diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ce60100..9f05c7e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ install:
 - pip freeze
 
 script:
-# test without cython but with ujson and email-validator
 - python -c "import sys, pydantic; print('compiled:', pydantic.compiled); sys.exit(1 if pydantic.compiled else 0)"
 - make test
 
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ jobs:
     python: 3.6
     name: 'Cython: 3.6'
     script:
-    # test with cython, ujson and email-validator
     - make build-cython-trace
     - python -c "import sys, pydantic; print('compiled:', pydantic.compiled); sys.exit(0 if pydantic.compiled else 1)"
     - make test
@@ -50,7 +48,6 @@ jobs:
     python: 3.7
     name: 'Cython: 3.7'
     script:
-    # test with cython, ujson and email-validator
     - make build-cython-trace
     - python -c "import sys, pydantic; print('compiled:', pydantic.compiled); sys.exit(0 if pydantic.compiled else 1)"
     - make test
@@ -61,8 +58,7 @@ jobs:
     python: 3.6
     name: 'Without Deps 3.6'
     script:
-    # test without cython, ujson and email-validator
-    - pip uninstall -y ujson email-validator
+    - pip uninstall -y ujson email-validator typing-extensions
     - make test
     env:
     - 'DEPS=no'
@@ -70,8 +66,7 @@ jobs:
     python: 3.7
     name: 'Without Deps 3.7'
     script:
-    # test without cython, ujson and email-validator
-    - pip uninstall -y ujson email-validator cython
+    - pip uninstall -y ujson email-validator cython typing-extensions
     - make test
     env:
     - 'DEPS=no'
@@ -80,7 +75,6 @@ jobs:
     python: 3.7
     name: 'Benchmarks'
     script:
-    # default install skips cython compilation, need to compile for benchmarks
     - make build-cython
     - BENCHMARK_REPEATS=1 make benchmark-all
     after_success: skip
diff --git a/pydantic/errors.py b/pydantic/errors.py
index 42c5f05..eda450a 100644
--- a/pydantic/errors.py
+++ b/pydantic/errors.py
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ class NoneIsAllowedError(PydanticTypeError):
 
 class WrongConstantError(PydanticValueError):
     code = 'const'
-    msg_template = 'expected constant value {const!r}'
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        permitted = ', '.join(repr(v) for v in self.ctx['permitted'])  # type: ignore
+        return f'unexpected value; permitted: {permitted}'
 
 
 class BytesError(PydanticTypeError):
diff --git a/pydantic/fields.py b/pydantic/fields.py
index 8e62007..f512385 100644
--- a/pydantic/fields.py
+++ b/pydantic/fields.py
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ from .types import Json, JsonWrapper
 from .utils import AnyCallable, AnyType, Callable, ForwardRef, display_as_type, lenient_issubclass, sequence_like
 from .validators import NoneType, constant_validator, dict_validator, find_validators
 
+try:
+    from typing_extensions import Literal
+except ImportError:
+    Literal = None  # type: ignore
+
 Required: Any = Ellipsis
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:  # pragma: no cover
@@ -187,6 +192,8 @@ class Field:
             return
         if origin is Callable:
             return
+        if Literal is not None and origin is Literal:
+            return
         if origin is Union:
             types_ = []
             for type_ in self.type_.__args__:  # type: ignore
diff --git a/pydantic/utils.py b/pydantic/utils.py
index 01f630a..c30031b 100644
--- a/pydantic/utils.py
+++ b/pydantic/utils.py
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ from typing import (  # type: ignore
 
 import pydantic
 
+try:
+    from typing_extensions import Literal
+except ImportError:
+    Literal = None  # type: ignore
+
 try:
     import email_validator
 except ImportError:
@@ -285,6 +290,18 @@ def is_callable_type(type_: AnyType) -> bool:
     return type_ is Callable or getattr(type_, '__origin__', None) is Callable
 
 
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 7):
+
+    def is_literal_type(type_: AnyType) -> bool:
+        return Literal is not None and getattr(type_, '__origin__', None) is Literal
+
+
+else:
+
+    def is_literal_type(type_: AnyType) -> bool:
+        return Literal is not None and hasattr(type_, '__values__') and type_ == Literal[type_.__values__]
+
+
 def _check_classvar(v: AnyType) -> bool:
     return type(v) == type(ClassVar) and (sys.version_info < (3, 7) or getattr(v, '_name', None) == 'ClassVar')
 
diff --git a/pydantic/validators.py b/pydantic/validators.py
index 62c5444..f3d3aca 100644
--- a/pydantic/validators.py
+++ b/pydantic/validators.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import re
+import sys
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from datetime import date, datetime, time, timedelta
 from decimal import Decimal, DecimalException
@@ -24,7 +25,16 @@ from uuid import UUID
 
