diff --git a/nimterop/ast2.nim b/nimterop/ast2.nim
index 4a9b048..dff355e 100644
--- a/nimterop/ast2.nim
+++ b/nimterop/ast2.nim
@@ -951,10 +951,10 @@ proc getTypeArray(gState: State, node: TSNode, tident: PNode, name: string): PNo
       # type name[X] => array[X, type]
       let
         # Size of array could be a Nim expression
-        size = gState.parseCExpression(gState.getNodeVal(cnode[1]))
-      if size.kind != nkNone:
-        result = gState.newArrayTree(cnode, result, size)
-        cnode = cnode[0]
+        size = gState.parseCExpression(gState.getNodeVal(cnode[1]), skipIdentValidation = true)
+
+      result = gState.newArrayTree(cnode, result, size)
+      cnode = cnode[0]
     elif cnode.len == 1:
       # type name[] = UncheckedArray[type]
       result = gState.newArrayTree(cnode, result)
diff --git a/nimterop/exprparser.nim b/nimterop/exprparser.nim
index b0c34c1..b089fd2 100644
--- a/nimterop/exprparser.nim
+++ b/nimterop/exprparser.nim
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ proc getExprIdent*(gState: State, identName: string, kind = nskConst, parent = "
   ##
   ## Returns PNode(nkNone) if the identifier is blank
   result = newNode(nkNone)
-  if identName notin gState.skippedSyms:
+  if gState.skipIdentValidation or identName notin gState.skippedSyms:
     var ident = identName
     if ident != "_":
       # Process the identifier through cPlugin
       ident = gState.getIdentifier(ident, kind, parent)
     if kind == nskType:
       result = gState.getIdent(ident)
-    elif ident.nBl and ident in gState.constIdentifiers:
+    elif gState.skipIdentValidation or ident.nBl and ident in gState.constIdentifiers:
       if gState.currentTyCastName.nBl:
         ident = ident & "." & gState.currentTyCastName
       result = gState.getIdent(ident)
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ proc processTSNode(gState: State, node: TSNode, typeofNode: var PNode): PNode =
 
   decho "NODE RESULT: ", result
 
-proc parseCExpression*(gState: State, codeRoot: TSNode, name = ""): PNode =
+proc parseCExpression*(gState: State, codeRoot: TSNode): PNode =
   ## Parse a c expression from a root ts node
 
   # This var is used for keeping track of the type of the first
@@ -607,14 +607,16 @@ proc parseCExpression*(gState: State, codeRoot: TSNode, name = ""): PNode =
     decho "UNEXPECTED EXCEPTION: ", e.msg
     result = newNode(nkNone)
 
-proc parseCExpression*(gState: State, code: string, name = ""): PNode =
+proc parseCExpression*(gState: State, code: string, name = "", skipIdentValidation = false): PNode =
   ## Convert the C string to a nim PNode tree
   gState.currentExpr = code
   gState.currentTyCastName = name
+  gState.skipIdentValidation = skipIdentValidation
 
   withCodeAst(gState.currentExpr, gState.mode):
-    result = gState.parseCExpression(root, name)
+    result = gState.parseCExpression(root)
 
   # Clear the state
   gState.currentExpr = ""
-  gState.currentTyCastName = ""
\ No newline at end of file
+  gState.currentTyCastName = ""
+  gState.skipIdentValidation = false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nimterop/globals.nim b/nimterop/globals.nim
index 46203ea..05284a9 100644
--- a/nimterop/globals.nim
+++ b/nimterop/globals.nim
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ type
 
     # Used for the exprparser.nim module
     currentExpr*, currentTyCastName*: string
+    # Controls whether or not the current expression
+    # should validate idents against currently defined idents
+    skipIdentValidation*: bool
 
     # Legacy AST fields, remove when ast2 becomes default
     constStr*, enumStr*, procStr*, typeStr*: string
diff --git a/nimterop/toast.nim b/nimterop/toast.nim
index b1f910c..f54aa67 100644
--- a/nimterop/toast.nim
+++ b/nimterop/toast.nim
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import "."/treesitter/[api, c, cpp]
 
 import "."/[ast, ast2, build, globals, getters, grammar, tshelp]
 
+{.passC: "-DNIMTEROP".}
+
 proc process(gState: State, path: string, astTable: AstTable) =
   doAssert existsFile(path), &"Invalid path {path}"
 
diff --git a/tests/include/tast2.h b/tests/include/tast2.h
index bbb3315..b8433f9 100644
--- a/tests/include/tast2.h
+++ b/tests/include/tast2.h
@@ -42,13 +42,29 @@ extern "C" {
 #define REG_STR "regular string"
 #define NOTSUPPORTEDSTR "not a " REG_STR
 
-#define NULLCHAR '\0'/* comments should not break things*/
-#define OCTCHAR '\012' // nor should this comment
+#define NULLCHAR '\0'
+#define OCTCHAR '\012'
 #define HEXCHAR '\xFE'
 #define TRICKYSTR "\x4E\034\nfoo\0\'\"\r\v\a\b\e\f\t\\\?bar"
 
 #define ALLSHL (SHL1 | SHL2 | SHL3)
 
+#ifdef NIMTEROP
+#define SOME_CONST 8
+#endif
+
+struct some_struct_s
+{
+  int x;
+};
+
+struct parent_struct_s
+{
+  struct some_struct_s s[SOME_CONST];
+};
+
+typedef struct some_struct_s SOME_ARRAY[SOME_CONST];
+
 struct A0;
 struct A1 {};
 typedef struct A2;
diff --git a/tests/tast2.nim b/tests/tast2.nim
index 4fd16cc..8deb99e 100644
--- a/tests/tast2.nim
+++ b/tests/tast2.nim
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ cOverride:
   type
     A1* = A0
 
+cDefine("SOME_CONST=100")
 cImport(path, flags="-f:ast2 -ENK_,SDL_ -GVICE=SLICE -TMyInt=cint" & flags)
 
 proc getPragmas(n: NimNode): HashSet[string] =
@@ -155,6 +156,9 @@ assert typeof(POINTERPOINTERPOINTEREXPR) is (ptr ptr ptr cint)
 
 assert ALLSHL == (SHL1 or SHL2 or SHL3)
 
+assert typeof(parent_struct_s().s) is array[100, some_struct_s]
+assert typeof(SOME_ARRAY) is array[100, some_struct_s]
+
 assert A0 is object
 testFields(A0, "f1!cint")
 checkPragmas(A0, pHeaderBy, istype = false)