diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-next/lib/index.js b/packages/eslint-plugin-next/lib/index.js
index 07501954c2ef..bf89bcc0b172 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin-next/lib/index.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-next/lib/index.js
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ module.exports = {
     'no-html-link-for-pages': require('./rules/no-html-link-for-pages'),
     'no-unwanted-polyfillio': require('./rules/no-unwanted-polyfillio'),
     'missing-preload': require('./rules/missing-preload'),
+    'missing-alt-text': require('./rules/image-component/missing-alt-text'),
+    'no-absolute-paths': require('./rules/image-component/no-absolute-paths'),
+    'no-unoptimized-relative': require('./rules/image-component/no-unoptimized-relative'),
+    'no-unsized-images': require('./rules/image-component/no-unsized-images'),
   },
   configs: {
     recommended: {
@@ -15,6 +19,10 @@ module.exports = {
         '@next/next/no-html-link-for-pages': 1,
         '@next/next/no-unwanted-polyfillio': 1,
         '@next/next/missing-preload': 1,
+        '@next/next/missing-alt-text': 1,
+        '@next/next/no-absolute-paths': 1,
+        '@next/next/no-unoptimized-relative': 1,
+        '@next/next/no-unsized-images': 1,
       },
     },
   },
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-next/lib/rules/image-component/missing-alt-text.js b/packages/eslint-plugin-next/lib/rules/image-component/missing-alt-text.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9ed1b850f917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-next/lib/rules/image-component/missing-alt-text.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+const createImageRule = require('../../utils/imageComponentRule.js')
+const NodeAttributes = require('../../utils/nodeAttributes.js')
+
+module.exports = {
+  meta: {
+    messages: {
+      missingAltText:
+        'All images should have an alt property for descriptive text. ' +
+        'Purely decorative images can use an empty alt attribute.' +
+        'See: https://web.dev/image-alt/',
+    },
+  },
+  create: createImageRule((context, node) => {
+    if (!imageHasAltText(node)) {
+      context.report({
+        node,
+        messageId: 'missingAltText',
+      })
+    }
+  }),
+}
+
+function imageHasAltText(node) {
+  let attributes = new NodeAttributes(node)
+  return attributes.has('alt')
+}
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-next/lib/rules/image-component/no-absolute-paths.js b/packages/eslint-plugin-next/lib/rules/image-component/no-absolute-paths.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eb02abd44372
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-next/lib/rules/image-component/no-absolute-paths.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+const createImageRule = require('../../utils/imageComponentRule.js')
+const NodeAttributes = require('../../utils/nodeAttributes.js')
+
+module.exports = {
+  meta: {
+    messages: {
+      noAbsolutePaths:
+        'You are using an absolute path in the src attribute of the next/image component.' +
+        'This is almost definitely a mistake--use the "unoptimized" attribute to use ' +
+        'an absolute path with no loader or optimizations.',
+    },
+  },
+  create: createImageRule((context, node) => {
+    if (hasBadAbsolutePath(node)) {
+      context.report({
+        node,
+        messageId: 'noAbsolutePaths',
+      })
+    }
+  }),
+}
+function hasBadAbsolutePath(node) {
+  let attributes = new NodeAttributes(node)
+  return (
+    !attributes.has('unoptimized') &&
+    attributes.has('src') &&
+    typeof attributes.value('src') === 'string' &&
+    attributes.value('src').match(/^[a-zA-z\d]*:*\/\//)
+  )
+}
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-next/lib/rules/image-component/no-unoptimized-relative.js b/packages/eslint-plugin-next/lib/rules/image-component/no-unoptimized-relative.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9267adcc78af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-next/lib/rules/image-component/no-unoptimized-relative.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+const createImageRule = require('../../utils/imageComponentRule.js')
+const NodeAttributes = require('../../utils/nodeAttributes.js')
+
+module.exports = {
+  meta: {
+    messages: {
+      noUnoptimizedRelative:
+        'You are using arelaive path in the src attribute of the next/image component ' +
+        'with the "unoptimized" attribute. Use absolute path or remove "unoptimized."',
+    },
+  },
+  create: createImageRule((context, node) => {
+    if (hasBadRelativePath(node)) {
+      context.report({
+        node,
+        messageId: 'noUnoptimizedRelative',
+      })
+    }
+  }),
+}
+function hasBadRelativePath(node) {
