diff --git a/packages/next/client/image.tsx b/packages/next/client/image.tsx
index 78e263d0aa5bb..a5bcceae4e636 100644
--- a/packages/next/client/image.tsx
+++ b/packages/next/client/image.tsx
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ function defaultImageLoader(loaderProps: ImageLoaderProps) {
 function handleLoading(
   img: HTMLImageElement | null,
   src: string,
+  layout: LayoutValue,
   placeholder: PlaceholderValue,
   onLoadingComplete?: OnLoadingComplete
 ) {
@@ -267,6 +268,21 @@ function handleLoading(
           // underlying DOM element because it could be misused.
           onLoadingComplete({ naturalWidth, naturalHeight })
         }
+        if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
+          const parentStyle = img.parentElement?.parentElement?.style
+          if (layout === 'responsive' && parentStyle?.display === 'flex') {
+            console.warn(
+              `Image with src "${src}" may not render properly as a child of a flex container. Consider wrapping the image with a div to configure the width.`
+            )
+          } else if (
+            layout === 'fill' &&
+            parentStyle?.position !== 'relative'
+          ) {
+            console.warn(
+              `Image with src "${src}" may not render properly with a parent using position:"${parentStyle?.position}". Consider changing the parent style to position:"relative" with a width and height.`
+            )
+          }
+        }
       })
     }
   }
@@ -612,7 +628,7 @@ export default function Image({
         className={className}
         ref={(img) => {
           setRef(img)
-          handleLoading(img, srcString, placeholder, onLoadingComplete)
+          handleLoading(img, srcString, layout, placeholder, onLoadingComplete)
         }}
         style={{ ...imgStyle, ...blurStyle }}
       />
diff --git a/test/integration/image-component/default/pages/layout-fill-inside-nonrelative.js b/test/integration/image-component/default/pages/layout-fill-inside-nonrelative.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bbcb08668695f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/image-component/default/pages/layout-fill-inside-nonrelative.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import Image from 'next/image'
+import img from '../public/test.jpg'
+
+const Page = () => {
+  return (
+    <div style={{ position: 'static' }}>
+      <Image layout="fill" src={img} />
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+export default Page
diff --git a/test/integration/image-component/default/pages/layout-responsive-inside-flex.js b/test/integration/image-component/default/pages/layout-responsive-inside-flex.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d6ab8d32debcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/image-component/default/pages/layout-responsive-inside-flex.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import Image from 'next/image'
+import img from '../public/test.jpg'
+
+const Page = () => {
+  return (
+    <div style={{ display: 'flex' }}>
+      <Image layout="responsive" src={img} />
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+export default Page
diff --git a/test/integration/image-component/default/test/index.test.js b/test/integration/image-component/default/test/index.test.js
index aff13d076e6ff..6be77fdb6d20d 100644
--- a/test/integration/image-component/default/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/image-component/default/test/index.test.js
@@ -582,6 +582,33 @@ function runTests(mode) {
       )
     })
 
+    it('should warn when img with layout=responsive is inside flex container', async () => {
+      const browser = await webdriver(appPort, '/layout-responsive-inside-flex')
+
+      const warnings = (await browser.log('browser'))
+        .map((log) => log.message)
+        .join('\n')
+      expect(await hasRedbox(browser)).toBe(false)
+      expect(warnings).toMatch(
+        /Image with src (.*)jpg(.*) may not render properly as a child of a flex container. Consider wrapping the image with a div to configure the width/gm
+      )
+    })
+
+    it('should warn when img with layout=fill is inside a container without position relative', async () => {
+      const browser = await webdriver(
+        appPort,
+        '/layout-fill-inside-nonrelative'
+      )
+
+      const warnings = (await browser.log('browser'))
+        .map((log) => log.message)
+        .join('\n')
+      expect(await hasRedbox(browser)).toBe(false)
+      expect(warnings).toMatch(
+        /Image with src (.*)jpg(.*) may not render properly with a parent using position:\"static\". Consider changing the parent style to position:\"relative\"/gm
+      )
+    })
+
     it('should warn when using a very small image with placeholder=blur', async () => {
       const browser = await webdriver(appPort, '/small-img-import')