diff --git a/frontends/verific/verific.cc b/frontends/verific/verific.cc
index ba903de2e..5ac992bc6 100644
--- a/frontends/verific/verific.cc
+++ b/frontends/verific/verific.cc
@@ -3571,11 +3571,13 @@ struct VerificPass : public Pass {
 			RuntimeFlags::SetVar("veri_extract_dualport_rams", 0);
 			// RuntimeFlags::SetVar("veri_extract_multiport_rams", 1); // SILIMATE: control this externally
 			RuntimeFlags::SetVar("veri_allow_any_ram_in_loop", 1);
+			RuntimeFlags::SetVar("veri_replace_const_exprs", 1);
 #endif
 #ifdef VERIFIC_VHDL_SUPPORT
 			RuntimeFlags::SetVar("vhdl_extract_dualport_rams", 0);
 			RuntimeFlags::SetVar("vhdl_extract_multiport_rams", 1);
 			RuntimeFlags::SetVar("vhdl_allow_any_ram_in_loop", 1);
+			RuntimeFlags::SetVar("vhdl_replace_const_exprs", 1);
 
 			RuntimeFlags::SetVar("vhdl_support_variable_slice", 1);
 			RuntimeFlags::SetVar("vhdl_ignore_assertion_statements", 0);