diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index 9bb585d772..2e71b2193e 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Bug #3204: `yii\di\Container` did not handle the `$config` parameter well in case when it does not have a default value (qiangxue)
 - Bug #3216: Fixed the bug that `yii.activeForm.destroy()` did not remove `submit` event handlers (qiangxue)
 - Enh #2837: Error page now shows arguments in stack trace method calls (samdark)
+- Enh #3008: Added `Html::errorSummary()` (qiangxue)
 - Enh #3088: The debug and gii modules will manage their own URL rules now (hiltonjanfield, qiangxue)
 - Enh #3103: debugger panel is now not displayed when printing a page (githubjeka)
 - Enh #3108: Added `yii\debug\Module::enableDebugLogs` to disable logging debug logs by default (qiangxue)
diff --git a/framework/helpers/BaseHtml.php b/framework/helpers/BaseHtml.php
index 95cf2e0593..7f81db7a89 100644
--- a/framework/helpers/BaseHtml.php
+++ b/framework/helpers/BaseHtml.php
@@ -1031,6 +1031,43 @@ class BaseHtml
         return static::label($label, $for, $options);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Generates a summary of the validation errors.
+     * If there is no validation error, an empty error summary markup will still be generated, but it will be hidden.
+     * @param Model|Model[] $models the model(s) whose validation errors are to be displayed
+     * @param array $options the tag options in terms of name-value pairs. The following options are specially handled:
+     *
+     * - header: string, the header HTML for the error summary. If not set, a default prompt string will be used.
+     * - footer: string, the footer HTML for the error summary.
+     *
+     * The rest of the options will be rendered as the attributes of the container tag. The values will
+     * be HTML-encoded using [[encode()]]. If a value is null, the corresponding attribute will not be rendered.
+     * @return string the generated error summary
+     */
+    public static function errorSummary($models, $options = [])
+    {
+        $lines = [];
+        foreach ((array)$models as $model) {
+            /** @var Model $model */
+            foreach ($model->getFirstErrors() as $error) {
+                $lines[] = Html::encode($error);
+            }
+        }
+
+        $header = isset($options['header']) ? $options['header'] : '<p>' . Yii::t('yii', 'Please fix the following errors:') . '</p>';
+        $footer = isset($options['footer']) ? $options['footer'] : '';
+        unset($options['header'], $options['footer']);
+
+        if (empty($lines)) {
+            // still render the placeholder for client-side validation use
+            $content = "<ul></ul>";
+            $options['style'] = isset($options['style']) ? rtrim($options['style'], ';') . '; display:none' : 'display:none';
+        } else {
+            $content = "<ul><li>" . implode("</li>\n<li>", $lines) . "</li></ul>";
+        }
+        return Html::tag('div', $header . $content . $footer, $options);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Generates a tag that contains the first validation error of the specified model attribute.
      * Note that even if there is no validation error, this method will still return an empty error tag.
diff --git a/framework/widgets/ActiveForm.php b/framework/widgets/ActiveForm.php
index f9695bdf4b..497d1fd5b8 100644
--- a/framework/widgets/ActiveForm.php
+++ b/framework/widgets/ActiveForm.php
@@ -217,41 +217,12 @@ class ActiveForm extends Widget
      * The rest of the options will be rendered as the attributes of the container tag. The values will
      * be HTML-encoded using [[\yii\helpers\Html::encode()]]. If a value is null, the corresponding attribute will not be rendered.
      * @return string the generated error summary
+     * @see errorSummaryCssClass
      */
     public function errorSummary($models, $options = [])
     {
-        if (!is_array($models)) {
-            $models = [$models];
-        }
-
-        $lines = [];
-        foreach ($models as $model) {
-            /** @var Model $model */
-            foreach ($model->getFirstErrors() as $error) {
-                $lines[] = Html::encode($error);
-            }
-        }
-
-        $header = isset($options['header']) ? $options['header'] : '<p>' . Yii::t('yii', 'Please fix the following errors:') . '</p>';
-        $footer = isset($options['footer']) ? $options['footer'] : '';
-        unset($options['header'], $options['footer']);
-
-        if (!isset($options['class'])) {
-            $options['class'] = $this->errorSummaryCssClass;
-        } else {
-            $options['class'] .= ' ' . $this->errorSummaryCssClass;
-        }
-
-        if (!empty($lines)) {
-            $content = "<ul><li>" . implode("</li>\n<li>", $lines) . "</li></ul>";
-
-            return Html::tag('div', $header . $content . $footer, $options);
-        } else {
-            $content = "<ul></ul>";
-            $options['style'] = isset($options['style']) ? rtrim($options['style'], ';') . '; display:none' : 'display:none';
-
-            return Html::tag('div', $header . $content . $footer, $options);
-        }
+        Html::addCssClass($options, $this->errorSummaryCssClass);
+        return Html::errorSummary($models, $options);
     }
 
     /**