diff --git a/include/fc/variant.hpp b/include/fc/variant.hpp
index cb49453..848cb6a 100644
--- a/include/fc/variant.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/variant.hpp
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ namespace fc
         variant( const wchar_t* str );
         variant( int val );
         variant( float val );
+        variant( uint32_t val );
         variant( int64_t val );
         variant( uint64_t val );
         variant( double val );
diff --git a/src/variant.cpp b/src/variant.cpp
index fe69efe..5ef005d 100644
--- a/src/variant.cpp
+++ b/src/variant.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ variant::variant( fc::nullptr_t )
    set_variant_type( this, null_type );
 }
 
+variant::variant( uint32_t val )
+{
+   *reinterpret_cast<int64_t*>(this)  = val;
+   set_variant_type( this, int64_type );
+}
+
 variant::variant( int64_t val )
 {
    *reinterpret_cast<int64_t*>(this)  = val;