diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b867398c4..3c1b8cb78 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -277,6 +277,8 @@ odin
 *.bin
 demo.bin
 libLLVM*.so*
+*.a
+*.o
 
 # core:rexcode commits its generated encode/decode tables: each arch's tablegen
 # emits human-readable Odin, serialized to tables/*.bin, which the library
@@ -321,5 +323,3 @@ build/
 cmake-build*/
 CMakeLists.txt
 sandbox/
-
-vendor/box3d/lib/box3d_wasm.o
diff --git a/src/check_expr.cpp b/src/check_expr.cpp
index 3562a850c..815c48c55 100644
--- a/src/check_expr.cpp
+++ b/src/check_expr.cpp
@@ -6996,6 +6996,18 @@ gb_internal CallArgumentError check_call_arguments_internal(CheckerContext *c, A
 			}
 		}
 
+		// an `asm` template's `$` parameter is encoded as an immediate, so only a constant can reach it
+		if (e && e->kind == Entity_Variable && (e->flags & EntityFlag_PolyConst)) {
+			if (o->mode != Addressing_Constant) {
+				if (show_error) {
+					gbString str = expr_to_string(o->expr);
+					error(o->expr, "Expected a constant value for the '$' immediate '%.*s', got %s", LIT(e->token.string), str);
+					gb_string_free(str);
+				}
+				err = CallArgumentError_NoneConstantParameter;
+			}
+		}
+
 		if (e && e->kind == Entity_Constant && is_type_proc(e->type)) {
 			bool ok = false;
 			if (o->mode == Addressing_Constant) {
diff --git a/tests/issues/run.bat b/tests/issues/run.bat
index 4cbb424b4..b559d0245 100644
--- a/tests/issues/run.bat
+++ b/tests/issues/run.bat
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ set COMMON=-define:ODIN_TEST_FANCY=false -file -vet -strict-style -ignore-unused
 ..\..\..\odin check ..\test_issue_ellipsis_type_call.odin -no-entry-point %COMMON% 2>&1 | find /c "Error:" | findstr /x "10" || exit /b
 ..\..\..\odin check ..\test_issue_foreign_redeclaration.odin -no-entry-point %COMMON% || exit /b
 ..\..\..\odin check ..\test_issue_foreign_redeclaration_mismatch.odin -no-entry-point %COMMON% 2>&1 | find /c "Error:" | findstr /x "1" || exit /b
+..\..\..\odin check ..\test_issue_asm_immediate_constant.odin -no-entry-point %COMMON% 2>&1 | find /c "Error:" | findstr /x "4" || exit /b
 ..\..\..\odin build ..\test_issue_7037.odin %COMMON% -o:none  || exit /b
 ..\..\..\odin build ..\test_issue_7188.odin %COMMON%  || exit /b
 clang -c ..\test_issue_sysv_abi.c -o test_issue_sysv_abi_c.o || exit /b
diff --git a/tests/issues/run.sh b/tests/issues/run.sh
index 98c144d9c..8b9b66e02 100755
--- a/tests/issues/run.sh
+++ b/tests/issues/run.sh
@@ -110,6 +110,16 @@ else
 	exit 1
 fi
 
+# `asm` templates are amd64-only, so this file is empty on every other architecture
+if [[ "$(uname -m)" == "x86_64" || "$(uname -m)" == "amd64" ]]; then
+	if [[ $($ODIN check ../test_issue_asm_immediate_constant.odin -no-entry-point $COMMON_CHECK 2>&1 >/dev/null | grep -c "Error:") -eq 4 ]]; then
+		echo "SUCCESSFUL 1/1"
+	else
+		echo "SUCCESSFUL 0/1"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+fi
+
 if [[ $($ODIN build ../test_issue_7108.odin $COMMON 2>&1 >/dev/null | grep -c "Error:") -eq 2 ]]; then
 	echo "SUCCESSFUL 1/1"
 else
diff --git a/tests/issues/test_issue_asm_immediate_constant.odin b/tests/issues/test_issue_asm_immediate_constant.odin
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c72699fd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/issues/test_issue_asm_immediate_constant.odin
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#+build amd64
+// An `asm` template's `$` parameter is encoded as an immediate, but a runtime value passed to
+// one was accepted by the checker and only died in the backend, with an unlocated LLVM error.
+package test_issues
+
+shl_imm :: asm(a: i32, $n: i32) -> (r: i32) { mov r, a; shl r, n; }
+
+opaque :: proc() -> i32 {
+	return 5
+}
+
+K :: 3
+
+bad :: proc(v: i32) {
+	x: i32 = 2
+	_ = shl_imm(1, x)
+	_ = shl_imm(1, v)
+	_ = shl_imm(1, opaque())
+	_ = shl_imm(1, x + 1)
+}
+
+good :: proc(a: i32) {
+	_ = shl_imm(a, 2)
+	_ = shl_imm(a, K)
+	_ = shl_imm(a, 1 + 1)
+}