diff --git a/crates/typst/src/eval/mod.rs b/crates/typst/src/eval/mod.rs
index fffedc9fa..a6fd5e172 100644
--- a/crates/typst/src/eval/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/typst/src/eval/mod.rs
@@ -202,9 +202,10 @@ pub fn eval_string(
         EvalMode::Markup => {
             Value::Content(root.cast::<ast::Markup>().unwrap().eval(&mut vm)?)
         }
-        EvalMode::Math => {
-            Value::Content(root.cast::<ast::Math>().unwrap().eval(&mut vm)?)
-        }
+        EvalMode::Math => Value::Content((vm.items.equation)(
+            root.cast::<ast::Math>().unwrap().eval(&mut vm)?,
+            false,
+        )),
     };
 
     // Handle control flow.
diff --git a/tests/ref/bugs/math-eval.png b/tests/ref/bugs/math-eval.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cdfd4cce3
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/ref/bugs/math-eval.png differ
diff --git a/tests/typ/bugs/math-eval.typ b/tests/typ/bugs/math-eval.typ
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31450b8dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/typ/bugs/math-eval.typ
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// Evaluating a math expr should renders the same as an equation
+
+#eval(mode: "math", "f(a) = cases(a + b\, space space x >= 3,a + b\, space space x = 5)")
+
+$f(a) = cases(a + b\, space space x >= 3,a + b\, space space x = 5)$