+  let attributes = new NodeAttributes(node)
+  return (
+    attributes.has('unoptimized') &&
+    attributes.has('src') &&
+    !attributes.value('src').match(/^[a-zA-z\d]*:*\/\//)
+  )
+}
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-next/lib/rules/image-component/no-unsized-images.js b/packages/eslint-plugin-next/lib/rules/image-component/no-unsized-images.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7fdffb82a2ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-next/lib/rules/image-component/no-unsized-images.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+const createImageRule = require('../../utils/imageComponentRule.js')
+const NodeAttributes = require('../../utils/nodeAttributes.js')
+
+module.exports = {
+  meta: {
+    messages: {
+      unsizedImages:
+        'For layout stability, the image component should be used ' +
+        'with a height and width property, even if actual image size is determined with CSS.' +
+        'if you cannot provide a correct-ratio height and width, use the "unsized" attribute.' +
+        'More info: https://web.dev/optimize-cls/#images-without-dimensions',
+    },
+  },
+  create: createImageRule((context, node) => {
+    if (!imageValidSize(node)) {
+      context.report({
+        node,
+        messageId: 'unsizedImages',
+      })
+    }
+  }),
+}
+
+function imageValidSize(node) {
+  let attributes = new NodeAttributes(node)
+  // Need to check both hasValue and value to catch attribute without value and
+  // attribute with empty string for value
+  return (
+    attributes.has('unsized') ||
+    (attributes.has('height') &&
+      attributes.has('width') &&
+      attributes.hasValue('height') &&
+      attributes.hasValue('width') ** attributes.value('height') &&
+      attributes.value('width'))
+  )
+}
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-next/lib/utils/imageComponentRule.js b/packages/eslint-plugin-next/lib/utils/imageComponentRule.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..40706f0bd761
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-next/lib/utils/imageComponentRule.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Factory for creating ESLint rules that identify the JSX Elements representing
+// the 'next/image' component, and runs some check on those instances.
+
+module.exports = function (callback) {
+  return function (context) {
+    let imageComponent = null
+    return {
+      ImportDeclaration(node) {
+        if (node.source.value === 'next/image') {
+          imageComponent = node.specifiers[0].local.name
+        }
+      },
+      JSXOpeningElement(node) {
+        if (!imageComponent) {
+          return
+        }
+        if (node.name.name === imageComponent) {
+          callback(context, node)
+        }
+      },
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-next/lib/utils/nodeAttributes.js b/packages/eslint-plugin-next/lib/utils/nodeAttributes.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..53185ca405d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-next/lib/utils/nodeAttributes.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Return attributes and values of a node in a convenient way:
+/* example: 
+    <ExampleElement attr1="15" attr2>
+    {   attr1: {
+            hasValue: true,
+            value: 15
+        },
+        attr2: {
+            hasValue: false
+        }
+Inclusion of hasValue is in case an eslint rule cares about boolean values
+explicitely assigned to attribute vs the attribute being used as a flag
+*/
+class NodeAttributes {
+  constructor(ASTnode) {
+    this.attributes = {}
+    ASTnode.attributes.forEach((attribute) => {
+      this.attributes[attribute.name.name] = {
+        hasValue: !!attribute.value,
+      }
+      if (attribute.value) {
+        this.attributes[attribute.name.name].value = attribute.value.value
+      }
+    })
+  }
+  has(attrName) {
+    return !!this.attributes[attrName]
+  }
+  hasValue(attrName) {
+    return !!this.attributes[attrName].hasValue
+  }
+  value(attrName) {
+    if (!this.attributes[attrName]) {
+      return true
+    }
+    return this.attributes[attrName].value
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = NodeAttributes
diff --git a/test/eslint-plugin-next/image-component/missing-alt-text.test.js b/test/eslint-plugin-next/image-component/missing-alt-text.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a8ab6c178344
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/eslint-plugin-next/image-component/missing-alt-text.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+const rule = require('@next/eslint-plugin-next/lib/rules/image-component/missing-alt-text.js')
+const RuleTester = require('eslint').RuleTester
+
+RuleTester.setDefaultConfig({
+  parserOptions: {
+    ecmaVersion: 2018,
+    sourceType: 'module',
+    ecmaFeatures: {
