diff --git a/Lib/test/regrtest.py b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
index a3239650555..df8a7b0b411 100755
--- a/Lib/test/regrtest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
@@ -370,6 +370,10 @@ def main(tests=None, testdir=None, verbose=0, quiet=False,
             print()   # Force a newline (just in case)
             print(json.dumps(result))
             sys.exit(0)
+        else:
+            print(("No handler for option {}.  Please report this as a bug "
+                  "at http://bugs.python.org.").format(o), file=sys.stderr)
+            sys.exit(1)
     if single and fromfile:
         usage("-s and -f don't go together!")
     if use_mp and trace:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index bb1799a56a1..7f59447d986 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -378,6 +378,9 @@ Documentation
 Tests
 -----
 
+- Issue #7324: add a sanity check to regrtest argument parsing to
+  catch the case of an option with no handler.
+
 - Issue #7312: Add a -F flag to run the selected tests in a loop until
   a test fails.  Can be combined with -j.