diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 897a5ae08d..d01340c082 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,28 @@ LOCAL_PATH := $(BUILD_SYSTEM)
 define check-product-copy-files
 $(if $(filter-out $(TARGET_COPY_OUT_SYSTEM_OTHER)/%,$(2)), \
   $(if $(filter %.apk, $(2)),$(error \
-     Prebuilt apk found in PRODUCT_COPY_FILES: $(1), use BUILD_PREBUILT instead!)))
+     Prebuilt apk found in PRODUCT_COPY_FILES: $(1), use BUILD_PREBUILT instead!))) \
+$(if $(filter true,$(BUILD_BROKEN_VINTF_PRODUCT_COPY_FILES)),, \
+  $(if $(filter $(TARGET_COPY_OUT_SYSTEM)/etc/vintf/% \
+                $(TARGET_COPY_OUT_SYSTEM)/manifest.xml \
+                $(TARGET_COPY_OUT_SYSTEM)/compatibility_matrix.xml,$(2)), \
+    $(error VINTF metadata found in PRODUCT_COPY_FILES: $(1), use vintf_fragments instead!)) \
+  $(if $(filter $(TARGET_COPY_OUT_PRODUCT)/etc/vintf/%,$(2)), \
+    $(error VINTF metadata found in PRODUCT_COPY_FILES: $(1), \
+      use PRODUCT_MANIFEST_FILES / DEVICE_PRODUCT_COMPATIBILITY_MATRIX_FILE / vintf_compatibility_matrix / vintf_fragments instead!)) \
+  $(if $(filter $(TARGET_COPY_OUT_SYSTEM_EXT)/etc/vintf/%,$(2)), \
+    $(error VINTF metadata found in PRODUCT_COPY_FILES: $(1), \
+      use vintf_compatibility_matrix / vintf_fragments instead!)) \
+  $(if $(filter $(TARGET_COPY_OUT_VENDOR)/etc/vintf/% \
+                $(TARGET_COPY_OUT_VENDOR)/manifest.xml \
+                $(TARGET_COPY_OUT_VENDOR)/compatibility_matrix.xml,$(2)), \
+    $(error VINTF metadata found in PRODUCT_COPY_FILES: $(1), \
+      use DEVICE_MANIFEST_FILE / DEVICE_MATRIX_FILE / vintf_compatibility_matrix / vintf_fragments instead!)) \
+  $(if $(filter $(TARGET_COPY_OUT_ODM)/etc/vintf/% \
+                $(TARGET_COPY_OUT_ODM)/etc/manifest%,$(2)), \
+    $(error VINTF metadata found in PRODUCT_COPY_FILES: $(1), \
+      use ODM_MANIFEST_FILES / vintf_fragments instead!)) \
+)
 endef
 # filter out the duplicate <source file>:<dest file> pairs.
 unique_product_copy_files_pairs :=
diff --git a/core/board_config.mk b/core/board_config.mk
index b9b4dc27a9..838a015f7a 100644
--- a/core/board_config.mk
+++ b/core/board_config.mk
@@ -86,10 +86,11 @@ _board_strip_readonly_list += $(_dynamic_partitions_var_list)
 
 _build_broken_var_list := \
   BUILD_BROKEN_DUP_RULES \
+  BUILD_BROKEN_OUTSIDE_INCLUDE_DIRS \
   BUILD_BROKEN_PREBUILT_ELF_FILES \
   BUILD_BROKEN_TREBLE_SYSPROP_NEVERALLOW \
   BUILD_BROKEN_USES_NETWORK \
-  BUILD_BROKEN_OUTSIDE_INCLUDE_DIRS \
+  BUILD_BROKEN_VINTF_PRODUCT_COPY_FILES \
 
 _build_broken_var_list += \
   $(foreach m,$(AVAILABLE_BUILD_MODULE_TYPES) \