diff --git a/include/xo/reader/expect_type_xs.hpp b/include/xo/reader/expect_type_xs.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..261074f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/xo/reader/expect_type_xs.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* file expect_type_xs.hpp
+ *
+ * author: Roland Conybeare, Aug 2024
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "exprstate.hpp"
+
+namespace xo {
+    namespace scm {
+        /** @class expect_type_xs
+         *  @brief state-machine for accepting a typename-expression
+         **/
+        class expect_type_xs : public exprstate {
+        public:
+            expect_type_xs();
+
+            static std::unique_ptr<expect_type_xs> make();
+        };
+    } /*namespace scm*/
+} /*namespace xo*/
+
+
+/* end expect_type_xs.hpp */
diff --git a/include/xo/reader/exprstate.hpp b/include/xo/reader/exprstate.hpp
index 7f643921..b3cdf24e 100644
--- a/include/xo/reader/exprstate.hpp
+++ b/include/xo/reader/exprstate.hpp
@@ -75,9 +75,11 @@ namespace xo {
                 return std::make_unique<exprstate>(exprstate(exprstatetype::expect_symbol));
             }
 #endif
+#ifdef RELOCATED
             static std::unique_ptr<exprstate> expect_type() {
                 return std::make_unique<exprstate>(exprstate(exprstatetype::expect_type));
             }
+#endif
 
             exprstatetype exs_type() const { return exs_type_; }
 
diff --git a/src/reader/CMakeLists.txt b/src/reader/CMakeLists.txt
index 473c9a93..6907dff2 100644
--- a/src/reader/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/reader/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ set(SELF_SRCS
     paren_xs.cpp
     exprseq_xs.cpp
     expect_expr_xs.cpp
-    expect_symbol_xs.cpp)
+    expect_symbol_xs.cpp
+    expect_type_xs.cpp)
 
 xo_add_shared_library4(${SELF_LIB} ${PROJECT_NAME}Targets ${PROJECT_VERSION} 1 ${SELF_SRCS})
 xo_dependency(${SELF_LIB} xo_expression)
diff --git a/src/reader/define_xs.cpp b/src/reader/define_xs.cpp
index ffa8a094..ea8a72a1 100644
--- a/src/reader/define_xs.cpp
+++ b/src/reader/define_xs.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "define_xs.hpp"
 #include "expect_expr_xs.hpp"
+#include "expect_type_xs.hpp"
 
 namespace xo {
     namespace scm {
@@ -321,7 +322,7 @@ namespace xo {
             if (this->defxs_type_ == defexprstatetype::def_1) {
                 this->defxs_type_ = defexprstatetype::def_2;
 
-                p_stack->push_exprstate(exprstate::expect_type());
+                p_stack->push_exprstate(expect_type_xs::make());
             } else {
                 assert(false);
             }
diff --git a/src/reader/expect_type_xs.cpp b/src/reader/expect_type_xs.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..65f0f7a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/reader/expect_type_xs.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/* file expect_type_xs.cpp
+ *
+ * author: Roland Conybeare
+ */
+
+#include "expect_type_xs.hpp"
+#include "exprstate.hpp"
+
+namespace xo {
+    namespace scm {
+        std::unique_ptr<expect_type_xs>
+        expect_type_xs::make() {
+            return std::make_unique<expect_type_xs>(expect_type_xs());
+        }
+
+        expect_type_xs::expect_type_xs()
+            : exprstate(exprstatetype::expect_type)
+        {}
+
+    } /*namespace scm*/
+} /*namespace xo*/
+
+
+/* end expect_type_xs.cpp */