diff --git a/source/mijin/util/bitflags.hpp b/source/mijin/util/bitflags.hpp
index e34446a..e16a886 100644
--- a/source/mijin/util/bitflags.hpp
+++ b/source/mijin/util/bitflags.hpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ template<typename TBits>
 struct BitFlags
 {
     using bits_t = TBits;
+    static constexpr bool ENABLE_TO_INT = false;
 
     constexpr TBits& operator |=(const BitFlags& other) {
         for (std::size_t idx = 0; idx < sizeof(TBits); ++idx) {
@@ -103,6 +104,11 @@ concept BitFlagsType = is_bitflags_v<T>;
 template<std::integral TInt, BitFlagsType T>
 TInt bitFlagsToInt(const BitFlags<T>& flags) noexcept
 {
+    // If a BitFlags object contains padding (number of defined bits < number of bits in type), the bits in the padding might not be 0.
+    // In that case bit_casting will produce an incorrect value.
+    // Filling the gaps with padding bits fixes this, but is unfortunately quite error prone :/.
+    static_assert(T::ENABLE_TO_INT, "bitFlagsToInt not enabled for this type. Make sure the number of bits defined is the same as the number of bits in the type and define ENABLE_TO_INT to true.");
+
     static constexpr std::size_t BYTES = std::min(sizeof(T), sizeof(TInt));
     TInt result = 0;