diff --git a/gcc/jit/dummy-frontend.cc b/gcc/jit/dummy-frontend.cc
index 35475b5ad05d7d572ebb95234695fa755605676c..327e8de4f94a9a5c8266e6f777aaec0f5ff36f19 100644
--- a/gcc/jit/dummy-frontend.cc
+++ b/gcc/jit/dummy-frontend.cc
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ jit_langhook_init (void)
 					      *gcc::jit::active_playback_ctxt);
   global_dc->set_output_format (std::move (sink));
 
-  build_common_tree_nodes (false);
+  build_common_tree_nodes (flag_signed_char);
 
   build_common_builtin_nodes ();
 
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/jit.dg/all-non-failing-tests.h b/gcc/testsuite/jit.dg/all-non-failing-tests.h
index 32ca70da4374ed2597f8e78481f6c1c6813ae7fb..7b8cf624bbaa00e64ef20734a676fea2cc106271 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/jit.dg/all-non-failing-tests.h
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/jit.dg/all-non-failing-tests.h
@@ -373,6 +373,13 @@
 /* test-setting-alignment.c: This can't be in the testcases array as it
    is target-specific.  */
 
+/* test-signed-char.c */
+#define create_code create_code_signed_char
+#define verify_code verify_code_signed_char
+#include "test-signed-char.c"
+#undef create_code
+#undef verify_code
+
 /* test-sizeof.c */
 #define create_code create_code_sizeof
 #define verify_code verify_code_sizeof
@@ -586,6 +593,9 @@ const struct testcase testcases[] = {
   {"reflection",
    create_code_reflection ,
    verify_code_reflection },
+  {"signed-char",
+   create_code_signed_char,
+   verify_code_signed_char},
   {"sizeof",
    create_code_sizeof,
    verify_code_sizeof},
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/jit.dg/test-signed-char.c b/gcc/testsuite/jit.dg/test-signed-char.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c12b41d92cc3b68d7a643409f86635b47f5b60b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/jit.dg/test-signed-char.c
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+#include "libgccjit.h"
+
+#include "harness.h"
+
+void
+create_code (gcc_jit_context *ctxt, void *user_data)
+{
+  /* Let's try to inject the equivalent of:
+        int test_signed_char ()
+        {
+            char val = -2;
+            return (int) val;
+        }
+    */
+  gcc_jit_type *char_type =
+    gcc_jit_context_get_type (ctxt, GCC_JIT_TYPE_CHAR);
+  gcc_jit_type *int_type =
+    gcc_jit_context_get_type (ctxt, GCC_JIT_TYPE_INT);
+
+  gcc_jit_function *test_fn =
+    gcc_jit_context_new_function (ctxt, NULL,
+				  GCC_JIT_FUNCTION_EXPORTED,
+				  int_type,
+				  "test_signed_char",
+				  0, NULL,
+				  0);
+
+  gcc_jit_block *block = gcc_jit_function_new_block(test_fn, "entry");
+
+  gcc_jit_rvalue *val = gcc_jit_context_new_rvalue_from_int (ctxt,
+    char_type, -2);
+  gcc_jit_rvalue *return_value = gcc_jit_context_new_cast (
+    ctxt, NULL, val, int_type);
+
+  gcc_jit_block_end_with_return (block, NULL, return_value);
+}
+
+void
+verify_code (gcc_jit_context *ctxt, gcc_jit_result *result)
+{
+  CHECK_NON_NULL (result);
+
+  typedef int (*fn_type) ();
+  fn_type test_signed_char =
+    (fn_type)gcc_jit_result_get_code (result, "test_signed_char");
+  CHECK_NON_NULL (test_signed_char);
+  CHECK_VALUE (test_signed_char (), -2);
+}