diff --git a/mypyc/irbuild/specialize.py b/mypyc/irbuild/specialize.py
index 84807a7fdb53..8cba045d1315 100644
--- a/mypyc/irbuild/specialize.py
+++ b/mypyc/irbuild/specialize.py
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     is_int64_rprimitive,
     is_int_rprimitive,
     is_list_rprimitive,
+    is_str_rprimitive,
     is_uint8_rprimitive,
     list_rprimitive,
     object_rprimitive,
@@ -100,7 +101,12 @@
 )
 from mypyc.primitives.float_ops import isinstance_float
 from mypyc.primitives.generic_ops import generic_setattr
-from mypyc.primitives.int_ops import isinstance_int
+from mypyc.primitives.int_ops import (
+    int_to_big_endian_op,
+    int_to_bytes_op,
+    int_to_little_endian_op,
+    isinstance_int,
+)
 from mypyc.primitives.list_ops import isinstance_list, new_list_set_item_op
 from mypyc.primitives.misc_ops import isinstance_bool
 from mypyc.primitives.set_ops import isinstance_frozenset, isinstance_set
@@ -1136,3 +1142,40 @@ def translate_object_setattr(builder: IRBuilder, expr: CallExpr, callee: RefExpr
 
     name_reg = builder.accept(attr_name)
     return builder.call_c(generic_setattr, [self_reg, name_reg, value], expr.line)
+
+
+@specialize_function("to_bytes", int_rprimitive)
+def specialize_int_to_bytes(builder: IRBuilder, expr: CallExpr, callee: RefExpr) -> Value | None:
+    # int.to_bytes(length, byteorder, signed=False)
+    # args: [self, length, byteorder, (optional) signed]
+    if len(expr.args) == 2:
+        signed_arg = builder.false()
+    elif len(expr.args) == 3:
+        signed_arg = builder.accept(expr.args[2])
+    else:
+        return None
+    if not isinstance(callee, MemberExpr):
+        return None
+    self_arg = builder.accept(callee.expr)
+    length_arg = builder.accept(expr.args[0])
+    byteorder_expr = expr.args[1]
+    if not (
+        is_int_rprimitive(builder.node_type(length_arg))
+        and is_str_rprimitive(builder.node_type(byteorder_expr))
+        and is_bool_rprimitive(builder.node_type(signed_arg))
+    ):
+        return None
+    if isinstance(byteorder_expr, StrExpr):
+        if byteorder_expr.value == "little":
+            return builder.call_c(
+                int_to_little_endian_op, [self_arg, length_arg, signed_arg], expr.line
+            )
+        elif byteorder_expr.value == "big":
+            return builder.call_c(
+                int_to_big_endian_op, [self_arg, length_arg, signed_arg], expr.line
+            )
+    # Fallback to generic primitive op
+    byteorder_arg = builder.accept(byteorder_expr)
+    return builder.call_c(
+        int_to_bytes_op, [self_arg, length_arg, byteorder_arg, signed_arg], expr.line
+    )
diff --git a/mypyc/lib-rt/CPy.h b/mypyc/lib-rt/CPy.h
index e9dfd8de3683..6f661fc4a87a 100644
--- a/mypyc/lib-rt/CPy.h
+++ b/mypyc/lib-rt/CPy.h
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ CPyTagged CPyTagged_Remainder_(CPyTagged left, CPyTagged right);
 CPyTagged CPyTagged_BitwiseLongOp_(CPyTagged a, CPyTagged b, char op);
 CPyTagged CPyTagged_Rshift_(CPyTagged left, CPyTagged right);
 CPyTagged CPyTagged_Lshift_(CPyTagged left, CPyTagged right);
+PyObject *CPyTagged_ToBytes(CPyTagged self, Py_ssize_t length, PyObject *byteorder, int signed_flag);
+PyObject *CPyTagged_ToBigEndianBytes(CPyTagged self, Py_ssize_t length, int signed_flag);
+PyObject *CPyTagged_ToLittleEndianBytes(CPyTagged self, Py_ssize_t length, int signed_flag);
 
 PyObject *CPyTagged_Str(CPyTagged n);
 CPyTagged CPyTagged_FromFloat(double f);
diff --git a/mypyc/lib-rt/int_ops.c b/mypyc/lib-rt/int_ops.c
index e2c302eea576..5abebb9d1048 100644
