diff --git a/code/modules/capture_the_flag/ctf_game.dm b/code/modules/capture_the_flag/ctf_game.dm
index 9ca6fe89d8b..fc8cc0ceb15 100644
--- a/code/modules/capture_the_flag/ctf_game.dm
+++ b/code/modules/capture_the_flag/ctf_game.dm
@@ -256,9 +256,19 @@
 		anchored = TRUE // Avoid directly assigning to anchored and prefer to use set_anchored() on normal circumstances.
 		return
 	//passing means the user picked up the flag so we can now apply this
+	to_chat(user, span_userdanger("Take \the [initial(name)] to your team's controller!"))
 	user.set_anchored(TRUE)
 	user.status_flags &= ~CANPUSH
 
+/obj/item/ctf_flag/attackby(obj/item/item, mob/user, params)
+	if(!istype(item, /obj/item/ctf_flag))
+		return ..()
+		
+	var/obj/item/ctf_flag/flag = item
+	if(flag.team != team)
+		to_chat(user, span_userdanger("Take \the [initial(flag.name)] to your team's controller!"))
+		user.playsound_local(get_turf(user), 'sound/machines/buzz-sigh.ogg', 100, vary = FALSE, use_reverb = FALSE)
+
 /obj/item/ctf_flag/dropped(mob/user)
 	..()
 	user.anchored = FALSE // Hacky usage that bypasses set_anchored()