diff --git a/src/lib_ffi.c b/src/lib_ffi.c
index 989fddd3..bc2339ce 100644
--- a/src/lib_ffi.c
+++ b/src/lib_ffi.c
@@ -559,6 +559,31 @@ LJLIB_CF(ffi_typeof)	LJLIB_REC(.)
   return 1;
 }
 
+/* Internal and unsupported API. */
+LJLIB_CF(ffi_typeinfo)
+{
+  CTState *cts = ctype_cts(L);
+  CTypeID id = (CTypeID)ffi_checkint(L, 1);
+  if (id > 0 && id < cts->top) {
+    CType *ct = ctype_get(cts, id);
+    GCtab *t;
+    lua_createtable(L, 0, 4);  /* Increment hash size if fields are added. */
+    t = tabV(L->top-1);
+    setintV(lj_tab_setstr(L, t, lj_str_newlit(L, "info")), (int32_t)ct->info);
+    if (ct->size != CTSIZE_INVALID)
+      setintV(lj_tab_setstr(L, t, lj_str_newlit(L, "size")), (int32_t)ct->size);
+    if (ct->sib)
+      setintV(lj_tab_setstr(L, t, lj_str_newlit(L, "sib")), (int32_t)ct->sib);
+    if (gcref(ct->name)) {
+      GCstr *s = gco2str(gcref(ct->name));
+      setstrV(L, lj_tab_setstr(L, t, lj_str_newlit(L, "name")), s);
+    }
+    lj_gc_check(L);
+    return 1;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
 LJLIB_CF(ffi_istype)	LJLIB_REC(.)
 {
   CTState *cts = ctype_cts(L);