diff --git a/rust/nix-expr/src/eval_state.rs b/rust/nix-expr/src/eval_state.rs
index e172a6a..f8c7a14 100644
--- a/rust/nix-expr/src/eval_state.rs
+++ b/rust/nix-expr/src/eval_state.rs
@@ -137,6 +137,16 @@ impl EvalState {
         Ok(v)
     }
 
+    pub fn new_value_int(&self, i: Int) -> Result<Value> {
+        let v = unsafe {
+            let value = self.new_value_uninitialized();
+            raw::init_int(self.context.ptr(), value.raw_ptr(), i);
+            value
+        };
+        self.context.check_err()?;
+        Ok(v)
+    }
+
     /// Not exposed, because the caller must always explicitly handle the context or not accept one at all.
     fn get_string(&self, value: &Value) -> Result<String> {
         let mut r = result_string_init!();
@@ -495,6 +505,21 @@ mod tests {
         .unwrap();
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn eval_state_new_int() {
+        gc_registering_current_thread(|| {
+            let store = Store::open("auto").unwrap();
+            let es = EvalState::new(store).unwrap();
+            let v = es.new_value_int(42).unwrap();
+            es.force(&v).unwrap();
+            let t = es.value_type(&v).unwrap();
+            assert!(t == ValueType::Int);
+            let i = es.require_int(&v).unwrap();
+            assert!(i == 42);
+        })
+        .unwrap();
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn eval_state_value_attrset() {
         gc_registering_current_thread(|| {