diff --git a/compiler/packages/eslint-plugin-react-compiler/__tests__/ReactCompilerRule-test.ts b/compiler/packages/eslint-plugin-react-compiler/__tests__/ReactCompilerRule-test.ts
index c87bcadbe98bc..386f95c493fd9 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/eslint-plugin-react-compiler/__tests__/ReactCompilerRule-test.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/eslint-plugin-react-compiler/__tests__/ReactCompilerRule-test.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,17 @@ const tests: CompilerTestCases = {
         }
       `,
     },
+    {
+      name: "'use no forget' directive is respected when errors are present",
+      code: normalizeIndent`
+        let count = 0;
+        function Component() {
+          'use no forget';
+          count++;
+          return <div>Hello world {count}</div>
+        }
+      `,
+    },
   ],
   invalid: [
     {
@@ -199,6 +210,28 @@ const tests: CompilerTestCases = {
         },
       ],
     },
+    {
+      only: true,
+      name: "Unused 'use no forget' directive is reported when no errors are present",
+      code: normalizeIndent`
+        function Component() {
+          'use no forget';
+          return <div>Hello world</div>
+        }
+      `,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          message: "Unused 'use no forget' directive",
+          suggestions: [
+            {
+              output:
+                // yuck
+                '\nfunction Component() {\n  \n  return <div>Hello world</div>\n}\n',
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    },
   ],
 };
 
diff --git a/compiler/packages/eslint-plugin-react-compiler/src/rules/ReactCompilerRule.ts b/compiler/packages/eslint-plugin-react-compiler/src/rules/ReactCompilerRule.ts
index 2fe34a0b7ff2b..27a600fe0cab5 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/eslint-plugin-react-compiler/src/rules/ReactCompilerRule.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/eslint-plugin-react-compiler/src/rules/ReactCompilerRule.ts
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@ import BabelPluginReactCompiler, {
   ErrorSeverity,
   parsePluginOptions,
   validateEnvironmentConfig,
+  OPT_OUT_DIRECTIVES,
   type PluginOptions,
 } from 'babel-plugin-react-compiler/src';
 import {Logger} from 'babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Entrypoint';
 import type {Rule} from 'eslint';
+import {Statement} from 'estree';
 import * as HermesParser from 'hermes-parser';
 
 type CompilerErrorDetailWithLoc = Omit<CompilerErrorDetailOptions, 'loc'> & {
@@ -146,6 +148,7 @@ const rule: Rule.RuleModule = {
         userOpts['__unstable_donotuse_reportAllBailouts'];
     }
 
+    let shouldReportUnusedOptOutDirective = true;
     const options: PluginOptions = {
       ...parsePluginOptions(userOpts),
       ...COMPILER_OPTIONS,
@@ -155,6 +158,7 @@ const rule: Rule.RuleModule = {
       logEvent: (filename, event): void => {
         userLogger?.logEvent(filename, event);
         if (event.kind === 'CompileError') {
+          shouldReportUnusedOptOutDirective = false;
           const detail = event.detail;
           const suggest = makeSuggestions(detail);
           if (__unstable_donotuse_reportAllBailouts && event.fnLoc != null) {
@@ -269,7 +273,52 @@ const rule: Rule.RuleModule = {
         /* errors handled by injected logger */
       }
     }
-    return {};
+
+    function reportUnusedOptOutDirective(stmt: Statement) {
+      if (
+        stmt.type === 'ExpressionStatement' &&
+        stmt.expression.type === 'Literal' &&
+        typeof stmt.expression.value === 'string' &&
+        OPT_OUT_DIRECTIVES.has(stmt.expression.value) &&
+        stmt.loc != null
+      ) {
+        context.report({
+          message: `Unused '${stmt.expression.value}' directive`,
+          loc: stmt.loc,
+          suggest: [
+            {
+              desc: 'Remove the directive',
+              fix(fixer) {
+                return fixer.remove(stmt);
+              },
+            },
+          ],
+        });
+      }
+    }
+    if (shouldReportUnusedOptOutDirective) {
+      return {
+        FunctionDeclaration(fnDecl) {
+          for (const stmt of fnDecl.body.body) {
+            reportUnusedOptOutDirective(stmt);
+          }
+        },
+        ArrowFunctionExpression(fnExpr) {
+          if (fnExpr.body.type === 'BlockStatement') {
+            for (const stmt of fnExpr.body.body) {
+              reportUnusedOptOutDirective(stmt);
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        FunctionExpression(fnExpr) {
+          for (const stmt of fnExpr.body.body) {
+            reportUnusedOptOutDirective(stmt);
+          }
+        },
+      };
+    } else {
+      return {};
+    }
   },
 };