diff --git a/basis/stack-checker/dependencies/dependencies.factor b/basis/stack-checker/dependencies/dependencies.factor
index 1bd7cdcd31..4c5529d424 100644
--- a/basis/stack-checker/dependencies/dependencies.factor
+++ b/basis/stack-checker/dependencies/dependencies.factor
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ M: c-type-word depends-on-c-type depends-on-definition ;
 M: array depends-on-c-type
     [ word? ] filter [ depends-on-definition ] each ;
 
+M: pointer depends-on-c-type
+    to>> depends-on-c-type ;
+
 ! Generic words that the current quotation depends on
 SYMBOL: generic-dependencies