diff --git a/tooling/nargo_fmt/src/visitor/expr.rs b/tooling/nargo_fmt/src/visitor/expr.rs
index 6ff640e4e51..5209f669ce1 100644
--- a/tooling/nargo_fmt/src/visitor/expr.rs
+++ b/tooling/nargo_fmt/src/visitor/expr.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ impl FmtVisitor<'_> {
             ExpressionKind::Prefix(prefix) => {
                 format!("{}{}", prefix.operator, self.format_expr(prefix.rhs))
             }
+            ExpressionKind::Cast(cast) => {
+                format!("{} as {}", self.format_expr(cast.lhs), cast.r#type)
+            }
             ExpressionKind::Infix(infix) => {
                 format!(
                     "{} {} {}",
diff --git a/tooling/nargo_fmt/tests/expected/cast.nr b/tooling/nargo_fmt/tests/expected/cast.nr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..63008168f84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tooling/nargo_fmt/tests/expected/cast.nr
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    x as u8
+}
diff --git a/tooling/nargo_fmt/tests/input/cast.nr b/tooling/nargo_fmt/tests/input/cast.nr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dfbb370e2bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tooling/nargo_fmt/tests/input/cast.nr
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+fn main() {
+    
+x  as  u8
+}