diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/.eslintrc.json b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/.eslintrc.json
index ca3b358d25..f8a724d5c1 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/.eslintrc.json
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 				"local-rules/prefer-import-aliases": "error",
 				"local-rules/prefer-static-styles-last": "warn",
 				"local-rules/umb-class-prefix": "error",
+				"local-rules/no-relative-import-to-import-map-module": "error",
 				"local-rules/enforce-umbraco-external-imports": [
 					"error",
 					{
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/devops/eslint/rules/no-relative-import-to-import-map-module.cjs b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/devops/eslint/rules/no-relative-import-to-import-map-module.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..104e9123bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/devops/eslint/rules/no-relative-import-to-import-map-module.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+// TODO: figure out how to automatically generate this list of module paths
+const modulePathIdentifiers = [
+	'/core/action/',
+	'/core/audit-log/',
+	'/core/auth/',
+	'/core/collection/',
+	'/core/components/',
+	'/core/content-type/',
+	'/core/content/',
+	'/core/culture/',
+	'/core/debug/',
+	'/core/entity-action/',
+	'/core/entity-bulk-action/',
+	'/core/entity/',
+	'/core/event/',
+	'/core/extension-registry/',
+	'/core/icon-registry/',
+	'/core/id/',
+	'/core/lit-element/',
+	'/core/localization/',
+	'/core/menu/',
+	'/core/modal/',
+	'/core/models/',
+	'/core/notification/',
+	'/core/picker-input/',
+	'/core/property/',
+	'/core/property-editor/',
+	'/core/recycle-bin/',
+	'/core/repository/',
+	'/core/resources/',
+	'/core/router/',
+	'/core/section/',
+	'/core/server-file-system/',
+	'/core/settings/',
+	'/core/sorter/',
+	'/core/store/',
+	'/core/style/',
+	'/core/temporary-file/',
+	'/core/themes/',
+	'/core/tree/',
+	'/core/utils/',
+	'/core/validation/',
+	'/core/variant/',
+	'/core/workspace/',
+	'/class-api/',
+	'/context-api/',
+	'/controller-api/',
+	'/element-api/',
+	'/extension-api/',
+	'/formatting-api/',
+	'/localization-api/',
+	'/observable-api/',
+	'/backend-api/',
+	'/base64-js/',
+	'/diff/',
+	'/dompurify/',
+	'/lit/',
+	'/marked/',
+	'/monaco-editor/',
+	'/openid/',
+	'/router-slot/',
+	'/rxjs/',
+	'/tinymce/',
+	'/uui/',
+	'/uuid/',
+];
+
+/** @type {import('eslint').Rule.RuleModule} */
+module.exports = {
+	meta: {
+		type: 'problem',
+		docs: {
+			description: 'Prevent relative import to a module that is in the import map.',
+			category: 'Best Practices',
+			recommended: true,
+		},
+		schema: [],
+		messages: {
+			unexpectedValue: 'Relative import paths should include "{{value}}".',
+		},
+	},
+	create: function (context) {
+		return {
+			ImportDeclaration(node) {
+				const importPath = node.source.value;
+
+				if (importPath.startsWith('./') || importPath.startsWith('../')) {
+					if (modulePathIdentifiers.some((moduleName) => importPath.includes(moduleName))) {
+						context.report({
+							node,
+							message: 'Use the correct import map alias instead of a relative import path: ' + importPath,
+						});
+					}
+				}
+			},
+		};
+	},
+};
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/eslint-local-rules.cjs b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/eslint-local-rules.cjs
index 6f720a1a7d..ed3c3364ff 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/eslint-local-rules.cjs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/eslint-local-rules.cjs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const noDirectApiImportRule = require('./devops/eslint/rules/no-direct-api-impor
 const preferImportAliasesRule = require('./devops/eslint/rules/prefer-import-aliases.cjs');
 const preferStaticStylesLastRule = require('./devops/eslint/rules/prefer-static-styles-last.cjs');
 const umbClassPrefixRule = require('./devops/eslint/rules/umb-class-prefix.cjs');
+const noRelativeImportToImportMapModule = require('./devops/eslint/rules/no-relative-import-to-import-map-module.cjs');
 
 module.exports = {
 	'bad-type-import': badTypeImportRule,
@@ -22,4 +23,5 @@ module.exports = {
 	'prefer-import-aliases': preferImportAliasesRule,
 	'prefer-static-styles-last': preferStaticStylesLastRule,
 	'umb-class-prefix': umbClassPrefixRule,
+	'no-relative-import-to-import-map-module': noRelativeImportToImportMapModule,
 };