diff --git a/src/librustc_ast_lowering/item.rs b/src/librustc_ast_lowering/item.rs
index a5892a22d9df..7c95b2a86c68 100644
--- a/src/librustc_ast_lowering/item.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_ast_lowering/item.rs
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ impl<'a, 'lowering, 'hir> Visitor<'a> for ItemLowerer<'a, 'lowering, 'hir> {
             self.lctx.with_parent_item_lifetime_defs(hir_id, |this| {
                 let this = &mut ItemLowerer { lctx: this };
                 if let ItemKind::Impl(.., ref opt_trait_ref, _, _) = item.kind {
+                    if opt_trait_ref.as_ref().map(|tr| tr.constness.is_some()).unwrap_or(false) {
+                        this.lctx
+                            .diagnostic()
+                            .span_err(item.span, "const trait impls are not yet implemented");
+                    }
+
                     this.with_trait_impl_ref(opt_trait_ref, |this| visit::walk_item(this, item));
                 } else {
                     visit::walk_item(this, item);
diff --git a/src/librustc_ast_lowering/lib.rs b/src/librustc_ast_lowering/lib.rs
index 385153b62ce8..73d1e4972582 100644
--- a/src/librustc_ast_lowering/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_ast_lowering/lib.rs
@@ -2579,6 +2579,10 @@ impl<'a, 'hir> LoweringContext<'a, 'hir> {
         p: &PolyTraitRef,
         mut itctx: ImplTraitContext<'_, 'hir>,
     ) -> hir::PolyTraitRef<'hir> {
+        if p.trait_ref.constness.is_some() {
+            self.diagnostic().span_err(p.span, "`?const` on trait bounds is not yet implemented");
+        }
+
         let bound_generic_params = self.lower_generic_params(
             &p.bound_generic_params,
             &NodeMap::default(),