diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 174e4e1..60ca11c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Poodinis Changelog
 ==================
+**Version 8.1.0-beta.4**
+* ADD compilation failure when trying to register a class by a supertype it does not inherit from. (#31)
+
 **Version 8.1.0-beta.3**
 * CHANGE injection initializers to be defined as a registration scope instead of via Container.register(). See initializedBy().
 * ADD initializedOnceBy() to create singleton instances via injection initializer.
diff --git a/source/poodinis/container.d b/source/poodinis/container.d
index eca6446..a25d838 100644
--- a/source/poodinis/container.d
+++ b/source/poodinis/container.d
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import std.string;
 import std.algorithm;
 import std.concurrency;
 import std.traits;
+import std.meta : AliasSeq;
 
 debug {
     import std.stdio;
@@ -194,6 +195,12 @@ synchronized class DependencyContainer {
         return newRegistration;
     }
 
+    public Registration register(SuperType, ConcreteType)(RegistrationOption options = RegistrationOption.none)
+        if (!is(SuperType == ConcreteType) && !is(BaseTypeTuple!ConcreteType == AliasSeq!(Object, SuperType)) && !is(BaseTypeTuple!ConcreteType == AliasSeq!(SuperType))) {
+        pragma(msg, "Cannot register dependency: ", ConcreteType, " is not derived from ", SuperType);
+        static assert(0, "Cannot register dependency");
+    }
+
     private bool hasOption(OptionType)(OptionType options, OptionType persistentOptions, OptionType option) {
         return ((options | persistentOptions) & option) != 0;
     }