diff --git a/src/ir.cpp b/src/ir.cpp
index f4b727412ea0d55ce2e0ef3dbe5b400b0832b77f..e2bcbcffee3e86edb7a8c51d4b220ef16ed3fe65 100644
--- a/src/ir.cpp
+++ b/src/ir.cpp
@@ -12070,6 +12070,12 @@ static ZigType *ir_analyze_bit_shift(IrAnalyze *ira, IrInstructionBinOp *bin_op_
         ir_add_error(ira, &bin_op_instruction->base,
                 buf_sprintf("LHS of shift must be an integer type, or RHS must be compile-time known"));
         return ira->codegen->builtin_types.entry_invalid;
+    } else if (instr_is_comptime(casted_op2) && bigint_cmp_zero(&casted_op2->value.data.x_bigint) == CmpEQ) {
+        IrInstruction *result = ir_build_cast(&ira->new_irb, bin_op_instruction->base.scope,
+                bin_op_instruction->base.source_node, op1->value.type, op1, CastOpNoop);
+        result->value.type = op1->value.type;
+        ir_link_new_instruction(result, &bin_op_instruction->base);
+        return result->value.type;
     }
 
     ir_build_bin_op_from(&ira->new_irb, &bin_op_instruction->base, op_id,
diff --git a/test/cases/eval.zig b/test/cases/eval.zig
index 7f8ad8ed0746c7657c56c07aee1b2d4a45e9497f..104fa8f58cd5b2ea11050259d2eb44ec9ced31bf 100644
--- a/test/cases/eval.zig
+++ b/test/cases/eval.zig
@@ -688,3 +688,8 @@ test "zero extend from u0 to u1" {
     var zero_u1: u1 = zero_u0;
     assert(zero_u1 == 0);
 }
+
+test "bit shift a u1" {
+    var x: u1 = 1;
+    var y = x << 0;
+}