diff --git a/src/V3Const.cpp b/src/V3Const.cpp
index e1b990513..3d87a2057 100644
--- a/src/V3Const.cpp
+++ b/src/V3Const.cpp
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ class ConstBitOpTreeVisitor final : public AstNVisitor {
         V3Number m_bitPolarity;  // Coefficient of each bit
         static int widthOfRef(AstVarRef* refp) {
             if (AstWordSel* selp = VN_CAST(refp->backp(), WordSel)) return selp->width();
+            if (AstCCast* castp = VN_CAST(refp->backp(), CCast)) return castp->width();
             return refp->width();
         }
 
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_const_opt_cov.pl b/test_regress/t/t_const_opt_cov.pl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..1e0a96b74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_const_opt_cov.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+if (!$::Driver) { use FindBin; exec("$FindBin::Bin/bootstrap.pl", @ARGV, $0); die; }
+# DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test driver/expect definition
+#
+# Copyright 2003 by Wilson Snyder. This program is free software; you
+# can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License
+# Version 2.0.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only OR Artistic-2.0
+
+scenarios(simulator => 1);
+
+compile(
+    verilator_flags2=>["-Wno-UNOPTTHREADS", "--stats", "--coverage"],
+    );
+
+execute(
+    check_finished => 1,
+    );
+
+if ($Self->{vlt}) {
+    file_grep($Self->{stats}, qr/Optimizations, Const bit op reduction\s+(\d+)/i, 2);
+}
+
+ok(1);
+1;
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_const_opt_cov.v b/test_regress/t/t_const_opt_cov.v
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..245309007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_const_opt_cov.v
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+// DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test module
+//
+// This file ONLY is placed under the Creative Commons Public Domain, for
+// any use, without warranty, 2020 Wilson Snyder.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+
+module t(/*AUTOARG*/
+   // Inputs
+   clk
+   );
+   input clk;
+
+   integer cyc=0;
+   reg [63:0] crc;
+   reg [63:0] sum;
+
+   // Take CRC data and apply to testblock inputs
+   wire [32:0] in = crc[32:0];
+
+   logic       bank_rd_vec_m3;
+   always_ff @(posedge clk) bank_rd_vec_m3 <= crc[33];
+
+
+   wire        out;
+   ecc_check_pipe u_bank_data_ecc_check(
+                                        .clk          (clk),
+                                        .bank_rd_m3  (bank_rd_vec_m3),
+                                        .data_i      (in),
+                                        .ecc_err_o   (out)
+                                        );
+
+
+
+   // Aggregate outputs into a single result vector
+   wire [63:0] result = {63'b0, out};
+
+   // Test loop
+   always @ (posedge clk) begin
+`ifdef TEST_VERBOSE
+      $write("[%0t] cyc==%0d crc=%x result=%x\n",$time, cyc, crc, result);
+`endif
+      cyc <= cyc + 1;
+      crc <= {crc[62:0], crc[63]^crc[2]^crc[0]};
+      sum <= result ^ {sum[62:0],sum[63]^sum[2]^sum[0]};
+      if (cyc == 0) begin
+         // Setup
+         crc <= 64'h5aef0c8d_d70a4497;
+         sum <= '0;
+      end
+      else if (cyc < 10) begin
+         sum <= '0;
+      end
+      else if (cyc == 99) begin
+         $write("[%0t] cyc==%0d crc=%x sum=%x\n",$time, cyc, crc, sum);
+         if (crc !== 64'hc77bb9b3784ea091) $stop;
+         // What checksum will we end up with (above print should match)
+`define EXPECTED_SUM 64'h768b162c5835e35b
+         if (sum !== `EXPECTED_SUM) $stop;
+         $write("*-* All Finished *-*\n");
+         $finish;
+      end
+   end
+
+endmodule
+
+module  ecc_check_pipe (
+                        input logic        clk,
+                        input logic        bank_rd_m3,
+                        input logic [32:0] data_i,
+                        output logic       ecc_err_o
+                        );
+   logic [3:0]                             check_group_6_0;
+   logic                                   check_group_6_0_q;
+
+   always_comb check_group_6_0 = {data_i[0], data_i[2], data_i[4], data_i[7] };
+   always_ff @(posedge clk) if (bank_rd_m3)  check_group_6_0_q <=^check_group_6_0;
+   assign ecc_err_o = check_group_6_0_q;
+endmodule