diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ast.py b/Lib/test/test_ast.py
index a3b366ec35da12..78e4a5653d4efd 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ast.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ast.py
@@ -668,6 +668,13 @@ def test_issue40614_feature_version(self):
         with self.assertRaises(SyntaxError):
             ast.parse('f"{x=}"', feature_version=(3, 7))
 
+    def test_constant_as_name(self):
+        for constant in "True", "False", "None":
+            expr = ast.Expression(ast.Name(constant, ast.Load()))
+            ast.fix_missing_locations(expr)
+            with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, f"Name node can't be used with '{constant}' constant"):
+                compile(expr, "<test>", "eval")
+
 
 class ASTHelpers_Test(unittest.TestCase):
     maxDiff = None
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-06-05-12-48-28.bpo-40870.9cd2sk.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-06-05-12-48-28.bpo-40870.9cd2sk.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8e943a29f337fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-06-05-12-48-28.bpo-40870.9cd2sk.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Raise :exc:`ValueError` when validating custom AST's where the constants
+``True``, ``False`` and ``None`` are used within a :class:`ast.Name` node.
diff --git a/Python/ast.c b/Python/ast.c
index c524b8e34e8731..408591f32536f3 100644
--- a/Python/ast.c
+++ b/Python/ast.c
@@ -21,6 +21,25 @@ static int validate_nonempty_seq(asdl_seq *, const char *, const char *);
 static int validate_stmt(stmt_ty);
 static int validate_expr(expr_ty, expr_context_ty);
 
+static int
+validate_name(PyObject *name)
+{
+    assert(PyUnicode_Check(name));
+    static const char * const forbidden[] = {
+        "None",
+        "True",
+        "False",
+        NULL
+    };
+    for (int i = 0; forbidden[i] != NULL; i++) {
+        if (_PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(name, forbidden[i])) {
+            PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError, "Name node can't be used with '%s' constant", forbidden[i]);
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+    return 1;
+}
+
 static int
 validate_comprehension(asdl_seq *gens)
 {
@@ -173,6 +192,9 @@ validate_expr(expr_ty exp, expr_context_ty ctx)
         actual_ctx = exp->v.Starred.ctx;
         break;
     case Name_kind:
+        if (!validate_name(exp->v.Name.id)) {
+            return 0;
+        }
         actual_ctx = exp->v.Name.ctx;
         break;
     case List_kind: