diff --git a/releasenotes.md b/releasenotes.md
index 09d121fb8..9682586b7 100644
--- a/releasenotes.md
+++ b/releasenotes.md
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 - Issue where a `if (catch e = ...)` in a defer would be incorrectly copied. Causing codegen error.
 - Variable in if-try / if-catch cannot be a reused variable name.
 - Vararg interfaces were broken.
+- LLVM codegen for constants in enums could fail.
 
 ### Stdlib changes
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/llvm_codegen.c b/src/compiler/llvm_codegen.c
index f3e4fc7a0..62ebfd999 100644
--- a/src/compiler/llvm_codegen.c
+++ b/src/compiler/llvm_codegen.c
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ LLVMValueRef llvm_emit_const_initializer(GenContext *c, ConstInitializer *const_
 		case CONST_INIT_VALUE:
 		{
 			BEValue value;
-			llvm_emit_expr(c, &value, const_init->init_value);
+			llvm_emit_expr_global_value(c, &value, const_init->init_value);
 			return llvm_load_value_store(c, &value);
 		}
 	}
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ void llvm_emit_global_variable_init(GenContext *c, Decl *decl)
 		else
 		{
 			BEValue value;
-			llvm_emit_expr(c, &value, init_expr);
+			llvm_emit_expr_global_value(c, &value, init_expr);
 			init_value = llvm_load_value_store(c, &value);
 		}
 	}
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ void llvm_emit_global_variable_init(GenContext *c, Decl *decl)
 		Expr *inner = init_expr->inner_expr;
 		assert(expr_is_const(inner) && inner->const_expr.const_kind == CONST_ERR);
 		BEValue value;
-		llvm_emit_expr(c, &value, inner);
+		llvm_emit_expr_global_value(c, &value, inner);
 		optional_value = llvm_load_value_store(c, &value);
 	}
 	if (!decl->is_extern)
diff --git a/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_expr.c b/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_expr.c
index f49505013..73bfdf7f5 100644
--- a/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_expr.c
+++ b/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_expr.c
@@ -7043,6 +7043,12 @@ static void llvm_emit_default_arg(GenContext *c, BEValue *value, Expr *expr)
 	}
 }
 
+void llvm_emit_expr_global_value(GenContext *c, BEValue *value, Expr *expr)
+{
+	sema_cast_const(expr);
+	llvm_emit_expr(c, value, expr);
+	assert(!llvm_value_is_addr(value));
+}
 void llvm_emit_expr(GenContext *c, BEValue *value, Expr *expr)
 {
 	EMIT_LOC(c, expr);
diff --git a/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_internal.h b/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_internal.h
index 6cdbda8c6..3ec9c5e5f 100644
--- a/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_internal.h
+++ b/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_internal.h
@@ -502,6 +502,7 @@ void llvm_emit_parameter(GenContext *c, LLVMValueRef *args, unsigned *arg_count_
 LLVMValueRef llvm_get_selector(GenContext *c, const char *name);
 
