diff --git a/src/components/Provider.tsx b/src/components/Provider.tsx
index 5f532c459..ba841f8cf 100644
--- a/src/components/Provider.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Provider.tsx
@@ -57,6 +57,21 @@ export interface ProviderProps<
 function Provider<A extends Action<string> = UnknownAction, S = unknown>(
   providerProps: ProviderProps<A, S>,
 ) {
+  if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
+    // The React Server Components build of React has no effect hooks
+    if (typeof useIsomorphicLayoutEffect !== 'function') {
+      throw new Error(
+        'The React Redux `<Provider>` component requires React hooks that are ' +
+          'not available in a React Server Component. This usually means you are ' +
+          'rendering `<Provider>` in a Server Component. Add the `"use client"` ' +
+          'directive to the top of the file that renders `<Provider>` (or a ' +
+          'parent that ends up rendering it) so it is treated as a Client ' +
+          'Component. See https://react.dev/reference/rsc/use-client for more ' +
+          'information.',
+      )
+    }
+  }
+
   const { children, context, serverState, store } = providerProps
 
   const contextValue = React.useMemo(() => {
diff --git a/test/components/Provider-rsc.spec.tsx b/test/components/Provider-rsc.spec.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..afd35c3a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/components/Provider-rsc.spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import * as rtl from '@testing-library/react'
+import { Provider } from 'react-redux'
+import { createStore } from 'redux'
+
+// Simulates the React Server Components build of React, which has no effect hooks
+vi.mock('../../src/utils/useIsomorphicLayoutEffect', () => ({
+  useIsomorphicLayoutEffect: undefined,
+}))
+
+// The bundled build inlines `useIsomorphicLayoutEffect`, so there is no module to mock
+const describeSource = process.env.TEST_DIST ? describe.skip : describe
+
+describeSource('React', () => {
+  describe('Provider in a React Server Component environment', () => {
+    it('throws an actionable error when React effect hooks are unavailable', () => {
+      const store = createStore(() => ({}))
+
+      const spy = vi.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {})
+
+      expect(() =>
+        rtl.render(
+          <Provider store={store}>
+            <div />
+          </Provider>,
+        ),
+      ).toThrow(/React Server Component/)
+
+      spy.mockRestore()
+    })
+  })
+})