diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 36caf9a..ad2f096 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const zls_version = std.builtin.Version{ .major = 0, .minor = 11, .patch = 0 };
 pub fn build(b: *std.build.Builder) !void {
     comptime {
         const current_zig = builtin.zig_version;
-        const min_zig = std.SemanticVersion.parse("0.11.0-dev.2558+d3a237a98") catch unreachable; // zig build changes - "remove-legacy-build-api" https://github.com/ziglang/zig/pull/15234
+        const min_zig = std.SemanticVersion.parse("0.11.0-dev.2571+31738de28") catch unreachable; // add c_char - https://github.com/ziglang/zig/pull/15263
         if (current_zig.order(min_zig) == .lt) {
             @compileError(std.fmt.comptimePrint("Your Zig version v{} does not meet the minimum build requirement of v{}", .{ current_zig, min_zig }));
         }
diff --git a/src/analysis.zig b/src/analysis.zig
index 853d733..d6557a5 100644
--- a/src/analysis.zig
+++ b/src/analysis.zig
@@ -653,6 +653,7 @@ pub fn isTypeIdent(text: []const u8) bool {
         .{"type"},         .{"anyerror"},
         .{"comptime_int"}, .{"comptime_float"},
         .{"anyframe"},     .{"anytype"},
+        .{"c_char"}
     });
 
     if (PrimitiveTypes.has(text)) return true;
diff --git a/src/stage2/AstGen.zig b/src/stage2/AstGen.zig
index a71fdc1..8a53e68 100644
--- a/src/stage2/AstGen.zig
+++ b/src/stage2/AstGen.zig
@@ -9025,6 +9025,7 @@ const primitive_instrs = std.ComptimeStringMap(Zir.Inst.Ref, .{
     .{ "c_long", .c_long_type },
     .{ "c_longdouble", .c_longdouble_type },
     .{ "c_longlong", .c_longlong_type },
+    .{ "c_char", .c_char_type },
     .{ "c_short", .c_short_type },
     .{ "c_uint", .c_uint_type },
     .{ "c_ulong", .c_ulong_type },
@@ -9773,6 +9774,7 @@ fn nodeImpliesMoreThanOnePossibleValue(tree: *const Ast, start_node: Ast.Node.In
                     .c_long_type,
                     .c_longdouble_type,
                     .c_longlong_type,
+                    .c_char_type,
                     .c_short_type,
                     .c_uint_type,
                     .c_ulong_type,
@@ -10018,6 +10020,7 @@ fn nodeImpliesComptimeOnly(tree: *const Ast, start_node: Ast.Node.Index) bool {
                     .c_long_type,
                     .c_longdouble_type,
                     .c_longlong_type,
+                    .c_char_type,
                     .c_short_type,
                     .c_uint_type,
                     .c_ulong_type,
@@ -10158,6 +10161,7 @@ fn rvalue(
                 as_ty | @enumToInt(Zir.Inst.Ref.i64_type),
                 as_ty | @enumToInt(Zir.Inst.Ref.usize_type),
                 as_ty | @enumToInt(Zir.Inst.Ref.isize_type),
+                as_ty | @enumToInt(Zir.Inst.Ref.c_char_type),
                 as_ty | @enumToInt(Zir.Inst.Ref.c_short_type),
                 as_ty | @enumToInt(Zir.Inst.Ref.c_ushort_type),
                 as_ty | @enumToInt(Zir.Inst.Ref.c_int_type),
diff --git a/src/stage2/Zir.zig b/src/stage2/Zir.zig
index 19009f2..0d7d561 100644
--- a/src/stage2/Zir.zig
+++ b/src/stage2/Zir.zig
@@ -2079,6 +2079,7 @@ pub const Inst = struct {
         i128_type,
         usize_type,
         isize_type,
+        c_char_type,
         c_short_type,
         c_ushort_type,
         c_int_type,