diff --git a/ssc/ast/nodes.keywords.cs b/ssc/ast/nodes.keywords.cs
index a03e248..fc85730 100644
--- a/ssc/ast/nodes.keywords.cs
+++ b/ssc/ast/nodes.keywords.cs
@@ -3,4 +3,9 @@
 		public sunConstKeyword(sunSourceLocation location)
 			: base(location) { }
 	}
+
+	class sunLocalKeyword : sunNode {
+		public sunLocalKeyword(sunSourceLocation location)
+			: base(location) { }
+	}
 }
diff --git a/ssc/parser.cs b/ssc/parser.cs
index a62318c..b964394 100644
--- a/ssc/parser.cs
+++ b/ssc/parser.cs
@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ namespace arookas {
 					}
 				}
 			}
+			if (id == __sunConstants.LOCAL) {
+				return new sunLocalKeyword(location);
+			}
 
 			// emergency fallback
 			return null;