diff --git a/libcxx/include/barrier b/libcxx/include/barrier
--- a/libcxx/include/barrier
+++ b/libcxx/include/barrier
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
     }
 
     _LIBCPP_AVAILABILITY_SYNC _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY
-    barrier(ptrdiff_t __count, _CompletionF __completion = _CompletionF())
+    explicit barrier(ptrdiff_t __count, _CompletionF __completion = _CompletionF())
         : __b_(__count, _VSTD::move(__completion)) {
     }
 
diff --git a/libcxx/test/std/thread/thread.barrier/ctor.compile.pass.cpp b/libcxx/test/std/thread/thread.barrier/ctor.compile.pass.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcxx/test/std/thread/thread.barrier/ctor.compile.pass.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// UNSUPPORTED: no-threads
+// UNSUPPORTED: c++03, c++11
+
+// <barrier>
+
+// explicit barrier(ptrdiff_t __count, _CompletionF __completion = _CompletionF());
+
+// Make sure that the ctor of barrier is explicit.
+
+#include <barrier>
+
+#include "test_convertible.h"
+
+static_assert(!test_convertible<std::barrier<>, std::ptrdiff_t>(), "This constructor must be explicit");