diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e778b87..ccb7baa 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Add a warning when asserting a non-empty tuple which is always true.
+
 - Issue #2179: speed up with statement execution by storing the exit method
   on the stack instead of in a temporary variable (patch by Jeffrey Yaskin)
 
diff --git a/Python/compile.c b/Python/compile.c
index 43b7569..47a63e7 100644
--- a/Python/compile.c
+++ b/Python/compile.c
@@ -2056,6 +2056,14 @@
 		if (assertion_error == NULL)
 			return 0;
 	}
+	if (s->v.Assert.test->kind == Tuple_kind &&
+	    asdl_seq_LEN(s->v.Assert.test->v.Tuple.elts) > 0) {
+		const char* msg =
+			"assertion is always true, perhaps remove parentheses?";
+		if (PyErr_WarnExplicit(PyExc_SyntaxWarning, msg, c->c_filename,
+				       c->u->u_lineno, NULL, NULL) == -1)
+			return 0;
+	}
 	VISIT(c, expr, s->v.Assert.test);
 	end = compiler_new_block(c);
 	if (end == NULL)