diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-buildpack-platform/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/buildpack/platform/build/Builder.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-buildpack-platform/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/buildpack/platform/build/Builder.java
index 9dc84712b98..01943c8b23b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-buildpack-platform/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/buildpack/platform/build/Builder.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-buildpack-platform/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/buildpack/platform/build/Builder.java
@@ -237,14 +237,14 @@ public class Builder {
 					() -> String.format("%s '%s' must be pulled from the '%s' authenticated registry",
 							StringUtils.capitalize(type.getDescription()), reference, this.domain));
 			if (this.pullPolicy == PullPolicy.ALWAYS) {
-				return pullImage(reference, type);
+				return checkPlatformMismatch(pullImage(reference, type), reference);
 			}
 			try {
-				return Builder.this.docker.image().inspect(reference);
+				return checkPlatformMismatch(Builder.this.docker.image().inspect(reference), reference);
 			}
 			catch (DockerEngineException ex) {
 				if (this.pullPolicy == PullPolicy.IF_NOT_PRESENT && ex.getStatusCode() == 404) {
-					return pullImage(reference, type);
+					return checkPlatformMismatch(pullImage(reference, type), reference);
 				}
 				throw ex;
 			}
@@ -261,6 +261,26 @@ public class Builder {
 			return image;
 		}
 
+		private Image checkPlatformMismatch(Image image, ImageReference imageReference) {
+			if (this.defaultPlatform != null) {
+				ImagePlatform imagePlatform = ImagePlatform.from(image);
+				if (!imagePlatform.equals(this.defaultPlatform)) {
+					throw new PlatformMismatchException(imageReference, this.defaultPlatform, imagePlatform);
+				}
+			}
+			return image;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	private static final class PlatformMismatchException extends RuntimeException {
+
+		private PlatformMismatchException(ImageReference imageReference, ImagePlatform requestedPlatform,
+				ImagePlatform actualPlatform) {
+			super("Image platform mismatch detected. The configured platform '%s' is not supported by the image '%s'. Requested platform '%s' but got '%s'"
+				.formatted(requestedPlatform, imageReference, requestedPlatform, actualPlatform));
+		}
+
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/dockerTest/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/tasks/bundling/BootBuildImageIntegrationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/dockerTest/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/tasks/bundling/BootBuildImageIntegrationTests.java
index 1d0dc3824f7..dcc6f723ba2 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/dockerTest/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/tasks/bundling/BootBuildImageIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/dockerTest/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/tasks/bundling/BootBuildImageIntegrationTests.java
@@ -513,6 +513,14 @@ class BootBuildImageIntegrationTests {
 		assertThat(result.getOutput()).containsPattern("Each image building cache can be configured only once");
 	}
 
+	@TestTemplate
+	void failsWithIncompatiblePlatform() throws IOException {
+		writeMainClass();
+		BuildResult result = this.gradleBuild.buildAndFail("bootBuildImage");
+		assertThat(result.getOutput()).contains(
+				"Image platform mismatch detected. The configured platform 'invalid/platform' is not supported by the image 'ghcr.io/spring-io/spring-boot-cnb-test-builder:0.0.1'. Requested platform 'invalid/platform' but got 'linux/amd64'");
+	}
+
 	private void writeMainClass() throws IOException {
 		File examplePackage = new File(this.gradleBuild.getProjectDir(), "src/main/java/example");
 		examplePackage.mkdirs();
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/dockerTest/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/tasks/bundling/BootBuildImageIntegrationTests-failsWithIncompatiblePlatform.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/dockerTest/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/tasks/bundling/BootBuildImageIntegrationTests-failsWithIncompatiblePlatform.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab3a25f1bd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/dockerTest/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/tasks/bundling/BootBuildImageIntegrationTests-failsWithIncompatiblePlatform.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+plugins {
+	id 'java'
+	id 'org.springframework.boot' version '{version}'
+}
+
+bootBuildImage {
+	builder = "ghcr.io/spring-io/spring-boot-cnb-test-builder:0.0.1"
+	runImage = "paketobuildpacks/run-jammy-tiny"
+	buildpacks = ["ghcr.io/spring-io/spring-boot-test-info:0.0.1"]
+	imagePlatform = "invalid/platform"
+}