diff --git a/pykd/dbgclient.cpp b/pykd/dbgclient.cpp
index b3642e3..b4665ff 100644
--- a/pykd/dbgclient.cpp
+++ b/pykd/dbgclient.cpp
@@ -502,6 +502,9 @@ ULONG64 DebugClient::getSymbolSize( const std::string &fullName )
     std::string     moduleName;
     std::string     symName;
 
+	if ( TypeInfo::isBaseType( fullName ) )
+		return  TypeInfo::getBaseTypeInfo( fullName )->getSize();
+
     splitSymName( fullName, moduleName, symName );
 
     ModulePtr   module = loadModuleByName( moduleName );   
@@ -521,6 +524,9 @@ TypeInfoPtr DebugClient::getTypeInfoByName( const std::string &typeName )
     std::string     moduleName;
     std::string     symName;
 
+	if ( TypeInfo::isBaseType( typeName ) )
+		return TypeInfo::getBaseTypeInfo( typeName );
+
     splitSymName( typeName, moduleName, symName );
 
     ModulePtr   module = loadModuleByName( moduleName );   
diff --git a/pykd/typeinfo.cpp b/pykd/typeinfo.cpp
index afaa716..6e826f4 100644
--- a/pykd/typeinfo.cpp
+++ b/pykd/typeinfo.cpp
@@ -136,6 +136,14 @@ TypeInfoPtr TypeInfo::getTypeInfo( pyDia::SymbolPtr &symScope, pyDia::SymbolPtr
 
 static const boost::regex baseMatch("^(Char)|(WChar)|(Int1B)|(UInt1B)|(Int2B)|(UInt2B)|(Int4B)|(UInt4B)|(Int8B)|(UInt8B)|(Long)|(ULong)|(Float)|(Bool)|(Double)$" );
 
+bool 
+TypeInfo::isBaseType( const std::string &symName )
+{
+    boost::cmatch    baseMatchResult;
+
+    return boost::regex_match( symName.c_str(), baseMatchResult, baseMatch );
+}
+
 TypeInfoPtr 
 TypeInfo::getBaseTypeInfo( const std::string &symName )
 {
diff --git a/pykd/typeinfo.h b/pykd/typeinfo.h
index ecc8b7a..f0f4c70 100644
--- a/pykd/typeinfo.h
+++ b/pykd/typeinfo.h
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ public:
     static
     TypeInfoPtr  getBaseTypeInfo( pyDia::SymbolPtr &symbol ); 
 
+	static
+	bool isBaseType( const std::string &name );
+
 public:
 
     TypeInfo() :
diff --git a/test/scripts/typeinfo.py b/test/scripts/typeinfo.py
index 868a6ef..7471f6c 100644
--- a/test/scripts/typeinfo.py
+++ b/test/scripts/typeinfo.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class TypeInfoTest( unittest.TestCase ):
         self.assertEqual( "structTest", pykd.typeInfo( target.moduleName + "!structTest" ).name() )
         self.assertEqual( "structTest", pykd.typeInfo( "g_structTest" ).name() )
         self.assertEqual( "structTest", pykd.typeInfo( target.moduleName + "!g_structTest" ).name() )     
-        self.assertEqual( "Int1B", pykd.typeInfo( "Int1B" ) )	
+        self.assertEqual( "Int1B", pykd.typeInfo( "Int1B" ).name() )	
  
     def testCreateByName( self ):
         """ creating typeInfo by the type name """