diff --git a/src/parsing.cpp b/src/parsing.cpp
index 8c78300..255860f 100644
--- a/src/parsing.cpp
+++ b/src/parsing.cpp
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ namespace parsing {
         }
     }
 
-    Result<std::unique_ptr<AST::TopLevelStatement>, std::string> parse_top_level_statement(token::TokenStream& stream, Scope& scope) {
+    Result<std::unique_ptr<AST::TopLevelStatement>, std::string> parse_function(token::TokenStream& stream, Scope& scope) {
         token::TokenStream inner{ stream };
         auto before_meta = inner.metadata();
         try {
@@ -492,4 +492,42 @@ namespace parsing {
             return std::string(error.what());
         }
     }
+
+    Result<std::unique_ptr<AST::TopLevelStatement>, std::string> parse_tl_typedef(token::TokenStream& stream, Scope& scope) {
+        token::TokenStream inner{ stream };
+        auto before_meta = inner.metadata();
+        try {
+            auto ty = parse_type(inner, scope).unwrap();
+
+            stream.m_position = inner.m_position;
+            auto tl_typedef = new AST::TopLevelTypedef{
+                before_meta + stream.metadata(), ty
+            };
+            return std::unique_ptr<AST::TopLevelStatement>{tl_typedef};
+        }
+        catch (std::runtime_error& error) {
+            return std::string(error.what());
+        }
+    }
+
+    Result<std::unique_ptr<AST::TopLevelStatement>, std::string> parse_top_level_statement(token::TokenStream& stream, Scope& scope) {
+        token::TokenStream inner{ stream };
+        auto before_meta = inner.metadata();
+        try {
+            if (auto func = parse_function(inner, scope); func.ok()) {
+                stream.m_position = inner.m_position;
+                return func.unwrap();
+            }
+            else if (auto tl_typedef = parse_tl_typedef(inner, scope); tl_typedef.ok()) {
+                stream.m_position = inner.m_position;
+                return tl_typedef.unwrap();
+            }
+            else {
+                throw std::runtime_error("Expected top-level statement, got " + inner.peek().formatted());
+            }
+        }
+        catch (std::runtime_error& error) {
+            return std::string(error.what());
+        }
+    }
 }
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