diff --git a/src/stars.cpp b/src/stars.cpp
index 5de4d3600..d7430c92b 100644
--- a/src/stars.cpp
+++ b/src/stars.cpp
@@ -507,10 +507,10 @@ void CPL_write_gdal(NumericMatrix x, CharacterVector fname, CharacterVector driv
 		stop("Type should have length 1"); // #nocov
 	if (Type[0] == "Byte")
 		eType = GDT_Byte; // #nocov
-// #if GDAL_VERSION_NUM >= 3070000
-// 	else if (Type[0] == "Int8")
-// 		eType = GDT_Int8; // #nocov
-// #endif
+#if GDAL_VERSION_NUM >= 3070000
+	else if (Type[0] == "Int8")
+		eType = GDT_Int8; // #nocov
+#endif
 	else if (Type[0] == "UInt16")
 		eType = GDT_UInt16; // #nocov
 	else if (Type[0] == "Int16")