diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Collections/Collection.php b/src/Illuminate/Collections/Collection.php
index b6fa288d7a1b..7f40c863b465 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Collections/Collection.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Collections/Collection.php
@@ -1130,6 +1130,31 @@ public function sole($key = null, $operator = null, $value = null)
         return $items->first();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the first item in the collection but throw an exception if no matching items exist.
+     *
+     * @param  mixed  $key
+     * @param  mixed  $operator
+     * @param  mixed  $value
+     * @return mixed
+     *
+     * @throws \Illuminate\Collections\ItemNotFoundException
+     */
+    public function firstOrFail($key = null, $operator = null, $value = null)
+    {
+        $filter = func_num_args() > 1
+            ? $this->operatorForWhere(...func_get_args())
+            : $key;
+
+        $items = $this->when($filter)->filter($filter);
+
+        if ($items->isEmpty()) {
+            throw new ItemNotFoundException;
+        }
+
+        return $items->first();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Chunk the collection into chunks of the given size.
      *
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Collections/LazyCollection.php b/src/Illuminate/Collections/LazyCollection.php
index a5da57e9bd3d..1a634c1866c2 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Collections/LazyCollection.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Collections/LazyCollection.php
@@ -1074,6 +1074,30 @@ public function sole($key = null, $operator = null, $value = null)
             ->sole();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the first item in the collection but throw an exception if no matching items exist.
+     *
+     * @param  mixed  $key
+     * @param  mixed  $operator
+     * @param  mixed  $value
+     * @return mixed
+     *
+     * @throws \Illuminate\Collections\ItemNotFoundException
+     */
+    public function firstOrFail($key = null, $operator = null, $value = null)
+    {
+        $filter = func_num_args() > 1
+            ? $this->operatorForWhere(...func_get_args())
+            : $key;
+
+        return $this
+            ->when($filter)
+            ->filter($filter)
+            ->take(1)
+            ->collect()
+            ->firstOrFail();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Chunk the collection into chunks of the given size.
      *
diff --git a/tests/Support/SupportCollectionTest.php b/tests/Support/SupportCollectionTest.php
index aa689d054310..3f7dbd8b34d0 100755
--- a/tests/Support/SupportCollectionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Support/SupportCollectionTest.php
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public function testSoleReturnsFirstItemInCollectionIfOnlyOneExists($collection)
     /**
      * @dataProvider collectionClassProvider
      */
-    public function testSoleThrowsExceptionIfNoItemsExists($collection)
+    public function testSoleThrowsExceptionIfNoItemsExist($collection)
     {
         $this->expectException(ItemNotFoundException::class);
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public function testSoleReturnsFirstItemInCollectionIfOnlyOneExistsWithCallback(
     /**
      * @dataProvider collectionClassProvider
      */
-    public function testSoleThrowsExceptionIfNoItemsExistsWithCallback($collection)
+    public function testSoleThrowsExceptionIfNoItemsExistWithCallback($collection)
     {
         $this->expectException(ItemNotFoundException::class);
 
@@ -154,6 +154,91 @@ public function testSoleThrowsExceptionIfMoreThanOneItemExistsWithCallback($coll
         });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider collectionClassProvider
+     */
+    public function testFirstOrFailReturnsFirstItemInCollection($collection)
+    {
+        $collection = new $collection([
+            ['name' => 'foo'],
+            ['name' => 'bar'],
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertSame(['name' => 'foo'], $collection->where('name', 'foo')->firstOrFail());
+        $this->assertSame(['name' => 'foo'], $collection->firstOrFail('name', '=', 'foo'));
+        $this->assertSame(['name' => 'foo'], $collection->firstOrFail('name', 'foo'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider collectionClassProvider
+     */
+    public function testFirstOrFailThrowsExceptionIfNoItemsExist($collection)
+    {
+        $this->expectException(ItemNotFoundException::class);
+
+        $collection = new $collection([
+            ['name' => 'foo'],
+            ['name' => 'bar'],
+        ]);
+
+        $collection->where('name', 'INVALID')->firstOrFail();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider collectionClassProvider
+     */
+    public function testFirstOrFailDoesntThrowExceptionIfMoreThanOneItemExists($collection)
+    {
+        $collection = new $collection([
+            ['name' => 'foo'],
+            ['name' => 'foo'],
+            ['name' => 'bar'],
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertSame(['name' => 'foo'], $collection->where('name', 'foo')->firstOrFail());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider collectionClassProvider
+     */
+    public function testFirstOrFailReturnsFirstItemInCollectionIfOnlyOneExistsWithCallback($collection)
+    {
+        $data = new $collection(['foo', 'bar', 'baz']);
+        $result = $data->firstOrFail(function ($value) {
+            return $value === 'bar';
+        });
+        $this->assertSame('bar', $result);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider collectionClassProvider
+     */
+    public function testFirstOrFailThrowsExceptionIfNoItemsExistWithCallback($collection)
+    {
+        $this->expectException(ItemNotFoundException::class);
+
+        $data = new $collection(['foo', 'bar', 'baz']);
+
+        $data->firstOrFail(function ($value) {
+            return $value === 'invalid';
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider collectionClassProvider
+     */
+    public function testFirstOrFailDoesntThrowExceptionIfMoreThanOneItemExistsWithCallback($collection)
+    {
+        $data = new $collection(['foo', 'bar', 'bar']);
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+            'bar',
+            $data->firstOrFail(function ($value) {
+                return $value === 'bar';
+            })
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * @dataProvider collectionClassProvider
      */
diff --git a/tests/Support/SupportLazyCollectionIsLazyTest.php b/tests/Support/SupportLazyCollectionIsLazyTest.php
index e88f95618bd6..2d21e54bc26c 100644
--- a/tests/Support/SupportLazyCollectionIsLazyTest.php
+++ b/tests/Support/SupportLazyCollectionIsLazyTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Illuminate\Tests\Support;
 
+use Illuminate\Support\ItemNotFoundException;
 use Illuminate\Support\LazyCollection;
 use Illuminate\Support\MultipleItemsFoundException;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
@@ -986,6 +987,35 @@ public function testSliceIsLazy()
         });
     }
 
+    public function testFindFirstOrFailIsLazy()
+    {
+        $this->assertEnumerates(1, function ($collection) {
+            $collection->firstOrFail();
+        });
+
+        $this->assertEnumerates(1, function ($collection) {
+            $collection->firstOrFail(function ($item) {
+                return $item === 1;
+            });
+        });
+
+        $this->assertEnumerates(100, function ($collection) {
+            try {
+                $collection->firstOrFail(function ($item) {
+                    return $item === 101;
+                });
+            } catch (ItemNotFoundException $e) {
+                //
+            }
+        });
+
+        $this->assertEnumerates(2, function ($collection) {
+            $collection->firstOrFail(function ($item) {
+                return $item % 2 === 0;
+            });
+        });
+    }
+
     public function testSomeIsLazy()
     {
         $this->assertEnumerates(5, function ($collection) {