diff --git a/parse.y b/parse.y
index 727a40286..0d152149d 100644
--- a/parse.y
+++ b/parse.y
@@ -605,6 +605,12 @@ block_item_decl
 		  if ($1) delete $1;
 		}
 
+	| attribute_list_opt K_bit unsigned_signed_opt range_opt
+	  register_variable_list ';'
+		{
+			pform_set_net_range($5, $4, $3, IVL_VT_BOOL);
+			if ($1) delete $1;
+		}
   /* Integer atom declarations are simpler in that they do not have
      all the trappings of a general variable declaration. All of that
      is implicit in the "integer" of the declaration. */
diff --git a/vvp/vpi_signal.cc b/vvp/vpi_signal.cc
index 520b331b5..1c1542d01 100644
--- a/vvp/vpi_signal.cc
+++ b/vvp/vpi_signal.cc
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ struct __vpiSignal* vpip_signal_from_handle(vpiHandle ref)
 	  case vpiShortIntVar:
 	  case vpiIntVar:
 	  case vpiLongIntVar:
+	  case vpiBitVar:
 	    return (struct __vpiSignal*)ref;
 
 	  default: