diff --git a/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes.rs b/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes.rs
index e8d5499ac58..5e6d5ce159d 100644
--- a/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes.rs
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@
 E0741: include_str!("./error_codes/E0741.md"),
 E0742: include_str!("./error_codes/E0742.md"),
 E0743: include_str!("./error_codes/E0743.md"),
+E0744: include_str!("./error_codes/E0744.md"),
 ;
 //  E0006, // merged with E0005
 //  E0008, // cannot bind by-move into a pattern guard
diff --git a/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0744.md b/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0744.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..254223f3565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/librustc_error_codes/error_codes/E0744.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Control-flow expressions are not allowed inside a const context.
+
+At the moment, `if` and `match`, as well as the looping constructs `for`,
+`while`, and `loop`, are forbidden inside a `const`, `static`, or `const fn`.
+
+```compile_fail,E0744
+const _: i32 = {
+    let mut x = 0;
+    loop {
+        x += 1;
+        if x == 4 {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    x
+};
+```
diff --git a/src/librustc_passes/check_const.rs b/src/librustc_passes/check_const.rs
index a6d7eeabc88..9d37b4bdb76 100644
--- a/src/librustc_passes/check_const.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_passes/check_const.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 use syntax::ast::Mutability;
 use syntax::span_err;
 use syntax_pos::Span;
+use rustc_error_codes::*;
 
 use std::fmt;