diff --git a/src/core/function/typed.js b/src/core/function/typed.js
index 883484aced..80e1c6155b 100644
--- a/src/core/function/typed.js
+++ b/src/core/function/typed.js
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ const dependencies = [
   '?BigNumber',
   '?Complex',
   '?DenseMatrix',
-  '?Fraction'
+  '?Fraction',
+  '?ConstantNode'
 ]
 
 /**
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ const dependencies = [
  * @param {Object} dependencies   Object with data types like Complex and BigNumber
  * @returns {Function}
  */
-export const createTyped = /* #__PURE__ */ factory('typed', dependencies, function createTyped ({ BigNumber, Complex, DenseMatrix, Fraction }) {
+export const createTyped = /* #__PURE__ */ factory('typed', dependencies, function createTyped ({ BigNumber, Complex, DenseMatrix, Fraction, ConstantNode }) {
   // TODO: typed-function must be able to silently ignore signatures with unknown data types
 
   // get a new instance of typed-function
@@ -333,6 +334,16 @@ export const createTyped = /* #__PURE__ */ factory('typed', dependencies, functi
       convert: function (matrix) {
         return matrix.valueOf()
       }
+    }, {
+      from: 'number',
+      to: 'Node',
+      convert: function (x) {
+        if (!ConstantNode) {
+          throwNoConstantNode()
+        }
+
+        return new ConstantNode(x)
+      }
     }
   ]
 
@@ -354,3 +365,7 @@ function throwNoMatrix () {
 function throwNoFraction (x) {
   throw new Error(`Cannot convert value ${x} into a Fraction, no class 'Fraction' provided.`)
 }
+
+function throwNoConstantNode (x) {
+  throw new Error(`Cannot convert value ${x} into a ConstantNode, no class 'ConstantNode' provided.`)
+}
diff --git a/src/function/arithmetic/addScalar.js b/src/function/arithmetic/addScalar.js
index c91e6d2201..6957c28851 100644
--- a/src/function/arithmetic/addScalar.js
+++ b/src/function/arithmetic/addScalar.js
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import { factory } from '../../utils/factory'
 import { addNumber } from '../../plain/number'
 
 const name = 'addScalar'
-const dependencies = ['typed']
+const dependencies = ['typed', 'OperatorNode']
 
-export const createAddScalar = /* #__PURE__ */ factory(name, dependencies, ({ typed }) => {
+export const createAddScalar = /* #__PURE__ */ factory(name, dependencies, ({ typed, OperatorNode }) => {
   /**
    * Add two scalar values, `x + y`.
    * This function is meant for internal use: it is used by the public function
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ export const createAddScalar = /* #__PURE__ */ factory(name, dependencies, ({ ty
       res.value = addScalar(res.value, y.value)
       res.fixPrefix = false
       return res
+    },
+
+    'Node, Node': function (x, y) {
+      return new OperatorNode('+', name, [x, y])
     }
   })
 
diff --git a/test/unit-tests/function/arithmetic/addScalar.test.js b/test/unit-tests/function/arithmetic/addScalar.test.js
index f14b0e9610..32cfc2e4e9 100644
--- a/test/unit-tests/function/arithmetic/addScalar.test.js
+++ b/test/unit-tests/function/arithmetic/addScalar.test.js
@@ -116,6 +116,17 @@ describe('addScalar', function () {
     approx.deepEqual(add(math.unit(math.complex(-3, 2), 'g'), math.unit(math.complex(5, -6), 'g')).toString(), '(2 - 4i) g')
   })
 
+  it('should parse two expression nodes', function () {
+    const a = new math.ConstantNode(2)
+    const b = new math.ConstantNode(3)
+    const expr = math.parse('4 * 5')
+
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(math.add(a, b), new math.OperatorNode('+', 'addScalar', [a, b]))
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(math.add(a, 3), new math.OperatorNode('+', 'addScalar', [a, b]))
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(math.add(2, b), new math.OperatorNode('+', 'addScalar', [a, b]))
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(math.add(2, expr), new math.OperatorNode('+', 'addScalar', [a, expr]))
+  })
+
   it('should throw an error for two measures of different units', function () {
     assert.throws(function () {
       add(math.unit(5, 'km'), math.unit(100, 'gram'))