diff --git a/components/compiler/exprparser.cpp b/components/compiler/exprparser.cpp
index ffb6fd3367..e780fdd31c 100644
--- a/components/compiler/exprparser.cpp
+++ b/components/compiler/exprparser.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "generator.hpp"
 #include "scanner.hpp"
 #include "errorhandler.hpp"
+#include "locals.hpp"
 
 namespace Compiler
 {
@@ -212,6 +213,19 @@ namespace Compiler
         Scanner& scanner)
     {
         mFirst = false;
+
+        if (mNextOperand)
+        {    
+            char type = mLocals.getType (name);
+            
+            if (type!=' ')
+            {
+                Generator::fetchLocal (mCode, type, mLocals.getIndex (name));
+                mNextOperand = false;
+                mOperands.push_back (type=='f' ? 'f' : 'l');    
+                return true;    
+            }
+        }
         
         return Parser::parseName (name, loc, scanner);
     }
diff --git a/components/compiler/generator.cpp b/components/compiler/generator.cpp
index ddbae874a4..9a07820db1 100644
--- a/components/compiler/generator.cpp
+++ b/components/compiler/generator.cpp
@@ -160,6 +160,21 @@ namespace
     {
         code.push_back (segment3 (0, buttons));
     }
+    
+    void opFetchLocalShort (Compiler::Generator::CodeContainer& code)
+    {
+        code.push_back (segment5 (21));    
+    }
+    
+    void opFetchLocalLong (Compiler::Generator::CodeContainer& code)
+    {
+        code.push_back (segment5 (22));
+    }
+    
+    void opFetchLocalFloat (Compiler::Generator::CodeContainer& code)
+    {
+        code.push_back (segment5 (23));
+    }    
 }
 
 namespace Compiler
@@ -347,6 +362,33 @@ namespace Compiler
             opPushInt (code, index);
             opMessageBox (code, buttons);
         }
+        
+        void fetchLocal (CodeContainer& code, char localType, int localIndex)
+        {
+            opPushInt (code, localIndex);
+
+            switch (localType)
+            {
+                case 'f':
+                
+                    opFetchLocalFloat (code);
+                    break;
+                
+                case 's':
+
+                    opFetchLocalShort (code);
+                    break;
+                
+                case 'l':
+
+                    opFetchLocalLong (code);
+                    break;
+            
+                default:
+                
+                    assert (0);
+            }        
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/components/compiler/generator.hpp b/components/compiler/generator.hpp
index 2dd81711e2..9a5b568ca1 100644
--- a/components/compiler/generator.hpp
+++ b/components/compiler/generator.hpp
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ namespace Compiler
         
         void message (CodeContainer& code, Literals& literals, const std::string& message,
             int buttons);
+            
+        void fetchLocal (CodeContainer& code, char localType, int localIndex);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/components/interpreter/docs/vmformat.txt b/components/interpreter/docs/vmformat.txt
index c5bc133f70..ffa906b90d 100644
--- a/components/interpreter/docs/vmformat.txt
+++ b/components/interpreter/docs/vmformat.txt
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ op  17: convert stack[1] from integer to float
 op  18: convert stack[1] from float to integer
 op  19: take square root of stack[0] (float)
 op  20: return
-opcodes 21-33554431 unused
+op  21: replace stack[0] with local short stack[0]
+op  22: replace stack[0] with local long stack[0]
+op  23: replace stack[0] with local float stack[0]
+opcodes 24-33554431 unused
 opcodes 33554432-67108863 reserved for extensions
 
diff --git a/components/interpreter/installopcodes.cpp b/components/interpreter/installopcodes.cpp
index 5836967ed1..63d9e6c3fc 100644
--- a/components/interpreter/installopcodes.cpp
+++ b/components/interpreter/installopcodes.cpp
@@ -21,13 +21,16 @@ namespace Interpreter
         interpreter.installSegment5 (17, new OpIntToFloat1);
         interpreter.installSegment5 (18, new OpFloatToInt1);
                     
-        // local variables
+        // local variables & literals
         interpreter.installSegment5 (0, new OpStoreLocalShort);
         interpreter.installSegment5 (1, new OpStoreLocalLong);
         interpreter.installSegment5 (2, new OpStoreLocalFloat);        
         interpreter.installSegment5 (4, new OpFetchIntLiteral);            
         interpreter.installSegment5 (5, new OpFetchFloatLiteral);  
-        
+        interpreter.installSegment5 (21, new OpFetchLocalShort);
+        interpreter.installSegment5 (22, new OpFetchLocalLong);
+        interpreter.installSegment5 (23, new OpFetchLocalFloat); 
+                
         // math
         interpreter.installSegment5 (9, new OpAddInt<Type_Integer>);
         interpreter.installSegment5 (10, new OpAddInt<Type_Float>);
diff --git a/components/interpreter/localopcodes.hpp b/components/interpreter/localopcodes.hpp
index d156359679..4be661d87f 100644
--- a/components/interpreter/localopcodes.hpp
+++ b/components/interpreter/localopcodes.hpp
@@ -76,6 +76,42 @@ namespace Interpreter
                 runtime[0] = *reinterpret_cast<Type_Data *> (&floatValue);
             }           
     };     
+    
+    class OpFetchLocalShort : public Opcode0
+    {
+        public:
+        
+            virtual void execute (Runtime& runtime)
+            {
+                int index = runtime[0];           
+                int value = runtime.getContext().getLocalShort (index);
+                runtime[0] = *reinterpret_cast<Type_Data *> (&value);
+            }           
+    };    
+
+    class OpFetchLocalLong : public Opcode0
+    {
+        public:
+        
+            virtual void execute (Runtime& runtime)
+            {
+                int index = runtime[0];           
+                int value = runtime.getContext().getLocalLong (index);
+                runtime[0] = *reinterpret_cast<Type_Data *> (&value);
+            }           
+    };    
+
+    class OpFetchLocalFloat : public Opcode0
+    {
+        public:
+        
+            virtual void execute (Runtime& runtime)
+            {
+                int index = runtime[0];           
+                float value = runtime.getContext().getLocalFloat (index);
+                runtime[0] = *reinterpret_cast<Type_Data *> (&value);
+            }           
+    };    
 }
 
 #endif