diff --git a/__tests__/Record.ts b/__tests__/Record.ts
index 76ad89da86..24bbf30f80 100644
--- a/__tests__/Record.ts
+++ b/__tests__/Record.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 ///<reference path='../resources/jest.d.ts'/>
 
-import { isKeyed, Record, Seq } from '../';
+import { isKeyed, Map, Record, Seq } from '../';
 
 describe('Record', () => {
   it('defines a constructor', () => {
@@ -261,4 +261,26 @@ describe('Record', () => {
     expect(factoryA().equals(factoryA())).toBe(true);
     expect(factoryA().equals(factoryB())).toBe(true);
   });
+
+  it('does not accept a Record as constructor', () => {
+    const Foo = Record({ foo: 'bar' });
+    const fooInstance = Foo();
+    expect(() => {
+      Record(fooInstance);
+    }).toThrowErrorMatchingSnapshot();
+  });
+
+  it('does not accept a non object as constructor', () => {
+    const defaultValues = null;
+    expect(() => {
+      Record(defaultValues);
+    }).toThrowErrorMatchingSnapshot();
+  });
+
+  it('does not accept an immutable object that is not a Record as constructor', () => {
+    const defaultValues = Map({ foo: 'bar' });
+    expect(() => {
+      Record(defaultValues);
+    }).toThrowErrorMatchingSnapshot();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/__tests__/__snapshots__/Record.ts.snap b/__tests__/__snapshots__/Record.ts.snap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46daf60171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/__snapshots__/Record.ts.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`Record does not accept a Record as constructor 1`] = `"Can not call \`Record\` with an immutable Record as default values. Use a plain javascript object instead."`;
+
+exports[`Record does not accept a non object as constructor 1`] = `"Can not call \`Record\` with a non-object as default values. Use a plain javascript object instead."`;
+
+exports[`Record does not accept an immutable object that is not a Record as constructor 1`] = `"Can not call \`Record\` with an immutable Collection as default values. Use a plain javascript object instead."`;
diff --git a/src/Record.js b/src/Record.js
index 2731267a49..68ffec25c8 100644
--- a/src/Record.js
+++ b/src/Record.js
@@ -28,11 +28,34 @@ import { asImmutable } from './methods/asImmutable';
 
 import invariant from './utils/invariant';
 import quoteString from './utils/quoteString';
+import { isImmutable } from './predicates/isImmutable';
+
+function throwOnInvalidDefaultValues(defaultValues) {
+  if (isRecord(defaultValues)) {
+    throw new Error(
+      'Can not call `Record` with an immutable Record as default values. Use a plain javascript object instead.'
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (isImmutable(defaultValues)) {
+    throw new Error(
+      'Can not call `Record` with an immutable Collection as default values. Use a plain javascript object instead.'
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (defaultValues === null || typeof defaultValues !== 'object') {
+    throw new Error(
+      'Can not call `Record` with a non-object as default values. Use a plain javascript object instead.'
+    );
+  }
+}
 
 export class Record {
   constructor(defaultValues, name) {
     let hasInitialized;
 
+    throwOnInvalidDefaultValues(defaultValues);
+
     const RecordType = function Record(values) {
       if (values instanceof RecordType) {
         return values;