diff --git a/infer/src/llvm/examples/store.ll b/infer/src/llvm/examples/store.ll
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84f52b1c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/src/llvm/examples/store.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+; Function with store instruction
+define i32 @main() {
+  store i32 0, i32* %i
+  ret i32 0
+}
diff --git a/infer/src/llvm/lAst.ml b/infer/src/llvm/lAst.ml
index b973656aa..de2d378ad 100644
--- a/infer/src/llvm/lAst.ml
+++ b/infer/src/llvm/lAst.ml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ type instr =
   | Ret of (typ * operand) option
   | UncondBranch of variable
   | CondBranch of operand * variable * variable
+  | Store of operand * typ * variable
 
 type func_def = FuncDef of variable * typ option * (typ * string) list * instr list
 
diff --git a/infer/src/llvm/lLexer.mll b/infer/src/llvm/lLexer.mll
index 4e33f0768..088bc3eef 100644
--- a/infer/src/llvm/lLexer.mll
+++ b/infer/src/llvm/lLexer.mll
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ rule token = parse
   (* memory access and addressing operations *)
   (*| "alloca" { ALLOCA }*)
   (*| "load" { LOAD }*)
-  (*| "store" { STORE }*)
+  | "store" { STORE }
   (*| "fence" { FENCE }*)
   (*| "cmpxchg" { CMPXCHG }*)
   (*| "atomicrmw" { ATOMICRMW }*)
diff --git a/infer/src/llvm/lParser.mly b/infer/src/llvm/lParser.mly
index 7e3b113b9..75caa6f76 100644
--- a/infer/src/llvm/lParser.mly
+++ b/infer/src/llvm/lParser.mly
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 (* memory access and addressing operations *)
 (*%token ALLOCA*)
 (*%token LOAD*)
-(*%token STORE*)
+%token STORE
 (*%token FENCE*)
 (*%token CMPXCHG*)
 (*%token ATOMICRMW*)
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ vector_typ:
 element_typ:
   | width=INT { Tint width }
   | floating_typ { Tfloat }
-  | tp=ptr_typ { tp }
+  | tp=ptr_typ { Tptr tp }
 
 floating_typ:
   | HALF { () }
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ floating_typ:
   | PPC_FP128 { () }
 
 ptr_typ:
-  | tp=typ STAR { Tptr tp }
+  | tp=typ STAR { tp }
 
 block:
   | LBRACE instrs=list(instr) RBRACE { instrs }
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ block:
 instr:
   | term=terminator { term }
   | variable EQUALS binop { Ret None } (* TODO *)
+  | STORE val_tp=typ value=operand COMMA ptr_tp=ptr_typ var=variable { Store (value, val_tp, var) }
+    (* don't yet know why val_tp and ptr_tp would be different *)
 
 terminator:
   | RET tp=typ op=operand { Ret (Some (tp, op)) }
diff --git a/infer/src/llvm/lTrans.ml b/infer/src/llvm/lTrans.ml
index a115a4b29..64eefa72a 100644
--- a/infer/src/llvm/lTrans.ml
+++ b/infer/src/llvm/lTrans.ml
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ let trans_instr (cfg : Cfg.cfg) (pdesc : Cfg.Procdesc.t) : LAst.instr -> Sil.ins
   | Ret (Some (tp, exp)) ->
       let ret_var = Sil.get_ret_pvar (Cfg.Procdesc.get_proc_name pdesc) in
       [Sil.Set (Sil.Lvar ret_var, trans_typ tp, trans_operand exp, Sil.dummy_location)]
+  | Store (op, tp, var) ->
+      [Sil.Set (trans_variable var, trans_typ tp, trans_operand op, Sil.dummy_location)]
   | _ -> raise (Unimplemented "Need to translate instruction to SIL.")
 
 (* Update CFG and call graph with new function definition *)
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ let trans_func_def (cfg : Cfg.cfg) (cg: Cg.t) : LAst.func_def -> unit = function
       let exit_kind = Cfg.Node.Exit_node procdesc in
       let exit_node = Cfg.Node.create cfg Sil.dummy_location exit_kind [] procdesc [] in
       let nodekind_of_instr : LAst.instr -> Cfg.Node.nodekind = function
-        | Ret _ -> Cfg.Node.Stmt_node "method_body"
+        | Ret _ | Store _ -> Cfg.Node.Stmt_node "method_body"
         | _ -> raise (Unimplemented "Need to get node type for instruction.") in
       let node_of_instr (cfg : Cfg.cfg) (procdesc : Cfg.Procdesc.t) (instr : LAst.instr) : Cfg.Node.t =
         Cfg.Node.create cfg Sil.dummy_location (nodekind_of_instr instr) (trans_instr cfg procdesc instr) procdesc [] in