diff --git a/phpstan.neon b/phpstan.neon
index 1494f51..34be61c 100644
--- a/phpstan.neon
+++ b/phpstan.neon
@@ -3,3 +3,10 @@ parameters:
     paths:
         - src
         - tests
+
+    excludePaths:
+        analyseAndScan:
+            - tests/data/*
+
+rules:
+    - \Ebln\PHPStan\EnforceFactory\ForceFactoryRule
diff --git a/src/ForceFactory.php b/src/ForceFactory.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..324fda4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ForceFactory.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Ebln\PHPStan\EnforceFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Marks classes to be instanciated by certain factories
+ *
+ * If used together with ForceFactoryInterface
+ *   the configured factories must be congruent!
+ *   This is enforced for PHP 8 and later.
+ */
+#[\Attribute(\Attribute::TARGET_CLASS)]
+class ForceFactory
+{
+    /** @var array<int, class-string> */
+    private array $allowedFactories;
+
+    /** @param class-string ...$factories */
+    public function __construct(string ...$factories)
+    {
+        $allowedFactories = [];
+        foreach ($factories as $factory) {
+            $allowedFactories[$factory] = $factory;
+        }
+
+        $this->allowedFactories = array_values($allowedFactories);
+    }
+
+    /** @return array<int, class-string> */
+    public function getAllowedFactories(): array
+    {
+        return $this->allowedFactories;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ForceFactoryRule.php b/src/ForceFactoryRule.php
index 7afe65f..6cfa650 100644
--- a/src/ForceFactoryRule.php
+++ b/src/ForceFactoryRule.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 use PhpParser\Node;
 use PHPStan\Analyser\Scope;
+use PHPStan\Reflection\ReflectionProvider;
 use PHPStan\Rules\Rule;
 use PHPStan\Rules\RuleErrorBuilder;
 
@@ -14,6 +15,13 @@
  */
 class ForceFactoryRule implements Rule
 {
+    private ReflectionProvider $reflectionProvider;
+
+    public function __construct(ReflectionProvider $reflectionProvider)
+    {
+        $this->reflectionProvider = $reflectionProvider;
+    }
+
     public function getNodeType(): string
     {
         return \PhpParser\Node\Expr\New_::class;
@@ -26,17 +34,18 @@ public function processNode(Node $node, Scope $scope): array
             if (!$isName) {
                 continue; // newly instantiated class name couldn't be infered
             }
+            /** @var class-string $class → sadly Psalm cannot be convinced to return class-string for getClassNames in reasonable amount of time */
             $allowedFactories = $this->getAllowedFactories($class);
             if (null === $allowedFactories) {
-                continue; // newly instantiated class dowsn't implement ForceFactory interface
+                continue; // newly instantiated class doesn't implement ForceFactory interface
             }
 
-            if (empty($allowedFactories)) {
+            if ([] === $allowedFactories) {
                 $errors[] = RuleErrorBuilder::message(
-                    ltrim($class, '\\') . ' cannot be instantiated by other classes; see ' . ForceFactoryInterface::class
+                    ltrim($class, '\\') . ' has either no factories defined or a conflict between interface and attribute!'
                 )->build();
 
-                continue;
+                continue; // bogus configuration
             }
 
             /** @psalm-suppress PossiblyNullReference | sad that even phpstan cannot infer that from isInClass */
@@ -57,17 +66,55 @@ public function processNode(Node $node, Scope $scope): array
     }
 
     /**
+     * @phpstan-param class-string $className
+     *
      * @return null|string[] List of FQCNs
      *
      * @phpstan-return null|class-string[]
      */
     private function getAllowedFactories(string $className): ?array
     {
-        if (!is_a($className, ForceFactoryInterface::class, true)) {
+        $allowedFactories = $this->getFactoriesFromAttribute($className);
+
+        if (is_a($className, ForceFactoryInterface::class, true)) {
+            /* phpstan-var class-string<ForceFactoryInterface> $className */
+            $interfaceFactories = $className::getFactories();
+            sort($interfaceFactories);
+            if (null === $allowedFactories) {
+                $allowedFactories = $interfaceFactories;
+            } elseif ($allowedFactories !== $interfaceFactories) {
+                $allowedFactories = []; // Will result in a bogus definition error
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $allowedFactories;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @phpstan-param class-string $className
+     *
+     * @return array<class-string>
+     */
+    private function getFactoriesFromAttribute(string $className): ?array
+    {
+        if (\PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000 && $this->reflectionProvider->hasClass($className)) {
             return null;
         }
+        /** @psalm-suppress UndefinedDocblockClass */
+        $reflection = $this->reflectionProvider->getClass($className)->getNativeReflection();
+        /** @psalm-suppress UndefinedClass */
+        foreach ($reflection->getAttributes() as $attribute) {
+            if (ForceFactory::class === $attribute->getName()) {
+                /** @var ForceFactory $forceFactory */
+                $forceFactory     = $attribute->newInstance();
+                $allowedFactories = $forceFactory->getAllowedFactories();
+                sort($allowedFactories);
+
+                return $allowedFactories;
+            }
+        }
 
-        return $className::getFactories();
+        return null;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/ForceFactoryRuleTest.php b/tests/ForceFactoryRuleTest.php
index 5520bd8..3bfdb1f 100644
--- a/tests/ForceFactoryRuleTest.php
+++ b/tests/ForceFactoryRuleTest.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public function testEmptyAllowedClasses(): void
     {
         $this->analyse([__DIR__ . '/data/EmptyFactory.php'], [
             [
-                'Test\Ebln\PHPStan\EnforceFactory\data\code\EmptyProduct cannot be instantiated by other classes; see Ebln\PHPStan\EnforceFactory\ForceFactoryInterface',
+                'Test\Ebln\PHPStan\EnforceFactory\data\code\EmptyProduct has either no factories defined or a conflict between interface and attribute!',
                 13,
             ],
         ]);
@@ -67,6 +67,6 @@ public function testAllowedFactory(): void
 
     protected function getRule(): Rule
     {
-        return new ForceFactoryRule();
+        return new ForceFactoryRule($this->createReflectionProvider());
     }
 }