diff --git a/tools/qfcc/include/type.h b/tools/qfcc/include/type.h
index dd0d7a430..f4eaf755d 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/include/type.h
+++ b/tools/qfcc/include/type.h
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ void print_type (type_t *type);
 const char *encode_params (type_t *type);
 void encode_type (struct dstring_s *encoding, type_t *type);
 int is_enum (type_t *type);
+int is_integral (type_t *type);
 int is_scalar (type_t *type);
 int is_math (type_t *type);
 int is_struct (type_t *type);
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/type.c b/tools/qfcc/source/type.c
index b4a4a72af..0c0eeac0a 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/type.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/type.c
@@ -637,15 +637,21 @@ is_enum (type_t *type)
 }
 
 int
-is_scalar (type_t *type)
+is_integral (type_t *type)
 {
 	etype_t     t = type->type;
 
-	if (t == ev_float || t == ev_integer || t == ev_short)
+	if (t == ev_integer || t == ev_short)
 		return 1;
 	return is_enum (type);
 }
 
+int
+is_scalar (type_t *type)
+{
+	return type->type == ev_float || is_integral (type);
+}
+
 int
 is_math (type_t *type)
 {