diff --git a/devito/symbolics/manipulation.py b/devito/symbolics/manipulation.py
index e43494974d..ec241fc967 100644
--- a/devito/symbolics/manipulation.py
+++ b/devito/symbolics/manipulation.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from sympy import Pow, Add, Mul, Min, Max, S, SympifyError, Tuple, sympify
 from sympy.core.add import _addsort
 from sympy.core.mul import _mulsort
+from sympy.functions.elementary.piecewise import ExprCondPair
 
 from devito.finite_differences.differentiable import (
     EvalDerivative, IndexDerivative
@@ -356,6 +357,8 @@ def pow_to_mul(expr):
         else:
             # Default. We should not end up here as all cases are handled
             return expr
+    elif expr.func is ExprCondPair:
+        return expr.func(*[pow_to_mul(i) for i in expr.args])
     else:
         args = [pow_to_mul(i) for i in expr.args]
 
diff --git a/tests/test_symbolics.py b/tests/test_symbolics.py
index 367090d0d6..8daf598249 100644
--- a/tests/test_symbolics.py
+++ b/tests/test_symbolics.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from sympy import And, Expr, Number, Symbol
 from devito import (Constant, Dimension, Grid, Function, solve, TimeFunction, Eq,  # noqa
                     Operator, SubDimension, norm, Le, Ge, Gt, Lt, Abs, sin, cos,
-                    Min, Max, Real, Imag, Conj, SubDomain, configuration)
+                    Piecewise, Min, Max, Real, Imag, Conj, SubDomain, configuration)
 from devito.finite_differences.differentiable import SafeInv, Weights, Mul
 from devito.ir import Expression, FindNodes, ccode
 from devito.ir.support.guards import GuardExpr, simplify_and
@@ -1104,6 +1104,15 @@ def test_print_div():
     assert cstr == 'sizeof(int)/sizeof(long)'
 
 
+def test_piecewise():
+    grid = Grid(shape=(11,))
+    u = Function(name='u', grid=grid, space_order=2)
+    v = Function(name='v', grid=grid, space_order=2)
+    eq_u = Eq(u, Piecewise((1, v < 10), (2, True)))
+    op = Operator(eq_u)
+    # check that the code generated a condition
+    assert "v[x + 2] < 10" in str(op.ccode)
+
 def test_customdtype_complex():
     """
     Test that `CustomDtype` doesn't brak is_imag