diff --git a/tools/run_tests/sanity/cpp_banned_constructs.sh b/tools/run_tests/sanity/cpp_banned_constructs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..68240d6f831
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/run_tests/sanity/cpp_banned_constructs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Copyright 2019 gRPC authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -e
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/../../.."
+
+#
+# Prevent the use of synchronization and threading constructs from std:: since
+# the code should be using grpc_core::Mutex, grpc::internal::Mutex,
+# grpc_core::Thread, etc.
+#
+
+egrep -Irn \
+    'std::(mutex|condition_variable|lock_guard|unique_lock|thread)' \
+    include/grpc include/grpcpp src/core src/cpp | diff - /dev/null
+
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/sanity/sanity_tests.yaml b/tools/run_tests/sanity/sanity_tests.yaml
index 1913edd4257..40686e0f3ab 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/sanity/sanity_tests.yaml
+++ b/tools/run_tests/sanity/sanity_tests.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 - script: tools/run_tests/sanity/check_tracer_sanity.py
 - script: tools/run_tests/sanity/core_banned_functions.py
 - script: tools/run_tests/sanity/core_untyped_structs.sh
+- script: tools/run_tests/sanity/cpp_banned_constructs.sh
 - script: tools/run_tests/sanity/check_deprecated_grpc++.py
 - script: tools/run_tests/sanity/check_port_platform.py
 - script: tools/buildgen/generate_projects.sh -j 3