diff --git a/conf/config.level2.neon b/conf/config.level2.neon
index c60247afb1..e43d074210 100644
--- a/conf/config.level2.neon
+++ b/conf/config.level2.neon
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ conditionalTags:
 		phpstan.rules.rule: %featureToggles.closureDefaultParameterTypeRule%
 	PHPStan\Rules\Functions\IncompatibleClosureDefaultParameterTypeRule:
 		phpstan.rules.rule: %featureToggles.closureDefaultParameterTypeRule%
+	PHPStan\Rules\Generics\MethodTagTemplateTypeTraitRule:
+		phpstan.rules.rule: %featureToggles.absentTypeChecks%
 	PHPStan\Rules\Methods\IllegalConstructorMethodCallRule:
 		phpstan.rules.rule: %featureToggles.illegalConstructorMethodCall%
 	PHPStan\Rules\Methods\IllegalConstructorStaticCallRule:
@@ -127,6 +129,9 @@ services:
 			reportMaybes: %reportMaybes%
 		tags:
 			- phpstan.rules.rule
+
+	-
+		class: PHPStan\Rules\Generics\MethodTagTemplateTypeTraitRule
 	-
 		class: PHPStan\Rules\Methods\IllegalConstructorMethodCallRule
 	-
diff --git a/src/PhpDoc/StubValidator.php b/src/PhpDoc/StubValidator.php
index 8fee0f5f9b..fc6a44ee28 100644
--- a/src/PhpDoc/StubValidator.php
+++ b/src/PhpDoc/StubValidator.php
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 use PHPStan\Rules\Generics\MethodSignatureVarianceRule;
 use PHPStan\Rules\Generics\MethodTagTemplateTypeCheck;
 use PHPStan\Rules\Generics\MethodTagTemplateTypeRule;
+use PHPStan\Rules\Generics\MethodTagTemplateTypeTraitRule;
 use PHPStan\Rules\Generics\MethodTemplateTypeRule;
 use PHPStan\Rules\Generics\TemplateTypeCheck;
 use PHPStan\Rules\Generics\TraitTemplateTypeRule;
@@ -257,6 +258,7 @@ private function getRuleRegistry(Container $container): RuleRegistry
 			$rules[] = new PropertyTagTraitUseRule($propertyTagCheck);
 			$rules[] = new MixinRule($reflectionProvider, $classNameCheck, $genericObjectTypeCheck, $missingTypehintCheck, $unresolvableTypeHelper, true, true);
 			$rules[] = new LocalTypeTraitUseAliasesRule($localTypeAliasesCheck);
+			$rules[] = new MethodTagTemplateTypeTraitRule($methodTagTemplateTypeCheck, $reflectionProvider);
 		}
 
 		return new DirectRuleRegistry($rules);
diff --git a/src/Rules/Generics/MethodTagTemplateTypeTraitRule.php b/src/Rules/Generics/MethodTagTemplateTypeTraitRule.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0235e975c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Rules/Generics/MethodTagTemplateTypeTraitRule.php
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types = 1);
+
+namespace PHPStan\Rules\Generics;
+
+use PhpParser\Node;
+use PHPStan\Analyser\Scope;
+use PHPStan\Reflection\ReflectionProvider;
+use PHPStan\Rules\Rule;
+
+/**
+ * @implements Rule<Node\Stmt\Trait_>
+ */
+final class MethodTagTemplateTypeTraitRule implements Rule
+{
+
+	public function __construct(
+		private MethodTagTemplateTypeCheck $check,
+		private ReflectionProvider $reflectionProvider,
+	)
+	{
+	}
+
+	public function getNodeType(): string
+	{
+		return Node\Stmt\Trait_::class;
+	}
+
+	public function processNode(Node $node, Scope $scope): array
+	{
+		$docComment = $node->getDocComment();
+		if ($docComment === null) {
+			return [];
+		}
+
+		$traitName = $node->namespacedName;
+		if ($traitName === null) {
+			return [];
+		}
+
+		if (!$this->reflectionProvider->hasClass($traitName->toString())) {
+			return [];
+		}
+
+		return $this->check->check(
+			$this->reflectionProvider->getClass($traitName->toString()),
+			$scope,
+			$node,
+			$docComment->getText(),
+		);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Generics/MethodTagTemplateTypeTraitRuleTest.php b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Generics/MethodTagTemplateTypeTraitRuleTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..773f6c30c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Generics/MethodTagTemplateTypeTraitRuleTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types = 1);
+
+namespace PHPStan\Rules\Generics;
+
+use PHPStan\Rules\ClassCaseSensitivityCheck;
+use PHPStan\Rules\ClassForbiddenNameCheck;
+use PHPStan\Rules\ClassNameCheck;
+use PHPStan\Rules\Rule;
+use PHPStan\Testing\RuleTestCase;
+use PHPStan\Type\FileTypeMapper;
+
+/**
+ * @extends RuleTestCase<MethodTagTemplateTypeTraitRule>
+ */
+class MethodTagTemplateTypeTraitRuleTest extends RuleTestCase
+{
+
+	protected function getRule(): Rule
+	{
+		$reflectionProvider = $this->createReflectionProvider();
+		$typeAliasResolver = $this->createTypeAliasResolver(['TypeAlias' => 'int'], $reflectionProvider);
+
+		return new MethodTagTemplateTypeTraitRule(
+			new MethodTagTemplateTypeCheck(
+				self::getContainer()->getByType(FileTypeMapper::class),
+				new TemplateTypeCheck(
+					$reflectionProvider,
+					new ClassNameCheck(
+						new ClassCaseSensitivityCheck($reflectionProvider, true),
+						new ClassForbiddenNameCheck(self::getContainer()),
+					),
+					new GenericObjectTypeCheck(),
+					$typeAliasResolver,
+					true,
+				),
+			),
+			$reflectionProvider,
+		);
+	}
+
+	public function testRule(): void
+	{
+		$this->analyse([__DIR__ . '/data/method-tag-trait-template.php'], [
+			[
+				'PHPDoc tag @method template U for method MethodTagTraitTemplate\HelloWorld::sayHello() has invalid bound type MethodTagTraitTemplate\Nonexisting.',
+				11,
+			],
+			[
+				'PHPDoc tag @method template for method MethodTagTraitTemplate\HelloWorld::sayHello() cannot have existing class stdClass as its name.',
+				11,
+			],
+			[
+				'PHPDoc tag @method template T for method MethodTagTraitTemplate\HelloWorld::sayHello() shadows @template T for class MethodTagTraitTemplate\HelloWorld.',
+				11,
+			],
+			[
+				'PHPDoc tag @method template for method MethodTagTraitTemplate\HelloWorld::typeAlias() cannot have existing type alias TypeAlias as its name.',
+				11,
+			],
+		]);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Generics/data/method-tag-trait-template.php b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Generics/data/method-tag-trait-template.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57a93beb5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Rules/Generics/data/method-tag-trait-template.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types = 1);
+
+namespace MethodTagTraitTemplate;
+
+/**
+ * @template T
+ *
+ * @method void sayHello<T, U of Nonexisting, stdClass>(T $a, U $b, stdClass $c)
+ * @method void typeAlias<TypeAlias of mixed>(TypeAlias $a)
+ */
+trait HelloWorld
+{
+}