diff --git a/python/taichi/lang/_ndrange.py b/python/taichi/lang/_ndrange.py
index bde0e7aab1f04..51ce24288def1 100644
--- a/python/taichi/lang/_ndrange.py
+++ b/python/taichi/lang/_ndrange.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import collections.abc
 
+import numpy as np
 from taichi.lang import ops
 from taichi.lang.exception import TaichiSyntaxError, TaichiTypeError
 from taichi.lang.expr import Expr
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args):
             args[i] = (args[i][0], ops.max(args[i][0], args[i][1]))
         for arg in args:
             for bound in arg:
-                if not isinstance(bound, int) and not (
+                if not isinstance(bound, (int, np.integer)) and not (
                         isinstance(bound, Expr)
                         and is_integral(bound.ptr.get_ret_type())):
                     raise TaichiTypeError(
diff --git a/tests/python/test_ndrange.py b/tests/python/test_ndrange.py
index fda679df820a5..abf0b5618593d 100644
--- a/tests/python/test_ndrange.py
+++ b/tests/python/test_ndrange.py
@@ -278,6 +278,18 @@ def example():
         example()
 
 
+@test_utils.test()
+def test_ndrange_should_accept_numpy_integer():
+    a, b = np.int64(0), np.int32(10)
+
+    @ti.kernel
+    def example():
+        for i in ti.ndrange((a, b)):
+            pass
+
+    example()
+
+
 @test_utils.test()
 def test_static_ndrange_non_integer_arguments():
     @ti.kernel
@@ -291,3 +303,15 @@ def example():
             r"Every argument of ndrange should be an integer scalar or a tuple/list of \(int, int\)"
     ):
         example()
+
+
+@test_utils.test()
+def test_static_ndrange_should_accept_numpy_integer():
+    a, b = np.int64(0), np.int32(10)
+
+    @ti.kernel
+    def example():
+        for i in ti.static(ti.ndrange((a, b))):
+            pass
+
+    example()