diff --git a/riscv64-gen.c b/riscv64-gen.c
index 8356f595..22789660 100644
--- a/riscv64-gen.c
+++ b/riscv64-gen.c
@@ -1268,8 +1268,8 @@ ST_FUNC void gen_cvt_csti(int t)
 
 ST_FUNC void gen_cvt_sxtw(void)
 {
-    /* XXX on risc-v the registers are usually sign-extended already.
-       Let's try to not do anything here.  */
+    int r = ireg(gv(RC_INT));
+    EI(0x1b, 0, r, r, 0); // addiw r, r, 0
 }
 
 ST_FUNC void gen_cvt_itof(int t)
diff --git a/tests/tests2/140_int_sign_extension.c b/tests/tests2/140_int_sign_extension.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..433a3e47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests2/140_int_sign_extension.c
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+/* gen_cvt_sxtw test: verify sign-extension from 32-bit int to 64-bit long long.
+   Without the fix, the riscv64 backend had an empty stub for gen_cvt_sxtw,
+   leaving upper 32 bits unmodified (containing whatever was in the register
+   before), so (long long)(int)x produced wrong results for negative values.  */
+
+int main(void)
+{
+    int ok = 1;
+    int x = 0x80000000;
+    long long y = (long long)x;
+
+    printf("y=%llx\n", (unsigned long long)y);
+
+    if (y != 0xffffffff80000000LL) {
+        printf("FAIL: int→long long sign-extension\n");
+        ok = 0;
+    }
+
+    /* Also test positive value.  */
+    x = 0x40000000;
+    y = (long long)x;
+    printf("y=%llx\n", (unsigned long long)y);
+
+    if (y != 0x40000000LL) {
+        printf("FAIL: int→long long positive value\n");
+        ok = 0;
+    }
+
+    /* Test via unsigned int to catch zero-extension vs sign-extension.  */
+    unsigned int ux = 0x80000000;
+    long long uy = (long long)(int)ux;
+    printf("uy=%llx\n", (unsigned long long)uy);
+
+    if (uy != 0xffffffff80000000LL) {
+        printf("FAIL: unsigned→int→long long sign-extension\n");
+        ok = 0;
+    }
+
+    printf("%s\n", ok ? "PASS" : "FAIL");
+    return ok ? 0 : 1;
+}
diff --git a/tests/tests2/140_int_sign_extension.expect b/tests/tests2/140_int_sign_extension.expect
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72a5df87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests2/140_int_sign_extension.expect
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+y=ffffffff80000000
+y=40000000
+uy=ffffffff80000000
+PASS