diff --git a/tools/qfcc/include/expr.h b/tools/qfcc/include/expr.h
index dcf09b4db..845e7d032 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/include/expr.h
+++ b/tools/qfcc/include/expr.h
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ expr_t *return_expr (struct function_s *f, expr_t *e);
 expr_t *conditional_expr (expr_t *cond, expr_t *e1, expr_t *e2);
 expr_t *incop_expr (int op, expr_t *e, int postop);
 expr_t *array_expr (expr_t *array, expr_t *index);
+expr_t *pointer_expr (expr_t *pointer);
 expr_t *address_expr (expr_t *e1, expr_t *e2, struct type_s *t);
 expr_t *assign_expr (expr_t *e1, expr_t *e2);
 expr_t *cast_expr (struct type_s *t, expr_t *e);
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/expr.c b/tools/qfcc/source/expr.c
index 86b9558b8..3af6e48ba 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/expr.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/expr.c
@@ -2267,6 +2267,16 @@ array_expr (expr_t *array, expr_t *index)
 	return e;
 }
 
+expr_t *
+pointer_expr (expr_t *pointer)
+{
+	type_t     *pointer_type = get_type (pointer);
+
+	if (pointer_type->type != ev_pointer)
+		return error (pointer, "not a pointer");
+	return array_expr (pointer, new_integer_expr (0));
+}
+
 expr_t *
 address_expr (expr_t *e1, expr_t *e2, type_t *t)
 {
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/qc-parse.y b/tools/qfcc/source/qc-parse.y
index 30673923f..4914a6b77 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/qc-parse.y
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/qc-parse.y
@@ -1104,6 +1104,7 @@ unary_expr
 	| '!' cast_expr %prec UNARY	{ $$ = unary_expr ('!', $2); }
 	| '~' cast_expr %prec UNARY	{ $$ = unary_expr ('~', $2); }
 	| '&' cast_expr %prec UNARY	{ $$ = address_expr ($2, 0, 0); }
+	| '*' cast_expr %prec UNARY	{ $$ = pointer_expr ($2); }
 	| SIZEOF unary_expr	%prec UNARY	{ $$ = sizeof_expr ($2, 0); }
 	| SIZEOF '(' type ')'	 %prec HYPERUNARY	{ $$ = sizeof_expr (0, $3); }
 	;