diff --git a/Library/Operators/Bitwise/BitwiseBaseOperator.php b/Library/Operators/Bitwise/BitwiseBaseOperator.php
index e557d25f4c..7a68a61cf2 100644
--- a/Library/Operators/Bitwise/BitwiseBaseOperator.php
+++ b/Library/Operators/Bitwise/BitwiseBaseOperator.php
@@ -101,8 +101,11 @@ public function optimizeConstantFolding(array $expression, CompilationContext $c
     }
 
     /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     *
      * @param array $expression
      * @param CompilationContext $compilationContext
+     * @return bool|CompiledExpression
      */
     public function compile($expression, CompilationContext $compilationContext)
     {
diff --git a/kernels/ZendEngine3/operators.c b/kernels/ZendEngine3/operators.c
index 3950f2acce..2b5d649c77 100644
--- a/kernels/ZendEngine3/operators.c
+++ b/kernels/ZendEngine3/operators.c
@@ -506,6 +506,16 @@ int zephir_bitwise_or_function(zval *result, zval *op1, zval *op2)
 	return status;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Do bitwise_xor function keeping ref_count and is_ref
+ */
+int zephir_bitwise_xor_function(zval *result, zval *op1, zval *op2)
+{
+	int status;
+	status = bitwise_xor_function(result, op1, op2);
+	return status;
+}
+
 /**
  * Check if a zval is less/equal than other
  */
diff --git a/test/bitwise.zep b/test/bitwise.zep
index 48e3d003eb..de7134cf7e 100644
--- a/test/bitwise.zep
+++ b/test/bitwise.zep
@@ -948,4 +948,20 @@ class Bitwise
 	{
 		return a & ~b;
 	}
+
+	protected function getInt(int num) -> int
+	{
+		return num;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @issue 1581
+	 */
+	public function testbitwiseXor()
+	{
+		var i = this->getInt(123),
+			j = this->getInt(321);
+
+		return i ^ j;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/unit-tests/Extension/BitwiseTest.php b/unit-tests/Extension/BitwiseTest.php
index 6c363e539b..2e869f181c 100644
--- a/unit-tests/Extension/BitwiseTest.php
+++ b/unit-tests/Extension/BitwiseTest.php
@@ -128,5 +128,11 @@ public function testBitwise()
         // Bitwise NOT
         $this->assertSame($t->testBitwiseNot(666), -667);
         $this->assertSame($t->testBitwiseAndNot(5, 4), 1);
+
+        /**
+         * Bitwise XOR
+         * @issue 1581
+         */
+        $this->assertSame(123 ^ 321, $t->testbitwiseXor());
     }
 }