diff --git a/doc/changes.html b/doc/changes.html
index 125b58b4..82d3c140 100644
--- a/doc/changes.html
+++ b/doc/changes.html
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ Please take a look at the commit history for more details.
 <li>FFI: Compile lightuserdata to <tt>void *</tt> conversion.</li>
 <li>FFI: Compile <tt>ffi.gc(cdata, nil)</tt>, too.</li>
 <li>FFI: Add <tt>ffi.typeinfo()</tt>.</li>
+<li>FFI: Add <tt>ssize_t</tt> declaration.</li>
 </ul></li>
 </ul>
 </div>
diff --git a/doc/ext_ffi_semantics.html b/doc/ext_ffi_semantics.html
index 889d44d8..f65fe8f3 100644
--- a/doc/ext_ffi_semantics.html
+++ b/doc/ext_ffi_semantics.html
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ a <tt>typedef</tt>, except re-declarations will be ignored):
 <tt>uint16_t</tt>, <tt>uint32_t</tt>, <tt>uint64_t</tt>,
 <tt>intptr_t</tt>, <tt>uintptr_t</tt>.</li>
 
+<li>From <tt>&lt;unistd.h&gt;</tt> (POSIX): <tt>ssize_t</tt>.</li>
+
 </ul>
 <p>
 You're encouraged to use these types in preference to
diff --git a/src/lj_ctype.c b/src/lj_ctype.c
index 2e23c994..eda070ce 100644
--- a/src/lj_ctype.c
+++ b/src/lj_ctype.c
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
   _("uint64_t",			UINT64) \
   _("intptr_t",			INT_PSZ) \
   _("uintptr_t",		UINT_PSZ) \
+  /* From POSIX. */ \
+  _("ssize_t",			INT_PSZ) \
   /* End of typedef list. */
 
 /* Keywords (only the ones we actually care for). */