--- a/src/elaborate.sml	Fri May 02 17:16:02 2014 -0400
+++ b/src/elaborate.sml	Fri May 02 19:19:09 2014 -0400
@@ -2999,6 +2999,7 @@
       | L'.DTask _ => []
       | L'.DPolicy _ => []
       | L'.DOnError _ => []
+      | L'.DFfi (x, n, _, t) => [(L'.SgiVal (x, n, t), loc)]
 
 and subSgn' counterparts env strLoc sgn1 (sgn2 as (_, loc2)) =
     ((*prefaces "subSgn" [("sgn1", p_sgn env sgn1),
@@ -4298,6 +4299,20 @@
                          ([(L'.DOnError (n, ms, s), loc)], (env, denv, gs))
                      end)
 
+              | L.DFfi (x, modes, t) =>
+                let
+                    val () = if Settings.getLessSafeFfi () then
+                                 ()
+                             else
+                                 ErrorMsg.errorAt loc "To enable 'ffi' declarations, the .urp directive 'lessSafeFfi' is mandatory."
+
+                    val (t', _, gs1) = elabCon (env, denv) t
+                    val t' = normClassConstraint env t'
+                    val (env', n) = E.pushENamed env x t'
+                in
+                    ([(L'.DFfi (x, n, modes, t'), loc)], (env', denv, enD gs1 @ gs))
+                end
+
         (*val tcs = List.filter (fn TypeClass _ => true | _ => false) (#3 (#2 r))*)
     in
         (*prefaces "/elabDecl" [("d", SourcePrint.p_decl dAll),