diff --git a/test/imported/test_indexing.py b/test/imported/test_indexing.py
index 82a3050b1fed..23ad967d07f9 100644
--- a/test/imported/test_indexing.py
+++ b/test/imported/test_indexing.py
@@ -1062,9 +1062,9 @@ def test_getitem_scalars(self):
     numpy_testing_assert_equal_helper(a[0, one], a[zero, 1])
 
     # indexing by a scalar should slice (not copy)
-    self.assertEqual(data_ptr(a[0, 1]), data_ptr(a[zero, one]))
-    self.assertEqual(data_ptr(a[1]), data_ptr(a[one.cast(dtypes.int32)]))
-    self.assertEqual(data_ptr(a[1]), data_ptr(a[one.cast(dtypes.int16)]))
+    numpy_testing_assert_equal_helper(a[0, 1], a[zero, one])
+    numpy_testing_assert_equal_helper(a[1], a[one.cast(dtypes.int32)])
+    numpy_testing_assert_equal_helper(a[1], a[one.cast(dtypes.int16)])
 
     # scalar indexed with scalar
     r = Tensor.randn()
@@ -1105,6 +1105,20 @@ def test_setitem_scalars(self):
     np.testing.assert_allclose(9.9, r, rtol=1e-7)
   '''
 
+  def test_getitem_casted_scalars_folding(self):
+    Tensor.manual_seed(0)
+    # cast of const is just another const, don't need extra kernels for this
+    a = Tensor.randn(2, 3)
+    one = Tensor(1, dtype=dtypes.int64)
+    self.assertEqual(data_ptr(a[1]), data_ptr(a[one.cast(dtypes.int32)]))
+    self.assertEqual(data_ptr(a[1]), data_ptr(a[one.cast(dtypes.int16)]))
+
+  def test_getitem_scalars_simple_folding(self):
+    a = Tensor.randn(2, 3)
+    zero = Tensor(0, dtype=dtypes.int64)
+    one = Tensor(1, dtype=dtypes.int64)
+    self.assertEqual(data_ptr(a[0, 1]), data_ptr(a[zero, one]))
+
   def test_basic_advanced_combined(self):
     # From the NumPy indexing example
     x = Tensor.arange(0, 12).reshape(4, 3)