diff --git a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistXHPASTLinter.php b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistXHPASTLinter.php
--- a/src/lint/linter/ArcanistXHPASTLinter.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/ArcanistXHPASTLinter.php
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
   const LINT_LOWERCASE_FUNCTIONS        = 61;
   const LINT_CLASS_NAME_LITERAL         = 62;
   const LINT_USELESS_OVERRIDING_METHOD  = 63;
+  const LINT_NO_PARENT_SCOPE            = 64;
 
   private $blacklistedFunctions = array();
   private $naminghook;
@@ -197,6 +198,8 @@
         => pht('Class Name Literal'),
       self::LINT_USELESS_OVERRIDING_METHOD
         => pht('Useless Overriding Method'),
+      self::LINT_NO_PARENT_SCOPE
+        => pht('No Parent Scope'),
     );
   }
 
@@ -405,6 +408,7 @@
       'lintLowercaseFunctions' => self::LINT_LOWERCASE_FUNCTIONS,
       'lintClassNameLiteral' => self::LINT_CLASS_NAME_LITERAL,
       'lintUselessOverridingMethods' => self::LINT_USELESS_OVERRIDING_METHOD,
+      'lintNoParentScope' => self::LINT_NO_PARENT_SCOPE,
     );
 
     foreach ($method_codes as $method => $codes) {
@@ -3849,6 +3853,36 @@
     }
   }
 
+  private function lintNoParentScope(XHPASTNode $root) {
+    $classes = $root->selectDescendantsOfType('n_CLASS_DECLARATION');
+
+    foreach ($classes as $class) {
+      $methods = $class->selectDescendantsOfType('n_METHOD_DECLARATION');
+
+      if ($class->getChildByIndex(2)->getTypeName() == 'n_EXTENDS_LIST') {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      foreach ($methods as $method) {
+        $static_accesses = $method
+          ->selectDescendantsOfType('n_CLASS_STATIC_ACCESS');
+
+        foreach ($static_accesses as $static_access) {
+          $called_class = $static_access->getChildOfType(0, 'n_CLASS_NAME');
+
+          if ($called_class->getConcreteString() == 'parent') {
+            $this->raiseLintAtNode(
+              $static_access,
+              self::LINT_NO_PARENT_SCOPE,
+              pht(
+                'Cannot access %s when current class scope has no parent.',
+                'parent::'));
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
 
   /**
    * Retrieve all calls to some specified function(s).
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/__tests__/xhpast/no-parent-scope.lint-test b/src/lint/linter/__tests__/xhpast/no-parent-scope.lint-test
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lint/linter/__tests__/xhpast/no-parent-scope.lint-test
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+
+final class MyValidClass extends SomeOtherClass {
+  public function __construct() {
+    parent::__construct(null);
+  }
+}
+
+final class MyInvalidClass {
+  public function __construct() {
+    parent::__construct(null);
+  }
+}
+~~~~~~~~~~
+error:11:5