diff --git a/infer/src/clang/cPredicates.ml b/infer/src/clang/cPredicates.ml
index c6d5c0615..3cbe8c19d 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/cPredicates.ml
+++ b/infer/src/clang/cPredicates.ml
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ let type_ptr_equal_type type_ptr type_str =
     (string_of_int  (pos.pos_cnum - pos.pos_bol + 1)) in
   let lexbuf = Lexing.from_string type_str in
   let abs_ctype = try
-      (Types_parser.ctype_specifier_seq token lexbuf)
+      (Types_parser.abs_ctype token lexbuf)
     with
     | Ctl_parser_types.ALParsingException s ->
         raise (Ctl_parser_types.ALParsingException
@@ -365,8 +365,7 @@ let type_ptr_equal_type type_ptr type_str =
                  ("SYNTAX ERROR at " ^ (pos_str lexbuf)))  in
   match CAst_utils.get_type type_ptr with
   | Some c_type' ->
-      let name = Clang_ast_extend.type_ptr_to_string type_ptr in
-      Ctl_parser_types.tmp_c_type_equal ~name_c_type:name c_type' abs_ctype
+      Ctl_parser_types.tmp_c_type_equal c_type' abs_ctype
   | _ -> Logging.out "Couldn't find type....\n"; false
 
 let has_type an _typ =
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/ctl_parser_types.ml b/infer/src/clang/ctl_parser_types.ml
index f098b62a7..d64dab5ef 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/ctl_parser_types.ml
+++ b/infer/src/clang/ctl_parser_types.ml
@@ -115,15 +115,23 @@ let builtin_kind_to_string t =
 
 type abs_ctype =
   | BuiltIn of builtin_kind
+  | Pointer of abs_ctype
 
-let abs_ctype_to_string t =
+
+let rec abs_ctype_to_string t =
   match t with
   | BuiltIn t' -> "BuiltIn (" ^ (builtin_kind_to_string t') ^ ")"
+  | Pointer t' -> "Pointer (" ^ (abs_ctype_to_string t') ^ ")"
 
 (* Temporary, partial equality function. Cover only what's covered
    by the types_parser. It needs to be replaced by a real
    comparison function for Clang_ast_t.c_type *)
-let tmp_c_type_equal ?name_c_type c_type abs_ctype =
+let rec tmp_c_type_equal c_type abs_ctype =
+  Logging.out
+    "Comparing c_type/abs_ctype for equality... \
+     Type compared: \nc_type = `%s`  \nabs_ctype =`%s`\n"
+    (Clang_ast_j.string_of_c_type c_type)
+    (abs_ctype_to_string abs_ctype);
   let open Clang_ast_t in
   match c_type, abs_ctype with
   | BuiltinType (_ , `Char_U), BuiltIn (Char_U)
@@ -155,16 +163,16 @@ let tmp_c_type_equal ?name_c_type c_type abs_ctype =
   | BuiltinType (_, `ObjCClass), BuiltIn (ObjCClass)
   | BuiltinType (_, `ObjCSel), BuiltIn (ObjCSel)
   | BuiltinType (_, `Half), BuiltIn (Half) -> true
+  | PointerType (_, qt), Pointer abs_ctype' ->
+      (match CAst_utils.get_type qt.qt_type_ptr with
+       | Some c_type' ->
+           tmp_c_type_equal c_type' abs_ctype'
+       | None -> false)
   | _, _ ->
-      let name = (match name_c_type with
-          | None -> ""
-          | Some n -> n) in
       Logging.out
         "[WARNING:] Type Comparison failed... \
          This might indicate that the types are different or the specified type \
-         is internally represented in a different way and therefore not recognized. \
-         Type compared: c_type = `%s`  abs_ctype =`%s`\n"
-        name (abs_ctype_to_string abs_ctype);
+         is internally represented in a different way and therefore not recognized.\n";
       false
 
