diff --git a/lib/library.cpp b/lib/library.cpp
index 199bc0ea4..da14983ac 100644
--- a/lib/library.cpp
+++ b/lib/library.cpp
@@ -309,6 +309,20 @@ Library::Error Library::load(const tinyxml2::XMLDocument &doc)
             }
         }
 
+        else if (strcmp(node->Name(), "podtype") == 0) {
+            const char * const name = node->Attribute("name");
+            if (!name)
+                return Error(MISSING_ATTRIBUTE, "name");
+            PodType podType = {0};
+            const char * const size = node->Attribute("sizeof");
+            if (size)
+                podType.size = atoi(size);
+            const char * const sign = node->Attribute("sign");
+            if (sign)
+                podType.sign = *sign;
+            podtypes[name] = podType;
+        }
+
         else
             return Error(BAD_ELEMENT, node->Name());
     }
diff --git a/lib/library.h b/lib/library.h
index d75c50f76..3afce05f7 100644
--- a/lib/library.h
+++ b/lib/library.h
@@ -290,6 +290,15 @@ public:
     std::set<std::string> returnuninitdata;
     std::vector<std::string> defines; // to provide some library defines
 
+    struct PodType {
+        unsigned int   size;
+        char           sign;
+    };
+    const struct PodType *podtype(const std::string &name) const {
+        const std::map<std::string, struct PodType>::const_iterator it = podtypes.find(name);
+        return (it != podtypes.end()) ? &(it->second) : nullptr;
+    }
+
 private:
     class ExportedFunctions {
     public:
@@ -359,7 +368,7 @@ private:
     std::map<std::string, std::set<std::string> > _importers; // keywords that import variables/functions
     std::map<std::string,int> _reflection; // invocation of reflection
     std::map<std::string, std::pair<bool, bool> > _formatstr; // Parameters for format string checking
-
+    std::map<std::string, struct PodType> podtypes; // pod types
 
     const ArgumentChecks * getarg(const std::string &functionName, int argnr) const;
 
diff --git a/test/testlibrary.cpp b/test/testlibrary.cpp
index e036ca7fb..f580f3368 100644
--- a/test/testlibrary.cpp
+++ b/test/testlibrary.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(memory);
         TEST_CASE(memory2); // define extra "free" allocation functions
         TEST_CASE(resource);
+        TEST_CASE(podtype);
     }
 
     void empty() const {
@@ -210,6 +211,22 @@ private:
         ASSERT(Library::isresource(library.alloc("CreateX")));
         ASSERT_EQUALS(library.alloc("CreateX"), library.dealloc("DeleteX"));
     }
+
+    void podtype() const {
+        const char xmldata[] = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n"
+                               "<def>\n"
+                               "  <podtype name=\"s16\" sizeof=\"2\"/>\n"
+                               "</def>";
+        tinyxml2::XMLDocument doc;
+        doc.Parse(xmldata, sizeof(xmldata));
+
+        Library library;
+        library.load(doc);
+
+        const struct Library::PodType *type = library.podtype("s16");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(2U,   type ? type->size : 0U);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(0,    type ? type->sign : '?');
+    }
 };
 
 REGISTER_TEST(TestLibrary)