diff --git a/cloud-annotations/src/main/java/org/incendo/cloud/annotations/AnnotationParser.java b/cloud-annotations/src/main/java/org/incendo/cloud/annotations/AnnotationParser.java
index 0734426da..017052736 100644
--- a/cloud-annotations/src/main/java/org/incendo/cloud/annotations/AnnotationParser.java
+++ b/cloud-annotations/src/main/java/org/incendo/cloud/annotations/AnnotationParser.java
@@ -989,6 +989,16 @@ private <T> void parseParsers(final @NonNull T instance) {
         }
 
         if (commandDescriptor.requiredSender() != Object.class) {
+            if (!GenericTypeReflector.isSuperType(this.commandSenderType.getType(), commandDescriptor.requiredSender())) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format(
+                        "Command method %s#%s(%s) has invalid sender type requirement: %s does not inherit from %s",
+                        method.getDeclaringClass().getName(),
+                        method.getName(),
+                        Arrays.stream(method.getParameterTypes()).map(Class::getName).collect(Collectors.joining(", ")),
+                        commandDescriptor.requiredSender().getName(),
+                        this.commandSenderType.getType().getTypeName()
+                ));
+            }
             builder = builder.senderType((Class<? extends C>) commandDescriptor.requiredSender());
         } else if (senderType != null) {
             builder = builder.senderType(senderType);
diff --git a/cloud-annotations/src/test/java/org/incendo/cloud/annotations/feature/RequiredSenderDeductionTest.java b/cloud-annotations/src/test/java/org/incendo/cloud/annotations/feature/RequiredSenderTest.java
similarity index 84%
rename from cloud-annotations/src/test/java/org/incendo/cloud/annotations/feature/RequiredSenderDeductionTest.java
rename to cloud-annotations/src/test/java/org/incendo/cloud/annotations/feature/RequiredSenderTest.java
index c4203038c..aba829b1c 100644
--- a/cloud-annotations/src/test/java/org/incendo/cloud/annotations/feature/RequiredSenderDeductionTest.java
+++ b/cloud-annotations/src/test/java/org/incendo/cloud/annotations/feature/RequiredSenderTest.java
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 
-class RequiredSenderDeductionTest {
+class RequiredSenderTest {
 
     private CommandManager<SuperSender<?>> commandManager;
+    private AnnotationParser<SuperSender<?>> annotationParser;
 
     @BeforeEach
     void setup() {
@@ -54,12 +55,12 @@ public boolean hasPermission(
                 return true;
             }
         };
-        AnnotationParser<SuperSender<?>> annotationParser = new AnnotationParser<>(
+        this.annotationParser = new AnnotationParser<>(
                 this.commandManager,
                 new TypeToken<SuperSender<?>>() {
                 }
         );
-        annotationParser.parse(new TestClassA());
+        this.annotationParser.parse(new TestClassA());
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -83,6 +84,14 @@ void testIncorrectSender() {
         );
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testInvalidRequirement() {
+        assertThrows(
+                IllegalArgumentException.class,
+                () -> this.annotationParser.parse(new InvalidSenderRequirementTest())
+        );
+    }
+
 
     static class TestClassA {
 
@@ -102,4 +111,10 @@ public static class StringSender implements SuperSender<String> {
 
     public static class IntegerSender implements SuperSender<Integer> {
     }
+
+    static class InvalidSenderRequirementTest {
+        @Command(value = "invalid_command", requiredSender = String.class)
+        public void badSenderTypeNoParams() {
+        }
+    }
 }