diff --git a/src/Analyser/MutatingScope.php b/src/Analyser/MutatingScope.php
index 5f73560bd7..bbefa0933c 100644
--- a/src/Analyser/MutatingScope.php
+++ b/src/Analyser/MutatingScope.php
@@ -687,8 +687,17 @@ private function resolveType(Expr $node): Type
 				if ($type instanceof ConstantStringType) {
 					return new ConstantStringType(~$type->getValue());
 				}
-				if ($type instanceof StringType) {
-					return new StringType();
+				if ($type->isString()->yes()) {
+					$accessories = [
+						new StringType(),
+					];
+					if ($type->isNonEmptyString()->yes()) {
+						$accessories[] = new AccessoryNonEmptyStringType();
+					}
+					// it is not useful to apply numeric and literal strings here.
+					// numeric string isn't certainly kept numeric: 3v4l.org/JERDB
+
+					return TypeCombinator::intersect(...$accessories);
 				}
 				if ($type instanceof IntegerType || $type instanceof FloatType) {
 					return new IntegerType(); //no const types here, result depends on PHP_INT_SIZE
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/data/bitwise-not.php b/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/data/bitwise-not.php
index f7f07c1996..d3ec67530c 100644
--- a/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/data/bitwise-not.php
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/data/bitwise-not.php
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
 
 /**
  * @param string|int $stringOrInt
+ * @param non-empty-string $nonEmptyString
  */
-function foo(int $int, string $string, float $float, $stringOrInt) : void{
+function foo(int $int, string $string, float $float, $stringOrInt, string $nonEmptyString) : void{
 	assertType('int', ~$int);
 	assertType('string', ~$string);
+	assertType('non-empty-string', ~$nonEmptyString);
 	assertType('int', ~$float);
 	assertType('int|string', ~$stringOrInt);
 	assertType("'" . (~"abc") . "'", ~"abc");