diff --git a/src/ast.c b/src/ast.c
index d39ee35e807ae..0971f4ab16e64 100644
--- a/src/ast.c
+++ b/src/ast.c
@@ -717,8 +717,20 @@ static int julia_to_scm_noalloc1(fl_context_t *fl_ctx, jl_value_t *v, value_t *r
 
 static value_t julia_to_scm_noalloc2(fl_context_t *fl_ctx, jl_value_t *v, int check_valid) JL_NOTSAFEPOINT
 {
-    if (jl_is_long(v) && fits_fixnum(jl_unbox_long(v)))
-        return fixnum(jl_unbox_long(v));
+    if (jl_is_long(v)) {
+        if (fits_fixnum(jl_unbox_long(v))) {
+            return fixnum(jl_unbox_long(v));
+        } else {
+#ifdef _P64
+            value_t prim = cprim(fl_ctx, fl_ctx->int64type, sizeof(int64_t));
+            *((int64_t*)cp_data((cprim_t*)ptr(prim))) = jl_unbox_long(v);
+#else
+            value_t prim = cprim(fl_ctx, fl_ctx->int32type, sizeof(int32_t));
+            *((int32_t*)cp_data((cprim_t*)ptr(prim))) = jl_unbox_long(v);
+#endif
+            return prim;
+        }
+    }
     if (check_valid) {
         if (jl_is_ssavalue(v))
             lerror(fl_ctx, symbol(fl_ctx, "error"), "SSAValue objects should not occur in an AST");
diff --git a/src/flisp/cvalues.c b/src/flisp/cvalues.c
index a5635c238ba3c..749b8802dfe82 100644
--- a/src/flisp/cvalues.c
+++ b/src/flisp/cvalues.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ void cv_autorelease(fl_context_t *fl_ctx, cvalue_t *cv)
     autorelease(fl_ctx, cv);
 }
 
-static value_t cprim(fl_context_t *fl_ctx, fltype_t *type, size_t sz)
+value_t cprim(fl_context_t *fl_ctx, fltype_t *type, size_t sz)
 {
     cprim_t *pcp = (cprim_t*)alloc_words(fl_ctx, CPRIM_NWORDS-1+NWORDS(sz));
     pcp->type = type;
diff --git a/src/flisp/flisp.h b/src/flisp/flisp.h
index b031e456cd3fe..669753a9f5302 100644
--- a/src/flisp/flisp.h
+++ b/src/flisp/flisp.h
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ typedef float    fl_float_t;
 typedef value_t (*builtin_t)(fl_context_t*, value_t*, uint32_t);
 
 value_t cvalue(fl_context_t *fl_ctx, fltype_t *type, size_t sz) JL_NOTSAFEPOINT;
+value_t cprim(fl_context_t *fl_ctx, fltype_t *type, size_t sz) JL_NOTSAFEPOINT;
 value_t cvalue_no_finalizer(fl_context_t *fl_ctx, fltype_t *type, size_t sz) JL_NOTSAFEPOINT;
 void add_finalizer(fl_context_t *fl_ctx, cvalue_t *cv);
 void cv_autorelease(fl_context_t *fl_ctx, cvalue_t *cv);
diff --git a/test/numbers.jl b/test/numbers.jl
index 47d7e87753b11..4f5893da0d091 100644
--- a/test/numbers.jl
+++ b/test/numbers.jl
@@ -2776,6 +2776,20 @@ Base.literal_pow(::typeof(^), ::PR20530, ::Val{p}) where {p} = 2
     @test [2,4,8].^-2 == [0.25, 0.0625, 0.015625]
     @test [2, 4, 8].^-2 .* 4 == [1.0, 0.25, 0.0625] # nested literal_pow
     @test ℯ^-2 == exp(-2) ≈ inv(ℯ^2) ≈ (ℯ^-1)^2 ≈ sqrt(ℯ^-4)
+
+    if Int === Int32
+        p = 2147483647
+        @test x^p == 1
+        @test x^2147483647 == 2
+        @test (@fastmath x^p) == 1
+        @test (@fastmath x^2147483647) == 2
+    elseif Int === Int64
+        p = 9223372036854775807
+        @test x^p == 1
+        @test x^9223372036854775807 == 2
+        @test (@fastmath x^p) == 1
+        @test (@fastmath x^9223372036854775807) == 2
+    end
 end
 module M20889 # do we get the expected behavior without importing Base.^?
     using Test