diff --git a/regression/verilog/nettype/nettype1.desc b/regression/verilog/nettype/nettype1.desc
index 13082b2d0..f3fcbeb04 100644
--- a/regression/verilog/nettype/nettype1.desc
+++ b/regression/verilog/nettype/nettype1.desc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-KNOWNBUG
+CORE
 nettype1.sv
 
 ^EXIT=0$
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ nettype1.sv
 --
 ^warning: ignoring
 --
-nettype is not implemented.
diff --git a/src/verilog/parser.y b/src/verilog/parser.y
index 41cc2f670..1c8763280 100644
--- a/src/verilog/parser.y
+++ b/src/verilog/parser.y
@@ -1395,6 +1395,7 @@ data_declaration:
 		  swapop($$, $4); }
 	| type_declaration
 	| package_import_declaration
+	| net_type_declaration
 	;
 
 const_opt:
@@ -1464,6 +1465,21 @@ type_declaration:
 		}
 	;
 
+net_type_declaration:
+	  TOK_NETTYPE
+		{ init($$, ID_decl);
+		  stack_expr($$).set(ID_class, ID_typedef);
+		}
+	  data_type any_identifier ';'
+		{ $$ = $2;
+		  // add to the scope as a type name
+		  PARSER.scopes.add_name(stack_expr($4).get(ID_base_name), "", verilog_scopet::TYPEDEF);
+		  addswap($$, ID_type, $3);
+		  stack_expr($4).id(ID_declarator);
+		  mto($$, $4);
+		}
+	;
+
 vectored_scalared_opt:
           /* Optional */
                 { make_nil($$); }
@@ -4624,6 +4640,8 @@ hierarchical_identifier:
 	
 hierarchical_variable_identifier: hierarchical_identifier;
 
+net_type_identifier: TOK_TYPE_IDENTIFIER;
+
 identifier: non_type_identifier;
 
 property_identifier: TOK_NON_TYPE_IDENTIFIER;