diff --git a/lang/src/son.rs b/lang/src/son.rs
index 56eb0a661..1ab088aed 100644
--- a/lang/src/son.rs
+++ b/lang/src/son.rs
@@ -869,20 +869,7 @@ impl<'a> Codegen<'a> {
                         self.error(pos, "string literal must end with null byte (for now)");
                     }
 
-                    let ty = self.tys.make_ptr(ty::Id::U8);
-                    let global = self
-                        .tys
-                        .strings
-                        .get_or_insert(&data, &mut self.tys.ins.globals, |globals| {
-                            StringRef(globals.push(GlobalData {
-                                data: data.clone(),
-                                ty,
-                                ..Default::default()
-                            }))
-                        })
-                        .0;
-                    let global = self.ci.nodes.new_node_nop(ty, Kind::Global { global }, [VOID]);
-                    self.ci.nodes[global].aclass = GLOBAL_ACLASS as _;
+                    let (global, ty) = self.create_string_global(&data);
 
                     data.clear();
                     self.pool.lit_buf = data;
@@ -1294,6 +1281,19 @@ impl<'a> Codegen<'a> {
                     self.ci.nodes.new_node(glob.ty, Kind::Global { global: id }, [VOID], self.tys);
                 Some(Value::ptr(g).ty(glob.ty))
             }
+            Expr::Directive { name: "nameof", args: [ty], .. } => {
+                let ty = self.ty(ty);
+                let mut data = core::mem::take(&mut self.pool.lit_buf);
+                self.tys.name_of(ty, self.files, &mut data);
+                data.push(0);
+
+                let (global, ty) = self.create_string_global(&data);
+
+                data.clear();
+                self.pool.lit_buf = data;
+
+                Some(Value::new(global).ty(ty))
+            }
             Expr::Directive { name: "sizeof", args: [ty], .. } => {
                 let ty = self.ty(ty);
                 self.gen_inferred_const(ctx, ty::Id::DINT, self.tys.size_of(ty))
@@ -3877,6 +3877,24 @@ impl<'a> Codegen<'a> {
 
         ty
     }
+
+    fn create_string_global(&mut self, data: &[u8]) -> (Nid, ty::Id) {
+        let ty = self.tys.make_ptr(ty::Id::U8);
+        let global = self
+            .tys
+            .strings
+            .get_or_insert(data, &mut self.tys.ins.globals, |globals| {
+                StringRef(globals.push(GlobalData {
+                    data: data.to_vec(),
+                    ty,
+                    ..Default::default()
+                }))
+            })
+            .0;
+        let global = self.ci.nodes.new_node_nop(ty, Kind::Global { global }, [VOID]);
+        self.ci.nodes[global].aclass = GLOBAL_ACLASS as _;
+        (global, ty)
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Default)]
diff --git a/lang/src/ty.rs b/lang/src/ty.rs
index 107d4ab03..81e5c8724 100644
--- a/lang/src/ty.rs
+++ b/lang/src/ty.rs
@@ -1185,6 +1185,12 @@ impl Types {
             _ => return None,
         })
     }
+
+    pub fn name_of(&self, ty: Id, files: &EntSlice<Module, parser::Ast>, data: &mut Vec<u8>) {
+        use core::fmt::Write;
+        let str = unsafe { core::mem::transmute::<&mut Vec<u8>, &mut String>(data) };
+        write!(str, "{}", Display::new(self, files, ty)).unwrap();
+    }
 }
 
 pub struct OptLayout {