diff --git a/easybuild/framework/easyconfig/constants.py b/easybuild/framework/easyconfig/constants.py
index f684985b21..24141c393b 100644
--- a/easybuild/framework/easyconfig/constants.py
+++ b/easybuild/framework/easyconfig/constants.py
@@ -82,3 +82,7 @@ def _get_arch_constant():
     'OS_PKG_PAM_DEV': (('pam-devel', 'libpam0g-dev'),
                        "OS packages providing Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) developement support"),
 }
+
+# Add EasyConfig constants to export list
+globals().update({name: value for name, (value, _) in EASYCONFIG_CONSTANTS.items()})
+__all__ = ['EXTERNAL_MODULE_MARKER', 'EASYCONFIG_CONSTANTS'] + list(EASYCONFIG_CONSTANTS.keys())
diff --git a/test/framework/easyconfig.py b/test/framework/easyconfig.py
index a747db80aa..2e94263cd8 100644
--- a/test/framework/easyconfig.py
+++ b/test/framework/easyconfig.py
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@
 from easybuild.tools.py2vs3 import OrderedDict, reload
 from easybuild.tools.robot import resolve_dependencies
 from easybuild.tools.systemtools import AARCH64, KNOWN_ARCH_CONSTANTS, POWER, X86_64
-from easybuild.tools.systemtools import get_cpu_architecture, get_shared_lib_ext
+from easybuild.tools.systemtools import get_cpu_architecture, get_shared_lib_ext, get_os_name, get_os_version
+
 from easybuild.tools.toolchain.utilities import search_toolchain
 from easybuild.tools.utilities import quote_str, quote_py_str
 from test.framework.utilities import find_full_path
@@ -1278,6 +1279,20 @@ def test_constant_doc(self):
         ]
         self.assertEqual(len(doc.split('\n')), sum([len(temps)] + [len(x) for x in temps]))
 
+    def test_constant_import(self):
+        """Test importing EC constants works"""
+        from easybuild.framework.easyconfig.constants import SYSTEM, OS_NAME, OS_VERSION
+        self.assertEqual(SYSTEM, {'name': 'system', 'version': 'system'})
+        self.assertEqual(OS_NAME, get_os_name())
+        self.assertEqual(OS_VERSION, get_os_version())
+
+    def test_constant_import_values(self):
+        """Test that importing an EC constant works as-if using EASYCONFIG_CONSTANTS"""
+        constants = __import__('easybuild.framework.easyconfig.constants', fromlist=[None])
+        for name, (value, _doc) in easyconfig.constants.EASYCONFIG_CONSTANTS.items():
+            self.assertTrue(hasattr(constants, name), 'Missing ' + name)
+            self.assertEqual(getattr(constants, name), value)
+
     def test_build_options(self):
         """Test configure/build/install options, both strings and lists."""
         orig_contents = '\n'.join([