diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/DeclareAnalyzer.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/DeclareAnalyzer.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3a6da24af1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/Statements/DeclareAnalyzer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Psalm\Internal\Analyzer\Statements;
+
+use PhpParser;
+use Psalm\CodeLocation;
+use Psalm\Context;
+use Psalm\Internal\Analyzer\StatementsAnalyzer;
+use Psalm\Issue\UnrecognizedStatement;
+use Psalm\IssueBuffer;
+
+use function in_array;
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
+final class DeclareAnalyzer
+{
+    public static function analyze(
+        StatementsAnalyzer $statements_analyzer,
+        PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Declare_ $stmt,
+        Context $context
+    ): void {
+        foreach ($stmt->declares as $declaration) {
+            $declaration_key = (string) $declaration->key;
+
+            if ($declaration_key === 'strict_types') {
+                self::analyzeStrictTypesDeclaration($statements_analyzer, $declaration, $context);
+            } elseif ($declaration_key === 'ticks') {
+                self::analyzeTicksDeclaration($statements_analyzer, $declaration);
+            } elseif ($declaration_key === 'encoding') {
+                self::analyzeEncodingDeclaration($statements_analyzer, $declaration);
+            } else {
+                IssueBuffer::maybeAdd(
+                    new UnrecognizedStatement(
+                        'Psalm does not understand the declare statement ' . $declaration->key,
+                        new CodeLocation($statements_analyzer, $declaration),
+                    ),
+                    $statements_analyzer->getSuppressedIssues(),
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static function analyzeStrictTypesDeclaration(
+        StatementsAnalyzer $statements_analyzer,
+        PhpParser\Node\Stmt\DeclareDeclare $declaration,
+        Context $context
+    ): void {
+        if (!$declaration->value instanceof PhpParser\Node\Scalar\LNumber
+            || !in_array($declaration->value->value, [0, 1], true)
+        ) {
+            IssueBuffer::maybeAdd(
+                new UnrecognizedStatement(
+                    'strict_types declaration can only have 1 or 0 as a value',
+                    new CodeLocation($statements_analyzer, $declaration),
+                ),
+                $statements_analyzer->getSuppressedIssues(),
+            );
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if ($declaration->value->value === 1) {
+            $context->strict_types = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static function analyzeTicksDeclaration(
+        StatementsAnalyzer $statements_analyzer,
+        PhpParser\Node\Stmt\DeclareDeclare $declaration
+    ): void {
+        if (!$declaration->value instanceof PhpParser\Node\Scalar\LNumber) {
+            IssueBuffer::maybeAdd(
+                new UnrecognizedStatement(
+                    'ticks declaration should have integer as a value',
+                    new CodeLocation($statements_analyzer, $declaration),
+                ),
+                $statements_analyzer->getSuppressedIssues(),
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static function analyzeEncodingDeclaration(
+        StatementsAnalyzer $statements_analyzer,
+        PhpParser\Node\Stmt\DeclareDeclare $declaration
+    ): void {
+        if (!$declaration->value instanceof PhpParser\Node\Scalar\String_) {
+            IssueBuffer::maybeAdd(
+                new UnrecognizedStatement(
+                    'encoding declaration should have string as a value',
+                    new CodeLocation($statements_analyzer, $declaration),
+                ),
+                $statements_analyzer->getSuppressedIssues(),
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/StatementsAnalyzer.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/StatementsAnalyzer.php
index f1d4044bfc1..dfe109cc0b7 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/StatementsAnalyzer.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/Analyzer/StatementsAnalyzer.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 use Psalm\Internal\Analyzer\Statements\Block\WhileAnalyzer;
 use Psalm\Internal\Analyzer\Statements\BreakAnalyzer;
 use Psalm\Internal\Analyzer\Statements\ContinueAnalyzer;
+use Psalm\Internal\Analyzer\Statements\DeclareAnalyzer;
 use Psalm\Internal\Analyzer\Statements\EchoAnalyzer;
 use Psalm\Internal\Analyzer\Statements\Expression\Assignment\InstancePropertyAssignmentAnalyzer;
 use Psalm\Internal\Analyzer\Statements\Expression\AssignmentAnalyzer;
@@ -597,14 +598,7 @@ private static function analyzeStatement(
         } elseif ($stmt instanceof PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Label) {
             // do nothing
         } elseif ($stmt instanceof PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Declare_) {
-            foreach ($stmt->declares as $declaration) {
-                if ((string) $declaration->key === 'strict_types'
-                    && $declaration->value instanceof PhpParser\Node\Scalar\LNumber
-                    && $declaration->value->value === 1
-                ) {
-                    $context->strict_types = true;
-                }
-            }
+            DeclareAnalyzer::analyze($statements_analyzer, $stmt, $context);
         } elseif ($stmt instanceof PhpParser\Node\Stmt\HaltCompiler) {
             $context->has_returned = true;
         } else {
diff --git a/tests/Internal/Analyzer/DeclareAnalyzerTest.php b/tests/Internal/Analyzer/DeclareAnalyzerTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9583ec807ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Internal/Analyzer/DeclareAnalyzerTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Psalm\Tests\Internal\Analyzer;
+
+use Psalm\Tests\TestCase;
+use Psalm\Tests\Traits\InvalidCodeAnalysisTestTrait;
+use Psalm\Tests\Traits\ValidCodeAnalysisTestTrait;
+
+final class DeclareAnalyzerTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use ValidCodeAnalysisTestTrait;
+    use InvalidCodeAnalysisTestTrait;
+
+    public function providerValidCodeParse(): iterable
+    {
+        yield 'declareStrictTypes1' => [
+            'code' => <<<'PHP'
+            <?php declare(strict_types=1);
+            PHP,
+        ];
+
+        yield 'declareStrictTypes0' => [
+            'code' => <<<'PHP'
+            <?php declare(strict_types=0);
+            PHP,
+        ];
+
+        yield 'declareTicks' => [
+            'code' => <<<'PHP'
+            <?php declare(ticks=5);
+            PHP,
+        ];
+
+        yield 'declareEncoding' => [
+            'code' => <<<'PHP'
+            <?php declare(encoding='ISO-8859-1');
+            PHP,
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public function providerInvalidCodeParse(): iterable
+    {
+        yield 'declareUnknownDirective' => [
+            'code' => <<<'PHP'
+            <?php declare(whatever=123);
+            PHP,
+            'error_message' => 'UnrecognizedStatement',
+        ];
+
+        yield 'declareUnknownValueForStrictTypes' => [
+            'code' => <<<'PHP'
+            <?php declare(strict_types='forty-two');
+            PHP,
+            'error_message' => 'UnrecognizedStatement',
+        ];
+
+        yield 'declareInvalidValueForTicks' => [
+            'code' => <<<'PHP'
+            <?php declare(ticks='often');
+            PHP,
+            'error_message' => 'UnrecognizedStatement',
+        ];
+
+        yield 'declareInvalidValueForEncoding' => [
+            'code' => <<<'PHP'
+            <?php declare(encoding=88591);
+            PHP,
+            'error_message' => 'UnrecognizedStatement',
+        ];
+    }
+}