diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/BuildHIR.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/BuildHIR.ts
index 5f26d0e6a9..468a81b1d8 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/BuildHIR.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/BuildHIR.ts
@@ -2044,6 +2044,21 @@ function lowerExpression(
         }
         props.push({ kind: "JsxAttribute", name: propName, place: value });
       }
+      if (tag.kind === "BuiltinTag" && tag.name === "fbt") {
+        const openingIdentifier = opening.get("name");
+        const tagIdentifier = openingIdentifier.isJSXIdentifier()
+          ? builder.resolveIdentifier(openingIdentifier)
+          : null;
+        if (tagIdentifier != null) {
+          CompilerError.throwTodo({
+            reason: `Support <fbt> tags where 'fbt' is a local variable instead of a global`,
+            loc: openingIdentifier.node.loc ?? GeneratedSource,
+            description: null,
+            suggestions: null,
+          });
+        }
+      }
+
       let children: Array<Place>;
       if (tag.kind === "BuiltinTag" && tag.name === "fbt") {
         children = expr
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/fbt/error.todo-locally-require-fbt.expect.md b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/fbt/error.todo-locally-require-fbt.expect.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94058afc59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/fbt/error.todo-locally-require-fbt.expect.md
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+
+## Input
+
+```javascript
+function Component(props) {
+  const fbt = require("fbt");
+
+  return <fbt desc="Description">{"Text"}</fbt>;
+}
+
+```
+
+
+## Error
+
+```
+  2 |   const fbt = require("fbt");
+  3 |
+> 4 |   return <fbt desc="Description">{"Text"}</fbt>;
+    |           ^^^ [ReactForget] Todo: Support <fbt> tags where 'fbt' is a local variable instead of a global (4:4)
+  5 | }
+  6 |
+```
+          
+      
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diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/fbt/error.todo-locally-require-fbt.js b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/fbt/error.todo-locally-require-fbt.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..626693eb11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/fbt/error.todo-locally-require-fbt.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+function Component(props) {
+  const fbt = require("fbt");
+
+  return <fbt desc="Description">{"Text"}</fbt>;
+}