diff --git a/src/passes/2-simplify/ligodity.ml b/src/passes/2-simplify/ligodity.ml
index 9450f117c..68e5b136f 100644
--- a/src/passes/2-simplify/ligodity.ml
+++ b/src/passes/2-simplify/ligodity.ml
@@ -49,17 +49,6 @@ module Errors = struct
     ] in
     error ~data title message
 
-  let unsupported_arith_op expr =
-    let title () = "arithmetic expressions" in
-    let message () =
-      Format.asprintf "this arithmetic operator is not supported yet" in
-    let expr_loc = Raw.expr_to_region expr in
-    let data = [
-      ("expr_loc",
-       fun () -> Format.asprintf "%a" Location.pp_lift @@ expr_loc)
-    ] in
-    error ~data title message
-
   let untyped_fun_param var =
     let title () = "function parameter" in
     let message () =
@@ -425,8 +414,7 @@ let rec simpl_expression :
       let n = Z.to_int @@ snd @@ n in
       return @@ e_literal ~loc (Literal_mutez n)
     )
-  | EArith _ as e ->
-       fail @@ unsupported_arith_op e
+  | EArith (Neg e) -> simpl_unop "NEG" e
   | EString (String s) -> (
       let (s , loc) = r_split s in
       let s' =
diff --git a/src/test/contracts/arithmetic.mligo b/src/test/contracts/arithmetic.mligo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3dd91648a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/contracts/arithmetic.mligo
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Test CameLIGO arithmetic operators
+
+let neg_op (n : int) : int =
+  -n
+
+let foo (n : int) : int = n + 10
+
+let neg_op_2 (b: int) : int = -(foo b)
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/test/integration_tests.ml b/src/test/integration_tests.ml
index 10f4d4d06..cbd750f1b 100644
--- a/src/test/integration_tests.ml
+++ b/src/test/integration_tests.ml
@@ -178,6 +178,16 @@ let arithmetic () : unit result =
   let%bind () = expect_eq_n_pos program "div_op" e_int (fun n -> e_int (n / 2)) in
   ok ()
 
+let arithmetic_mligo () : unit result =
+  let%bind program = mtype_file "./contracts/arithmetic.mligo" in
+  let%bind _ =
+    let aux (name , f) = expect_eq_n_int program name f in
+    bind_map_list aux [
+      ("neg_op", fun n -> (-n)) ;
+      ("neg_op_2", fun n -> -(n + 10)) ;
+    ] in
+  ok ()
+
 let bitwise_arithmetic () : unit result =
   let%bind program = type_file "./contracts/bitwise_arithmetic.ligo" in
   let%bind () = expect_eq program "or_op" (e_nat 7) (e_nat 7) in
@@ -1010,6 +1020,7 @@ let main = test_suite "Integration (End to End)" [
     test "multiple parameters" multiple_parameters ;
     test "bool" bool_expression ;
     test "arithmetic" arithmetic ;
+    test "arithmetic (mligo)" arithmetic_mligo ;
     test "bitwise_arithmetic" bitwise_arithmetic ;
     test "bitwise_arithmetic (mligo)" bitwise_arithmetic_mligo;
     test "string_arithmetic" string_arithmetic ;