diff --git a/ceno_zkvm/src/gadgets/lt.rs b/ceno_zkvm/src/gadgets/lt.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bfc892cb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ceno_zkvm/src/gadgets/lt.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+use std::mem::MaybeUninit;
+
+use ff_ext::ExtensionField;
+use goldilocks::SmallField;
+
+use crate::{
+    circuit_builder::CircuitBuilder,
+    error::ZKVMError,
+    expression::{Expression, ToExpr, WitIn},
+    instructions::riscv::constants::UInt,
+    set_val,
+    uint::UIntLimbs,
+    witness::LkMultiplicity,
+    Value,
+};
+
+/// Returns `1` when `lhs < rhs`, and returns `0` otherwise.
+/// The equation is enforced `lhs - rhs == diff - (lt * range)`.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct LtGadget<E: ExtensionField> {
+    /// `1` when `lhs < rhs`, `0` otherwise.
+    lt: WitIn,
+    /// `diff` equals `lhs - rhs` if `lhs >= rhs`,`lhs - rhs + range` otherwise.
+    diff: UInt<E>,
+}
+
+impl<E: ExtensionField> LtGadget<E> {
+    pub fn construct_circuit(
+        cb: &mut CircuitBuilder<E>,
+        lhs: Expression<E>,
+        rhs: Expression<E>,
+    ) -> Result<Self, ZKVMError> {
+        let lt = cb.create_witin(|| "lt")?;
+        let diff = UIntLimbs::new(|| "diff", cb)?;
+        let range = Expression::from(1 << UInt::<E>::M);
+
+        // The equation we require to hold: `lhs - rhs == diff - (lt * range)`.
+        cb.require_equal(
+            || "lhs - rhs == diff - (lt ⋅ range)",
+            lhs - rhs,
+            diff.value() - (lt.expr() * range),
+        )?;
+
+        Ok(LtGadget { lt, diff })
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn expr(&self) -> Expression<E> {
+        self.lt.expr()
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn assign(
+        &self,
+        instance: &mut [MaybeUninit<E::BaseField>],
+        lkm: &mut LkMultiplicity,
+        lhs: E::BaseField,
+        rhs: E::BaseField,
+    ) -> Result<(), ZKVMError> {
+        let lhs = lhs.to_canonical_u64();
+        let rhs = rhs.to_canonical_u64();
+
+        // Set `lt`
+        let lt = lhs < rhs;
+        set_val!(instance, self.lt, lt as u64);
+
+        // Set `diff`
+        let diff = lhs - rhs + (if lt { 1 << UInt::<E>::M } else { 0 });
+        self.diff
+            .assign_limbs(instance, Value::new(diff, lkm).u16_fields());
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ceno_zkvm/src/gadgets/mod.rs b/ceno_zkvm/src/gadgets/mod.rs
index 6851cb9a6..1dbb10a8b 100644
--- a/ceno_zkvm/src/gadgets/mod.rs
+++ b/ceno_zkvm/src/gadgets/mod.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 mod is_zero;
 pub use is_zero::{IsEqualConfig, IsZeroConfig};
+pub mod lt;
diff --git a/ceno_zkvm/src/instructions/riscv/arith.rs b/ceno_zkvm/src/instructions/riscv/arith.rs
index 42e0a752c..5e029ef54 100644
--- a/ceno_zkvm/src/instructions/riscv/arith.rs
+++ b/ceno_zkvm/src/instructions/riscv/arith.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ use itertools::Itertools;
 
 use super::{constants::UInt, r_insn::RInstructionConfig, RIVInstruction};
 use crate::{
-    circuit_builder::CircuitBuilder, error::ZKVMError, instructions::Instruction, uint::Value,
-    witness::LkMultiplicity,
+    circuit_builder::CircuitBuilder, error::ZKVMError, gadgets::lt::LtGadget,
+    instructions::Instruction, uint::Value, witness::LkMultiplicity,
 };
 use core::mem::MaybeUninit;
 
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ impl RIVInstruction for MulOp {
 }
 pub type MulInstruction<E> = ArithInstruction<E, MulOp>;
 
+pub struct SLTUOp;
+impl RIVInstruction for SLTUOp {
+    const INST_KIND: InsnKind = InsnKind::SLTU;
+}
+pub type SltuInstruction<E> = ArithInstruction<E, SLTUOp>;
+
 impl<E: ExtensionField, I: RIVInstruction> Instruction<E> for ArithInstruction<E, I> {
     type InstructionConfig = ArithConfig<E>;
 
@@ -83,6 +89,21 @@ impl<E: ExtensionField, I: RIVInstruction> Instruction<E> for ArithInstruction<E
                 (rs1_read, rs2_read, rd_written)
             }
 
+            InsnKind::SLTU => {
+                // If rs1_read < rs2_read, rd_written = 1. Otherwise rd_written = 0
+                let rs1_read = UInt::new_unchecked(|| "rs1_read", circuit_builder)?;
+                let rs2_read = UInt::new_unchecked(|| "rs2_read", circuit_builder)?;
+
+                let lt = LtGadget::construct_circuit(
+                    circuit_builder,
+                    rs1_read.value(),
+                    rs2_read.value(),
+                )?;
+                let rd_written = UInt::new(|| "rd_written", circuit_builder)?;
+                circuit_builder.require_equal(|| "rd == lt", rd_written.value(), lt.expr())?;
+                (rs1_read, rs2_read, rd_written)
+            }
+
             _ => unreachable!("Unsupported instruction kind"),
         };
 
diff --git a/ceno_zkvm/src/uint/arithmetic.rs b/ceno_zkvm/src/uint/arithmetic.rs
index 817c83ca0..5486549d1 100644
--- a/ceno_zkvm/src/uint/arithmetic.rs
+++ b/ceno_zkvm/src/uint/arithmetic.rs
@@ -213,14 +213,6 @@ impl<const M: usize, const C: usize, E: ExtensionField> UIntLimbs<M, C, E> {
         })
     }
 
-    pub fn lt(
-        &self,
-        _circuit_builder: &mut CircuitBuilder<E>,
-        _rhs: &UIntLimbs<M, C, E>,
-    ) -> Result<Expression<E>, ZKVMError> {
-        Ok(self.expr().remove(0) + 1.into())
-    }
-
     pub fn is_equal(
         &self,
         circuit_builder: &mut CircuitBuilder<E>,