diff --git a/crates/compiler/constrain/src/pattern.rs b/crates/compiler/constrain/src/pattern.rs
index d90374fb2d..b23240e76c 100644
--- a/crates/compiler/constrain/src/pattern.rs
+++ b/crates/compiler/constrain/src/pattern.rs
@@ -676,6 +676,17 @@ pub fn constrain_pattern(
                         RecordField::Optional(pat_type)
                     }
                     DestructType::Required => {
+                        // Named destructures like
+                        //   {foo} -> ...
+                        // are equivalent to wildcards on the type of `foo`, so if `foo` is a tag
+                        // union, we must add a constraint to ensure that this destructure opens it
+                        // up.
+                        if could_be_a_tag_union(types, pat_type_index) {
+                            state
+                                .delayed_is_open_constraints
+                                .push(constraints.is_open_type(pat_type_index));
+                        }
+
                         // No extra constraints necessary.
                         RecordField::Demanded(pat_type)
                     }
diff --git a/crates/compiler/uitest/tests/exhaustive/open_union_under_record.txt b/crates/compiler/uitest/tests/exhaustive/open_union_under_record.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f53e922986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/compiler/uitest/tests/exhaustive/open_union_under_record.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# +opt infer:print_only_under_alias
+
+app "test" provides [limitedKind] to "./platform"
+
+Kind : [ A, B, C ]
+Data : {kind: Kind}
+
+limitedKind : Data -> Str
+limitedKind = \data ->
+    when data is
+#        ^^^^ { kind : [A, B, C] }
+        {kind: A} -> "A is special"
+        {kind} -> when kind is
+            B -> "B"
+            C -> "C"
+            _ -> ""