diff --git a/raster_tools/creation.py b/raster_tools/creation.py
index a949d17..cf95cf9 100644
--- a/raster_tools/creation.py
+++ b/raster_tools/creation.py
@@ -263,7 +263,9 @@ def full_like(raster_template, value, bands=1, dtype=None, copy_mask=False):
     return _build_result(rst, ndata, bands, copy_mask, copy_null)
 
 
-def constant_raster(raster_template, value=1, bands=1, copy_mask=False):
+def constant_raster(
+    raster_template, value=1, bands=1, dtype=None, copy_mask=False
+):
     """Create a Raster filled with a constant value like a template raster.
 
     This is a convenience function that wraps :func:`full_like`.
@@ -276,6 +278,8 @@ def constant_raster(raster_template, value=1, bands=1, copy_mask=False):
         Value to fill result with. Default is 1.
     bands : int, optional
         Number of bands desired for output. Default is 1.
+    dtype : data-type, optional
+        Overrides the result dtype.
     copy_mask : bool
         If `True`, the template raster's mask is copied to the result raster.
         If `bands` differs from `raster_template`, the first band's mask is
@@ -287,7 +291,9 @@ def constant_raster(raster_template, value=1, bands=1, copy_mask=False):
         The resulting raster of constant values.
 
     """
-    return full_like(raster_template, value, bands=bands, copy_mask=copy_mask)
+    return full_like(
+        raster_template, value, bands=bands, dtype=dtype, copy_mask=copy_mask
+    )
 
 
 def zeros_like(raster_template, bands=1, dtype=None, copy_mask=False):
diff --git a/raster_tools/raster.py b/raster_tools/raster.py
index 6862f34..712b244 100644
--- a/raster_tools/raster.py
+++ b/raster_tools/raster.py
@@ -1798,6 +1798,23 @@ def set_null_value(self, value):
             # dtypes. This catches and fixes the issue.
             fvalue = float(value)
             new_dtype = get_common_dtype([fvalue, dtype])
+        elif is_int(value) and is_int(dtype):
+            # Catch the case where value is 0 and dtype is int8, etc. In this
+            # case, get_common_dtype will use uint8 for the dtype of value,
+            # which will combine with int8 to produce int16 for the new dtype.
+            with warnings.catch_warnings():
+                warnings.filterwarnings("error")
+                try:
+                    test_value = dtype.type(value)
+                    assert test_value == value
+                except (
+                    OverflowError,
+                    AssertionError,
+                    RuntimeWarning,
+                    DeprecationWarning,
+                ):
+                    new_dtype = get_common_dtype([value, dtype])
+                # else: do nothing
         else:
             new_dtype = get_common_dtype([value, dtype])
 
diff --git a/tests/test_creation.py b/tests/test_creation.py
index aaab2fe..253117c 100644
--- a/tests/test_creation.py
+++ b/tests/test_creation.py
@@ -125,6 +125,23 @@ def test_full_like(template, value, nbands, dtype, copy_mask):
     )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("copy_mask", [0, 1])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("dtype", [None, "int32"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("nbands", [1, 2, 3])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("value", [9, 100, -10])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("template", templates())
+def test_constant_raster(template, value, nbands, dtype, copy_mask):
+    run_constant_raster_tests(
+        creation.constant_raster,
+        template,
+        value,
+        nbands,
+        dtype,
+        copy_mask,
+        True,
+    )
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("copy_mask", [0, 1])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("dtype", [None, "int32"])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("nbands", [1, 2, 3])
diff --git a/tests/test_raster.py b/tests/test_raster.py
index 051aae0..67132c1 100644
--- a/tests/test_raster.py
+++ b/tests/test_raster.py
@@ -1653,6 +1653,11 @@ def test_set_null_value():
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "raster,value,expected_dtype",
     [
+        (
+            rts.creation.zeros_like(testdata.raster.dem_small, dtype="int8"),
+            0,
+            I8,
+        ),
         (
             rts.creation.zeros_like(testdata.raster.dem_small, dtype="int64"),
             0,