 (* to be extended with more types *)
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/types_lexer.mll b/infer/src/clang/types_lexer.mll
index d10a365d3..8bac92182 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/types_lexer.mll
+++ b/infer/src/clang/types_lexer.mll
@@ -53,5 +53,6 @@ rule token = parse
   | "id" { OBJCID }
   | "Class" { OBJCCLASS }
   | "SEL" { OBJCSEL }
+  | "*" { STAR }
   | _ { raise (SyntaxError ("Unexpected char: '" ^ (Lexing.lexeme lexbuf) ^"'")) }
   | eof { EOF }
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/types_parser.mly b/infer/src/clang/types_parser.mly
index 3817ffe65..8d6260b6a 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/types_parser.mly
+++ b/infer/src/clang/types_parser.mly
@@ -52,27 +52,45 @@
 %token OBJCID
 %token OBJCCLASS
 %token OBJCSEL
+%token STAR
 %token EOF
 
 
-%start <Ctl_parser_types.abs_ctype> ctype_specifier_seq
+%start <Ctl_parser_types.abs_ctype> abs_ctype
 %%
 
+abs_ctype:
+ | ctype_specifier_seq EOF {
+   Logging.out "\tType effectively parsed: `%s`\n"
+   (Ctl_parser_types.abs_ctype_to_string $1);
+   $1 }
+ ;
+
 ctype_specifier_seq:
-  | trailing_type_specifier_seq EOF
+| noptr_type_spec  { $1 }
+| ptr_type_spec  { $1 }
+;
+
+ptr_type_spec:
+| noptr_type_spec STAR { Pointer $1 }
+| ptr_type_spec STAR { Pointer $1 }
+;
+
+noptr_type_spec:
+  | trailing_type_specifier_seq
     { let atyp = tokens_to_abs_types $1 in
-      Logging.out "\tParsed `%s`\n" (Ctl_parser_types.abs_ctype_to_string atyp);
       atyp
      }
+  ;
 
 trailing_type_specifier:
  | simple_type_specifier { $1 }
-
+ ;
 
 trailing_type_specifier_seq:
   | trailing_type_specifier { [$1] }
-  | simple_type_specifier trailing_type_specifier_seq { $1 :: $2 }
-
+  | trailing_type_specifier trailing_type_specifier_seq { $1 :: $2 }
+  ;
 
 simple_type_specifier:
   | CHAR { Char_U }
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/issues.exp b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/issues.exp
index eb46c4eb2..88e61f301 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/issues.exp
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/issues.exp
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/subclassing.m, TestType_m2, 68, TEST_BU
 codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/subclassing.m, TestType_m20, 85, TEST_BUILTIN_TYPE, []
 codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/subclassing.m, TestType_m21, 86, TEST_BUILTIN_TYPE, []
 codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/subclassing.m, TestType_m22, 87, TEST_BUILTIN_TYPE, []
+codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/subclassing.m, TestType_m23, 93, TEST_BUILTIN_TYPE, []
+codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/subclassing.m, TestType_m24, 94, TEST_BUILTIN_TYPE, []
 codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/subclassing.m, TestType_m3, 69, TEST_BUILTIN_TYPE, []
 codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/subclassing.m, TestType_m4, 70, TEST_BUILTIN_TYPE, []
 codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/subclassing.m, TestType_m7, 73, TEST_BUILTIN_TYPE, []
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/linters_example.al b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/linters_example.al
index 70135b4de..0c14cd2b1 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/linters_example.al
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/linters_example.al
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ DEFINE-CHECKER TEST_BUILTIN_TYPE = {
           OR method_return_type("id")
           OR method_return_type("Class")
           OR method_return_type("SEL")
+          OR method_return_type("float *")
+          OR method_return_type("unsigned int **")
         HOLDS-IN-NODE ObjCMethodDecl;
 
   SET message = "Method return.....";
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/subclassing.m b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/subclassing.m
index 450f4e53e..15bde9839 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/subclassing.m
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/objc/linters-for-test-only/subclassing.m
@@ -90,5 +90,7 @@
 //- (id) m25;
 //- (Class) m26;
 //- (SEL) m27;
+- (float*)m23;
+- (unsigned int**)m24;
 
 @end