diff --git a/src/comp/front/ast.rs b/src/comp/front/ast.rs
index 5f527f2d3b330b4a4b2b3456b6afec84713adede..7b22e700682cf919d532f01f2983807dfa809381 100644
--- a/src/comp/front/ast.rs
+++ b/src/comp/front/ast.rs
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@
 type _obj = rec(vec[obj_field] fields,
                 vec[@method] methods);
 
-
 tag mod_index_entry {
     mie_view_item(@view_item);
     mie_item(@item);
@@ -227,7 +226,10 @@
                 vec[@item] items,
                 mod_index index);
 
-type native_mod = rec(str native_name);
+type native_mod = rec(str native_name,
+                      vec[@native_item] items,
+                      native_mod_index index);
+type native_mod_index = hashmap[ident,@native_item];
 
 type variant_arg = rec(@ty ty, def_id id);
 type variant = rec(str name, vec[variant_arg] args, def_id id, ann ann);
@@ -249,6 +251,11 @@
     item_obj(ident, _obj, vec[ty_param], def_id, ann);
 }
 
+type native_item = spanned[native_item_];
+tag native_item_ {
+    native_item_ty(ident, def_id);
+}
+
 fn index_view_item(mod_index index, @view_item it) {
     alt (it.node) {
         case(ast.view_item_use(?id, _, _)) {
@@ -292,6 +299,14 @@ fn index_item(mod_index index, @item it) {
     }
 }
 
+fn index_native_item(native_mod_index index, @native_item it) {
+    alt (it.node) {
+        case (ast.native_item_ty(?id, _)) {
+            index.insert(id, it);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 //
 // Local Variables:
 // mode: rust
diff --git a/src/comp/front/parser.rs b/src/comp/front/parser.rs
index 16adfedb0c147d5440a23ebc41732b349079a760..c088e68d93916e76efd04ce23cbd90c4aceee12d 100644
--- a/src/comp/front/parser.rs
+++ b/src/comp/front/parser.rs
@@ -1577,6 +1577,39 @@ fn stmt_ends_with_semi(@ast.stmt stmt) -> bool {
     ret @spanned(lo, hi, item);
 }
 
+
+impure fn parse_item_native_type(parser p) -> @ast.native_item {
+    auto lo = p.get_span();
+    expect(p, token.TYPE);
+    auto id = parse_ident(p);
+    auto hi = p.get_span();
+    expect(p, token.SEMI);
+    auto item = ast.native_item_ty(id, p.next_def_id());
+    ret @spanned(lo, hi, item);
+}
+
+impure fn parse_native_item(parser p) -> @ast.native_item {
+    alt (p.peek()) {
+        case (token.TYPE) {
+            ret parse_item_native_type(p);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impure fn parse_native_mod_items(parser p,
+                                 str native_name) -> ast.native_mod {
+    auto index = new_str_hash[@ast.native_item]();
+    let vec[@ast.native_item] items = vec();
+    while (p.peek() != token.RBRACE) {
+        auto item = parse_native_item(p);
+        items += vec(item);
+
+        // Index the item.
+        ast.index_native_item(index, item);
+    }
+    ret rec(native_name=native_name, items=items, index=index);
+}
+
 impure fn parse_item_native_mod(parser p) -> @ast.item {
     auto lo = p.get_span();
     expect(p, token.NATIVE);
@@ -1584,7 +1617,7 @@ fn stmt_ends_with_semi(@ast.stmt stmt) -> bool {
     expect(p, token.MOD);
     auto id = parse_ident(p);
     expect(p, token.LBRACE);
-    auto m = rec(native_name = native_name);
+    auto m = parse_native_mod_items(p, native_name);
     auto hi = p.get_span();
     expect(p, token.RBRACE);
     auto item = ast.item_native_mod(id, m, p.next_def_id());
diff --git a/src/comp/middle/fold.rs b/src/comp/middle/fold.rs
index 2426d8ae8ccebb77f20d5566930e455e7addd82c..b9027836afb68eb55c508e38bf222b792d877ad6 100644
--- a/src/comp/middle/fold.rs
+++ b/src/comp/middle/fold.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import front.ast.item;
 import front.ast.view_item;
 import front.ast.meta_item;
+import front.ast.native_item;
 import front.ast.arg;
 import front.ast.pat;
 import front.ast.decl;
@@ -203,6 +204,9 @@
          @ty t, vec[ast.ty_param] ty_params,
          def_id id, ann a) -> @item)              fold_item_ty,
 
