diff --git a/src/implementation/c/node/consume.ts b/src/implementation/c/node/consume.ts
index fb37bfe..658a00e 100644
--- a/src/implementation/c/node/consume.ts
+++ b/src/implementation/c/node/consume.ts
@@ -8,12 +8,31 @@ export class Consume extends Node<frontend.node.Consume> {
     const ctx = this.compilation;
 
     const index = ctx.stateField(this.ref.field);
+    const ty = ctx.getFieldType(this.ref.field);
+
+    let fieldTy: string;
+    if (ty === 'i64') {
+      fieldTy = 'uint64_t';
+    } else if (ty === 'i32') {
+      fieldTy = 'uint32_t';
+    } else if (ty === 'i16') {
+      fieldTy = 'uint16_t';
+    } else if (ty === 'i8') {
+      fieldTy = 'uint8_t';
+    } else {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Unsupported type ${ty} of field ${this.ref.field} for consume node`);
+    }
 
     out.push('size_t avail;');
-    out.push('size_t need;');
+    out.push(`${fieldTy} need;`);
+
     out.push('');
     out.push(`avail = ${ctx.endPosArg()} - ${ctx.posArg()};`);
     out.push(`need = ${index};`);
+
+    // Note: `avail` or `need` are going to coerced to the largest
+    // datatype needed to hold either of the values.
     out.push('if (avail >= need) {');
     out.push(`  p += need;`);
     out.push(`  ${index} = 0;`);
diff --git a/test/consume-test.ts b/test/consume-test.ts
index faf16ee..f9fb383 100644
--- a/test/consume-test.ts
+++ b/test/consume-test.ts
@@ -46,4 +46,24 @@ describe('llparse/consume', () => {
     const binary = await build(p, start, 'consume-i64');
     await binary.check('3aaa2bb1a01b', 'off=4\noff=7\noff=9\noff=10\noff=12\n');
   });
+
+  it('should consume bytes with untruncated i64 field', async () => {
+    p.property('i64', 'to_consume');
+
+    const start = p.node('start');
+    const consume = p.consume('to_consume');
+
+    start
+      .select(
+        NUM_SELECT,
+        p.invoke(p.code.mulAdd('to_consume', { base: 10 }), start)
+      )
+      .skipTo(consume);
+
+    consume
+      .otherwise(printOff(p, start));
+
+    const binary = await build(p, start, 'consume-untruncated-i64');
+    await binary.check('4294967297.xxxxxxxx', '\n');
+  });
 });