diff --git a/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/astprocessing/TypecastsAdder.kt b/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/astprocessing/TypecastsAdder.kt
index e3a7749e6..fa03fab27 100644
--- a/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/astprocessing/TypecastsAdder.kt
+++ b/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/astprocessing/TypecastsAdder.kt
@@ -47,6 +47,36 @@ class TypecastsAdder(val program: Program, val options: CompilationOptions, val
         val rightCv = expr.right.constValue(program)
 
         if(leftDt.isKnown && rightDt.isKnown) {
+
+            if(expr.operator=="<<" && leftDt.isBytes) {
+                // uword ww = 1 << shift    -->  make the '1' a word constant
+                val leftConst = expr.left.constValue(program)
+                if(leftConst!=null) {
+                    val leftConstAsWord =
+                        if(leftDt.istype(DataType.UBYTE))
+                            NumericLiteral(DataType.UWORD, leftConst.number, leftConst.position)
+                        else
+                            NumericLiteral(DataType.WORD, leftConst.number, leftConst.position)
+                    val modifications = mutableListOf<IAstModification>()
+                    if (parent is Assignment) {
+                        if (parent.target.inferType(program).isWords) {
+                            modifications += IAstModification.ReplaceNode(expr.left, leftConstAsWord, expr)
+                            if(rightDt.isBytes)
+                                modifications += IAstModification.ReplaceNode(expr.right, TypecastExpression(expr.right, leftConstAsWord.type, true, expr.right.position), expr)
+                        }
+                    } else if (parent is TypecastExpression && parent.type == DataType.UWORD && parent.parent is Assignment) {
+                        val assign = parent.parent as Assignment
+                        if (assign.target.inferType(program).isWords) {
+                            modifications += IAstModification.ReplaceNode(expr.left, leftConstAsWord, expr)
+                            if(rightDt.isBytes)
+                                modifications += IAstModification.ReplaceNode(expr.right, TypecastExpression(expr.right, leftConstAsWord.type, true, expr.right.position), expr)
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if(modifications.isNotEmpty())
+                        return modifications
+                }
+            }
+
             if(expr.operator in LogicalOperators && leftDt.isInteger && rightDt.isInteger) {
                 // see if any of the operands needs conversion to bool
                 val modifications = mutableListOf<IAstModification>()
diff --git a/compiler/test/ast/TestVarious.kt b/compiler/test/ast/TestVarious.kt
index 2fe8d7b60..4057e7e72 100644
--- a/compiler/test/ast/TestVarious.kt
+++ b/compiler/test/ast/TestVarious.kt
@@ -3,13 +3,19 @@ package prog8tests.ast
 import io.kotest.core.spec.style.FunSpec
 import io.kotest.matchers.shouldBe
 import io.kotest.matchers.shouldNotBe
+import io.kotest.matchers.types.instanceOf
 import prog8.ast.IFunctionCall
+import prog8.ast.expressions.BinaryExpression
 import prog8.ast.expressions.IdentifierReference
+import prog8.ast.expressions.NumericLiteral
 import prog8.ast.expressions.StringLiteral
+import prog8.ast.statements.Assignment
 import prog8.ast.statements.InlineAssembly
 import prog8.ast.statements.VarDecl
+import prog8.code.core.DataType
 import prog8.code.core.Position
 import prog8.code.target.C64Target
+import prog8.compiler.printProgram
 import prog8tests.helpers.compileText
 
 class TestVarious: FunSpec({
@@ -129,5 +135,31 @@ main {
 }"""
         compileText(C64Target(), optimize=false, src, writeAssembly=false) shouldNotBe null
     }
+
+    test("bitshift left of const byte converted to word") {
+        val src="""
+main {
+    sub start() {
+        ubyte shift = 10
+        uword value = 1<<shift
+        value++
+        value = 1<<shift
+        value++
+    }
+}"""
+        val result = compileText(C64Target(), optimize=false, src, writeAssembly=false)!!
+        printProgram(result.program)
+        val stmts = result.program.entrypoint.statements
+        stmts.size shouldBe 7
+        val assign1expr = (stmts[3] as Assignment).value as BinaryExpression
+        val assign2expr = (stmts[5] as Assignment).value as BinaryExpression
+        assign1expr.operator shouldBe "<<"
+        val leftval1 = assign1expr.left.constValue(result.program)!!
+        leftval1.type shouldBe DataType.UWORD
+        leftval1.number shouldBe 1.0
+        val leftval2 = assign2expr.left.constValue(result.program)!!
+        leftval2.type shouldBe DataType.UWORD
+        leftval2.number shouldBe 1.0
+    }
 })
 
diff --git a/docs/source/todo.rst b/docs/source/todo.rst
index 6619b46e8..be9a59dea 100644
--- a/docs/source/todo.rst
+++ b/docs/source/todo.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ TODO
 
 For next release
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-- make it so that uword xx = <byte constant> <op> expr  is treated as  <word constant> <op> <expr> instead (or inverse order)
 - ir/vm: allow label in block scope
 - regression test the various projects
 - 6502 codegen: make it possible to use cpu opcodes such as 'nop' as variable names by prefixing all asm vars with something such as ``p8v_``? Or not worth it (most 3 letter opcodes as variables are nonsensical anyway)
diff --git a/examples/test.p8 b/examples/test.p8
index b3989902e..ef433868f 100644
--- a/examples/test.p8
+++ b/examples/test.p8
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ alsostart:
     sub start() {
 
     internalstart:
+        ubyte fact = 10
+        uword ww = 1<<fact
+        txt.print_uw(ww)
+        txt.nl()
+        ww++
+        ww = 1<<fact
+        txt.print_uw(ww)
+        txt.nl()
+        txt.nl()
+
         txt.print_uwhex(start, true)
         txt.nl()
         txt.print_uwhex(alsostart, true)