 // -- C3 Lowering --
+void llvm_emit_expr_global_value(GenContext *c, BEValue *value, Expr *expr);
 void llvm_emit_expr(GenContext *c, BEValue *value, Expr *expr);
 LLVMValueRef llvm_emit_expr_to_rvalue(GenContext *c, Expr *expr);
 LLVMValueRef llvm_emit_exprid_to_rvalue(GenContext *c, ExprId expr_id);
diff --git a/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_type.c b/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_type.c
index 8fc0b22ad..b972782ed 100644
--- a/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_type.c
+++ b/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_type.c
@@ -538,10 +538,8 @@ static LLVMValueRef llvm_get_introspection_for_enum(GenContext *c, Type *type)
 		for (unsigned i = 0; i < elements; i++)
 		{
 			BEValue value;
-			llvm_emit_expr(c, &value, enum_vals[i]->enum_constant.args[ai]);
-			assert(!llvm_value_is_addr(&value));
-			LLVMValueRef llvm_value = llvm_value_is_bool(&value) ? LLVMBuildZExt(c->builder, value.value, c->byte_type, "")
-																 : value.value;
+			llvm_emit_expr_global_value(c, &value, enum_vals[i]->enum_constant.args[ai]);
+			LLVMValueRef llvm_value = llvm_load_value_store(c, &value);
 			values[i] = llvm_value;
 			if (!val_type)
 			{
diff --git a/test/test_suite/enumerations/enum_with_const.c3t b/test/test_suite/enumerations/enum_with_const.c3t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3474872a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_suite/enumerations/enum_with_const.c3t
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// #target: macos-x64
+module test;
+
+const FG_YELLOW = "\e[0;38;2;255;240;128m";
+const FG_GREEN  = "\e[0;38;2;192;255;192m";
+const FG_RED    = "\e[0;38;2;255;40;40m";
+
+enum SeverityTag : int (String fg, String label) {
+   INFO  = { FG_GREEN,  "info"  },
+   WARN  = { FG_YELLOW, "warn"  },
+   FATAL = { FG_RED,    "fatal" },
+   FATAL2 = { FG_RED,    "fatal2" },
+}
+
+fn void main()
+{
+	SeverityTag tag = WARN;
+	String a = tag.fg;
+}
+
+/* #expect: test.ll
+
+@.enum.INFO = internal constant [5 x i8] c"INFO\00", align 1
+@.enum.WARN = internal constant [5 x i8] c"WARN\00", align 1
+@.enum.FATAL = internal constant [6 x i8] c"FATAL\00", align 1
+@.enum.FATAL2 = internal constant [7 x i8] c"FATAL2\00", align 1
+@"$ct.test.SeverityTag" = linkonce global { i8, i64, ptr, i64, i64, i64, [4 x %"char[]"] } { i8 8, i64 0, ptr null, i64 4, i64 ptrtoint (ptr @"$ct.int" to i64), i64 4, [4 x %"char[]"] [%"char[]" { ptr @.enum.INFO, i64 4 }, %"char[]" { ptr @.enum.WARN, i64 4 }, %"char[]" { ptr @.enum.FATAL, i64 5 }, %"char[]" { ptr @.enum.FATAL2, i64 6 }] }, align 8
+@.str = private unnamed_addr constant [22 x i8] c"\1B[0;38;2;192;255;192m\00", align 1
+@.str.1 = private unnamed_addr constant [22 x i8] c"\1B[0;38;2;255;240;128m\00", align 1
+@.str.2 = private unnamed_addr constant [20 x i8] c"\1B[0;38;2;255;40;40m\00", align 1
+@.str.3 = private unnamed_addr constant [20 x i8] c"\1B[0;38;2;255;40;40m\00", align 1
+@"test.SeverityTag$fg" = linkonce constant [4 x %"char[]"] [%"char[]" { ptr @.str, i64 21 }, %"char[]" { ptr @.str.1, i64 21 }, %"char[]" { ptr @.str.2, i64 19 }, %"char[]" { ptr @.str.3, i64 19 }], align 8
+@.str.4 = private unnamed_addr constant [5 x i8] c"info\00", align 1
+@.str.5 = private unnamed_addr constant [5 x i8] c"warn\00", align 1
+@.str.6 = private unnamed_addr constant [6 x i8] c"fatal\00", align 1
+@.str.7 = private unnamed_addr constant [7 x i8] c"fatal2\00", align 1
+@"test.SeverityTag$label" = linkonce constant [4 x %"char[]"] [%"char[]" { ptr @.str.4, i64 4 }, %"char[]" { ptr @.str.5, i64 4 }, %"char[]" { ptr @.str.6, i64 5 }, %"char[]" { ptr @.str.7, i64 6 }], align 8
+@.str.10 = private unnamed_addr constant [22 x i8] c"\1B[0;38;2;255;240;128m\00", align 1
+@test.FG_YELLOW = local_unnamed_addr constant %"char[]" { ptr @.str.10, i64 21 }, align 8
+@.str.11 = private unnamed_addr constant [22 x i8] c"\1B[0;38;2;192;255;192m\00", align 1
+@test.FG_GREEN = local_unnamed_addr constant %"char[]" { ptr @.str.11, i64 21 }, align 8
+@.str.12 = private unnamed_addr constant [20 x i8] c"\1B[0;38;2;255;40;40m\00", align 1
+@test.FG_RED = local_unnamed_addr constant %"char[]" { ptr @.str.12, i64 19 }, align 8
+
+define void @test.main() #0 {
+entry:
+  %tag = alloca i32, align 4
+  %a = alloca %"char[]", align 8
+  store i32 1, ptr %tag, align 4
+  %0 = load i32, ptr %tag, align 4
+  %ptroffset = getelementptr inbounds [16 x i8], ptr @"test.SeverityTag$fg", i32 %0
+  call void @llvm.memcpy.p0.p0.i32(ptr align 8 %a, ptr align 8 %ptroffset, i32 16, i1 false)
+  ret void
+}
+