diff --git a/agent/config/builder.go b/agent/config/builder.go
index e67409635184..667d822480ac 100644
--- a/agent/config/builder.go
+++ b/agent/config/builder.go
@@ -1134,6 +1134,15 @@ func (b *builder) build() (rt RuntimeConfig, err error) {
 		return RuntimeConfig{}, fmt.Errorf("cache.entry_fetch_rate must be strictly positive, was: %v", rt.Cache.EntryFetchRate)
 	}
 
+	// TODO(CC-6389): Remove once resource-apis is no longer considered experimental and is supported by HCP
+	if stringslice.Contains(rt.Experiments, consul.CatalogResourceExperimentName) && rt.IsCloudEnabled() {
+		// Allow override of this check for development/testing purposes. Should not be used in production
+		override, err := strconv.ParseBool(os.Getenv("CONSUL_OVERRIDE_HCP_RESOURCE_APIS_CHECK"))
+		if err != nil || !override {
+			return RuntimeConfig{}, fmt.Errorf("`experiments` cannot include 'resource-apis' when HCP `cloud` configuration is set")
+		}
+	}
+
 	if rt.UIConfig.MetricsProvider == "prometheus" {
 		// Handle defaulting for the built-in version of prometheus.
 		if len(rt.UIConfig.MetricsProxy.PathAllowlist) == 0 {
@@ -2550,7 +2559,7 @@ func (b *builder) cloudConfigVal(v Config) hcpconfig.CloudConfig {
 	val := hcpconfig.CloudConfig{
 		ResourceID: os.Getenv("HCP_RESOURCE_ID"),
 	}
-	// Node id might get overriden in setup.go:142
+	// Node id might get overridden in setup.go:142
 	nodeID := stringVal(v.NodeID)
 	val.NodeID = types.NodeID(nodeID)
 	val.NodeName = b.nodeName(v.NodeName)
diff --git a/agent/config/builder_test.go b/agent/config/builder_test.go
index 2cc3e3148c37..6f8fdc9598a0 100644
--- a/agent/config/builder_test.go
+++ b/agent/config/builder_test.go
@@ -575,3 +575,72 @@ func TestBuidler_hostMetricsWithCloud(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NotNil(t, cfg)
 	require.True(t, cfg.Telemetry.EnableHostMetrics)
 }
+
+func TestBuilder_WarnCloudConfigWithResourceApis(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		hcl       string
+		expectErr bool
+		override  bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "base_case",
+			hcl:  ``,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "resource-apis_no_cloud",
+			hcl:  `experiments = ["resource-apis"]`,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "cloud-config_no_experiments",
+			hcl:  `cloud{ resource_id = "abc" client_id = "abc" client_secret = "abc"}`,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "cloud-config_resource-apis_experiment",
+			hcl: `
+			experiments = ["resource-apis"]
+			cloud{ resource_id = "abc" client_id = "abc" client_secret = "abc"}`,
+			expectErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "cloud-config_other_experiment",
+			hcl: `
+			experiments = ["test"]
+			cloud{ resource_id = "abc" client_id = "abc" client_secret = "abc"}`,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "cloud-config_resource-apis_experiment_override",
+			hcl: `
+			experiments = ["resource-apis"]
+			cloud{ resource_id = "abc" client_id = "abc" client_secret = "abc"}`,
+			override: true,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		// using dev mode skips the need for a data dir
+		devMode := true
+		builderOpts := LoadOpts{
+			DevMode: &devMode,
+			Overrides: []Source{
+				FileSource{
+					Name:   "overrides",
+					Format: "hcl",
+					Data:   tc.hcl,
+				},
+			},
+		}
+		if tc.override {
+			os.Setenv("CONSUL_OVERRIDE_HCP_RESOURCE_APIS_CHECK", "1")
+		}
+		_, err := Load(builderOpts)
+		if tc.override {
+			os.Unsetenv("CONSUL_OVERRIDE_HCP_RESOURCE_APIS_CHECK")
+		}
+		if tc.expectErr {
+			require.Error(t, err)
+			require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "cannot include 'resource-apis' when HCP")
+		} else {
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+		}
+	}
+}