diff --git a/src/Fable.Transforms/Beam/Replacements.fs b/src/Fable.Transforms/Beam/Replacements.fs
index 8408d3b4d8..b2cbd10078 100644
--- a/src/Fable.Transforms/Beam/Replacements.fs
+++ b/src/Fable.Transforms/Beam/Replacements.fs
@@ -5779,6 +5779,7 @@ let tryCall
     match info.DeclaringEntityFullName with
     // Implicit cast for erased unions (U2, U3...) via `!^`; the cast is erased.
     | _ when info.CompiledName = "op_ErasedCast" -> List.tryHead args
+    | Naming.StartsWith "Fable.Core.U" _ when info.CompiledName = "op_Implicit" -> List.tryHead args
     | "Microsoft.FSharp.Core.Operators"
     | "Microsoft.FSharp.Core.Operators.Checked"
     | "Microsoft.FSharp.Core.ExtraTopLevelOperators"
diff --git a/src/Fable.Transforms/Replacements.Util.fs b/src/Fable.Transforms/Replacements.Util.fs
index 30009f5914..98df0aef12 100644
--- a/src/Fable.Transforms/Replacements.Util.fs
+++ b/src/Fable.Transforms/Replacements.Util.fs
@@ -1298,7 +1298,8 @@ let (|RegexFlags|_|) e =
 [<return: Struct>]
 let (|UniversalFableCoreHelpers|_|) (com: ICompiler) (ctx: Context) r t (i: CallInfo) args error =
     function
-    | "op_ErasedCast" ->
+    | "op_ErasedCast"
+    | "op_Implicit" ->
         match List.tryHead args with
         | Some x -> ValueSome x
         | None -> ValueNone
diff --git a/src/fable-metadata/lib/Fable.Core.dll b/src/fable-metadata/lib/Fable.Core.dll
index cabadd25bf..ad480fca01 100644
Binary files a/src/fable-metadata/lib/Fable.Core.dll and b/src/fable-metadata/lib/Fable.Core.dll differ
diff --git a/tests/Beam/InteropTests.fs b/tests/Beam/InteropTests.fs
index 1c0d4282bf..749714d495 100644
--- a/tests/Beam/InteropTests.fs
+++ b/tests/Beam/InteropTests.fs
@@ -456,6 +456,23 @@ let ``test !^ implicit cast for erased unions works`` () =
     ()
 #endif
 
+[<Fact>]
+let ``test implicit conversion to erased unions works`` () =
+#if FABLE_COMPILER
+    let strify (x: U3<int, string, bool>) =
+        match x with
+        | U3.Case1 i -> "i: " + string i
+        | U3.Case2 s -> "s: " + s
+        | U3.Case3 b -> if b then "b: yes" else "b: no"
+    let s: U2<int, string> = "foo"
+    s |> equal (U2.Case2 "foo")
+    strify 42 |> equal "i: 42"
+    strify "foo" |> equal "s: foo"
+    strify true |> equal "b: yes"
+#else
+    ()
+#endif
+
 [<Fact>]
 let ``test StringEnum works`` () =
 #if FABLE_COMPILER
diff --git a/tests/Js/Main/UnionTypeTests.fs b/tests/Js/Main/UnionTypeTests.fs
index 3c6a311449..002d57dcda 100644
--- a/tests/Js/Main/UnionTypeTests.fs
+++ b/tests/Js/Main/UnionTypeTests.fs
@@ -282,6 +282,18 @@ let tests =
         let x : U9<T1,T2,T3,int,T5,T6,T7,T8,
                    U9<T1 more, T2 more, T3 more, int, T5 more, T6 more, T7 more, T8 more, T9 more>> = !^42
         x |> equal (U9.Case4 42)
+
+    testCase "Implicit conversion to erased unions works" <| fun () ->
+        let strify (x: U3<int, string, bool>) =
+            match x with
+            | U3.Case1 i -> "i: " + string i
+            | U3.Case2 s -> "s: " + s
+            | U3.Case3 b -> if b then "b: yes" else "b: no"
+        let s: U2<int, string> = "foo"
+        s |> equal (U2.Case2 "foo")
+        strify 42 |> equal "i: 42"
+        strify "foo" |> equal "s: foo"
+        strify true |> equal "b: yes"
     #endif
 
     testCase "Verify that union cases can have `-` in their names" <| fun () ->
diff --git a/tests/Python/TestUnionType.fs b/tests/Python/TestUnionType.fs
index a9775b681c..385e098bf2 100644
--- a/tests/Python/TestUnionType.fs
+++ b/tests/Python/TestUnionType.fs
@@ -205,6 +205,19 @@ let ``test Erased union type testing works`` () =
     U3.Case1 "HELLO" |> toString |> equal "HELLO"
     U3.Case2 3 |> toString |> equal "6"
     "HELLO" |> Wrapper |> U3.Case3 |> toString |> equal "OLLEH"
+
+[<Fact>]
+let ``test Implicit conversion to erased unions works`` () =
+    let strify (x: U3<int, string, bool>) =
+        match x with
+        | U3.Case1 i -> "i: " + string i
+        | U3.Case2 s -> "s: " + s
+        | U3.Case3 b -> if b then "b: yes" else "b: no"
+    let s: U2<int, string> = "foo"
+    s |> equal (U2.Case2 "foo")
+    strify 42 |> equal "i: 42"
+    strify "foo" |> equal "s: foo"
+    strify true |> equal "b: yes"
 #endif
 
 [<Fact>]
diff --git a/tests/Rust/tests/src/UnionTests.fs b/tests/Rust/tests/src/UnionTests.fs
index f9cb755fde..7d1e4cd87a 100644
--- a/tests/Rust/tests/src/UnionTests.fs
+++ b/tests/Rust/tests/src/UnionTests.fs
@@ -476,4 +476,11 @@ let ``Compiler does not complain if the same type appears twice in nested U9`` (
                 U9<T1 more, T2 more, T3 more, int, T5 more, T6 more, T7 more, T8 more, T9 more>> = !^42
     x |> equal (U9.Case4 42)
 
+[<Fact>]
+let ``Implicit conversion to erased unions works`` () =
+    let s: U2<int, string> = "foo"
+    s |> equal (U2.Case2 "foo")
+    let b: U3<int, string, bool> = true
+    b |> equal (U3.Case3 true)
+
 #endif