diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5a6468049e..782189f232 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #### :bug: Bug Fix
 
 - Fix accidental removal of `Belt.Result.Ok` and `Belt.Result.Error` constructors in rc.5 https://github.com/rescript-lang/rescript-compiler/pull/6514
+- Add missing check that the runtime representation of variants matches implementation and interface. https://github.com/rescript-lang/rescript-compiler/pull/6513/files
 
 # 11.0.0-rc.7
 
diff --git a/jscomp/ml/includecore.ml b/jscomp/ml/includecore.ml
index 2b8039f46e..8a3eb04714 100644
--- a/jscomp/ml/includecore.ml
+++ b/jscomp/ml/includecore.ml
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ type type_mismatch =
   | Record_representation of record_representation * record_representation
   | Unboxed_representation of bool  (* true means second one is unboxed *)
   | Immediate
+  | Tag_name
+  | Variant_representation of Ident.t
 
 let report_type_mismatch0 first second decl ppf err =
   let pr fmt = Format.fprintf ppf fmt in
@@ -183,6 +185,9 @@ let report_type_mismatch0 first second decl ppf err =
          (if b then second else first) decl
          "uses unboxed representation"
   | Immediate -> pr "%s is not an immediate type" first
+  | Tag_name -> pr "Their @tag annotations differ"
+  | Variant_representation s ->
+    pr "The internal representations for case %s are not equal" (Ident.name s)
 
 let report_type_mismatch first second decl ppf =
   List.iter
@@ -232,6 +237,17 @@ and compare_variants ~loc env params1 params2 n
               compare_constructor_arguments ~loc env cd1.cd_id
                 params1 params2 cd1.cd_args cd2.cd_args
         in
+        let r =
+          if r <> [] then r
+          else match Ast_untagged_variants.is_nullary_variant cd1.cd_args with
+          | true ->
+            let tag_type1 = Ast_untagged_variants.process_tag_type cd1.cd_attributes in
+            let tag_type2 = Ast_untagged_variants.process_tag_type cd2.cd_attributes in
+            if tag_type1 <> tag_type2 then [Variant_representation cd1.cd_id]
+            else []
+          | false ->
+            r
+        in
         if r <> [] then r
         else compare_variants ~loc env params1 params2 (n+1) rem1 rem2
       end
@@ -320,6 +336,11 @@ let type_declarations ?(equality = false) ~loc env name decl1 id decl2 =
     | _ -> []
   in
   if err <> [] then err else
+  let err =
+    let tag1 = Ast_untagged_variants.process_tag_name decl1.type_attributes in
+    let tag2 = Ast_untagged_variants.process_tag_name decl2.type_attributes in
+    if tag1 <> tag2 then [Tag_name] else err in
+  if err <> [] then err else
   let err = match (decl1.type_kind, decl2.type_kind) with
       (_, Type_abstract) -> []
     | (Type_variant cstrs1, Type_variant cstrs2) ->
diff --git a/jscomp/ml/includecore.mli b/jscomp/ml/includecore.mli
index 1f4cffc31c..2908a07b3c 100644
--- a/jscomp/ml/includecore.mli
+++ b/jscomp/ml/includecore.mli
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ type type_mismatch =
   | Record_representation of record_representation * record_representation
   | Unboxed_representation of bool
   | Immediate
+  | Tag_name
+  | Variant_representation of Ident.t
 
 val value_descriptions:
   loc:Location.t -> Env.t -> Ident.t ->