diff --git a/CodeAnalysis/BannedSymbols.txt b/CodeAnalysis/BannedSymbols.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9fb86485d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CodeAnalysis/BannedSymbols.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+M:System.Object.Equals(System.Object,System.Object)~System.Boolean;Don't use object.Equals. Use IEquatable<T> or EqualityComparer<T>.Default instead.
+M:System.Object.Equals(System.Object)~System.Boolean;Don't use object.Equals. Use IEquatable<T> or EqualityComparer<T>.Default instead.
+M:System.ValueType.Equals(System.Object)~System.Boolean;Don't use object.Equals(Fallbacks to ValueType). Use IEquatable<T> or EqualityComparer<T>.Default instead.
+T:System.IComparable;Don't use non-generic IComparable. Use generic version instead.
diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index b4baa2833e..9735c78913 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
   <ItemGroup Label="Resources">
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Resources\**\*.*" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup Label="Code Analysis">
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.BannedApiAnalyzers" Version="2.9.7" PrivateAssets="All" />
+    <AdditionalFiles Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)CodeAnalysis\BannedSymbols.txt" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Project">
     <!-- DeepEqual is not netstandard-compatible. This is fine since we run tests with .NET Framework anyway.
     This is required due to https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/5740 -->