diff --git a/dace/symbolic.py b/dace/symbolic.py
index 9737080c52..beb8ccb288 100644
--- a/dace/symbolic.py
+++ b/dace/symbolic.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2019-2021 ETH Zurich and the DaCe authors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright 2019-2024 ETH Zurich and the DaCe authors. All rights reserved.
 import ast
 from functools import lru_cache
 import sympy
@@ -986,6 +986,14 @@ class PythonOpToSympyConverter(ast.NodeTransformer):
     """ 
     Replaces various operations with the appropriate SymPy functions to avoid non-symbolic evaluation.
     """
+
+    interpret_numeric_booleans: bool
+
+    def __init__(self, interpret_numeric_booleans: bool = True):
+        super().__init__()
+
+        self.interpret_numeric_booleans = interpret_numeric_booleans
+
     _ast_to_sympy_comparators = {
         ast.Eq: 'Eq',
         ast.Gt: 'Gt',
@@ -1067,6 +1075,14 @@ def visit_Compare(self, node: ast.Compare):
             raise NotImplementedError
         op = node.ops[0]
         arguments = [node.left, node.comparators[0]]
+
+        if self.interpret_numeric_booleans:
+            # Ensure constant values in boolean comparisons are interpreted als booleans.
+            if isinstance(node.left, ast.Compare) and isinstance(node.comparators[0], ast.Constant):
+                arguments[1] = ast.copy_location(ast.Constant(bool(node.comparators[0].value)), node.comparators[0])
+            elif isinstance(node.left, ast.Constant) and isinstance(node.comparators[0], ast.Compare):
+                arguments[0] = ast.copy_location(ast.Constant(bool(node.left.value)), node.left)
+
         func_node = ast.copy_location(ast.Name(id=self._ast_to_sympy_comparators[type(op)], ctx=ast.Load()), node)
         new_node = ast.Call(func=func_node, args=[self.visit(arg) for arg in arguments], keywords=[])
         return ast.copy_location(new_node, node)
diff --git a/tests/passes/dead_code_elimination_test.py b/tests/passes/dead_code_elimination_test.py
index a41a11c4d6..1832ad8321 100644
--- a/tests/passes/dead_code_elimination_test.py
+++ b/tests/passes/dead_code_elimination_test.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2019-2022 ETH Zurich and the DaCe authors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright 2019-2024 ETH Zurich and the DaCe authors. All rights reserved.
 """ Various tests for dead code elimination passes. """
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -45,6 +45,26 @@ def test_dse_unconditional():
     assert set(sdfg.states()) == {s, s2, e}
 
 
+def test_dse_edge_condition_with_integer_as_boolean_regression():
+    """
+    This is a regression test for issue #1129, which describes dead state elimination incorrectly eliminating interstate
+    edges when integers are used as boolean values in interstate edge conditions. Code taken from issue #1129.
+    """
+    sdfg = dace.SDFG('dse_edge_condition_with_integer_as_boolean_regression')
+    sdfg.add_scalar('N', dtype=dace.int32, transient=True)
+    sdfg.add_scalar('result', dtype=dace.int32)
+    state_init = sdfg.add_state()
+    state_middle = sdfg.add_state()
+    state_end = sdfg.add_state()
+    sdfg.add_edge(state_init, state_end, dace.InterstateEdge(condition='(not ((N > 20) != 0))',
+                                                             assignments={'result': 'N'}))
+    sdfg.add_edge(state_init, state_middle, dace.InterstateEdge(condition='((N > 20) != 0)'))
+    sdfg.add_edge(state_middle, state_end, dace.InterstateEdge(assignments={'result': '20'}))
+
+    res = DeadStateElimination().apply_pass(sdfg, {})
+    assert res is None
+
+
 def test_dde_simple():
 
     @dace.program
@@ -307,6 +327,7 @@ def test_dce_add_type_hint_of_variable(dtype):
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_dse_simple()
     test_dse_unconditional()
+    test_dse_edge_condition_with_integer_as_boolean_regression()
     test_dde_simple()
     test_dde_libnode()
     test_dde_access_node_in_scope(False)