diff --git a/utils/build-script b/utils/build-script
index c4a84a4210a76..743f21981c642 100755
--- a/utils/build-script
+++ b/utils/build-script
@@ -962,6 +962,12 @@ details of the setups of other systems or automated environments.""")
         default=False,
         const=True)
 
+    parser.add_argument(
+        # Explicitly unavailable options here.
+        "--build-jobs",
+        "--common-cmake-options",
+        action=arguments.action.unavailable)
+
     args = migration.parse_args(parser, sys.argv[1:])
 
     build_script_impl = os.path.join(
diff --git a/utils/swift_build_support/swift_build_support/arguments.py b/utils/swift_build_support/swift_build_support/arguments.py
index 47847899b741e..70e032070674a 100644
--- a/utils/swift_build_support/swift_build_support/arguments.py
+++ b/utils/swift_build_support/swift_build_support/arguments.py
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
 import shlex
 
 __all__ = [
-    "type"
+    "action",
+    "type",
 ]
 
 
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ def _register(registry, name, value):
     setattr(registry, name, value)
 
 
+# Types ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 type = _Registry()
 
 
@@ -99,3 +101,30 @@ def type_executable(string):
         "%r is not executable" % string)
 
 _register(type, 'executable', type_executable)
+
+# Actions --------------------------------------------------------------------
+action = _Registry()
+
+
+class _UnavailableAction(argparse.Action):
+    def __init__(self,
+                 option_strings,
+                 dest=argparse.SUPPRESS,
+                 default=argparse.SUPPRESS,
+                 nargs='?',
+                 help=None):
+        super(_UnavailableAction, self).__init__(
+            option_strings=option_strings,
+            dest=dest,
+            default=default,
+            nargs=nargs,
+            help=help)
+
+    def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
+        if option_string is not None:
+            arg = option_string
+        else:
+            arg = str(values)
+        parser.error('unknown argument: %s' % arg)
+
+_register(action, 'unavailable', _UnavailableAction)
diff --git a/utils/swift_build_support/tests/test_arguments.py b/utils/swift_build_support/tests/test_arguments.py
index 24137175c0337..0ed8f44853d18 100644
--- a/utils/swift_build_support/tests/test_arguments.py
+++ b/utils/swift_build_support/tests/test_arguments.py
@@ -14,8 +14,17 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import unittest
+try:
+    # py2
+    from StringIO import StringIO
+except ImportError:
+    # py3
+    from io import StringIO
 
-from swift_build_support.arguments import type as argtype
+from swift_build_support.arguments import (
+    type as argtype,
+    action as argaction,
+)
 
 
 class ArgumentsTypeTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -87,3 +96,41 @@ def test_executable(self):
         self.assertRaises(
             argparse.ArgumentTypeError,
             argtype.executable, "../example-command-not-exist")
+
+
+class ArgumentsActionTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_unavailable(self):
+        orig_stderr = sys.stderr
+
+        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+        parser.add_argument("--foo")
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--do-not-use",
+            "--never-ever",
+            action=argaction.unavailable)
+
+        args, unknown_args = parser.parse_known_args(
+            ['--foo', 'bar', '--baz', 'qux'])
+
+        self.assertEqual(args.foo, 'bar')
+        self.assertEqual(unknown_args, ['--baz', 'qux'])
+        self.assertFalse(hasattr(args, 'sentinel'))
+
+        stderr = StringIO()
+        sys.stderr = stderr
+        self.assertRaises(
+            SystemExit,
+            parser.parse_known_args,
+            ['--foo', 'bar', '--do-not-use', 'baz'])
+        self.assertIn('--do-not-use', stderr.getvalue())
+
+        stderr = StringIO()
+        sys.stderr = stderr
+        self.assertRaises(
+            SystemExit,
+            parser.parse_known_args,
+            ['--foo', 'bar', '--never-ever=baz'])
+        self.assertIn('--never-ever', stderr.getvalue())
+
+        sys.stderr = orig_stderr