diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ Enable the rules that you would like to use.
 |  |  | [react/no-will-update-set-state](docs/rules/no-will-update-set-state.md) | Prevent usage of setState in componentWillUpdate |
 |  |  | [react/prefer-es6-class](docs/rules/prefer-es6-class.md) | Enforce ES5 or ES6 class for React Components |
 |  |  | [react/prefer-exact-props](docs/rules/prefer-exact-props.md) | Prefer exact proptype definitions |
+|  |  | [react/prefer-function-component](docs/rules/prefer-function-component.md) | Prefer function components over class components |
 |  | 🔧 | [react/prefer-read-only-props](docs/rules/prefer-read-only-props.md) | Require read-only props. |
 |  |  | [react/prefer-stateless-function](docs/rules/prefer-stateless-function.md) | Enforce stateless components to be written as a pure function |
 | ✔ |  | [react/prop-types](docs/rules/prop-types.md) | Prevent missing props validation in a React component definition |
diff --git a/docs/rules/prefer-function-component.md b/docs/rules/prefer-function-component.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ab706f3c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/rules/prefer-function-component.md
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# Prefer function components over class components (react/prefer-function-component)
+
+This rule prevents the use of class components.
+
+Since the addition of hooks, it has been possible to write stateful React components
+using only functions. Mixing both class and function components in a code base adds unnecessary hurdles for sharing reusable logic.
+
+By default, class components that use `componentDidCatch` are enabled because there is currently no hook alternative for React. This option is configurable via `allowComponentDidCatch`.
+
+## Rule Details
+
+This rule will flag any React class components that don't use `componentDidCatch`.
+
+Examples of **incorrect** code for this rule:
+
+```jsx
+import { Component } from 'react';
+
+class Foo extends Component {
+  render() {
+    return <div>{this.props.foo}</div>;
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Examples of **correct** code for this rule:
+
+```jsx
+const Foo = function (props) {
+  return <div>{props.foo}</div>;
+};
+```
+
+```jsx
+const Foo = ({ foo }) => <div>{foo}</div>;
+```
+
+## Rule Options
+
+```js
+...
+"prefer-function-component": [<enabled>, { "allowComponentDidCatch": <allowComponentDidCatch> }]
+...
+```
+
+- `enabled`: for enabling the rule. 0=off, 1=warn, 2=error. Defaults to 0.
+- `allowComponentDidCatch`: optional boolean set to `true` if you would like to ignore class components using `componentDidCatch` (default to `true`).
+
+### `allowComponentDidCatch`
+
+When `true` (the default) the rule will ignore components that use `componentDidCatch`
+
+Examples of **correct** code for this rule:
+
+```jsx
+import { Component } from 'react';
+
+class Foo extends Component {
+  componentDidCatch(error, errorInfo) {
+    logErrorToMyService(error, errorInfo);
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    return <div>{this.props.foo}</div>;
+  }
+}
+```
+
+When `false` the rule will also flag components that use `componentDidCatch`
+
+Examples of **incorrect** code for this rule:
+
+```jsx
+import { Component } from 'react';
+
+class Foo extends Component {
+  componentDidCatch(error, errorInfo) {
+    logErrorToMyService(error, errorInfo);
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    return <div>{this.props.foo}</div>;
+  }
+}
+```
+
+### Related rules
+
+- [prefer-stateless-function](./prefer-stateless-function)
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index e89b0c8ea4..729623b766 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ const allRules = {
   'no-will-update-set-state': require('./lib/rules/no-will-update-set-state'),
   'prefer-es6-class': require('./lib/rules/prefer-es6-class'),
   'prefer-exact-props': require('./lib/rules/prefer-exact-props'),
+  'prefer-function-component': require('./lib/rules/prefer-function-component'),
   'prefer-read-only-props': require('./lib/rules/prefer-read-only-props'),
   'prefer-stateless-function': require('./lib/rules/prefer-stateless-function'),
   'prop-types': require('./lib/rules/prop-types'),
diff --git a/lib/rules/prefer-function-component.js b/lib/rules/prefer-function-component.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01ba5f6a40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rules/prefer-function-component.js
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/**
+ * @fileoverview Enforce function components over class components
+ * @author Tate Thurston
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+const docsUrl = require('../util/docsUrl');
+const Components = require('../util/Components');
+const ast = require('../util/ast');
+
+const COMPONENT_SHOULD_BE_FUNCTION = 'componentShouldBeFunction';
+const ALLOW_COMPONENT_DID_CATCH = 'allowComponentDidCatch';
+const COMPONENT_DID_CATCH = 'componentDidCatch';
+
+module.exports = {
+  meta: {
+    docs: {
+      description: 'Enforce components are written as function components',
+      category: 'Stylistic Issues',
+      recommended: false,
+      suggestion: false,
+      url: docsUrl('prefer-function-component')
+    },
+    fixable: false,
+    type: 'problem',
+    messages: {
+      [COMPONENT_SHOULD_BE_FUNCTION]:
+        'Class component should be written as a function'
+    },
+    schema: [
+      {
+        type: 'object',
+        properties: {
+          [ALLOW_COMPONENT_DID_CATCH]: {
+            default: true,
+            type: 'boolean'
+          }
+        },
+        additionalProperties: false
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+
+  create: Components.detect((context, components, utils) => {
+    const allowComponentDidCatchOption = context.options[0] && context.options[0].allowComponentDidCatch;
+    const allowComponentDidCatch = allowComponentDidCatchOption !== false;
+
+    function shouldPreferFunction(node) {
+      if (!allowComponentDidCatch) {
+        return true;
+      }
+
+      const properties = ast
