diff --git a/compiler/rustc_feature/src/active.rs b/compiler/rustc_feature/src/active.rs
index 6452bda293e..720fa9939f3 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_feature/src/active.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_feature/src/active.rs
@@ -584,6 +584,9 @@ declare_features! (
     /// Allows non trivial generic constants which have to be manually propageted upwards.
     (active, const_evaluatable_checked, "1.48.0", Some(76560), None),
 
+    /// Allows basic arithmetic on floating point types in a `const fn`.
+    (active, const_fn_floating_point_arithmetic, "1.48.0", Some(57563), None),
+
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // feature-group-end: actual feature gates
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir/src/transform/check_consts/ops.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir/src/transform/check_consts/ops.rs
index 496e620dd9d..1d741085853 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir/src/transform/check_consts/ops.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir/src/transform/check_consts/ops.rs
@@ -112,6 +112,30 @@ impl NonConstOp for Abort {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct FloatingPointOp;
+impl NonConstOp for FloatingPointOp {
+    const STOPS_CONST_CHECKING: bool = true;
+
+    fn status_in_item(&self, ccx: &ConstCx<'_, '_>) -> Status {
+        if ccx.const_kind() == hir::ConstContext::ConstFn {
+            Status::Unstable(sym::const_fn_floating_point_arithmetic)
+        } else {
+            Status::Allowed
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn emit_error(&self, ccx: &ConstCx<'_, '_>, span: Span) {
+        feature_err(
+            &ccx.tcx.sess.parse_sess,
+            sym::const_fn_floating_point_arithmetic,
+            span,
+            &format!("floating point arithmetic is not allowed in {}s", ccx.const_kind()),
+        )
+        .emit();
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct NonPrimitiveOp;
 impl NonConstOp for NonPrimitiveOp {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_span/src/symbol.rs b/compiler/rustc_span/src/symbol.rs
index 2d5c6451d1a..4447564c8b4 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_span/src/symbol.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_span/src/symbol.rs
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ symbols! {
         const_evaluatable_checked,
         const_extern_fn,
         const_fn,
+        const_fn_floating_point_arithmetic,
         const_fn_transmute,
         const_fn_union,
         const_generics,