diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/PluginDescriptionFile.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/PluginDescriptionFile.java
index 63c90f49e2..6f6d5c4ae4 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/PluginDescriptionFile.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/PluginDescriptionFile.java
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ public final class PluginDescriptionFile {
 
         try {
             main = map.get("main").toString();
+            if (main.startsWith("org.bukkit.")) {
+                throw new InvalidDescriptionException("main may not be within the org.bukkit namespace");
+            }
         } catch (NullPointerException ex) {
             throw new InvalidDescriptionException(ex, "main is not defined");
         } catch (ClassCastException ex) {