diff --git a/src/Framework/Framework/Compilation/ControlTree/ControlTreeResolverBase.cs b/src/Framework/Framework/Compilation/ControlTree/ControlTreeResolverBase.cs
index bd1eae2fca..c435c02a7a 100644
--- a/src/Framework/Framework/Compilation/ControlTree/ControlTreeResolverBase.cs
+++ b/src/Framework/Framework/Compilation/ControlTree/ControlTreeResolverBase.cs
@@ -259,6 +259,10 @@ private IAbstractControl ProcessObjectElement(DothtmlElementNode element, IDataC
                 constructorParameters = new[] { element.FullTagName };
                 element.AddError($"The control <{element.FullTagName}> could not be resolved! Make sure that the tagPrefix is registered in DotvvmConfiguration.Markup.Controls collection!");
             }
+            if (controlMetadata.VirtualPath is {} && controlMetadata.Type.IsAssignableTo(ResolvedTypeDescriptor.Create(typeof(DotvvmView))))
+            {
+                element.TagNameNode.AddWarning($"The markup control <{element.FullTagName}> has a baseType DotvvmView. Please make sure that the control file has .dotcontrol file extension. This will work, but causes unexpected issues, for example @js directive will not work in this control.");
+            }
             var control = treeBuilder.BuildControl(controlMetadata, element, dataContext);
             control.ConstructorParameters = constructorParameters;
 
diff --git a/src/Tests/Runtime/ControlTree/DefaultControlTreeResolver/CompilationWarningsTests.cs b/src/Tests/Runtime/ControlTree/DefaultControlTreeResolver/CompilationWarningsTests.cs
index cb512ab84e..a3c7c50f07 100644
--- a/src/Tests/Runtime/ControlTree/DefaultControlTreeResolver/CompilationWarningsTests.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/Runtime/ControlTree/DefaultControlTreeResolver/CompilationWarningsTests.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 using DotVVM.Framework.Utils;
 using DotVVM.Framework.Controls;
 using DotVVM.Framework.Compilation.Parser.Dothtml.Parser;
+using DotVVM.Framework.Testing;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+using DotVVM.Framework.Hosting;
+using DotVVM.Framework.Controls.Infrastructure;
 
 
 namespace DotVVM.Framework.Tests.Runtime.ControlTree
@@ -100,6 +104,30 @@ @viewModel System.DateTime
             Assert.AreEqual(1, literal.DothtmlNode.NodeWarnings.Count());
             Assert.AreEqual("Evaluation of method \"ToBrowserLocalTime\" on server-side may yield unexpected results.", literal.DothtmlNode.NodeWarnings.First());
         }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void DefaultViewCompiler_DotvvmView_Used_As_Control_Warning()
+        {
+            var files = new FakeMarkupFileLoader();
+            files.MarkupFiles["TestControl.dothtml"] = """
+                @viewModel object
+                test
+            """;
+            var config = DotvvmTestHelper.CreateConfiguration(s => {
+                s.AddSingleton<IMarkupFileLoader>(files);
+            });
+            config.Markup.AddMarkupControl("cc", "TestControl", "TestControl.dothtml");
+
+            var markup = DotvvmTestHelper.ParseResolvedTree("""
+                @viewModel object
+                <cc:TestControl Styles.Tag=this />
+            """, configuration: config);
+            var control = markup.Content.SelectRecursively(c => c.Content).Single(c => c.Properties.ContainsKey(Styles.TagProperty));
+            Assert.AreEqual(typeof(DotvvmView), control.Metadata.Type);
+            var element = (DothtmlElementNode)control.DothtmlNode;
+            XAssert.Contains("The markup control <cc:TestControl> has a baseType DotvvmView", element.TagNameNode.NodeWarnings.First());
+            Assert.AreEqual(1, element.TagNameNode.NodeWarnings.Count());
+        }
     }
 
 }