diff --git a/src/Sema.zig b/src/Sema.zig
index f0b6a8c9f8..05ae1fde1e 100644
--- a/src/Sema.zig
+++ b/src/Sema.zig
@@ -7372,9 +7372,23 @@ fn zirIntToEnum(sema: *Sema, block: *Block, inst: Zir.Inst.Index) CompileError!A
         return sema.addConstant(dest_ty, int_val);
     }
 
+    if (try sema.typeHasOnePossibleValue(block, operand_src, dest_ty)) |opv| {
+        const result = try sema.addConstant(dest_ty, opv);
+        // The operand is runtime-known but the result is comptime-known. In
+        // this case we still need a safety check.
+        // TODO add a safety check here. we can't use is_named_enum_value -
+        // it needs to convert the enum back to int and make sure it equals the operand int.
+        return result;
+    }
+
     try sema.requireRuntimeBlock(block, src, operand_src);
     const result = try block.addTyOp(.intcast, dest_ty, operand);
-    if (block.wantSafety() and !dest_ty.isNonexhaustiveEnum() and sema.mod.comp.bin_file.options.use_llvm) {
+    if (block.wantSafety() and
+        !dest_ty.isNonexhaustiveEnum() and
+        // TODO instead of "use_llvm", check a different condition so that backends
+        // can advertise themselves as supporting these extra AIR instructions for safety.
+        sema.mod.comp.bin_file.options.use_llvm)
+    {
         const ok = try block.addUnOp(.is_named_enum_value, result);
         try sema.addSafetyCheck(block, ok, .invalid_enum_value);
     }
diff --git a/test/behavior/enum.zig b/test/behavior/enum.zig
index 5cb89ffa32..acd8d17302 100644
--- a/test/behavior/enum.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/enum.zig
@@ -1169,3 +1169,11 @@ test "Non-exhaustive enum with nonstandard int size behaves correctly" {
     const E = enum(u15) { _ };
     try expect(@sizeOf(E) == @sizeOf(u15));
 }
+
+test "runtime int to enum with one possible value" {
+    const E = enum { one };
+    var runtime: usize = 0;
+    if (@intToEnum(E, runtime) != .one) {
+        @compileError("test failed");
+    }
+}