diff --git a/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp b/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp
index af3828ca7c..ef8d7a0b29 100644
--- a/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp
+++ b/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp
@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ class CommonVisitor : public AST::BaseVisitor<Struct> {
         {"complex64", "c32"},
         {"complex128", "c64"},
         {"complex_", "c64"},
+        {"object", "T"}
     };
 
     CommonVisitor(Allocator &al, LocationManager &lm, SymbolTable *symbol_table,