diff --git a/sbe-tool/src/main/java/uk/co/real_logic/sbe/generation/cpp/CppGenerator.java b/sbe-tool/src/main/java/uk/co/real_logic/sbe/generation/cpp/CppGenerator.java
index aee24d877c..d293b826df 100755
--- a/sbe-tool/src/main/java/uk/co/real_logic/sbe/generation/cpp/CppGenerator.java
+++ b/sbe-tool/src/main/java/uk/co/real_logic/sbe/generation/cpp/CppGenerator.java
@@ -822,29 +822,32 @@ private CharSequence generateChoices(final String bitsetClassName, final List<To
             .forEach((token) ->
             {
                 final String choiceName = formatPropertyName(token.name());
-                final String typeName = cppTypeName(token.encoding().primitiveType());
+                final PrimitiveType type = token.encoding().primitiveType();
+                final String typeName = cppTypeName(type);
                 final String choiceBitPosition = token.encoding().constValue().toString();
-                final String byteOrderStr = formatByteOrderEncoding(
-                    token.encoding().byteOrder(), token.encoding().primitiveType());
+                final String byteOrderStr = formatByteOrderEncoding(token.encoding().byteOrder(), type);
+                final CharSequence constantOne = generateLiteral(type, "1");
 
                 new Formatter(sb).format("\n" +
                     "    static bool %1$s(const %2$s bits)\n" +
                     "    {\n" +
-                    "        return (bits & (1u << %3$su)) != 0;\n" +
+                    "        return (bits & (%4$s << %3$su)) != 0;\n" +
                     "    }\n",
                     choiceName,
                     typeName,
-                    choiceBitPosition);
+                    choiceBitPosition,
+                    constantOne);
 
                 new Formatter(sb).format("\n" +
                     "    static %2$s %1$s(const %2$s bits, const bool value)\n" +
                     "    {\n" +
                     "        return value ?" +
-                    " static_cast<%2$s>(bits | (1u << %3$su)) : static_cast<%2$s>(bits & ~(1u << %3$su));\n" +
+                    " static_cast<%2$s>(bits | (%4$s << %3$su)) : static_cast<%2$s>(bits & ~(%4$s << %3$su));\n" +
                     "    }\n",
                     choiceName,
                     typeName,
-                    choiceBitPosition);
+                    choiceBitPosition,
+                    constantOne);
 
                 new Formatter(sb).format("\n" +
                     "    SBE_NODISCARD bool %1$s() const\n" +
@@ -852,13 +855,14 @@ private CharSequence generateChoices(final String bitsetClassName, final List<To
                     "%2$s" +
                     "        %4$s val;\n" +
                     "        std::memcpy(&val, m_buffer + m_offset, sizeof(%4$s));\n" +
-                    "        return (%3$s(val) & (1u << %5$su)) != 0;\n" +
+                    "        return (%3$s(val) & (%6$s << %5$su)) != 0;\n" +
                     "    }\n",
                     choiceName,
                     generateChoiceNotPresentCondition(token.version()),
                     byteOrderStr,
                     typeName,
-                    choiceBitPosition);
+                    choiceBitPosition,
+                    constantOne);
 
                 new Formatter(sb).format("\n" +
                     "    %1$s &%2$s(const bool value)\n" +
@@ -866,8 +870,8 @@ private CharSequence generateChoices(final String bitsetClassName, final List<To
                     "        %3$s bits;\n" +
                     "        std::memcpy(&bits, m_buffer + m_offset, sizeof(%3$s));\n" +
                     "        bits = %4$s(value ?" +
-                    " static_cast<%3$s>(%4$s(bits) | (1u << %5$su)) " +
-                    ": static_cast<%3$s>(%4$s(bits) & ~(1u << %5$su)));\n" +
+                    " static_cast<%3$s>(%4$s(bits) | (%6$s << %5$su)) " +
+                    ": static_cast<%3$s>(%4$s(bits) & ~(%6$s << %5$su)));\n" +
                     "        std::memcpy(m_buffer + m_offset, &bits, sizeof(%3$s));\n" +
                     "        return *this;\n" +
                     "    }\n",
@@ -875,7 +879,8 @@ private CharSequence generateChoices(final String bitsetClassName, final List<To
                     choiceName,
                     typeName,
                     byteOrderStr,
-                    choiceBitPosition);
+                    choiceBitPosition,
+                    constantOne);
             });
 
         return sb;
diff --git a/sbe-tool/src/test/java/uk/co/real_logic/sbe/generation/cpp/CppGeneratorTest.java b/sbe-tool/src/test/java/uk/co/real_logic/sbe/generation/cpp/CppGeneratorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95902bc6d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbe-tool/src/test/java/uk/co/real_logic/sbe/generation/cpp/CppGeneratorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2020 Real Logic Limited.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package uk.co.real_logic.sbe.generation.cpp;
+
+import org.agrona.generation.StringWriterOutputManager;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import uk.co.real_logic.sbe.Tests;
+import uk.co.real_logic.sbe.ir.Ir;
+import uk.co.real_logic.sbe.xml.IrGenerator;
+import uk.co.real_logic.sbe.xml.MessageSchema;
+import uk.co.real_logic.sbe.xml.ParserOptions;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+import static uk.co.real_logic.sbe.xml.XmlSchemaParser.parse;
+
+public class CppGeneratorTest
+{
+    @Test
+    public void shouldUseGeneratedLiteralForConstantOneWhenGeneratingBitsetCode() throws Exception
+    {
+        final ParserOptions options = ParserOptions.builder().stopOnError(true).build();
+        final MessageSchema schema = parse(Tests.getLocalResource("issue827.xml"), options);
+        final IrGenerator irg = new IrGenerator();
+        final Ir ir = irg.generate(schema);
+        final StringWriterOutputManager outputManager = new StringWriterOutputManager();
+        outputManager.setPackageName(ir.applicableNamespace());
+
+        final CppGenerator generator = new CppGenerator(ir, outputManager);
+        generator.generate();
+
+        final String source = outputManager.getSource("issue827.FlagsSet").toString();
+        assertFalse(source.contains("1u << "));
+        assertTrue(source.contains("UINT64_C(0x1) << "));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sbe-tool/src/test/resources/issue827.xml b/sbe-tool/src/test/resources/issue827.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07db19475e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbe-tool/src/test/resources/issue827.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<sbe:messageSchema xmlns:sbe="http://fixprotocol.io/2016/sbe"
+                   package="issue827"
+                   id="827"
+                   version="1"
+                   semanticVersion="1.0"
+                   description="issue 661 test case"
+                   byteOrder="bigEndian">
+    <types>
+        <set name="FlagsSet" encodingType="uint64">
+            <choice name="Bit0" description="Bit 0">0</choice>
+            <choice name="Bit35" description="Bit 35">35</choice>
+        </set>
+        <composite name="messageHeader" description="Message identifiers and length of message root">
+            <type name="blockLength" primitiveType="uint16"/>
+            <type name="templateId" primitiveType="uint16"/>
+            <type name="schemaId" primitiveType="uint16"/>
+            <type name="version" primitiveType="uint16"/>
+        </composite>
+    </types>
+    <sbe:message name="test" id="1" description="issue 827 test">
+	<field name="set0" type="FlagsSet" id="1"/>
+    </sbe:message>
+</sbe:messageSchema>