diff --git a/.changeset/six-pumas-live.md b/.changeset/six-pumas-live.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5125a68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/six-pumas-live.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"eslint-plugin-primer-react": patch
+---
+
+Update the no-system-props rule to exclude the `border` prop for the `Blankslate` component from `@primer/react`.
diff --git a/src/rules/no-system-props.js b/src/rules/no-system-props.js
index 4428f5fe..dc329390 100644
--- a/src/rules/no-system-props.js
+++ b/src/rules/no-system-props.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const excludedComponentProps = new Map([
   ['AnchoredOverlay', new Set(['width', 'height'])],
   ['Avatar', new Set(['size'])],
   ['AvatarToken', new Set(['size'])],
+  ['Blankslate', new Set(['border'])],
   ['CircleOcticon', new Set(['size'])],
   ['Dialog', new Set(['width', 'height'])],
   ['IssueLabelToken', new Set(['size'])],