 from . import errors
 from .datetime_parse import parse_date, parse_datetime, parse_duration, parse_time
-from .utils import AnyCallable, AnyType, ForwardRef, change_exception, display_as_type, is_callable_type, sequence_like
+from .utils import (
+    AnyCallable,
+    AnyType,
+    ForwardRef,
+    change_exception,
+    display_as_type,
+    is_callable_type,
+    is_literal_type,
+    sequence_like,
+)
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:  # pragma: no cover
     from .fields import Field
@@ -140,7 +150,7 @@ def constant_validator(v: 'Any', field: 'Field') -> 'Any':
     Schema.
     """
     if v != field.default:
-        raise errors.WrongConstantError(given=v, const=field.default)
+        raise errors.WrongConstantError(given=v, permitted=[field.default])
 
     return v
 
@@ -334,6 +344,21 @@ def callable_validator(v: Any) -> AnyCallable:
     raise errors.CallableError(value=v)
 
 
+def make_literal_validator(type_: Any) -> Callable[[Any], Any]:
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 7):
+        permitted_choices = type_.__args__
+    else:
+        permitted_choices = type_.__values__
+    allowed_choices_set = set(permitted_choices)
+
+    def literal_validator(v: Any) -> Any:
+        if v not in allowed_choices_set:
+            raise errors.WrongConstantError(given=v, permitted=permitted_choices)
+        return v
+
+    return literal_validator
+
+
 T = TypeVar('T')
 
 
@@ -409,7 +434,9 @@ _VALIDATORS: List[Tuple[AnyType, List[Any]]] = [
 ]
 
 
-def find_validators(type_: AnyType, config: Type['BaseConfig']) -> Generator[AnyCallable, None, None]:
+def find_validators(  # noqa: C901 (ignore complexity)
+    type_: AnyType, config: Type['BaseConfig']
+) -> Generator[AnyCallable, None, None]:
     if type_ is Any:
         return
     type_type = type(type_)
@@ -421,6 +448,9 @@ def find_validators(type_: AnyType, config: Type['BaseConfig']) -> Generator[Any
     if is_callable_type(type_):
         yield callable_validator
         return
+    if is_literal_type(type_):
+        yield make_literal_validator(type_)
+        return
 
     supertype = _find_supertype(type_)
     if supertype is not None:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ed4761f..38a7e1a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 ujson==1.35
 email-validator==1.0.4
 dataclasses==0.6; python_version < '3.7'
+typing-extensions==3.7.2
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 198daec..2a4552d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ setup(
     extras_require={
         'ujson': ['ujson>=1.35'],
         'email': ['email-validator>=1.0.3'],
+        'typing_extensions': ['typing-extensions>=3.7.2']
     },
     ext_modules=ext_modules,
 )
diff --git a/tests/test_main.py b/tests/test_main.py
index a165abe..ca06bae 100644
--- a/tests/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_main.py
@@ -391,9 +391,9 @@ def test_const_with_wrong_value():
     assert exc_info.value.errors() == [
         {
             'loc': ('a',),
-            'msg': 'expected constant value 3',
+            'msg': 'unexpected value; permitted: 3',
             'type': 'value_error.const',
-            'ctx': {'given': 4, 'const': 3},
+            'ctx': {'given': 4, 'permitted': [3]},
         }
     ]
 
diff --git a/tests/test_types.py b/tests/test_types.py
index 94eb81e..77110d0 100644
--- a/tests/test_types.py
+++ b/tests/test_types.py
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     email_validator = None
 
+try:
+    import typing_extensions
+except ImportError:
+    typing_extensions = None
+
 
 class ConBytesModel(BaseModel):
     v: conbytes(max_length=10) = b'foobar'
@@ -1661,3 +1666,40 @@ def test_generic_without_params_error():
         {'loc': ('generic_list',), 'msg': 'value is not a valid list', 'type': 'type_error.list'},
         {'loc': ('generic_dict',), 'msg': 'value is not a valid dict', 'type': 'type_error.dict'},
     ]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not typing_extensions, reason='typing_extensions not installed')
+def test_literal_single():
+    class Model(BaseModel):
+        a: typing_extensions.Literal['a']
+
+    Model(a='a')
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError) as exc_info:
+        Model(a='b')
+    assert exc_info.value.errors() == [
+        {
+            'loc': ('a',),
+            'msg': "unexpected value; permitted: 'a'",
+            'type': 'value_error.const',
+            'ctx': {'given': 'b', 'permitted': ('a',)},
+        }
+    ]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not typing_extensions, reason='typing_extensions not installed')
+def test_literal_multiple():
+    class Model(BaseModel):
+        a_or_b: typing_extensions.Literal['a', 'b']
+
+    Model(a_or_b='a')
+    Model(a_or_b='b')
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError) as exc_info:
+        Model(a_or_b='c')
+    assert exc_info.value.errors() == [
+        {
+            'loc': ('a_or_b',),
+            'msg': "unexpected value; permitted: 'a', 'b'",
+            'type': 'value_error.const',
+            'ctx': {'given': 'c', 'permitted': ('a', 'b')},
+        }
+    ]