diff --git a/packages/@lwc/engine-core/src/framework/invoker.ts b/packages/@lwc/engine-core/src/framework/invoker.ts
index 724695c0f8..fa0877a514 100644
--- a/packages/@lwc/engine-core/src/framework/invoker.ts
+++ b/packages/@lwc/engine-core/src/framework/invoker.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ import { addErrorComponentStack } from '../shared/error';
 import { evaluateTemplate, setVMBeingRendered, getVMBeingRendered } from './template';
 import { runWithBoundaryProtection } from './vm';
 import { logOperationStart, logOperationEnd, OperationId } from './profiler';
+import { LightningElement } from './base-lightning-element';
 import type { Template } from './template';
 import type { VM } from './vm';
-import type { LightningElement, LightningElementConstructor } from './base-lightning-element';
+import type { LightningElementConstructor } from './base-lightning-element';
 import type { VNodes } from './vnodes';
 
 export let isInvokingRender: boolean = false;
@@ -57,7 +58,11 @@ export function invokeComponentConstructor(vm: VM, Ctor: LightningElementConstru
         // the "instanceof" operator would not work here since Locker Service provides its own
         // implementation of LightningElement, so we indirectly check if the base constructor is
         // invoked by accessing the component on the vm.
-        if (vmBeingConstructed.component !== result) {
+        const isInvalidConstructor = lwcRuntimeFlags.ENABLE_LEGACY_LOCKER_SUPPORT
+            ? vmBeingConstructed.component !== result
+            : !(result instanceof LightningElement);
+
+        if (isInvalidConstructor) {
             throw new TypeError(
                 'Invalid component constructor, the class should extend LightningElement.'
             );
diff --git a/packages/@lwc/features/src/index.ts b/packages/@lwc/features/src/index.ts
index 4dd0bbedf8..d85e8276ca 100644
--- a/packages/@lwc/features/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/@lwc/features/src/index.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const features: FeatureFlagMap = {
     ENABLE_FORCE_SHADOW_MIGRATE_MODE: null,
     ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_SIGNALS: null,
     DISABLE_SYNTHETIC_SHADOW: null,
+    ENABLE_LEGACY_LOCKER_SUPPORT: null,
 };
 
 if (!(globalThis as any).lwcRuntimeFlags) {
diff --git a/packages/@lwc/features/src/types.ts b/packages/@lwc/features/src/types.ts
index 1a8cfd23f1..a2f148d73e 100644
--- a/packages/@lwc/features/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/@lwc/features/src/types.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ export interface FeatureFlagMap {
      * native shadow mode.
      */
     DISABLE_SYNTHETIC_SHADOW: FeatureFlagValue;
+
+    /**
+     * If true, then lightning legacy locker is supported, otherwise lightning legacy locker will not function
+     * properly.
+     */
+    ENABLE_LEGACY_LOCKER_SUPPORT: FeatureFlagValue;
 }
 
 export type FeatureFlagName = keyof FeatureFlagMap;
diff --git a/packages/@lwc/integration-karma/test/api/createElement/index.spec.js b/packages/@lwc/integration-karma/test/api/createElement/index.spec.js
index e8137570e9..a9beeab9d6 100644
--- a/packages/@lwc/integration-karma/test/api/createElement/index.spec.js
+++ b/packages/@lwc/integration-karma/test/api/createElement/index.spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { createElement, LightningElement } from 'lwc';
+import { createElement, LightningElement, setFeatureFlagForTest } from 'lwc';
 import { isNativeShadowRootInstance, isSyntheticShadowRootInstance } from 'test-utils';
 
 import Test from 'x/test';
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ describe.runIf(process.env.NATIVE_SHADOW)('native shadow', () => {
 });
 
 describe('locker integration', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        setFeatureFlagForTest('ENABLE_LEGACY_LOCKER_SUPPORT', true);
+    });
+    afterEach(() => {
+        setFeatureFlagForTest('ENABLE_LEGACY_LOCKER_SUPPORT', false);
+    });
     it('should support component class that extend a mirror of the LightningElement', () => {
         function SecureBaseClass() {
             if (this instanceof SecureBaseClass) {
diff --git a/packages/@lwc/integration-karma/test/component/LightningElement/index.spec.js b/packages/@lwc/integration-karma/test/component/LightningElement/index.spec.js
index fe204b0563..7f396c86bd 100644
--- a/packages/@lwc/integration-karma/test/component/LightningElement/index.spec.js
+++ b/packages/@lwc/integration-karma/test/component/LightningElement/index.spec.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import NotReturningThis from 'x/notReturningThis';
 import ParentThrowingBeforeSuper from 'x/parentThrowingBeforeSuper';
 import DefinedComponent from 'x/definedComponent';
 import UndefinedComponent from 'x/undefinedComponent';
+import ReturningBad from 'x/returningBad';
 
 it('should throw when trying to invoke the constructor manually', () => {
     const func = () => {
@@ -79,3 +80,12 @@ it("[W-6981076] shouldn't throw when a component with an invalid child in unmoun
     );
     expect(() => document.body.removeChild(elm)).not.toThrow();
 });
+
+it('should fail when the constructor returns something other than an instance of itself', () => {
+    expect(() => {
+        createElement('x-returning-bad', { is: ReturningBad });
+    }).toThrowError(
+        TypeError,
+        'Invalid component constructor, the class should extend LightningElement.'
+    );
+});
diff --git a/packages/@lwc/integration-karma/test/component/LightningElement/x/returningBad/returningBad.js b/packages/@lwc/integration-karma/test/component/LightningElement/x/returningBad/returningBad.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62d22e25e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@lwc/integration-karma/test/component/LightningElement/x/returningBad/returningBad.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { LightningElement } from 'lwc';
+
+export default class MyClass extends LightningElement {
+    constructor() {
+        super();
+
+        const bad = {};
+        LightningElement.call(bad);
+
+        return bad;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/@lwc/integration-karma/test/integrations/locker/index.spec.js b/packages/@lwc/integration-karma/test/integrations/locker/index.spec.js
index 2a1783bedf..131135afac 100644
--- a/packages/@lwc/integration-karma/test/integrations/locker/index.spec.js
+++ b/packages/@lwc/integration-karma/test/integrations/locker/index.spec.js
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
-import { createElement } from 'lwc';
+import { createElement, setFeatureFlagForTest } from 'lwc';
 
 import LockerIntegration from 'x/lockerIntegration';
 import LockerLiveComponent from 'x/lockerLiveComponent';
 import LockerHooks, { hooks } from 'x/lockerHooks';
-
+beforeEach(() => {
+    setFeatureFlagForTest('ENABLE_LEGACY_LOCKER_SUPPORT', true);
+});
+afterEach(() => {
+    setFeatureFlagForTest('ENABLE_LEGACY_LOCKER_SUPPORT', false);
+});
 it('should support Locker integration which uses a wrapped LightningElement base class', () => {
     const elm = createElement('x-secure-parent', { is: LockerIntegration });
     document.body.appendChild(elm);