diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/DockerClientProviderStrategy.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/DockerClientProviderStrategy.java
index a9321276fd6..57cccc8b540 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/DockerClientProviderStrategy.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/DockerClientProviderStrategy.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import com.github.dockerjava.core.DockerClientConfig;
 import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.rnorth.ducttape.TimeoutException;
 import org.rnorth.ducttape.ratelimits.RateLimiter;
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ public static DockerClientProviderStrategy getFirstValidStrategy(List<DockerClie
                     try {
                         strategy.test();
                         LOGGER.info("Found Docker environment with {}", strategy.getDescription());
+                        strategy.checkOSType();
 
                         if (strategy.isPersistable()) {
                             TestcontainersConfiguration.getInstance().updateGlobalConfig("docker.client.strategy", strategy.getClass().getName());
@@ -199,4 +201,15 @@ protected void ping(DockerClient client, int timeoutInSeconds) {
     public String getDockerHostIpAddress() {
         return DockerClientConfigUtils.getDockerHostIpAddress(this.config);
     }
+
+    protected void checkOSType() {
+        LOGGER.debug("Checking Docker OS type for {}", this.getDescription());
+        String osType = client.infoCmd().exec().getOsType();
+        if (StringUtils.isBlank(osType)) {
+            LOGGER.warn("Could not determine Docker OS type");
+        } else if (!osType.equals("linux")) {
+            LOGGER.warn("{} is currently not supported", osType);
+            throw new InvalidConfigurationException(osType + " containers are currently not supported");
+        }
+    }
 }