diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 870e26d8b85..960511ab5f2 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed bug #81433 (DOMElement::setIdAttribute() called twice may remove ID).
     (Viktor Volkov)
 
+- FFI:
+  . Fixed bug #79576 ("TYPE *" shows unhelpful message when type is not
+    defined). (Dmitry)
+
 - Shmop:
   . Fixed bug #81407 (shmop_open won't attach and causes php to crash). (cmb)
 
diff --git a/ext/ffi/ffi.g b/ext/ffi/ffi.g
index ff458007d2b..3c6c4f609cd 100644
--- a/ext/ffi/ffi.g
+++ b/ext/ffi/ffi.g
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ declaration_specifiers(zend_ffi_dcl *dcl):
 
 specifier_qualifier_list(zend_ffi_dcl *dcl):
 	"__extension__"?
-	(	?{sym != YY_ID || zend_ffi_is_typedef_name((const char*)yy_text, yy_pos - yy_text)}
+	(	?{sym != YY_ID || zend_ffi_is_typedef_name((const char*)yy_text, yy_pos - yy_text) || (dcl->flags & ZEND_FFI_DCL_TYPE_SPECIFIERS) == 0}
 		(	type_specifier(dcl)
 		|	type_qualifier(dcl)
 		|	attributes(dcl)
diff --git a/ext/ffi/ffi_parser.c b/ext/ffi/ffi_parser.c
index 286175aa49b..eca10c27d19 100644
--- a/ext/ffi/ffi_parser.c
+++ b/ext/ffi/ffi_parser.c
@@ -2188,7 +2188,7 @@ static int parse_specifier_qualifier_list(int sym, zend_ffi_dcl *dcl) {
 		} else {
 			yy_error_sym("unexpected", sym);
 		}
-	} while ((YY_IN_SET(sym, (YY_VOID,YY_CHAR,YY_SHORT,YY_INT,YY_LONG,YY_FLOAT,YY_DOUBLE,YY_SIGNED,YY_UNSIGNED,YY__BOOL,YY__COMPLEX,YY_COMPLEX,YY___COMPLEX,YY___COMPLEX__,YY_STRUCT,YY_UNION,YY_ENUM,YY_ID,YY_CONST,YY___CONST,YY___CONST__,YY_RESTRICT,YY___RESTRICT,YY___RESTRICT__,YY_VOLATILE,YY___VOLATILE,YY___VOLATILE__,YY__ATOMIC,YY___ATTRIBUTE,YY___ATTRIBUTE__,YY___DECLSPEC,YY___CDECL,YY___STDCALL,YY___FASTCALL,YY___THISCALL,YY___VECTORCALL), "\000\000\376\377\377\107\360\017\000\000\000\002\000")) && (sym != YY_ID || zend_ffi_is_typedef_name((const char*)yy_text, yy_pos - yy_text)));
+	} while ((YY_IN_SET(sym, (YY_VOID,YY_CHAR,YY_SHORT,YY_INT,YY_LONG,YY_FLOAT,YY_DOUBLE,YY_SIGNED,YY_UNSIGNED,YY__BOOL,YY__COMPLEX,YY_COMPLEX,YY___COMPLEX,YY___COMPLEX__,YY_STRUCT,YY_UNION,YY_ENUM,YY_ID,YY_CONST,YY___CONST,YY___CONST__,YY_RESTRICT,YY___RESTRICT,YY___RESTRICT__,YY_VOLATILE,YY___VOLATILE,YY___VOLATILE__,YY__ATOMIC,YY___ATTRIBUTE,YY___ATTRIBUTE__,YY___DECLSPEC,YY___CDECL,YY___STDCALL,YY___FASTCALL,YY___THISCALL,YY___VECTORCALL), "\000\000\376\377\377\107\360\017\000\000\000\002\000")) && (sym != YY_ID || zend_ffi_is_typedef_name((const char*)yy_text, yy_pos - yy_text) || (dcl->flags & ZEND_FFI_DCL_TYPE_SPECIFIERS) == 0));
 	return sym;
 }
 
diff --git a/ext/ffi/tests/bug79576.phpt b/ext/ffi/tests/bug79576.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ff0db9f6a0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/ffi/tests/bug79576.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #79576 ("TYPE *" shows unhelpful message when type is not defined)
+--EXTENSIONS--
+ffi
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+if (PHP_DEBUG || getenv('SKIP_ASAN')) echo "xfail: FFI cleanup after parser error is nor implemented";
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+try {
+	FFI::cdef('struct tree *get_tree(const oid *, size_t, struct tree *);');
+} catch (Throwable $e) {
+	echo get_class($e) . ": " . $e->getMessage()."\n";
+}
+try {
+	FFI::cdef('struct tree *get_tree(oid, size_t, struct tree *);');
+} catch (Throwable $e) {
+	echo get_class($e) . ": " . $e->getMessage()."\n";
+}
+try {
+	FFI::cdef('
+typedef struct _simple_struct {
+        const some_not_declared_type **property;
+    } simple_struct;
+');
+} catch (Throwable $e) {
+	echo get_class($e) . ": " . $e->getMessage()."\n";
+}
+?>
+DONE
+--EXPECT--
+FFI\ParserException: undefined C type 'oid' at line 1
+FFI\ParserException: undefined C type 'oid' at line 1
+FFI\ParserException: undefined C type 'some_not_declared_type' at line 3
+DONE