diff --git a/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/lint.ts b/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/lint.ts
index 7f367705eb692..0f16e78ed746a 100644
--- a/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/lint.ts
+++ b/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/lint.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ export type GitHubPr =
 
 export const CODE_BUILD_CONTEXT = 'AWS CodeBuild us-east-1 (AutoBuildv2Project1C6BFA3F-wQm2hXv2jqQv)';
 
+const PR_FROM_MAIN_ERROR = 'Pull requests from `main` branch of a fork cannot be accepted. Please reopen this contribution from another branch on your fork. For more information, see https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#step-4-pull-request.';
+
 /**
  * Types of exemption labels in aws-cdk project.
  */
@@ -268,6 +270,16 @@ export class PullRequestLinter {
       body,
     });
 
+    // Commenting this code to first test that linter rule works
+    // since this can lead to other PRs closing if not setup correctly
+    // // Closing the PR if it is opened from main branch of author's fork
+    // if (failureMessages.includes(PR_FROM_MAIN_ERROR)) {
+    //   await this.client.pulls.update({
+    //     ...this.prParams,
+    //     state: 'closed',
+    //   });
+    // }
+
     throw new LinterError(body);
   }
 
@@ -508,6 +520,9 @@ export class PullRequestLinter {
     validationCollector.validateRuleSet({
       testRuleSet: [{ test: validateTitleScope }],
     });
+    validationCollector.validateRuleSet({
+      testRuleSet: [{ test: validateBranch }],
+    })
 
     validationCollector.validateRuleSet({
       exemption: shouldExemptBreakingChange,
@@ -687,6 +702,22 @@ function validateTitleScope(pr: GitHubPr): TestResult {
   return result;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Check that the PR is not opened from main branch of author's fork
+ * 
+ * @param pr github pr
+ * @returns test result
+ */
+function validateBranch(pr: GitHubPr): TestResult {
+  const result = new TestResult();
+  
+  if (pr.head && pr.head.ref) {
+    result.assessFailure(pr.head.ref === 'main', PR_FROM_MAIN_ERROR);
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}
+
 function assertStability(pr: GitHubPr, _files: GitHubFile[]): TestResult {
   const title = pr.title;
   const body = pr.body;
diff --git a/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/test/lint.test.ts b/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/test/lint.test.ts
index 50bd81b2c7f2b..42185b50f7368 100644
--- a/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/test/lint.test.ts
+++ b/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/test/lint.test.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,24 @@ describe('breaking changes format', () => {
   });
 });
 
+test('disallow PRs from main branch of fork', async () => {
+  const issue: Subset<linter.GitHubPr> = {
+    number: 1,
+    title: 'chore: some title',
+    body: 'making a pr from main of my fork',
+    labels: [{ name: 'pr-linter/exempt-test' }, { name: 'pr-linter/exempt-readme' }],
+    user: {
+      login: 'author',
+    },
+    head: {
+      label: 'author:main',
+      ref: 'main'
+    }
+  };
+  const prLinter = configureMock(issue, undefined);
+  await expect(prLinter.validatePullRequestTarget(SHA)).rejects.toThrow(/Pull requests from `main` branch of a fork cannot be accepted. Please reopen this contribution from another branch on your fork./);
+});
+
 describe('commit message format', () => {
   test('valid scope', async () => {
     const issue = {