diff --git a/src/binaryen-c.cpp b/src/binaryen-c.cpp
index 233ff5e34d6..8b4021c5bc3 100644
--- a/src/binaryen-c.cpp
+++ b/src/binaryen-c.cpp
@@ -172,6 +172,18 @@ WASM_DEPRECATED BinaryenType BinaryenFloat32(void) { return Type::f32; }
 WASM_DEPRECATED BinaryenType BinaryenFloat64(void) { return Type::f64; }
 WASM_DEPRECATED BinaryenType BinaryenUndefined(void) { return uint32_t(-1); }
 
+// Packed types
+
+BinaryenPackedType BinaryenPackedTypeNotPacked(void) {
+  return Field::PackedType::not_packed;
+}
+BinaryenPackedType BinaryenPackedTypeInt8(void) {
+  return Field::PackedType::i8;
+}
+BinaryenPackedType BinaryenPackedTypeInt16(void) {
+  return Field::PackedType::i16;
+}
+
 // Expression ids
 
 BinaryenExpressionId BinaryenInvalidId(void) {
diff --git a/src/binaryen-c.h b/src/binaryen-c.h
index 387e54b72f4..bd8e19048da 100644
--- a/src/binaryen-c.h
+++ b/src/binaryen-c.h
@@ -121,6 +121,14 @@ WASM_DEPRECATED BinaryenType BinaryenFloat32(void);
 WASM_DEPRECATED BinaryenType BinaryenFloat64(void);
 WASM_DEPRECATED BinaryenType BinaryenUndefined(void);
 
+// Packed types (call to get the value of each; you can cache them)
+
+typedef uint32_t BinaryenPackedType;
+
+BINARYEN_API BinaryenPackedType BinaryenPackedTypeNotPacked(void);
+BINARYEN_API BinaryenPackedType BinaryenPackedTypeInt8(void);
+BINARYEN_API BinaryenPackedType BinaryenPackedTypeInt16(void);
+
 // Expression ids (call to get the value of each; you can cache them)
 
 typedef uint32_t BinaryenExpressionId;
diff --git a/test/example/c-api-kitchen-sink.c b/test/example/c-api-kitchen-sink.c
index e3199bdd66e..9f8c9a64068 100644
--- a/test/example/c-api-kitchen-sink.c
+++ b/test/example/c-api-kitchen-sink.c
@@ -280,6 +280,13 @@ void test_types() {
   pair[0] = pair[1] = f32;
   BinaryenType float_pair = BinaryenTypeCreate(pair, 2);
   assert(float_pair != i32_pair);
+
+  BinaryenPackedType notPacked = BinaryenPackedTypeNotPacked();
+  printf("  // BinaryenPackedTypeNotPacked: %d\n", notPacked);
+  BinaryenPackedType i8 = BinaryenPackedTypeInt8();
+  printf("  // BinaryenPackedTypeInt8: %d\n", i8);
+  BinaryenPackedType i16 = BinaryenPackedTypeInt16();
+  printf("  // BinaryenPackedTypeInt16: %d\n", i16);
 }
 
 void test_features() {
diff --git a/test/example/c-api-kitchen-sink.txt b/test/example/c-api-kitchen-sink.txt
index 3393022ae95..211c7003b16 100644
--- a/test/example/c-api-kitchen-sink.txt
+++ b/test/example/c-api-kitchen-sink.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
   // BinaryenTypeI31ref: 10
   // BinaryenTypeDataref: 11
   // BinaryenTypeAuto: -1
+  // BinaryenPackedTypeNotPacked: 0
+  // BinaryenPackedTypeInt8: 1
+  // BinaryenPackedTypeInt16: 2
 BinaryenFeatureMVP: 0
 BinaryenFeatureAtomics: 1
 BinaryenFeatureBulkMemory: 16