diff --git a/libcxx/docs/Hardening.rst b/libcxx/docs/Hardening.rst
index 42aacfdcfb41a..66fc0e9b81877 100644
--- a/libcxx/docs/Hardening.rst
+++ b/libcxx/docs/Hardening.rst
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ Hardened containers status
       - ✅
       - ❌
     * - ``forward_list``
-      - ❌
+      - ✅
       - ❌
     * - ``deque``
       - ✅
diff --git a/libcxx/include/forward_list b/libcxx/include/forward_list
index c1ab155d5a133..ea854ea828b3b 100644
--- a/libcxx/include/forward_list
+++ b/libcxx/include/forward_list
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ template <class T, class Allocator, class Predicate>
 #  include <__algorithm/lexicographical_compare.h>
 #  include <__algorithm/lexicographical_compare_three_way.h>
 #  include <__algorithm/min.h>
+#  include <__assert>
 #  include <__config>
 #  include <__cstddef/nullptr_t.h>
 #  include <__iterator/distance.h>
@@ -766,8 +767,14 @@ public:
     return std::min<size_type>(__node_traits::max_size(this->__alloc_), numeric_limits<difference_type>::max());
   }
 
-  _LIBCPP_HIDE_FROM_ABI reference front() { return __base::__before_begin()->__next_->__get_value(); }
-  _LIBCPP_HIDE_FROM_ABI const_reference front() const { return __base::__before_begin()->__next_->__get_value(); }
+  _LIBCPP_HIDE_FROM_ABI reference front() {
+    _LIBCPP_ASSERT_NON_NULL(!empty(), "forward_list::front called on an empty list");
+    return __base::__before_begin()->__next_->__get_value();
+  }
+  _LIBCPP_HIDE_FROM_ABI const_reference front() const {
+    _LIBCPP_ASSERT_NON_NULL(!empty(), "forward_list::front called on an empty list");
+    return __base::__before_begin()->__next_->__get_value();
+  }
 
 #  ifndef _LIBCPP_CXX03_LANG
 #    if _LIBCPP_STD_VER >= 17
@@ -1085,6 +1092,7 @@ void forward_list<_Tp, _Alloc>::push_front(const value_type& __v) {
 
 template <class _Tp, class _Alloc>
 void forward_list<_Tp, _Alloc>::pop_front() {
+  _LIBCPP_ASSERT_NON_NULL(!empty(), "forward_list::pop_front called on an empty list");
   __node_pointer __p                = __base::__before_begin()->__next_;
   __base::__before_begin()->__next_ = __p->__next_;
   this->__delete_node(__p);
diff --git a/libcxx/test/libcxx/containers/sequences/forwardlist/assert.pass.cpp b/libcxx/test/libcxx/containers/sequences/forwardlist/assert.pass.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6d1748e645025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcxx/test/libcxx/containers/sequences/forwardlist/assert.pass.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// 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
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+// <forward_list>
+
+// Test hardening assertions for std::forward_list.
+
+// REQUIRES: has-unix-headers
+// REQUIRES: libcpp-hardening-mode={{extensive|debug}}
+// UNSUPPORTED: c++03
+// XFAIL: libcpp-hardening-mode=debug && availability-verbose_abort-missing
+
+#include <forward_list>
+
+#include "check_assertion.h"
+
+int main(int, char**) {
+  { // Default-constructed list.
+    std::forward_list<int> c;
+    const auto& const_c = c;
+    TEST_LIBCPP_ASSERT_FAILURE(c.front(), "forward_list::front called on an empty list");
+    TEST_LIBCPP_ASSERT_FAILURE(const_c.front(), "forward_list::front called on an empty list");
+    TEST_LIBCPP_ASSERT_FAILURE(c.pop_front(), "forward_list::pop_front called on an empty list");
+  }
+
+  { // Non-empty list becomes empty.
+    std::forward_list<int> c;
+    const auto& const_c = c;
+    c.push_front(1);
+
+    // Check that there's no assertion on valid access.
+    (void)c.front();
+    (void)const_c.front();
+
+    c.pop_front();
+    TEST_LIBCPP_ASSERT_FAILURE(c.pop_front(), "forward_list::pop_front called on an empty list");
+    TEST_LIBCPP_ASSERT_FAILURE(c.front(), "forward_list::front called on an empty list");
+    TEST_LIBCPP_ASSERT_FAILURE(const_c.front(), "forward_list::front called on an empty list");
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}