diff --git a/kernel/rtlil.cc b/kernel/rtlil.cc
index 49ddfd4cd..82357bc71 100644
--- a/kernel/rtlil.cc
+++ b/kernel/rtlil.cc
@@ -723,6 +723,40 @@ bool RTLIL::Const::is_onehot(int *pos) const
 	return found;
 }
 
+Hasher RTLIL::Const::hash_into(Hasher h) const
+{
+	if (auto str = get_if_str())
+		return hashlib::hash_ops<std::string>::hash_into(*str, h);
+
+	// If the bits are all 0/1, hash packed bits using the string hash.
+	// Otherwise hash the leading packed bits with the rest of the bits individually.
+	bitvectype &bv = get_bits();
+	int size = GetSize(bv);
+	std::string packed;
+	int packed_size = (size + 7) >> 3;
+	packed.resize(packed_size, 0);
+	for (int bi = 0; bi < packed_size; ++bi) {
+		char ch = 0;
+		int end = std::min((bi + 1)*8, size);
+		for (int i = bi*8; i < end; ++i) {
+			RTLIL::State b = bv[i];
+			if (b > RTLIL::State::S1) {
+				// Hash the packed bits we've seen so far, plus the remaining bits.
+				h = hashlib::hash_ops<std::string>::hash_into(packed, h);
+				h = hashlib::hash_ops<char>::hash_into(ch, h);
+				for (; i < size; ++i) {
+					h = hashlib::hash_ops<RTLIL::State>::hash_into(bv[i], h);
+				}
+				h.eat(size);
+				return h;
+			}
+			ch |= static_cast<int>(b) << (i & 7);
+		}
+		packed[packed_size - 1 - bi] = ch;
+	}
+	return hashlib::hash_ops<std::string>::hash_into(packed, h);
+}
+
 RTLIL::Const RTLIL::Const::extract(int offset, int len, RTLIL::State padding) const {
 	bitvectype ret_bv;
 	ret_bv.reserve(len);
diff --git a/kernel/rtlil.h b/kernel/rtlil.h
index 77e3540ac..d2caf81f7 100644
--- a/kernel/rtlil.h
+++ b/kernel/rtlil.h
@@ -953,12 +953,7 @@ public:
 		resize(width, empty() ? RTLIL::State::Sx : back());
 	}
 
-	[[nodiscard]] Hasher hash_into(Hasher h) const {
-		h.eat(size());
-		for (auto b : *this)
-			h.eat(b);
-		return h;
-	}
+	[[nodiscard]] Hasher hash_into(Hasher h) const;
 };
 
 struct RTLIL::AttrObject
diff --git a/tests/unit/kernel/rtlilTest.cc b/tests/unit/kernel/rtlilTest.cc
index b2b2e7076..4d8736ea3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/kernel/rtlilTest.cc
+++ b/tests/unit/kernel/rtlilTest.cc
@@ -222,6 +222,18 @@ namespace RTLIL {
 		EXPECT_NE(Const(v1), Const("a"));
 	}
 
+	static Hasher::hash_t hash(const Const &c) {
+		Hasher h;
+		h = c.hash_into(h);
+		return h.yield();
+	}
+
+	TEST_F(KernelRtlilTest, ConstEqualHashStrBits) {
+		std::vector<State> v1 = {S0, S0, S0, S0, S0, S1, S0, S0};
+		EXPECT_EQ(hash(Const(v1)), hash(Const(" ")));
+		EXPECT_NE(hash(Const(v1)), hash(Const("a")));
+	}
+
 	class WireRtlVsHdlIndexConversionTest :
 		public KernelRtlilTest,
 		public testing::WithParamInterface<std::tuple<bool, int, int>>