DefaultContractResolver.cs
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization
             {
                 contract.ItemRequired = attribute._itemRequired;
                 contract.ItemNullValueHandling = attribute._itemNullValueHandling;
+                contract.MissingMemberHandling = attribute._missingMemberHandling;
 
                 if (attribute.NamingStrategyType != null)
                 {
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonObjectContract.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonObjectContract.cs
index aeb5410e..0a839a85 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonObjectContract.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonObjectContract.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization
         /// <value>The member object serialization.</value>
         public MemberSerialization MemberSerialization { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the missing member handling used when deserializing this object.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The missing member handling.</value>
+        public MissingMemberHandling? MissingMemberHandling { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the object's properties are required.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonSerializerInternalReader.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonSerializerInternalReader.cs
index 6ad8abee..d0ee4d52 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonSerializerInternalReader.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonSerializerInternalReader.cs
@@ -2223,7 +2223,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization
                                 TraceWriter.Trace(TraceLevel.Verbose, JsonPosition.FormatMessage(reader as IJsonLineInfo, reader.Path, "Could not find member '{0}' on {1}.".FormatWith(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, memberName, contract.UnderlyingType)), null);
                             }
 
-                            if (Serializer._missingMemberHandling == MissingMemberHandling.Error)
+                            if ((contract.MissingMemberHandling ?? Serializer._missingMemberHandling) == MissingMemberHandling.Error)
                             {
                                 throw JsonSerializationException.Create(reader, "Could not find member '{0}' on object of type '{1}'".FormatWith(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, memberName, objectType.Name));
                             }
@@ -2342,7 +2342,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization
                                     TraceWriter.Trace(TraceLevel.Verbose, JsonPosition.FormatMessage(reader as IJsonLineInfo, reader.Path, "Could not find member '{0}' on {1}".FormatWith(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, propertyName, contract.UnderlyingType)), null);
                                 }
 
-                                if (Serializer._missingMemberHandling == MissingMemberHandling.Error)
+                                if ((contract.MissingMemberHandling ?? Serializer._missingMemberHandling) == MissingMemberHandling.Error)
                                 {
                                     throw JsonSerializationException.Create(reader, "Could not find member '{0}' on object of type '{1}'".FormatWith(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, propertyName, contract.UnderlyingType.Name));
                                 }