+     (fn(&ENV e, &span sp, ident ident,
+         def_id id) -> @native_item)              fold_native_item_ty,
+
      (fn(&ENV e, &span sp, ident ident,
          vec[ast.variant] variants,
          vec[ast.ty_param] ty_params,
@@ -244,6 +248,7 @@
      // Env updates.
      (fn(&ENV e, @ast.crate c) -> ENV) update_env_for_crate,
      (fn(&ENV e, @item i) -> ENV) update_env_for_item,
+     (fn(&ENV e, @native_item i) -> ENV) update_env_for_native_item,
      (fn(&ENV e, @view_item i) -> ENV) update_env_for_view_item,
      (fn(&ENV e, &block b) -> ENV) update_env_for_block,
      (fn(&ENV e, @stmt s) -> ENV) update_env_for_stmt,
@@ -841,9 +846,34 @@ fn fold_mod[ENV](&ENV e, ast_fold[ENV] fld, &ast._mod m) -> ast._mod {
     ret fld.fold_mod(e, rec(view_items=view_items, items=items, index=index));
 }
 
+fn fold_native_item[ENV](&ENV env, ast_fold[ENV] fld,
+                         @native_item i) -> @native_item {
+    let ENV env_ = fld.update_env_for_native_item(env, i);
+
+    if (!fld.keep_going(env_)) {
+        ret i;
+    }
+    alt (i.node) {
+        case (ast.native_item_ty(?ident, ?id)) {
+            ret fld.fold_native_item_ty(env_, i.span, ident, id);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 fn fold_native_mod[ENV](&ENV e, ast_fold[ENV] fld,
                         &ast.native_mod m) -> ast.native_mod {
-    ret fld.fold_native_mod(e, rec(native_name = m.native_name));
+    let vec[@native_item] items = vec();
+    auto index = new_str_hash[@ast.native_item]();
+
+    for (@native_item i in m.items) {
+        auto new_item = fold_native_item[ENV](e, fld, i);
+        append[@native_item](items, new_item);
+        ast.index_native_item(index, new_item);
+    }
+
+    ret fld.fold_native_mod(e, rec(native_name=m.native_name,
+                                   items=items,
+                                   index=index));
 }
 
 fn fold_crate[ENV](&ENV env, ast_fold[ENV] fld, @ast.crate c) -> @ast.crate {
@@ -1130,6 +1160,11 @@ fn identity_fold_item_ty[ENV](&ENV e, &span sp, ident i,
     ret @respan(sp, ast.item_ty(i, t, ty_params, id, a));
 }
 
+fn identity_fold_native_item_ty[ENV](&ENV e, &span sp, ident i,
+                                     def_id id) -> @native_item {
+    ret @respan(sp, ast.native_item_ty(i, id));
+}
+
 fn identity_fold_item_tag[ENV](&ENV e, &span sp, ident i,
                                vec[ast.variant] variants,
                                vec[ast.ty_param] ty_params,
@@ -1204,6 +1239,10 @@ fn identity_update_env_for_item[ENV](&ENV e, @item i) -> ENV {
     ret e;
 }
 
+fn identity_update_env_for_native_item[ENV](&ENV e, @native_item i) -> ENV {
+    ret e;
+}
+
 fn identity_update_env_for_view_item[ENV](&ENV e, @view_item i) -> ENV {
     ret e;
 }
@@ -1308,6 +1347,8 @@ fn new_identity_fold[ENV]() -> ast_fold[ENV] {
          fold_item_native_mod =
              bind identity_fold_item_native_mod[ENV](_,_,_,_,_),
          fold_item_ty   = bind identity_fold_item_ty[ENV](_,_,_,_,_,_,_),
+         fold_native_item_ty =
+             bind identity_fold_native_item_ty[ENV](_,_,_,_),
          fold_item_tag  = bind identity_fold_item_tag[ENV](_,_,_,_,_,_),
          fold_item_obj  = bind identity_fold_item_obj[ENV](_,_,_,_,_,_,_),
 
@@ -1325,6 +1366,8 @@ fn new_identity_fold[ENV]() -> ast_fold[ENV] {
 
          update_env_for_crate = bind identity_update_env_for_crate[ENV](_,_),
          update_env_for_item = bind identity_update_env_for_item[ENV](_,_),
+         update_env_for_native_item =
+             bind identity_update_env_for_native_item[ENV](_,_),
          update_env_for_view_item =
              bind identity_update_env_for_view_item[ENV](_,_),
          update_env_for_block = bind identity_update_env_for_block[ENV](_,_),
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/native2.rs b/src/test/run-pass/native2.rs
index abb6335249a063d812870d16242a1467f9c1185d..b848ec8c9a36b868905149a9cdb92ab46325cea9 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/native2.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/native2.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 native "rust" mod rustrt {
+    type vbuf;
 }
 
 fn main(vec[str] args) {