diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/class.c b/tools/qfcc/source/class.c
index 4526f4f7a..430ecd6a4 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/class.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/class.c
@@ -1375,6 +1375,8 @@ init_objective_structs (void)
 	chain_type (&type_obj_super);
 	chain_type (&type_SuperPtr);
 	chain_type (&type_supermsg);
+
+	symtab_addsymbol (current_symtab, new_symbol ("id"));
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/qc-lex.l b/tools/qfcc/source/qc-lex.l
index bcbd9a174..2acdd3818 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/qc-lex.l
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/qc-lex.l
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static keyword_t keywords[] = {
 	{"int",			TYPE,	&type_integer,		0, PROG_VERSION,	0},
 	{"unsigned",	TYPE,	&type_integer,		0, PROG_VERSION,	0},//FIXME
 	{"function",	TYPE,	&type_function,		0, PROG_VERSION,	0},
-	{"id",			TYPE,	&type_id,			0, PROG_VERSION,	1},
+	{"id",			OBJECT,	&type_id,			0, PROG_VERSION,	1},
 	{"Class",		TYPE,	&type_Class,		0, PROG_VERSION,	1},
 //	{"Protocol",	TYPE,	&type_Protocol,		0, PROG_VERSION,	0},
 	{"Method",		TYPE,	&type_obj_method,	0, PROG_VERSION,	1},
@@ -363,6 +363,9 @@ keyword_or_id (char *token)
 		if (keyword->value) {
 			if (keyword->value == STRUCT) {
 				qc_yylval.op = token[0];
+			} else if (keyword->value == OBJECT) {
+				sym = symtab_lookup (current_symtab, token);
+				qc_yylval.symbol = sym;
 			} else {
 				qc_yylval.type = 0;
 				qc_yylval.type = keyword->type;
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/qc-parse.y b/tools/qfcc/source/qc-parse.y
index fd423ae5c..f2f6cd886 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/qc-parse.y
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/qc-parse.y
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ int yylex (void);
 %token				ARGS EXTERN STATIC SYSTEM SIZEOF OVERLOAD
 %token	<op>		STRUCT
 %token	<type>		TYPE
-%token	<symbol>	TYPE_NAME
+%token	<symbol>	OBJECT TYPE_NAME
 %token				CLASS DEFS ENCODE END IMPLEMENTATION INTERFACE PRIVATE
 %token				PROTECTED PROTOCOL PUBLIC SELECTOR REFERENCE SELF THIS
 
@@ -462,7 +462,11 @@ type_specifier
 		{
 			$$ = make_spec ($1->type, 0, 0, 0);
 		}
-	| CLASS_NAME
+	| OBJECT protocolrefs
+		{
+			$$ = make_spec (&type_id, 0, 0, 0);
+		}
+	| CLASS_NAME protocolrefs
 		{
 			$$ = make_spec ($1->type, 0, 0, 0);
 		}
@@ -1271,6 +1275,7 @@ identifier
 			if (!($$ = symtab_lookup (current_symtab, "break")))
 				$$ = new_symbol ("break");
 		}
+	| OBJECT
 	| CLASS_NAME
 	| TYPE_NAME
 	;
@@ -1710,6 +1715,7 @@ keywordselector
 selector
 	: NAME						{ $$ = $1; }
 	| CLASS_NAME				{ $$ = $1; }
+	| OBJECT					{ $$ = new_symbol (qc_yytext); }
 	| TYPE						{ $$ = new_symbol (qc_yytext); }
 	| TYPE_NAME					{ $$ = $1; }
 	| reserved_word