diff --git a/ssc/parser.cs b/ssc/parser.cs
index 8afe094..c997836 100644
--- a/ssc/parser.cs
+++ b/ssc/parser.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace arookas {
 	class sunParser {
 		static string[] keywords = {
 			"import",
-			"builtin", "function", "var", "const",
+			"builtin", "function", "var", "const", "local",
 			"if", "while", "do", "for",
 			"return", "break", "continue",
 			"yield", "exit", "lock", "unlock", "int", "float", "typeof",
diff --git a/ssc/sunscript.grammar b/ssc/sunscript.grammar
index e23a97c..d25dc60 100644
--- a/ssc/sunscript.grammar
+++ b/ssc/sunscript.grammar
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ BUILTIN										= "builtin"
 FUNCTION									= "function"
 VAR												= "var"
 CONST											= "const"
+LOCAL											= "local"
 
 IF												= "if"
 ELSE											= "else"