diff --git a/gcc/rust/hir/rust-ast-lower-type.cc b/gcc/rust/hir/rust-ast-lower-type.cc
index 50576532ec46..28a421109762 100644
--- a/gcc/rust/hir/rust-ast-lower-type.cc
+++ b/gcc/rust/hir/rust-ast-lower-type.cc
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@
 // <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 #include "rust-ast-lower-type.h"
-#include "optional.h"
-#include "rust-attribute-values.h"
+#include "rust-hir-map.h"
+#include "rust-hir-path.h"
 #include "rust-path.h"
+#include "rust-pattern.h"
 
 namespace Rust {
 namespace HIR {
@@ -27,13 +28,31 @@ namespace HIR {
 HIR::TypePath *
 ASTLowerTypePath::translate (AST::Path &type)
 {
-  rust_assert (type.get_path_kind () == AST::Path::Kind::Type);
+  switch (type.get_path_kind ())
+    {
+    case AST::Path::Kind::LangItem:
+      return translate_lang_item_type_path (
+	static_cast<AST::LangItemPath &> (type));
+    case AST::Path::Kind::Type:
+      return translate_type_path (static_cast<AST::TypePath &> (type));
+    default:
+      rust_unreachable ();
+    }
+}
 
-  return ASTLowerTypePath::translate (static_cast<AST::TypePath &> (type));
+// FIXME: Before merging: Can we simplify these two with a simple call to visit
+// to do dynamic dispatch?
+HIR::TypePath *
+ASTLowerTypePath::translate_type_path (AST::TypePath &type)
+{
+  ASTLowerTypePath resolver;
+  type.accept_vis (resolver);
+  rust_assert (resolver.translated != nullptr);
+  return resolver.translated;
 }
 
 HIR::TypePath *
-ASTLowerTypePath::translate (AST::TypePath &type)
+ASTLowerTypePath::translate_lang_item_type_path (AST::LangItemPath &type)
 {
   ASTLowerTypePath resolver;
   type.accept_vis (resolver);
@@ -135,6 +154,30 @@ ASTLowerTypePath::visit (AST::TypePath &path)
 			 path.has_opening_scope_resolution_op ());
 }
 
+void
+ASTLowerTypePath::visit (AST::LangItemPath &path)
+{
+  auto crate_num = mappings.get_current_crate ();
+  auto hirid = mappings.get_next_hir_id (crate_num);
+  // FIXME: Here, do we want the path's node ID or the lang-item's node id? Same
+  // for the DefId? This is where we want to add our lang item to the mappings
+  // too no? -> no, cause this is a usage of the lang item, but not the
+  // definition itself e.g. impl #[lang = copy] for i32 {}. so we don't want to
+  // add to mappings
+  Analysis::NodeMapping mapping (crate_num, path.get_node_id (), hirid,
+				 mappings.get_next_localdef_id (crate_num));
+
+  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<HIR::TypePathSegment>> translated_segments;
+  translated_segments.emplace_back (std::unique_ptr<HIR::TypePathSegment> (
+    new HIR::TypePathSegment (mapping,
+			      LangItem::ToString (path.get_lang_item_kind ()),
+			      false, path.get_locus ())));
+
+  translated
+    = new HIR::TypePath (std::move (mapping), std::move (translated_segments),
+			 path.get_locus ());
+}
+
 HIR::QualifiedPathInType *
 ASTLowerQualifiedPathInType::translate (AST::QualifiedPathInType &type)
 {
diff --git a/gcc/rust/hir/rust-ast-lower-type.h b/gcc/rust/hir/rust-ast-lower-type.h
index ec73df27b8f3..2509276dec22 100644
--- a/gcc/rust/hir/rust-ast-lower-type.h
+++ b/gcc/rust/hir/rust-ast-lower-type.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #include "rust-ast-lower-base.h"
 #include "rust-ast-lower-expr.h"
+#include "rust-hir-path.h"
 
 namespace Rust {
 namespace HIR {
@@ -32,18 +33,21 @@ class ASTLowerTypePath : public ASTLoweringBase
 
 public:
   static HIR::TypePath *translate (AST::Path &type);
-  static HIR::TypePath *translate (AST::TypePath &type);
 
   void visit (AST::TypePathSegmentFunction &segment) override;
   void visit (AST::TypePathSegment &segment) override;
   void visit (AST::TypePathSegmentGeneric &segment) override;
   void visit (AST::TypePath &path) override;
+  void visit (AST::LangItemPath &path) override;
 
 protected:
   HIR::TypePathSegment *translated_segment;
 
 private:
   HIR::TypePath *translated;
+
+  static HIR::TypePath *translate_type_path (AST::TypePath &type);
+  static HIR::TypePath *translate_lang_item_type_path (AST::LangItemPath &type);
 };
 
 class ASTLowerQualifiedPathInType : public ASTLowerTypePath
diff --git a/gcc/rust/resolve/rust-ast-resolve-type.h b/gcc/rust/resolve/rust-ast-resolve-type.h
index e9451d3a1028..9dc779e6adbd 100644
--- a/gcc/rust/resolve/rust-ast-resolve-type.h
+++ b/gcc/rust/resolve/rust-ast-resolve-type.h
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ class ResolveType : public ResolverBase
 			   .lookup_lang_item_node (type.get_lang_item_kind ())
 			   .value ();
 
+	auto resolver = Resolver::get ();
+	resolver->insert_resolved_type (type.get_node_id (), lang_item);
+
 	return lang_item;
       }