diff --git a/python/triton/language/core.py b/python/triton/language/core.py
index 8768ca028b1a..f9055d86b99d 100644
--- a/python/triton/language/core.py
+++ b/python/triton/language/core.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 import builtins
 from .. import knobs
-from ..runtime.jit import JITCallable
+from ..runtime.jit import constexpr_function, JITCallable
 import inspect
 
 from .._C.libtriton import ir
@@ -810,6 +810,7 @@ def __init__(self):
 pi32_t = pointer_type(int32)
 
 
+@triton.constexpr_function
 def get_int_dtype(bitwidth: int, signed: bool) -> dtype:
     if bitwidth == 1:
         return int1