diff --git a/dace/runtime/include/dace/pyinterop.h b/dace/runtime/include/dace/pyinterop.h
index e8f255af70..f93cbab770 100644
--- a/dace/runtime/include/dace/pyinterop.h
+++ b/dace/runtime/include/dace/pyinterop.h
@@ -52,5 +52,10 @@ template <typename T>
 static DACE_HDFI T Abs(T val) {
     return abs(val);
 }
+template <typename T, typename U>
+DACE_CONSTEXPR DACE_HDFI typename std::common_type<T, U>::type IfExpr(bool condition, const T& iftrue, const U& iffalse)
+{
+    return condition ? iftrue : iffalse;
+}
 
 #endif  // __DACE_INTEROP_H
diff --git a/dace/symbolic.py b/dace/symbolic.py
index 01440d465e..0ab6e3f6ff 100644
--- a/dace/symbolic.py
+++ b/dace/symbolic.py
@@ -658,6 +658,21 @@ def eval(cls, x, y):
     def _eval_is_boolean(self):
         return True
 
+class IfExpr(sympy.Function):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def eval(cls, x, y, z):
+        """
+        Evaluates a ternary operator.
+
+        :param x: Predicate.
+        :param y: If true return this.
+        :param z: If false return this.
+        :return: Return value (literal or symbolic).
+        """
+        if x.is_Boolean:
+            return (y if x else z)
+
 
 class BitwiseAnd(sympy.Function):
     pass
@@ -968,6 +983,9 @@ def visit_Constant(self, node):
     def visit_NameConstant(self, node):
         return self.visit_Constant(node)
 
+    def visit_IfExp(self, node):
+        new_node = ast.Call(func=ast.Name(id='IfExpr', ctx=ast.Load), args=[node.test, node.body, node.orelse], keywords=[])
+        return ast.copy_location(new_node, node)
 
 class BitwiseOpConverter(ast.NodeTransformer):
     """ 
@@ -1050,6 +1068,7 @@ def pystr_to_symbolic(expr, symbol_map=None, simplify=None) -> sympy.Basic:
         'RightShift': RightShift,
         'int_floor': int_floor,
         'int_ceil': int_ceil,
+        'IfExpr': IfExpr,
         'Mod': sympy.Mod,
     }
     # _clash1 enables all one-letter variables like N as symbols
@@ -1059,7 +1078,7 @@ def pystr_to_symbolic(expr, symbol_map=None, simplify=None) -> sympy.Basic:
     if isinstance(expr, str):
         # Sympy processes "not/and/or" as direct evaluation. Replace with
         # And/Or(x, y), Not(x)
-        if re.search(r'\bnot\b|\band\b|\bor\b|\bNone\b|==|!=|\bis\b', expr):
+        if re.search(r'\bnot\b|\band\b|\bor\b|\bNone\b|==|!=|\bis\b|\bif\b', expr):
             expr = unparse(SympyBooleanConverter().visit(ast.parse(expr).body[0]))
 
         # NOTE: If the expression contains bitwise operations, replace them with user-functions.
diff --git a/tests/passes/scalar_to_symbol_test.py b/tests/passes/scalar_to_symbol_test.py
index 9ec23e3886..02cc57a204 100644
--- a/tests/passes/scalar_to_symbol_test.py
+++ b/tests/passes/scalar_to_symbol_test.py
@@ -666,6 +666,32 @@ def prog(inp: dace.int32[4, 2], out: dace.float64[5, 5]):
     sdfg.compile()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('compile_time_evaluatable', (False, True))
+def test_ternary_expression(compile_time_evaluatable):
+    sdfg = dace.SDFG('tester')
+    sdfg.add_symbol('N', dace.int32)
+    sdfg.add_symbol('M', dace.int32)
+    sdfg.add_scalar('a', dace.int32, transient=True)
+    state = sdfg.add_state()
+
+    if compile_time_evaluatable:
+        expr = '1 if N > N else 2'
+    else:
+        expr = '1 if N > M else 2'
+
+    # Test that symbolic conversion works
+    symexpr = dace.symbolic.pystr_to_symbolic(expr)
+    if compile_time_evaluatable:
+        assert symexpr == 2
+
+    t = state.add_tasklet('doit', {}, {'out'}, f'out = {expr}')
+    state.add_edge(t, 'out', state.add_access('a'), None, dace.Memlet('a[0]'))
+
+    promoted = scalar_to_symbol.ScalarToSymbolPromotion().apply_pass(sdfg, {})
+    assert promoted == {'a'}
+    sdfg.compile()
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_find_promotable()
     test_promote_simple()
@@ -687,3 +713,5 @@ def prog(inp: dace.int32[4, 2], out: dace.float64[5, 5]):
     test_multiple_boolop()
     test_multidim_cpp()
     test_dynamic_mapind()
+    test_ternary_expression(False)
+    test_ternary_expression(True)