diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 2a97d5ce..017cb536 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## WIP
+
+* Support IntCat for plot1d overlay
+  [#419](https://github.com/scikit-hep/hist/pull/419)
+
 ## Version 2.7.3
 
 This release fixes an issue with Python 3.12 pulling in NumPy 2 pre-releases.
diff --git a/src/hist/basehist.py b/src/hist/basehist.py
index 027cb320..358d2ef4 100644
--- a/src/hist/basehist.py
+++ b/src/hist/basehist.py
@@ -502,8 +502,9 @@ def plot1d(
             (overlay,) = (i for i, ax in enumerate(self.axes) if ax.traits.discrete)
         assert overlay is not None
         cat_ax = self.axes[overlay]
-        cats = cat_ax if cat_ax.traits.discrete else np.arange(len(cat_ax.centers))
-        d1hists = [self[{overlay: cat}] for cat in cats]
+        icats = np.arange(len(cat_ax))
+        cats = cat_ax if cat_ax.traits.discrete else icats
+        d1hists = [self[{overlay: cat}] for cat in icats]
         if "label" in kwargs:
             if not isinstance(kwargs["label"], str) and len(kwargs["label"]) == len(
                 cats