diff --git a/include/clang/Interpreter/CppInterOp.h b/include/clang/Interpreter/CppInterOp.h
index 96677dbe1..c7c3d51ee 100644
--- a/include/clang/Interpreter/CppInterOp.h
+++ b/include/clang/Interpreter/CppInterOp.h
@@ -504,6 +504,18 @@ namespace Cpp {
   /// Checks if the provided parameter is a Plain Old Data Type (POD).
   CPPINTEROP_API bool IsPODType(TCppType_t type);
 
+  /// Checks if type is a pointer
+  CPPINTEROP_API bool IsPointerType(TCppType_t type);
+
+  /// Get the underlying pointee type
+  CPPINTEROP_API TCppType_t GetPointeeType(TCppType_t type);
+
+  /// Checks if type is a reference
+  CPPINTEROP_API bool IsReferenceType(TCppType_t type);
+
+  /// Get the type that the reference refers to
+  CPPINTEROP_API TCppType_t GetNonReferenceType(TCppType_t type);
+
   /// Gets the pure, Underlying Type (as opposed to the Using Type).
   CPPINTEROP_API TCppType_t GetUnderlyingType(TCppType_t type);
 
diff --git a/lib/Interpreter/CppInterOp.cpp b/lib/Interpreter/CppInterOp.cpp
index 7cdfcfec3..51f26a2b3 100755
--- a/lib/Interpreter/CppInterOp.cpp
+++ b/lib/Interpreter/CppInterOp.cpp
@@ -1493,6 +1493,30 @@ namespace Cpp {
     return QT.isPODType(getASTContext());
   }
 
+  bool IsPointerType(TCppType_t type) {
+    QualType QT = QualType::getFromOpaquePtr(type);
+    return QT->isPointerType();
+  }
+
+  TCppType_t GetPointeeType(TCppType_t type) {
+    if (!IsPointerType(type))
+      return nullptr;
+    QualType QT = QualType::getFromOpaquePtr(type);
+    return QT->getPointeeType().getAsOpaquePtr();
+  }
+
+  bool IsReferenceType(TCppType_t type) {
+    QualType QT = QualType::getFromOpaquePtr(type);
+    return QT->isReferenceType();
+  }
+
+  TCppType_t GetNonReferenceType(TCppType_t type) {
+    if (!IsReferenceType(type))
+      return nullptr;
+    QualType QT = QualType::getFromOpaquePtr(type);
+    return QT.getNonReferenceType().getAsOpaquePtr();
+  }
+
   TCppType_t GetUnderlyingType(TCppType_t type)
   {
     QualType QT = QualType::getFromOpaquePtr(type);
diff --git a/unittests/CppInterOp/VariableReflectionTest.cpp b/unittests/CppInterOp/VariableReflectionTest.cpp
index 4a0940848..8b76e7f5c 100644
--- a/unittests/CppInterOp/VariableReflectionTest.cpp
+++ b/unittests/CppInterOp/VariableReflectionTest.cpp
@@ -600,3 +600,67 @@ TEST(VariableReflectionTest, GetEnumConstantDatamembers) {
   Cpp::GetEnumConstantDatamembers(MyEnumClass, datamembers2, false);
   EXPECT_EQ(datamembers2.size(), 6);
 }
+
+TEST(VariableReflectionTest, Is_Get_Pointer) {
+  Cpp::CreateInterpreter();
+  std::vector<Decl*> Decls;
+  std::string code = R"(
+  class A {};
+  int a;
+  int *b;
+  double c;
+  double *d;
+  A e;
+  A *f;
+  )";
+
+  GetAllTopLevelDecls(code, Decls);
+
+  EXPECT_FALSE(Cpp::IsPointerType(Cpp::GetVariableType(Decls[1])));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(Cpp::IsPointerType(Cpp::GetVariableType(Decls[2])));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(Cpp::IsPointerType(Cpp::GetVariableType(Decls[3])));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(Cpp::IsPointerType(Cpp::GetVariableType(Decls[4])));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(Cpp::IsPointerType(Cpp::GetVariableType(Decls[5])));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(Cpp::IsPointerType(Cpp::GetVariableType(Decls[6])));
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(Cpp::GetPointeeType(Cpp::GetVariableType(Decls[2])),
+            Cpp::GetVariableType(Decls[1]));
+  EXPECT_EQ(Cpp::GetPointeeType(Cpp::GetVariableType(Decls[4])),
+            Cpp::GetVariableType(Decls[3]));
+  EXPECT_EQ(Cpp::GetPointeeType(Cpp::GetVariableType(Decls[6])),
+            Cpp::GetVariableType(Decls[5]));
+
+  EXPECT_FALSE(Cpp::GetPointeeType(Cpp::GetVariableType(Decls[5])));
+}
+
+TEST(VariableReflectionTest, Is_Get_Reference) {
+  Cpp::CreateInterpreter();
+  std::vector<Decl*> Decls;
+  std::string code = R"(
+  class A {};
+  int a;
+  int &b = a;
+  double c;
+  double &d = c;
+  A e;
+  A &f = e;
+  )";
+
+  GetAllTopLevelDecls(code, Decls);
+
+  EXPECT_FALSE(Cpp::IsReferenceType(Cpp::GetVariableType(Decls[1])));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(Cpp::IsReferenceType(Cpp::GetVariableType(Decls[2])));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(Cpp::IsReferenceType(Cpp::GetVariableType(Decls[3])));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(Cpp::IsReferenceType(Cpp::GetVariableType(Decls[4])));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(Cpp::IsReferenceType(Cpp::GetVariableType(Decls[5])));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(Cpp::IsReferenceType(Cpp::GetVariableType(Decls[6])));
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(Cpp::GetNonReferenceType(Cpp::GetVariableType(Decls[2])),
+            Cpp::GetVariableType(Decls[1]));
+  EXPECT_EQ(Cpp::GetNonReferenceType(Cpp::GetVariableType(Decls[4])),
+            Cpp::GetVariableType(Decls[3]));
+  EXPECT_EQ(Cpp::GetNonReferenceType(Cpp::GetVariableType(Decls[6])),
+            Cpp::GetVariableType(Decls[5]));
+
+  EXPECT_FALSE(Cpp::GetNonReferenceType(Cpp::GetVariableType(Decls[5])));
+}