diff --git a/include/QF/cexpr.h b/include/QF/cexpr.h
index ac6eef683..53fc159e7 100644
--- a/include/QF/cexpr.h
+++ b/include/QF/cexpr.h
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ void cexpr_error(exprctx_t *ctx, const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(pri
 
 void cexpr_struct_getfield (const exprval_t *a, const exprval_t *b,
 							exprval_t *c, exprctx_t *ctx);
+void cexpr_struct_pointer_getfield (const exprval_t *a, const exprval_t *b,
+									exprval_t *c, exprctx_t *ctx);
 exprval_t *cexpr_cvar (const char *name, exprctx_t *ctx);
 exprval_t *cexpr_cvar_struct (exprctx_t *ctx);
 
@@ -132,5 +134,6 @@ extern exprtype_t cexpr_field;
 extern exprtype_t cexpr_function;
 
 extern binop_t cexpr_struct_binops[];
+extern binop_t cexpr_struct_pointer_binops[];
 
 #endif
diff --git a/libs/util/cexpr-vars.c b/libs/util/cexpr-vars.c
index 115f0ba64..04c6871ad 100644
--- a/libs/util/cexpr-vars.c
+++ b/libs/util/cexpr-vars.c
@@ -58,6 +58,20 @@ VISIBLE binop_t cexpr_struct_binops[] = {
 	{}
 };
 
+VISIBLE void
+cexpr_struct_pointer_getfield (const exprval_t *a, const exprval_t *b,
+							   exprval_t *c, exprctx_t *ctx)
+{
+	// "dereference" the pointer
+	exprval_t   struct_val = { a->type, *(void **) a->value };
+	cexpr_struct_getfield (&struct_val, b, c, ctx);
+}
+
+VISIBLE binop_t cexpr_struct_pointer_binops[] = {
+	{ '.', &cexpr_field, &cexpr_exprval, cexpr_struct_pointer_getfield },
+	{}
+};
+
 static void
 cvar_get (const exprval_t *a, const exprval_t *b, exprval_t *c, exprctx_t *ctx)
 {