--- a/mypyc/lib-rt/int_ops.c
+++ b/mypyc/lib-rt/int_ops.c
@@ -581,3 +581,65 @@ double CPyTagged_TrueDivide(CPyTagged x, CPyTagged y) {
     }
     return 1.0;
 }
+
+static PyObject *CPyLong_ToBytes(PyObject *v, Py_ssize_t length, int little_endian, int signed_flag) {
+    // This is a wrapper for PyLong_AsByteArray and PyBytes_FromStringAndSize
+    PyObject *result = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, length);
+    if (!result) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    unsigned char *bytes = (unsigned char *)PyBytes_AS_STRING(result);
+#if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x030D0000  // 3.13.0
+    int res = _PyLong_AsByteArray((PyLongObject *)v, bytes, length, little_endian, signed_flag, 1);
+#else
+    int res = _PyLong_AsByteArray((PyLongObject *)v, bytes, length, little_endian, signed_flag);
+#endif
+    if (res < 0) {
+        Py_DECREF(result);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+// int.to_bytes(length, byteorder, signed=False)
+PyObject *CPyTagged_ToBytes(CPyTagged self, Py_ssize_t length, PyObject *byteorder, int signed_flag) {
+    PyObject *pyint = CPyTagged_AsObject(self);
+    if (!PyUnicode_Check(byteorder)) {
+        Py_DECREF(pyint);
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "byteorder must be str");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    const char *order = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(byteorder);
+    if (!order) {
+        Py_DECREF(pyint);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    int little_endian;
+    if (strcmp(order, "big") == 0) {
+        little_endian = 0;
+    } else if (strcmp(order, "little") == 0) {
+        little_endian = 1;
+    } else {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "byteorder must be either 'little' or 'big'");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    PyObject *result = CPyLong_ToBytes(pyint, length, little_endian, signed_flag);
+    Py_DECREF(pyint);
+    return result;
+}
+
+// int.to_bytes(length, byteorder="little", signed=False)
+PyObject *CPyTagged_ToLittleEndianBytes(CPyTagged self, Py_ssize_t length, int signed_flag) {
+    PyObject *pyint = CPyTagged_AsObject(self);
+    PyObject *result = CPyLong_ToBytes(pyint, length, 1, signed_flag);
+    Py_DECREF(pyint);
+    return result;
+}
+
+// int.to_bytes(length, "big", signed=False)
+PyObject *CPyTagged_ToBigEndianBytes(CPyTagged self, Py_ssize_t length, int signed_flag) {
+    PyObject *pyint = CPyTagged_AsObject(self);
+    PyObject *result = CPyLong_ToBytes(pyint, length, 0, signed_flag);
+    Py_DECREF(pyint);
+    return result;
+}
diff --git a/mypyc/primitives/int_ops.py b/mypyc/primitives/int_ops.py
index d723c9b63a86..2af53075d3a6 100644
--- a/mypyc/primitives/int_ops.py
+++ b/mypyc/primitives/int_ops.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     RType,
     bit_rprimitive,
     bool_rprimitive,
+    bytes_rprimitive,
     c_pyssize_t_rprimitive,
     float_rprimitive,
     int16_rprimitive,
@@ -305,3 +306,31 @@ def int_unary_op(name: str, c_function_name: str) -> PrimitiveDescription:
     c_function_name="PyLong_Check",
     error_kind=ERR_NEVER,
 )
+
+# specialized custom_op cases for int.to_bytes
+
+# int.to_bytes(length, "big")
+# int.to_bytes(length, "big", signed=...)
+int_to_big_endian_op = custom_op(
+    arg_types=[int_rprimitive, c_pyssize_t_rprimitive, bool_rprimitive],
+    return_type=bytes_rprimitive,
+    c_function_name="CPyTagged_ToBigEndianBytes",
+    error_kind=ERR_MAGIC,
+)
+
+# int.to_bytes(length, "little")
+# int.to_bytes(length, "little", signed=...)
