diff --git a/common/unified/components/precision_conversion_kernels.cpp b/common/unified/components/precision_conversion_kernels.cpp
index 0402d9bef68..4f3bce969e0 100644
--- a/common/unified/components/precision_conversion_kernels.cpp
+++ b/common/unified/components/precision_conversion_kernels.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ void convert_precision(std::shared_ptr<const DefaultExecutor> exec,
         size, in, out);
 }
 
-GKO_INSTANTIATE_FOR_EACH_VALUE_CONVERSION(GKO_DECLARE_CONVERT_PRECISION_KERNEL);
+GKO_INSTANTIATE_FOR_EACH_POD_CONVERSION(GKO_DECLARE_CONVERT_PRECISION_KERNEL);
 
 
 }  // namespace components
diff --git a/core/base/array.cpp b/core/base/array.cpp
index a41f7c07e55..2025cc6480d 100644
--- a/core/base/array.cpp
+++ b/core/base/array.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ void convert_data(std::shared_ptr<const Executor> exec, size_type size,
     void convert_data<From, To>(std::shared_ptr<const Executor>, size_type, \
                                 const From*, To*)
 
-GKO_INSTANTIATE_FOR_EACH_VALUE_CONVERSION(GKO_DECLARE_ARRAY_CONVERSION);
+GKO_INSTANTIATE_FOR_EACH_POD_CONVERSION(GKO_DECLARE_ARRAY_CONVERSION);
 
 
 }  // namespace detail
diff --git a/core/device_hooks/common_kernels.inc.cpp b/core/device_hooks/common_kernels.inc.cpp
index fe054856695..d86184c1ce6 100644
--- a/core/device_hooks/common_kernels.inc.cpp
+++ b/core/device_hooks/common_kernels.inc.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@
     _macro(SourceType, TargetType) GKO_NOT_COMPILED(GKO_HOOK_MODULE); \
     GKO_INSTANTIATE_FOR_EACH_VALUE_CONVERSION(_macro)
 
+#define GKO_STUB_POD_CONVERSION(_macro)                               \
+    template <typename SourceType, typename TargetType>               \
+    _macro(SourceType, TargetType) GKO_NOT_COMPILED(GKO_HOOK_MODULE); \
+    GKO_INSTANTIATE_FOR_EACH_POD_CONVERSION(_macro)
+
 #define GKO_STUB_NON_COMPLEX_VALUE_TYPE(_macro)          \
     template <typename ValueType>                        \
     _macro(ValueType) GKO_NOT_COMPILED(GKO_HOOK_MODULE); \
@@ -147,11 +152,6 @@
     _macro(IndexType) GKO_NOT_COMPILED(GKO_HOOK_MODULE); \
     GKO_INSTANTIATE_FOR_EACH_TEMPLATE_TYPE(_macro)
 
-#define GKO_STUB_VALUE_CONVERSION(_macro)                             \
-    template <typename SourceType, typename TargetType>               \
-    _macro(SourceType, TargetType) GKO_NOT_COMPILED(GKO_HOOK_MODULE); \
-    GKO_INSTANTIATE_FOR_EACH_VALUE_CONVERSION(_macro)
-
 #define GKO_STUB_VALUE_CONVERSION_OR_COPY(_macro)                     \
     template <typename SourceType, typename TargetType>               \
     _macro(SourceType, TargetType) GKO_NOT_COMPILED(GKO_HOOK_MODULE); \
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ namespace GKO_HOOK_MODULE {
 namespace components {
 
 
-GKO_STUB_VALUE_CONVERSION(GKO_DECLARE_CONVERT_PRECISION_KERNEL);
+GKO_STUB_POD_CONVERSION(GKO_DECLARE_CONVERT_PRECISION_KERNEL);
 GKO_STUB_INDEX_TYPE(GKO_DECLARE_PREFIX_SUM_NONNEGATIVE_KERNEL);
 // explicitly instantiate for size_type, as this is
 // used in the SellP format
diff --git a/include/ginkgo/core/base/types.hpp b/include/ginkgo/core/base/types.hpp
index 3783d2c4b41..5387a38514c 100644
--- a/include/ginkgo/core/base/types.hpp
+++ b/include/ginkgo/core/base/types.hpp
@@ -682,6 +682,21 @@ GKO_ATTRIBUTES constexpr bool operator!=(precision_reduction x,
     template _macro(std::complex<double>, std::complex<float>)
 
 
+/**
+ * Instantiates a template for each pod type conversion pair compiled by
+ * Ginkgo.
+ *
+ * @param _macro  A macro which expands the template instantiation
+ *                (not including the leading `template` specifier).
+ *                Should take two arguments `src` and `dst`, which
+ *                are replaced by the source and destination value type.
+ */
+#define GKO_INSTANTIATE_FOR_EACH_POD_CONVERSION(_macro) \
+    GKO_INSTANTIATE_FOR_EACH_VALUE_CONVERSION(_macro);  \
+    template _macro(int32, int64);                      \
+    template _macro(int64, int32)
+
+
 /**
  * Instantiates a template for each value type conversion or copy pair compiled
  * by Ginkgo.
diff --git a/reference/components/precision_conversion_kernels.cpp b/reference/components/precision_conversion_kernels.cpp
index db12d9316ee..059d8922939 100644
--- a/reference/components/precision_conversion_kernels.cpp
+++ b/reference/components/precision_conversion_kernels.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ void convert_precision(std::shared_ptr<const DefaultExecutor> exec,
     std::copy_n(in, size, out);
 }
 
-GKO_INSTANTIATE_FOR_EACH_VALUE_CONVERSION(GKO_DECLARE_CONVERT_PRECISION_KERNEL);
+GKO_INSTANTIATE_FOR_EACH_POD_CONVERSION(GKO_DECLARE_CONVERT_PRECISION_KERNEL);
 
 
 }  // namespace components