diff --git a/src/codegen.zig b/src/codegen.zig
index 20b2968c4882b5dbb515dfa00e79333c353cb549..e33cacc78723b46201268e41f4630b33078df3d2 100644
--- a/src/codegen.zig
+++ b/src/codegen.zig
@@ -303,6 +303,20 @@ pub fn generateSymbol(
             },
         },
         .Pointer => switch (typed_value.val.tag()) {
+            .zero, .one, .int_u64, .int_big_positive => {
+                switch (target.cpu.arch.ptrBitWidth()) {
+                    32 => {
+                        const x = typed_value.val.toUnsignedInt();
+                        mem.writeInt(u32, try code.addManyAsArray(4), @intCast(u32, x), endian);
+                    },
+                    64 => {
+                        const x = typed_value.val.toUnsignedInt();
+                        mem.writeInt(u64, try code.addManyAsArray(8), x, endian);
+                    },
+                    else => unreachable,
+                }
+                return Result{ .appended = {} };
+            },
             .variable => {
                 const decl = typed_value.val.castTag(.variable).?.data.owner_decl;
                 return lowerDeclRef(bin_file, src_loc, typed_value, decl, code, debug_output, reloc_info);
diff --git a/test/behavior/basic.zig b/test/behavior/basic.zig
index 481a15bbe5e7adaba10b67d0143d92886cb588e5..f925ddede3df7786e1ea5efed7738dc34c0517ed 100644
--- a/test/behavior/basic.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/basic.zig
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ test "string concatenation" {
 }
 
 test "thread local variable" {
-    if (builtin.zig_backend != .stage1) return error.SkipZigTest; // TODO
+    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_c) return error.SkipZigTest; // TODO
 
     const S = struct {
         threadlocal var t: i32 = 1234;
diff --git a/test/behavior/bugs/7250.zig b/test/behavior/bugs/7250.zig
index ea05cf70e35fad58ce7a67d07b339a1b9ee760d6..898672133adf97123b0b6d14a3fbd1e90734b0fe 100644
--- a/test/behavior/bugs/7250.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/bugs/7250.zig
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@ threadlocal var g_uart0 = nrfx_uart_t{
 };
 
 test "reference a global threadlocal variable" {
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_aarch64) return error.SkipZigTest;
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_c) return error.SkipZigTest;
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_arm) return error.SkipZigTest;
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_x86_64) return error.SkipZigTest;
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_wasm) return error.SkipZigTest;
+    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_c) return error.SkipZigTest; // TODO
+
     _ = nrfx_uart_rx(&g_uart0);
 }