1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pylint/config/find_default_config_files.py b/pylint/config/find_default_config_files.py
index 92d333f0f..126ac4a1e 100644
--- a/pylint/config/find_default_config_files.py
+++ b/pylint/config/find_default_config_files.py
@@ -5,11 +5,17 @@ import configparser
 import os
 
 import toml
+from toml.decoder import TomlDecodeError
 
 
 def _toml_has_config(path):
     with open(path) as toml_handle:
-        content = toml.load(toml_handle)
+        try:
+            content = toml.load(toml_handle)
+        except TomlDecodeError as error:
+            print("Failed to load '{}': {}".format(path, str(error)))
+            return False
+
         try:
             content["tool"]["pylint"]
         except KeyError: