diff --git a/imgui.cpp b/imgui.cpp
index ef3c3eeb..533216e0 100644
--- a/imgui.cpp
+++ b/imgui.cpp
@@ -11849,7 +11849,7 @@ static void ImGui::DockContextBuildNodesFromSettings(ImGuiContext* ctx, ImGuiDoc
         else if (node->ParentNode && node->ParentNode->ChildNodes[1] == NULL)
             node->ParentNode->ChildNodes[1] = node;
         node->SelectedTabId = settings->SelectedWindowId;
-        node->SplitAxis = settings->SplitAxis;
+        node->SplitAxis = (ImGuiAxis)settings->SplitAxis;
         node->LocalFlags |= (settings->Flags & ImGuiDockNodeFlags_SavedFlagsMask_);
 
         // Bind host window immediately if it already exist (in case of a rebuild)
@@ -14778,7 +14778,7 @@ static void DockSettingsHandler_DockNodeToSettings(ImGuiDockContext* dc, ImGuiDo
     node_settings.ParentNodeId = node->ParentNode ? node->ParentNode->ID : 0;
     node_settings.ParentWindowId = (node->IsDockSpace() && node->HostWindow && node->HostWindow->ParentWindow) ? node->HostWindow->ParentWindow->ID : 0;
     node_settings.SelectedWindowId = node->SelectedTabId;
-    node_settings.SplitAxis = node->IsSplitNode() ? (char)node->SplitAxis : ImGuiAxis_None;
+    node_settings.SplitAxis = (signed char)(node->IsSplitNode() ? node->SplitAxis : ImGuiAxis_None);
     node_settings.Depth = (char)depth;
     node_settings.Flags = (node->LocalFlags & ImGuiDockNodeFlags_SavedFlagsMask_);
     node_settings.Pos = ImVec2ih(node->Pos);
diff --git a/imgui_internal.h b/imgui_internal.h
index a3c31b1a..2e82ed41 100644
--- a/imgui_internal.h
+++ b/imgui_internal.h
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ struct ImGuiDockNode
     ImVec2                  Pos;                        // Current position
     ImVec2                  Size;                       // Current size
     ImVec2                  SizeRef;                    // [Split node only] Last explicitly written-to size (overridden when using a splitter affecting the node), used to calculate Size.
-    int                     SplitAxis;                  // [Split node only] Split axis (X or Y)
+    ImGuiAxis               SplitAxis;                  // [Split node only] Split axis (X or Y)
     ImGuiWindowClass        WindowClass;                // [Root node only]
 
     ImGuiDockNodeState      State;