diff --git a/source/slang/slang-check-stmt.cpp b/source/slang/slang-check-stmt.cpp
index ae817f8673..3d161518fb 100644
--- a/source/slang/slang-check-stmt.cpp
+++ b/source/slang/slang-check-stmt.cpp
@@ -308,8 +308,11 @@ namespace Slang
         }
         else
         {
-            // TODO: need to do some basic matching to ensure the type
-            // for the `case` is consistent with the type for the `switch`...
+            // Try to coerce the case expression to the same type as the condition
+            Expr* condition = switchStmt->condition;
+            expr = coerce(CoercionSite::General, condition->type, expr);
+            // Can't think of any cases where this would fail
+            SLANG_ASSERT(expr);
         }
 
         stmt->expr = expr;