diff --git a/src/ensure.rs b/src/ensure.rs
index 795757d4..6e7b707a 100644
--- a/src/ensure.rs
+++ b/src/ensure.rs
@@ -248,8 +248,11 @@ macro_rules! __parse_ensure {
     };
 
     (0 $stack:tt $bail:tt (~$($fuel:tt)*) {($($buf:tt)*) $($parse:tt)*} ($const:tt $block:tt $($dup:tt)*) const {$($body:tt)*} $($rest:tt)*) => {
-        // TODO: this is mostly useless due to https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/86730
-        $crate::__parse_ensure!(atom $stack $bail ($($fuel)*) {($($buf)* $const $block) $($parse)*} ($($rest)*) $($rest)*)
+        // Parenthesized so that the const block is behind a token tree group by
+        // the time it reaches __fancy_ensure's `:expr` matcher, which does not
+        // accept a bare const block before the 2024 edition.
+        // https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/86730
+        $crate::__parse_ensure!(atom $stack $bail ($($fuel)*) {($($buf)* ($const $block)) $($parse)*} ($($rest)*) $($rest)*)
     };
 
     (0 $stack:tt $bail:tt (~$($fuel:tt)*) {($($buf:tt)*) $($parse:tt)*} ($literal:tt $($dup:tt)*) $lit:literal $($rest:tt)*) => {
@@ -932,4 +935,14 @@ macro_rules! __fallback_ensure {
             return $crate::__private::Err($crate::__anyhow!($fmt, $($arg)*));
         }
     };
+
+    // A condition beginning with a const block is not accepted by the `:expr`
+    // matcher before the 2024 edition, so put it behind a token tree group and
+    // re-dispatch. https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/86730
+    //
+    // This arm goes last so that a malformed invocation such as `ensure!()`
+    // still reports the `$cond:expr` above as the thing it failed to match.
+    (const $cond:block $($rest:tt)*) => {
+        $crate::__fallback_ensure!((const $cond) $($rest)*)
+    };
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_ensure.rs b/tests/test_ensure.rs
index dc951606..9a435e32 100644
--- a/tests/test_ensure.rs
+++ b/tests/test_ensure.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     clippy::match_bool,
     clippy::needless_else,
     clippy::never_loop,
+    clippy::nonminimal_bool,
     clippy::overly_complex_bool_expr,
     clippy::ptr_cast_constness,
     clippy::redundant_closure_call,
@@ -294,6 +295,58 @@ fn test_loop() {
     );
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_const_block() {
+    #[rustfmt::skip]
+    let test = || Ok(ensure!(const { 1 + 1 } == 3));
+    assert_err(
+        test,
+        "Condition failed: `(const { 1 + 1 }) == 3` (2 vs 3)",
+    );
+
+    #[rustfmt::skip]
+    let test = || Ok(ensure!(3 == const { 1 + 1 }));
+    assert_err(
+        test,
+        "Condition failed: `3 == (const { 1 + 1 })` (3 vs 2)",
+    );
+
+    #[rustfmt::skip]
+    let test = || Ok(ensure!(const { 1 } == const { 2 }));
+    assert_err(
+        test,
+        "Condition failed: `(const { 1 }) == (const { 2 })` (1 vs 2)",
+    );
+
+    #[rustfmt::skip]
+    let test = || Ok(ensure!(1 + const { 1 } == 3));
+    assert_err(
+        test,
+        "Condition failed: `1 + (const { 1 }) == 3` (2 vs 3)",
+    );
+
+    #[rustfmt::skip]
+    let test = || Ok(ensure!([const { 1 }][0] == 2));
+    assert_err(
+        test,
+        "Condition failed: `[const { 1 }][0] == 2` (1 vs 2)",
+    );
+
+    // Conditions that do not go through the comparison machinery.
+
+    #[rustfmt::skip]
+    let test = || Ok(ensure!(const { false }));
+    assert_err(test, "Condition failed: `(const { false })`");
+
+    #[rustfmt::skip]
+    let test = || Ok(ensure!(const { false } && true));
+    assert_err(test, "Condition failed: `(const { false }) && true`");
+
+    #[rustfmt::skip]
+    let test = || Ok(ensure!(true && const { false }));
+    assert_err(test, "Condition failed: `true && const { false }`");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_match() {
     #[rustfmt::skip]