+      modules: true,
+      jsx: true,
+    },
+  },
+})
+
+var ruleTester = new RuleTester()
+ruleTester.run('missing-alt-text', rule, {
+  valid: [
+    `
+      import Image from 'next/image'
+      export default function Page() {
+        return <div>
+          <Image height="150" width="100" src="foo.jpg" alt="A picture of foo" />
+        </div>
+      }
+    `,
+    `
+      import MyImageName from 'next/image'
+      import Image from 'otherImage'
+      export default function Page() {
+        return <div>
+          <Image src="foo.jpg" />
+        </div>
+      }
+    `,
+  ],
+  invalid: [
+    {
+      code: `
+        import Image from 'next/image'
+        export default function Page() {
+          return <div>
+            <Image src="foo.jpg" />
+          </div>
+        }
+      `,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'missingAltText',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      code: `
+        import MyImageName from 'next/image'
+        import Image from 'otherImage'
+        export default function Page() {
+          return <div>
+            <MyImageName src="foo.jpg" />
+          </div>
+        }
+		  `,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'missingAltText',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+  ],
+})
diff --git a/test/eslint-plugin-next/image-component/no-absolute-paths.test.js b/test/eslint-plugin-next/image-component/no-absolute-paths.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d289a1cd0445
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/eslint-plugin-next/image-component/no-absolute-paths.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+const rule = require('@next/eslint-plugin-next/lib/rules/image-component/no-absolute-paths.js')
+const RuleTester = require('eslint').RuleTester
+
+RuleTester.setDefaultConfig({
+  parserOptions: {
+    ecmaVersion: 2018,
+    sourceType: 'module',
+    ecmaFeatures: {
+      modules: true,
+      jsx: true,
+    },
+  },
+})
+
+var ruleTester = new RuleTester()
+ruleTester.run('no-absolute-paths', rule, {
+  valid: [
+    `
+    import Image from 'next/image'
+    export default function Page() {
+      return <div>
+        <Image height="150" width="100" src="foo.jpg" alt="A picture of foo" />
+      </div>
+    }
+    `,
+    `
+    import Image from 'next/image'
+    export default function Page() {
+      return <div>
+        <Image height="150" width="100" src="/bar/foo.jpg" alt="A picture of foo" />
+      </div>
+    }
+	  `,
+    `
+    import Image from 'next/image'
+    export default function Page() {
+      return <div>
+        <Image height="150" width="100" src="https://www.foo.com/foo.jpg" unoptimized alt="A picture of foo" />
+      </div>
+    }
+	  `,
+    `
+    import MyImageName from 'next/image'
+    import Image from 'otherImage'
+    export default function Page() {
+      return <div>
+        <Image src="https://www.foo.com/foo.jpg" />
+      </div>
+    }
+    `,
+  ],
+  invalid: [
+    {
+      code: `
+        import Image from 'next/image'
+        export default function Page() {
+          return <div>
+            <Image src="https://www.foo.com/foo.jpg" />
+          </div>
+        }
+      `,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'noAbsolutePaths',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      code: `
+        import MyImageName from 'next/image'
+        import Image from 'otherImage'
+        export default function Page() {
+          return <div>
+            <MyImageName src="https://www.foo.com/foo.jpg" />
+          </div>
+        }
+      `,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'noAbsolutePaths',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+  ],
+})
diff --git a/test/eslint-plugin-next/image-component/no-unoptimized-relative.test.js b/test/eslint-plugin-next/image-component/no-unoptimized-relative.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2fc9692fae47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/eslint-plugin-next/image-component/no-unoptimized-relative.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+const rule = require('@next/eslint-plugin-next/lib/rules/image-component/no-unoptimized-relative.js')
+const RuleTester = require('eslint').RuleTester
+
+RuleTester.setDefaultConfig({
+  parserOptions: {
+    ecmaVersion: 2018,
+    sourceType: 'module',
+    ecmaFeatures: {
+      modules: true,
+      jsx: true,
+    },
+  },
+})
+
+var ruleTester = new RuleTester()
+ruleTester.run('no-unoptimized-relative', rule, {
+  valid: [
+    `
+    import Image from 'next/image'
+    export default function Page() {
+      return <div>
+        <Image height="150" width="100" src="https://www.foo.com/foo.jpg" unoptimized alt="A picture of foo" />
+      </div>
+    }
+	  `,
+    `
+    import Image from 'next/image'
+    export default function Page() {
+      return <div>
+        <Image height="150" width="100" src="foo.jpg" alt="A picture of foo" />
+      </div>
+    }
+	  `,
+    `
+    import MyImageName from 'next/image'
+    import Image from 'otherImage'
+    export default function Page() {
+      return <div>
+        <Image src="https://www.foo.com/foo.jpg" unoptimized />
+      </div>
+    }
+    `,
+  ],
+  invalid: [
+    {
+      code: `
+        import Image from 'next/image'
+        export default function Page() {
+          return <div>
+            <Image src="foo.jpg" unoptimized />
+          </div>
+        }
+      `,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'noUnoptimizedRelative',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      code: `
+        import MyImageName from 'next/image'
+        import Image from 'otherImage'
+        export default function Page() {
+          return <div>
+            <MyImageName src="foo.jpg" unoptimized />
+          </div>
+        }
+      `,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'noUnoptimizedRelative',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+  ],
+})
diff --git a/test/eslint-plugin-next/image-component/no-unsized-images.test.js b/test/eslint-plugin-next/image-component/no-unsized-images.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5e041af7bbe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/eslint-plugin-next/image-component/no-unsized-images.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+const rule = require('@next/eslint-plugin-next/lib/rules/image-component/no-unsized-images.js')
+const RuleTester = require('eslint').RuleTester
+
+RuleTester.setDefaultConfig({
+  parserOptions: {
+    ecmaVersion: 2018,
+    sourceType: 'module',
+    ecmaFeatures: {
+      modules: true,
+      jsx: true,
+    },
+  },
+})
+
+var ruleTester = new RuleTester()
+ruleTester.run('no-unsized-images', rule, {
+  valid: [
+    `
+      import Image from 'next/image'
+      export default function Page() {
+        return <div>
+          <Image height="150" width="100" src="foo.jpg" />
+        </div>
+      }
+    `,
+    `
+      import Image from 'next/image'
+      export default function Page() {
+        return <div>
+          <Image unsized src="foo.jpg" />
+        </div>
+      }
+    `,
+    `
+      import MyImageName from 'next/image'
+      import Image from 'otherImage'
+      export default function Page() {
+        return <div>
+          <Image src="foo.jpg" />
+        </div>
+      }
+    `,
+    `
+      import MyImageName from 'next/image'
+      export default function Page() {
+        return <div>
+          <MyImageName src="foo.jpg" height="150" width="100" src="foo.jpg"/>
+        </div>
+      }
+    `,
+  ],
+  invalid: [
+    {
+      code: `
+        import Image from 'next/image'
+        export default function Page() {
+          return <div>
+            <Image src="foo.jpg" />
+          </div>
+        }
+      `,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'unsizedImages',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      code: `
+        import Image from 'next/image'
+        export default function Page() {
+          return <div>
+            <Image height="100" src="foo.jpg" />
+          </div>
+        }
+      `,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'unsizedImages',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      code: `
+        import Image from 'next/image'
+        export default function Page() {
+          return <div>
+            <Image height width src="foo.jpg" />
+          </div>
+        }
+      `,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'unsizedImages',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      code: `
+        import Image from 'next/image'
+        export default function Page() {
+          return <div>
+            <Image height="" width="" src="foo.jpg" />
+          </div>
+        }
+      `,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'unsizedImages',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      code: `
+        import Image from 'next/image'
+        export default function Page() {
+          return <div>
+            <Image width="100" src="foo.jpg" />
+          </div>
+        }
+      `,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'unsizedImages',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      code: `
+        import MyImageName from 'next/image'
+        import Image from 'otherImage'
+        export default function Page() {
+          return <div>
+            <MyImageName height="100" src="foo.jpg" />
+          </div>
+        }
+      `,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'unsizedImages',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+  ],
+})