diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index 486ec8f34..94e2d4982 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ No features have been promoted in this picocli release.
 
 ## <a name="3.0.0-alpha-5-fixes"></a> Fixed issues
 
+- [#283] Enhancement and API Change: Provide `getMissing` method on MissingParameterException to get a reference to the problematic options and positional parameters. Thanks to [jcapsule](https://github.com/jcapsule) for the suggestion.
 - [#323] Enhancement: Remove dependency on java.sql package: picocli should only require the java.base module when running in Java 9.
 - [#325] Enhancement: Allow custom type converter to map empty String to custom default value for empty options. Thanks to [jesselong](https://github.com/jesselong) for the suggestion.
 - [#303] Enhancement: Improve validation to prevent common mistakes.
diff --git a/src/main/java/picocli/CommandLine.java b/src/main/java/picocli/CommandLine.java
index 6640fbeeb..d63da94a1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/picocli/CommandLine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/picocli/CommandLine.java
@@ -5191,7 +5191,7 @@ private void assertNoMissingParameters(ArgSpec argSpec, int arity, Stack<String>
             if (arity > args.size()) {
                 if (arity == 1) {
                     if (argSpec.isOption()) {
-                        throw new MissingParameterException(CommandLine.this, "Missing required parameter for " +
+                        throw new MissingParameterException(CommandLine.this, argSpec, "Missing required parameter for " +
                                 optionDescription("", argSpec, 0));
                     }
                     Range indexRange = ((PositionalParamSpec) argSpec).index();
@@ -5213,13 +5213,13 @@ private void assertNoMissingParameters(ArgSpec argSpec, int arity, Stack<String>
                     } else {
                         msg += (count > 1 ? "s: " : ": ");
                     }
-                    throw new MissingParameterException(CommandLine.this, msg + names);
+                    throw new MissingParameterException(CommandLine.this, argSpec, msg + names);
                 }
                 if (args.isEmpty()) {
-                    throw new MissingParameterException(CommandLine.this, optionDescription("", argSpec, 0) +
+                    throw new MissingParameterException(CommandLine.this, argSpec, optionDescription("", argSpec, 0) +
                             " requires at least " + arity + " values, but none were specified.");
                 }
-                throw new MissingParameterException(CommandLine.this, optionDescription("", argSpec, 0) +
+                throw new MissingParameterException(CommandLine.this, argSpec, optionDescription("", argSpec, 0) +
                         " requires at least " + arity + " values, but only " + args.size() + " were specified: " + reverse(args));
             }
         }
@@ -7371,20 +7371,23 @@ private static ParameterException create(CommandLine cmd, Exception ex, String a
      */
     public static class MissingParameterException extends ParameterException {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 5075678535706338753L;
-        public MissingParameterException(CommandLine commandLine, String msg) {
+        private final List<ArgSpec> missing;
+        public MissingParameterException(CommandLine commandLine, ArgSpec missing, String msg) { this(commandLine, Arrays.asList(missing), msg); }
+        public MissingParameterException(CommandLine commandLine, Collection<ArgSpec> missing, String msg) {
             super(commandLine, msg);
+            this.missing = Collections.unmodifiableList(new ArrayList<ArgSpec>(missing));
         }
-
+        public List<ArgSpec> getMissing() { return missing; }
         private static MissingParameterException create(CommandLine cmd, Collection<ArgSpec> missing, String separator) {
             if (missing.size() == 1) {
-                return new MissingParameterException(cmd, "Missing required option '"
+                return new MissingParameterException(cmd, missing, "Missing required option '"
                         + describe(missing.iterator().next(), separator) + "'");
             }
             List<String> names = new ArrayList<String>(missing.size());
             for (ArgSpec argSpec : missing) {
                 names.add(describe(argSpec, separator));
             }
-            return new MissingParameterException(cmd, "Missing required options " + names.toString());
+            return new MissingParameterException(cmd, missing, "Missing required options " + names.toString());
         }
         private static String describe(ArgSpec argSpec, String separator) {
             String prefix = (argSpec.isOption())
diff --git a/src/test/java/picocli/CommandLineArityTest.java b/src/test/java/picocli/CommandLineArityTest.java
index e1019d4d5..5a8f276dc 100644
--- a/src/test/java/picocli/CommandLineArityTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/picocli/CommandLineArityTest.java
@@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ class Example {
             fail("Should not accept missing mandatory parameter");
         } catch (MissingParameterException ex) {
             assertEquals("Missing required parameter: <mandatory>", ex.getMessage());
+            assertEquals(1, ex.getMissing().size());
+            assertEquals("<mandatory>", ex.getMissing().get(0).paramLabel());
         }
     }
     @Test
@@ -662,6 +664,8 @@ class OptionsNoArityAndParameters {
             fail("expected MissingParameterException");
         } catch (MissingParameterException ok) {
             assertEquals("Missing required parameter for option '-chars' (<charOptions>)", ok.getMessage());
+            assertEquals(1, ok.getMissing().size());
+            assertTrue(ok.getMissing().get(0).toString(), ok.getMissing().get(0) instanceof Model.OptionSpec);
         }
     }
 
@@ -917,6 +921,8 @@ class Arg {
             fail("Expected MissingParameterException");
         } catch (MissingParameterException ex) {
             assertEquals("positional parameter at index 0..* (<parameters>) requires at least 2 values, but only 1 were specified: [p3]", ex.getMessage());
+            assertEquals(1, ex.getMissing().size());
+            assertTrue(ex.getMissing().get(0).toString(), ex.getMissing().get(0) instanceof Model.PositionalParamSpec);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/picocli/CommandLineModelTest.java b/src/test/java/picocli/CommandLineModelTest.java
index 50457edf4..e22b8e0cf 100644
--- a/src/test/java/picocli/CommandLineModelTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/picocli/CommandLineModelTest.java
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ public void testVersionHelp_helpCommand() {
             commandLine.parse();
         } catch (MissingParameterException ex) {
             assertEquals("Missing required option '-x=PARAM'", ex.getMessage());
+            assertEquals(1, ex.getMissing().size());
+            assertSame(ex.getMissing().get(0).toString(), parent.posixOptionsMap().get('x'), ex.getMissing().get(0));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/picocli/CommandLineTest.java b/src/test/java/picocli/CommandLineTest.java
index 68a7528a3..940196e88 100644
--- a/src/test/java/picocli/CommandLineTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/picocli/CommandLineTest.java
@@ -1681,6 +1681,8 @@ class Args {
             fail("MissingParameterException expected");
         } catch (MissingParameterException ex) {
             assertEquals("positional parameter at index 0..* (<values>) requires at least 2 values, but only 1 were specified: [a,b,c,d,e]", ex.getMessage());
+            assertEquals(1, ex.getMissing().size());
+            assertTrue(ex.getMissing().get(0).toString(), ex.getMissing().get(0) instanceof Model.PositionalParamSpec);
         }
         try {
             CommandLine.populateCommand(new Args()); // 0 arg: should fail