diff --git a/src/translate_c.cpp b/src/translate_c.cpp
index d50cc1d31562c89b5c92b10371b9e6ddcd59b684..3295560af398c2cf759592887e905e93206d70bb 100644
--- a/src/translate_c.cpp
+++ b/src/translate_c.cpp
@@ -400,6 +400,9 @@ static AstNode *get_global(Context *c, Buf *name) {
         if (entry)
             return entry->value;
     }
+    if (c->codegen->primitive_type_table.maybe_get(name) != nullptr) {
+        return trans_create_node_symbol(c, name);
+    }
     return nullptr;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/translate_c.zig b/test/translate_c.zig
index 2fe4944de62968a9f4df50848e5ba990b47203c1..8a8d1d334bbf5255af2ecfc580c996697b2669b1 100644
--- a/test/translate_c.zig
+++ b/test/translate_c.zig
@@ -1162,4 +1162,14 @@ pub fn addCases(cases: &tests.TranslateCContext) {
         \\    return ~x;
         \\}
     );
+
+    cases.add("primitive types included in defined symbols",
+        \\int foo(int u32) {
+        \\    return u32;
+        \\}
+    ,
+        \\pub fn foo(u32_0: c_int) -> c_int {
+        \\    return u32_0;
+        \\}
+    );
 }