diff --git a/test/test_ops.py b/test/test_ops.py
index df2feb9512..01dc38cf9b 100644
--- a/test/test_ops.py
+++ b/test/test_ops.py
@@ -699,6 +699,13 @@ class TestOps(unittest.TestCase):
     helper_test_op(None, lambda x: x**-0.3, vals=[[0.0]])
     helper_test_op(None, lambda x: x**-1.0, vals=[[-1.0, 0.0, 1.0]])
 
+  def test_int_pow_const_int(self):
+    helper_test_op(None, lambda x: x**0, vals=[[-2,0,2]], forward_only=True)
+    helper_test_op(None, lambda x: x**1, vals=[[-2,0,2]], forward_only=True)
+    helper_test_op(None, lambda x: x**2, vals=[[-2,0,2]], forward_only=True)
+    helper_test_op(None, lambda x: x**29, vals=[[-2,0,2]], forward_only=True)
+    self.helper_test_exception(None, lambda x: x**-2, vals=[[-2,0,2]], forward_only=True, expected=RuntimeError)
+
   @unittest.skip("not supported")
   def test_pow_int(self):
     def _test(base, exponent): helper_test_op(None, lambda x,y: x**y, vals=[base, exponent], forward_only=True)
diff --git a/tinygrad/tensor.py b/tinygrad/tensor.py
index 7854434a4c..0734f07489 100644
--- a/tinygrad/tensor.py
+++ b/tinygrad/tensor.py
@@ -3680,7 +3680,7 @@ class Tensor(MathTrait):
     """
     base, exponent = self._broadcasted(x, reverse=reverse)
     # TODO: int pow
-    if not base.is_floating_point(): raise RuntimeError("base needs to be float")
+    if not base.is_floating_point() and not (isinstance(x, int) and x >= 0): raise RuntimeError("base needs to be float")
 
     ret = base._apply_uop(UOp.pow, exponent)
     # NOTE: pow(int, float) -> int