diff --git a/src/EFCore/Infrastructure/ModelValidator.cs b/src/EFCore/Infrastructure/ModelValidator.cs
index ea5873c5a97..6304b645d44 100644
--- a/src/EFCore/Infrastructure/ModelValidator.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore/Infrastructure/ModelValidator.cs
@@ -529,6 +529,12 @@ private void ValidateClrInheritance(
                 return;
             }
 
+            if (entityType.HasSharedClrType
+                && entityType.BaseType != null)
+            {
+                throw new InvalidOperationException(CoreStrings.SharedTypeDerivedType(entityType.DisplayName()));
+            }
+
             if (!entityType.HasDefiningNavigation()
                 && entityType.FindDeclaredOwnership() == null
                 && entityType.BaseType != null)
diff --git a/src/EFCore/Properties/CoreStrings.Designer.cs b/src/EFCore/Properties/CoreStrings.Designer.cs
index 497a6e09dcd..caec74accda 100644
--- a/src/EFCore/Properties/CoreStrings.Designer.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore/Properties/CoreStrings.Designer.cs
@@ -2740,6 +2740,14 @@ public static string TypeNotMarkedAsShared([CanBeNull] object type)
                 GetString("TypeNotMarkedAsShared", nameof(type)),
                 type);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     The shared type entity type '{entityType}' cannot have a base type.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string SharedTypeDerivedType([CanBeNull] object entityType)
+            => string.Format(
+                GetString("SharedTypeDerivedType", nameof(entityType)),
+                entityType);
+
         private static string GetString(string name, params string[] formatterNames)
         {
             var value = _resourceManager.GetString(name);
diff --git a/src/EFCore/Properties/CoreStrings.resx b/src/EFCore/Properties/CoreStrings.resx
index 07c4b3b7d95..4c4ee5a7896 100644
--- a/src/EFCore/Properties/CoreStrings.resx
+++ b/src/EFCore/Properties/CoreStrings.resx
@@ -1441,4 +1441,7 @@
   <data name="TypeNotMarkedAsShared" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Type '{type}' is not been configured as shared type in the model. Before calling 'UsingEntity', please mark the type as shared or add the entity type in the model as shared entity.</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="SharedTypeDerivedType" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>The shared type entity type '{entityType}' cannot have a base type.</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/EFCore.Tests/Infrastructure/ModelValidatorTest.cs b/test/EFCore.Tests/Infrastructure/ModelValidatorTest.cs
index b301c5b52f9..e92e9e18bee 100644
--- a/test/EFCore.Tests/Infrastructure/ModelValidatorTest.cs
+++ b/test/EFCore.Tests/Infrastructure/ModelValidatorTest.cs
@@ -1333,6 +1333,16 @@ public virtual void Required_navigation_with_query_filter_on_both_sides_doesnt_i
             VerifyLogDoesNotContain(message, modelBuilder.Model);
         }
 
+        [ConditionalFact]
+        public virtual void Shared_type_inheritance_throws()
+        {
+            var modelBuilder = CreateConventionalModelBuilder();
+            modelBuilder.SharedEntity<A>("Shared1");
+            modelBuilder.SharedEntity<C>("Shared2").HasBaseType("Shared1");
+
+            VerifyError(CoreStrings.SharedTypeDerivedType("Shared2"), modelBuilder.Model);
+        }
+
         // INotify interfaces not really implemented; just marking the classes to test metadata construction
         private class FullNotificationEntity : INotifyPropertyChanging, INotifyPropertyChanged
         {