diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-lib.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-lib.el
index 317a4c62309..b01a32ca60c 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-lib.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-lib.el
@@ -560,4 +560,9 @@ of record objects."
    (t
     (advice-remove 'type-of #'cl--old-struct-type-of))))
 
+(defun cl-constantly (value)
+  "Return a function that takes any number of arguments, but returns VALUE."
+  (lambda (&rest _)
+    value))
+
 ;;; cl-lib.el ends here
diff --git a/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-lib-tests.el b/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-lib-tests.el
index 854e371b32f..a0facc81dbe 100644
--- a/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-lib-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-lib-tests.el
@@ -551,4 +551,9 @@
     (should cl-old-struct-compat-mode)
     (cl-old-struct-compat-mode (if saved 1 -1))))
 
+(ert-deftest cl-constantly ()
+  (should (equal (mapcar (cl-constantly 3) '(a b c d))
+                 '(3 3 3 3))))
+
+
 ;;; cl-lib-tests.el ends here