diff --git a/src/internal/base-component/__tests__/validate-props-production.test.tsx b/src/internal/base-component/__tests__/validate-props-production.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc04059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/base-component/__tests__/validate-props-production.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import { validateProps } from '../validate-props';
+import { isDevelopment } from '../../is-development';
+
+jest.mock('../../is-development', () => ({ isDevelopment: false }));
+
+test('does nothing in production builds', () => {
+  expect(isDevelopment).toBe(false);
+  expect(() => validateProps('TestComponent', { variant: 'foo' }, ['variant'], {}, 'default')).not.toThrow();
+});
diff --git a/src/internal/base-component/__tests__/validate-props.test.tsx b/src/internal/base-component/__tests__/validate-props.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61861b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/base-component/__tests__/validate-props.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import { validateProps } from '../validate-props';
+
+test('should pass validation', () => {
+  expect(() => validateProps('TestComponent', {}, [], {}, 'default')).not.toThrow();
+  expect(() =>
+    validateProps('TestComponent', { variant: 'foo' }, ['bar'], { variant: ['foo'] }, 'default')
+  ).not.toThrow();
+  expect(() =>
+    validateProps('TestComponent', { variant: undefined }, ['bar'], { variant: ['foo'] }, 'default')
+  ).not.toThrow();
+});
+
+test('should throw error when excluded prop is used', () => {
+  expect(() => validateProps('TestComponent', { variant: 'foo' }, ['variant'], {}, 'default')).toThrow(
+    new Error('TestComponent does not support "variant" property when used in default system')
+  );
+});
+
+test('should throw error when invalid prop is used', () => {
+  expect(() => validateProps('TestComponent', { variant: 'foo' }, [], { variant: ['bar'] }, 'default')).toThrow(
+    new Error('TestComponent does not support "variant" with value "foo" when used in default system')
+  );
+});
diff --git a/src/internal/base-component/validate-props.ts b/src/internal/base-component/validate-props.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1b32be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/base-component/validate-props.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import { isDevelopment } from '../is-development';
+
+export function validateProps(
+  componentName: string,
+  props: Record<string, any>,
+  excludedProps: Array<string>,
+  allowedEnums: Record<string, Array<string>>,
+  systemName: string
+) {
+  if (!isDevelopment) {
+    return;
+  }
+  for (const [prop, value] of Object.entries(props)) {
+    if (excludedProps.includes(prop)) {
+      throw new Error(`${componentName} does not support "${prop}" property when used in ${systemName} system`);
+    }
+    if (value && allowedEnums[prop] && !allowedEnums[prop].includes(value)) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `${componentName} does not support "${prop}" with value "${value}" when used in ${systemName} system`
+      );
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/internal/index.ts b/src/internal/index.ts
index a1da11f..9a277fa 100644
--- a/src/internal/index.ts
+++ b/src/internal/index.ts
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ export { default as circleIndex } from './utils/circle-index';
 export { default as Portal, PortalProps } from './portal';
 export { useMergeRefs } from './use-merge-refs';
 export { useRandomId, useUniqueId } from './use-unique-id';
+export { validateProps } from './base-component/validate-props';