diff --git a/src/items.rs b/src/items.rs
index d5369e33ef8..6c8b6e06284 100644
--- a/src/items.rs
+++ b/src/items.rs
@@ -2780,6 +2780,10 @@ impl Rewrite for ast::ForeignItem {
                     format!("{}{}{};", prefix, sep, ty_str)
                 })
             }
+            ast::ForeignItemKind::Ty => {
+                let vis = format_visibility(&self.vis);
+                Some(format!("{}type {};", vis, self.ident))
+            }
         });
 
         let missing_span = if self.attrs.is_empty() {
diff --git a/tests/source/extern.rs b/tests/source/extern.rs
index 5546b217226..55ef830544c 100644
--- a/tests/source/extern.rs
+++ b/tests/source/extern.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ extern {
         fn DMR_GetDevice(pHDev: *mut HDEV, searchMode: DeviceSearchMode, pSearchString: *const c_char, devNr: c_uint, wildcard: c_char) -> TDMR_ERROR;
         
     fn quux() -> (); // Post comment
+
+  type
+      Foo;
+
+          type   Bar;
 }
 
 extern "Rust" { static ext:  u32;
diff --git a/tests/target/extern.rs b/tests/target/extern.rs
index c0601a4d0e1..19f8c332dd0 100644
--- a/tests/target/extern.rs
+++ b/tests/target/extern.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ extern "C" {
     ) -> TDMR_ERROR;
 
     fn quux() -> (); // Post comment
+
+    type Foo;
+
+    type Bar;
 }
 
 extern "Rust" {