diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Bus/PendingBatch.php b/src/Illuminate/Bus/PendingBatch.php
index 56297bc80e0d..ba130fcefd1d 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Bus/PendingBatch.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Bus/PendingBatch.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Illuminate\Support\Traits\Conditionable;
 use Laravel\SerializableClosure\SerializableClosure;
+use RuntimeException;
 use Throwable;
 
 use function Illuminate\Support\enum_value;
@@ -56,7 +57,10 @@ class PendingBatch
     public function __construct(Container $container, Collection $jobs)
     {
         $this->container = $container;
-        $this->jobs = $jobs;
+
+        $this->jobs = $jobs->each(function (object|array $job) {
+            $this->ensureJobIsBatchable($job);
+        });
     }
 
     /**
@@ -70,12 +74,35 @@ public function add($jobs)
         $jobs = is_iterable($jobs) ? $jobs : Arr::wrap($jobs);
 
         foreach ($jobs as $job) {
+            $this->ensureJobIsBatchable($job);
+
             $this->jobs->push($job);
         }
 
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Ensure the given job is batchable.
+     *
+     * @param  object|array  $job
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function ensureJobIsBatchable(object|array $job): void
+    {
+        foreach (Arr::wrap($job) as $job) {
+            if ($job instanceof PendingBatch) {
+                $this->ensureJobIsBatchable($job->jobs->all());
+
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (! in_array(Batchable::class, class_uses_recursive($job))) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('Attempted to batch job [%s], but it does not use the Batchable trait.', $job::class));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Add a callback to be executed when the batch is stored.
      *
diff --git a/tests/Bus/BusPendingBatchTest.php b/tests/Bus/BusPendingBatchTest.php
index d5b9bd8d9ea7..d0398da85e69 100644
--- a/tests/Bus/BusPendingBatchTest.php
+++ b/tests/Bus/BusPendingBatchTest.php
@@ -222,4 +222,13 @@ public function test_batch_before_event_is_called()
 
         $this->assertTrue($beforeCalled);
     }
+
+    public function test_it_throws_exception_if_batched_job_is_not_batchable(): void
+    {
+        $nonBatchableJob = new class {};
+
+        $this->expectException(RuntimeException::class);
+
+        new PendingBatch(new Container, new Collection([$nonBatchableJob]));
+    }
 }