diff --git a/test/test_tensor.py b/test/test_tensor.py
index 8eddce3fe5..b35a92ed54 100644
--- a/test/test_tensor.py
+++ b/test/test_tensor.py
@@ -224,5 +224,17 @@ class TestTinygrad(unittest.TestCase):
     Tensor([]).realize()
     Tensor([]).numpy()
 
+  def test_tensor_ndarray_dtype(self):
+    arr = np.array([1]) # where dtype is implicitly int64
+    assert Tensor(arr).dtype == dtypes.int64
+    assert Tensor(arr, dtype=dtypes.float32).dtype == dtypes.float32 # check if ndarray correctly casts to Tensor dtype
+    assert Tensor(arr, dtype=dtypes.float64).dtype == dtypes.float64 # check that it works for something else
+
+  def test_tensor_list_dtype(self):
+    arr = [1]
+    assert Tensor(arr).dtype == Tensor.default_type
+    assert Tensor(arr, dtype=dtypes.float32).dtype == dtypes.float32
+    assert Tensor(arr, dtype=dtypes.float64).dtype == dtypes.float64
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   unittest.main()
diff --git a/tinygrad/tensor.py b/tinygrad/tensor.py
index 5b4405f242..c2713ec6b6 100644
--- a/tinygrad/tensor.py
+++ b/tinygrad/tensor.py
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ class Tensor:
       assert dtype is None or dtype.np is not None, f"{dtype} doesn't have a numpy dtype"
       data = LazyBuffer.fromCPU(np.array(data, dtype=(dtype or Tensor.default_type).np))
     elif isinstance(data, np.ndarray):
-      data = LazyBuffer.fromCPU(data)
+      assert dtype is None or dtype.np is not None, f"{dtype} doesn't have a numpy dtype"
+      data = LazyBuffer.fromCPU(data.astype(dtype.np) if dtype is not None and dtype.np is not None else data)
     else: raise RuntimeError(f"can't create Tensor from {data}")
 
     self.lazydata = data if data.device == device else LazyBuffer.loadop(LoadOps.FROM, data.shape, data.dtype, device, src=data)