diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 25d58d31..e0d7ab2e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 1.3.3 (unreleased)
+
+- Added warning for encrypting store attributes
+
 ## 1.3.2 (2024-01-10)
 
 - Fixed issue with serialized attributes
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2a90f935..88926b6b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
 end
 ```
 
+For [Active Record Store](https://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Store.html), encrypt the column rather than individual accessors.
+
 For [StoreModel](https://github.com/DmitryTsepelev/store_model), use:
 
 ```ruby
diff --git a/lib/lockbox/model.rb b/lib/lockbox/model.rb
index c8ee64fd..0933b746 100644
--- a/lib/lockbox/model.rb
+++ b/lib/lockbox/model.rb
@@ -289,6 +289,11 @@ def reload
           @lockbox_attributes[original_name] = options
 
           if activerecord
+            # warn on store attributes
+            if stored_attributes.any? { |k, v| v.include?(name) }
+              warn "[lockbox] WARNING: encrypting store accessors is not supported. Encrypt the column instead."
+            end
+
             # warn on default attributes
             if attributes_to_define_after_schema_loads.key?(name.to_s)
               opt = attributes_to_define_after_schema_loads[name.to_s][1]
diff --git a/test/internal/db/schema.rb b/test/internal/db/schema.rb
index ac31f873..a7342fec 100644
--- a/test/internal/db/schema.rb
+++ b/test/internal/db/schema.rb
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
     t.text :info2_ciphertext
     t.text :credentials
     t.text :credentials2_ciphertext
+    t.text :credentials3
     t.text :configuration
     t.text :configuration2_ciphertext
     t.text :coordinates
diff --git a/test/model_types_test.rb b/test/model_types_test.rb
index 138dd8fc..4189d5ca 100644
--- a/test/model_types_test.rb
+++ b/test/model_types_test.rb
@@ -538,6 +538,12 @@ def test_store
     assert_attribute :username, "hello", check_nil: false
   end
 
+  def test_store_attributes
+    assert_output(nil, /WARNING: encrypting store accessors is not supported/) do
+      User.has_encrypted :username3
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_custom
     assert_attribute :configuration, "USA", format: "USA!!"
   end
diff --git a/test/support/active_record.rb b/test/support/active_record.rb
index f050c085..e3233a17 100644
--- a/test/support/active_record.rb
+++ b/test/support/active_record.rb
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ def deserialize(value)
   store :credentials, accessors: [:username], coder: JSON
   store :credentials2, accessors: [:username2], coder: JSON
   has_encrypted :credentials2
+  store :credentials3, accessors: [:username3], coder: JSON
 
   attribute :configuration, Configuration.new
   has_encrypted :configuration2, type: Configuration.new