+        .getComponentProperties(node)
+        .map(ast.getPropertyName);
+      return !properties.includes(COMPONENT_DID_CATCH);
+    }
+
+    const detect = (guard) => (node) => {
+      if (guard(node) && shouldPreferFunction(node)) {
+        components.set(node, {
+          [COMPONENT_SHOULD_BE_FUNCTION]: true
+        });
+      }
+    };
+
+    return {
+      ObjectExpression: detect(utils.isES5Component),
+      ClassDeclaration: detect(utils.isES6Component),
+      ClassExpression: detect(utils.isES6Component),
+
+      'Program:exit'() {
+        const list = components.list();
+        Object.values(list).forEach((component) => {
+          if (component[COMPONENT_SHOULD_BE_FUNCTION]) {
+            context.report({
+              node: component.node,
+              messageId: COMPONENT_SHOULD_BE_FUNCTION
+            });
+          }
+        });
+      }
+    };
+  })
+};
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/prefer-function-component.js b/tests/lib/rules/prefer-function-component.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a7b4094ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/prefer-function-component.js
@@ -0,0 +1,208 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const RuleTester = require('eslint').RuleTester;
+const rule = require('../../../lib/rules/prefer-function-component');
+
+const COMPONENT_SHOULD_BE_FUNCTION = 'componentShouldBeFunction';
+const ALLOW_COMPONENT_DID_CATCH = 'allowComponentDidCatch';
+
+const ruleTester = new RuleTester({
+  parserOptions: {
+    ecmaVersion: 2018,
+    sourceType: 'module',
+    ecmaFeatures: {
+      jsx: true
+    }
+  },
+  settings: {
+    react: {
+      version: 'latest'
+    }
+  }
+});
+
+ruleTester.run('prefer-function-component', rule, {
+  valid: [
+    {
+      // Already a stateless function
+      code: `
+        const Foo = function(props) {
+          return <div>{props.foo}</div>;
+        };
+      `
+    },
+    {
+      // Already a stateless (arrow) function
+      code: 'const Foo = ({foo}) => <div>{foo}</div>;'
+    },
+    {
+      // Extends from Component and uses componentDidCatch
+      code: `
+        class Foo extends React.Component {
+          componentDidCatch(error, errorInfo) {
+            logErrorToMyService(error, errorInfo);
+          }
+          render() {
+            return <div>{this.props.foo}</div>;
+          }
+        }
+      `
+    },
+    {
+      // Extends from Component and uses componentDidCatch
+      code: `
+        class Foo extends React.PureComponent {
+          componentDidCatch(error, errorInfo) {
+            logErrorToMyService(error, errorInfo);
+          }
+          render() {
+            return <div>{this.props.foo}</div>;
+          }
+        }
+      `
+    },
+    {
+      // Extends from Component in an expression context.
+      code: `
+        const Foo = class extends React.Component {
+          componentDidCatch(error, errorInfo) {
+            logErrorToMyService(error, errorInfo);
+          }
+          render() {
+            return <div>{this.props.foo}</div>;
+          }
+        };
+      `
+    }
+  ],
+
+  invalid: [
+    {
+      code: `
+        import { Component } from 'react';
+
+        class Foo extends Component {
+          render() {
+            return <div>{this.props.foo}</div>;
+          }
+        }
+      `,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: COMPONENT_SHOULD_BE_FUNCTION
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      code: `
+        class Foo extends React.Component {
+          render() {
+            return <div>{this.props.foo}</div>;
+          }
+        }
+      `,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: COMPONENT_SHOULD_BE_FUNCTION
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      code: `
+        class Foo extends React.PureComponent {
+          render() {
+            return <div>{this.props.foo}</div>;
+          }
+        }
+      `,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: COMPONENT_SHOULD_BE_FUNCTION
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      code: `
+        const Foo = class extends React.Component {
+          render() {
+            return <div>{this.props.foo}</div>;
+          }
+        };
+      `,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: COMPONENT_SHOULD_BE_FUNCTION
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      // Extends from Component and uses componentDidCatch
+      code: `
+        class Foo extends React.Component {
+          componentDidCatch(error, errorInfo) {
+            logErrorToMyService(error, errorInfo);
+          }
+          render() {
+            return <div>{this.props.foo}</div>;
+          }
+        }
+      `,
+      options: [
+        {
+          [ALLOW_COMPONENT_DID_CATCH]: false
+        }
+      ],
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: COMPONENT_SHOULD_BE_FUNCTION
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      // Extends from Component and uses componentDidCatch
+      code: `
+        class Foo extends React.PureComponent {
+          componentDidCatch(error, errorInfo) {
+            logErrorToMyService(error, errorInfo);
+          }
+          render() {
+            return <div>{this.props.foo}</div>;
+          }
+        }
+      `,
+      options: [
+        {
+          [ALLOW_COMPONENT_DID_CATCH]: false
+        }
+      ],
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: COMPONENT_SHOULD_BE_FUNCTION
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      // Extends from Component in an expression context.
+      code: `
+        const Foo = class extends React.Component {
+          componentDidCatch(error, errorInfo) {
+            logErrorToMyService(error, errorInfo);
+          }
+          render() {
+            return <div>{this.props.foo}</div>;
+          }
+        };
+      `,
+      options: [
+        {
+          [ALLOW_COMPONENT_DID_CATCH]: false
+        }
+      ],
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: COMPONENT_SHOULD_BE_FUNCTION
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+});