diff --git a/gcc/jit/libgccjit.cc b/gcc/jit/libgccjit.cc
index a2cdc01a3a469..58d47723e3871 100644
--- a/gcc/jit/libgccjit.cc
+++ b/gcc/jit/libgccjit.cc
@@ -575,8 +575,8 @@ gcc_jit_type_get_size (gcc_jit_type *type)
 {
   RETURN_VAL_IF_FAIL (type, -1, NULL, NULL, "NULL type");
   RETURN_VAL_IF_FAIL
-    (type->is_int () || type->is_float (), -1, NULL, NULL,
-     "only getting the size of integer or floating-point types is supported for now");
+    (type->is_int () || type->is_float () || type->is_pointer (), -1, NULL, NULL,
+     "only getting the size of integer or floating-point or pointer types is supported for now");
   return type->get_size ();
 }