+int_to_little_endian_op = custom_op(
+    arg_types=[int_rprimitive, c_pyssize_t_rprimitive, bool_rprimitive],
+    return_type=bytes_rprimitive,
+    c_function_name="CPyTagged_ToLittleEndianBytes",
+    error_kind=ERR_MAGIC,
+)
+
+# int.to_bytes(length, byteorder, signed=...)
+int_to_bytes_op = custom_op(
+    arg_types=[int_rprimitive, c_pyssize_t_rprimitive, str_rprimitive, bool_rprimitive],
+    return_type=bytes_rprimitive,
+    c_function_name="CPyTagged_ToBytes",
+    error_kind=ERR_MAGIC,
+)
diff --git a/mypyc/test-data/fixtures/ir.py b/mypyc/test-data/fixtures/ir.py
index 22a6a5986cbd..bc4738dc3a99 100644
--- a/mypyc/test-data/fixtures/ir.py
+++ b/mypyc/test-data/fixtures/ir.py
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ def __lt__(self, n: int) -> bool: pass
     def __gt__(self, n: int) -> bool: pass
     def __le__(self, n: int) -> bool: pass
     def __ge__(self, n: int) -> bool: pass
+    def to_bytes(self, length: int, order: str, *, signed: bool = False) -> bytes: pass
 
 class str:
     @overload
diff --git a/mypyc/test-data/irbuild-int.test b/mypyc/test-data/irbuild-int.test
index bdf9127b722a..82d6d85907c6 100644
--- a/mypyc/test-data/irbuild-int.test
+++ b/mypyc/test-data/irbuild-int.test
@@ -210,3 +210,32 @@ L0:
     r0 = CPyTagged_Invert(n)
     x = r0
     return x
+
+[case testIntToBytes]
+def f(x: int) -> bytes:
+    return x.to_bytes(2, "big")
+def g(x: int) -> bytes:
+    return x.to_bytes(4, "little", signed=True)
+def h(x: int, byteorder: str) -> bytes:
+    return x.to_bytes(8, byteorder)
+
+[out]
+def f(x):
+    x :: int
+    r0 :: bytes
+L0:
+    r0 = CPyTagged_ToBigEndianBytes(x, 2, 0)
+    return r0
+def g(x):
+    x :: int
+    r0 :: bytes
+L0:
+    r0 = CPyTagged_ToLittleEndianBytes(x, 4, 1)
+    return r0
+def h(x, byteorder):
+    x :: int
+    byteorder :: str
+    r0 :: bytes
+L0:
+    r0 = CPyTagged_ToBytes(x, 8, byteorder, 0)
+    return r0
diff --git a/mypyc/test-data/run-integers.test b/mypyc/test-data/run-integers.test
index 1163c9d942f7..576ae38d54eb 100644
--- a/mypyc/test-data/run-integers.test
+++ b/mypyc/test-data/run-integers.test
@@ -572,3 +572,24 @@ class subc(int):
 [file userdefinedint.py]
 class int:
     pass
+
+[case testIntToBytes]
+from testutil import assertRaises
+def to_bytes(n: int, length: int, byteorder: str, signed: bool = False) -> bytes:
+    return n.to_bytes(length, byteorder, signed=signed)
+def test_to_bytes() -> None:
+    assert to_bytes(255, 2, "big") == b'\x00\xff', to_bytes(255, 2, "big")
+    assert to_bytes(255, 2, "little") == b'\xff\x00', to_bytes(255, 2, "little")
+    assert to_bytes(-1, 2, "big", True) == b'\xff\xff', to_bytes(-1, 2, "big", True)
+    assert to_bytes(0, 1, "big") == b'\x00', to_bytes(0, 1, "big")
+    # test with a value that does not fit in 64 bits
+    assert to_bytes(10**30, 16, "big") == b'\x00\x00\x00\x0c\x9f,\x9c\xd0Ft\xed\xea@\x00\x00\x00', to_bytes(10**30, 16, "big")
+    # unsigned, too large for 1 byte
+    with assertRaises(OverflowError):
+        to_bytes(256, 1, "big")
+    # signed, too small for 1 byte
+    with assertRaises(OverflowError):
+        to_bytes(-129, 1, "big", True)
+    # signed, too large for 1 byte
+    with assertRaises(OverflowError):
+        to_bytes(128, 1, "big", True)