diff --git a/scripts/qapi.py b/scripts/qapi.py
index e06233666b0f5de36ed6886d825af28f2e3fe035..1292476a7d70a7ff000e9d159958b3f28a9fdfd4 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi.py
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ def c_type(name):
         return 'char *'
     elif name == 'int':
         return 'int64_t'
+    elif (name == 'int8' or name == 'int16' or name == 'int32' or
+          name == 'int64' or name == 'uint8' or name == 'uint16' or
+          name == 'uint32' or name == 'uint64'):
+        return name + '_t'
     elif name == 'bool':
         return 'bool'
     elif name == 'number':