diff --git a/Lib/test/test_syntax.py b/Lib/test/test_syntax.py
index 202770a..7faab91 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_syntax.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_syntax.py
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 SyntaxError: can't assign to literal
 
+>>> b"" = 1
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+SyntaxError: can't assign to literal
+
 >>> `1` = 1
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 SyntaxError: invalid syntax
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a90aee9..b80bd52 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
 - Issue #5587: add a repr to dict_proxy objects.  Patch by David Stanek and
   Daniel Urban.
 
+- Issue #11506: Trying to assign to a bytes literal should result in a
+  SyntaxError.
+
 Library
 -------
 
diff --git a/Python/ast.c b/Python/ast.c
index 590bc90..d97e951 100644
--- a/Python/ast.c
+++ b/Python/ast.c
@@ -469,6 +469,7 @@
         case Set_kind:
         case Num_kind:
         case Str_kind:
+        case Bytes_kind:
             expr_name = "literal";
             break;
         case Ellipsis_kind: