diff --git a/crates/jit/src/instructions.rs b/crates/jit/src/instructions.rs
index 67cf07f6e..a3c4ca800 100644
--- a/crates/jit/src/instructions.rs
+++ b/crates/jit/src/instructions.rs
@@ -548,8 +548,22 @@ impl<'a, 'b> FunctionCompiler<'a, 'b> {
                 match self.stack.pop().ok_or(JitCompileError::BadBytecode)? {
                     JitValue::FuncRef(reference) => {
                         let call = self.builder.ins().call(reference, &args);
-                        let returns = self.builder.inst_results(call);
-                        self.stack.push(JitValue::Int(returns[0]));
+                        // The only callable reachable here is this function itself,
+                        // so the result carries the declared return type - it is not
+                        // always an Int. A function whose return type is still
+                        // unknown has no return slot in the signature it was
+                        // declared with, and there is nothing to type the result as.
+                        let ret = match *self.builder.inst_results(call) {
+                            [] => None,
+                            [val] => Some(val),
+                            _ => return Err(JitCompileError::NotSupported),
+                        };
+                        let val = match (self.sig.ret.clone(), ret) {
+                            (Some(JitType::None), None) => JitValue::None,
+                            (Some(ty), Some(val)) => JitValue::from_type_and_value(ty, val),
+                            _ => return Err(JitCompileError::NotSupported),
+                        };
+                        self.stack.push(val);
 
                         Ok(())
                     }
diff --git a/crates/jit/tests/bool_tests.rs b/crates/jit/tests/bool_tests.rs
index 8a5f4ea9d..1874ee4d5 100644
--- a/crates/jit/tests/bool_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/jit/tests/bool_tests.rs
@@ -202,4 +202,18 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(lte(false, 1), Ok(1));
         assert_eq!(lte(true, 0), Ok(0));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn recursive_bool() {
+        let recursive_bool = jit_function! { recursive_bool(n: i64) -> bool => r##"
+        def recursive_bool(n: int) -> bool:
+            if n == 0:
+                return True
+            return not recursive_bool(n - 1)
+    "## };
+
+        assert_eq!(recursive_bool(0), Ok(true));
+        assert_eq!(recursive_bool(1), Ok(false));
+        assert_eq!(recursive_bool(4), Ok(true));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/jit/tests/float_tests.rs b/crates/jit/tests/float_tests.rs
index b9bbb3ea6..f667b1e76 100644
--- a/crates/jit/tests/float_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/jit/tests/float_tests.rs
@@ -379,4 +379,18 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(float_lte(f64::NAN, f64::NAN), Ok(false));
         assert_eq!(float_lte(f64::INFINITY, f64::NEG_INFINITY), Ok(false));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn recursive_float() {
+        let recursive_float = jit_function! { recursive_float(n: i64) -> f64 => r##"
+        def recursive_float(n: int) -> float:
+            if n == 0:
+                return 1.0
+            return recursive_float(n - 1) / 2.0
+    "## };
+
+        assert_eq!(recursive_float(0), Ok(1.0));
+        assert_eq!(recursive_float(1), Ok(0.5));
+        assert_eq!(recursive_float(4), Ok(0.0625));
+    }
 }