diff --git a/src/kirin/dialects/ilist/rewrite/const.py b/src/kirin/dialects/ilist/rewrite/const.py
index dedf58181..81eb3cf95 100644
--- a/src/kirin/dialects/ilist/rewrite/const.py
+++ b/src/kirin/dialects/ilist/rewrite/const.py
@@ -39,11 +39,24 @@ def rewrite_Statement(self, node: ir.Statement) -> RewriteResult:
         return RewriteResult(has_done_something=has_done_something)
 
     def rewrite_Constant(self, node: Constant) -> RewriteResult:
-        if isinstance(node.value, ir.PyAttr) and isinstance(node.value.data, list):
-            stmt = Constant(value=IList(data=node.value.data))
+        if not isinstance(node.value, ir.PyAttr):
+            return RewriteResult()
+
+        if isinstance(data := node.value.data, list):
+            stmt = Constant(value=IList(data=data))
+            node.replace_by(stmt)
+            self._rewrite_IList_type(stmt.result, data)
+            return RewriteResult(has_done_something=True)
+        elif isinstance(data, range):
+            new_constant = IList(data=data, elem=types.Int)
+            stmt = Constant(value=new_constant)
+            # specializing the type computation since we know that a
+            # range will always be integer typed.
+            stmt.result.hints["const"] = const.Value(new_constant)
+            stmt.result.type = IListType[types.Int, types.Literal(len(data))]
             node.replace_by(stmt)
-            self._rewrite_IList_type(stmt.result, node.value.data)
             return RewriteResult(has_done_something=True)
+
         return RewriteResult()
 
     def _rewrite_IList_type(self, result: ir.SSAValue, data):
diff --git a/test/dialects/test_ilist2list.py b/test/dialects/test_ilist2list.py
index 14bad06ee..4dcea6842 100644
--- a/test/dialects/test_ilist2list.py
+++ b/test/dialects/test_ilist2list.py
@@ -28,3 +28,18 @@ def ilist2_list():
     x = ilist2_list()
 
     assert isinstance(x, ilist.IList)
+
+
+def test_range_rewrite():
+
+    r = range(10)
+
+    @basic_desugar
+    def ilist_range():
+        return r
+
+    ilist_range.print()
+
+    x = ilist_range()
+
+    assert isinstance(x, ilist.IList)