diff --git a/accounts/abi/type.go b/accounts/abi/type.go
index 39b843f81..32089ce69 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/type.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/type.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const (
 	FixedBytesTy
 	BytesTy
 	HashTy
-	RealTy
+	FixedpointTy
 )
 
 // Type is the reflection of the supported argument type
@@ -57,16 +57,16 @@ var (
 	// Types can be in the format of:
 	//
 	// 	Input  = Type [ "[" [ Number ] "]" ] Name .
-	// 	Type   = [ "u" ] "int" [ Number ] .
+	// 	Type   = [ "u" ] "int" [ Number ] [ x ] [ Number ].
 	//
 	// Examples:
 	//
-	//      string     int       uint       real
+	//      string     int       uint       fixed
 	//      string32   int8      uint8      uint[]
-	//      address    int256    uint256    real[2]
-	fullTypeRegex = regexp.MustCompile("([a-zA-Z0-9]+)(\\[([0-9]*)?\\])?")
+	//      address    int256    uint256    fixed128x128[2]
+	fullTypeRegex = regexp.MustCompile("([a-zA-Z0-9]+)(\\[([0-9]*)\\])?")
 	// typeRegex parses the abi sub types
-	typeRegex = regexp.MustCompile("([a-zA-Z]+)([0-9]*)?")
+	typeRegex = regexp.MustCompile("([a-zA-Z]+)(([0-9]+)(x([0-9]+))?)?")
 )
 
 // NewType creates a new reflection type of abi type given in t.
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func NewType(t string) (typ Type, err error) {
 	parsedType := typeRegex.FindAllStringSubmatch(res[1], -1)[0]
 	// varSize is the size of the variable
 	var varSize int
-	if len(parsedType[2]) > 0 {
+	if len(parsedType[3]) > 0 {
 		var err error
 		varSize, err = strconv.Atoi(parsedType[2])
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/accounts/abi/type_test.go b/accounts/abi/type_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf776cf09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accounts/abi/type_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package abi
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// typeWithoutStringer is a alias for the Type type which simply doesn't implement
+// the stringer interface to allow printing type details in the tests below.
+type typeWithoutStringer Type
+
+// Tests that all allowed types get recognized by the type parser.
+func TestTypeRegexp(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		blob string
+		kind Type
+	}{
+		{"int", Type{Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: big_t, Size: 256, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int256"}},
+		{"int8", Type{Kind: reflect.Int8, Type: big_t, Size: 8, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int8"}},
+		{"int256", Type{Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: big_t, Size: 256, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int256"}},
+		{"int[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: big_t, Size: 256, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int256"}, stringKind: "int256[]"}},
+		{"int[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: big_t, Size: 256, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int256"}, stringKind: "int256[2]"}},
+		{"int32[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Int32, Type: big_t, Size: 32, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int32"}, stringKind: "int32[]"}},
+		{"int32[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Int32, Type: big_t, Size: 32, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int32"}, stringKind: "int32[2]"}},
+		{"uint", Type{Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: ubig_t, Size: 256, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint256"}},
+		{"uint8", Type{Kind: reflect.Uint8, Type: ubig_t, Size: 8, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint8"}},
+		{"uint256", Type{Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: ubig_t, Size: 256, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint256"}},
+		{"uint[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: ubig_t, Size: 256, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint256"}, stringKind: "uint256[]"}},
+		{"uint[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: ubig_t, Size: 256, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint256"}, stringKind: "uint256[2]"}},
+		{"uint32[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint32, Type: big_t, Size: 32, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint32"}, stringKind: "uint32[]"}},
+		{"uint32[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint32, Type: big_t, Size: 32, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint32"}, stringKind: "uint32[2]"}},
+		{"bytes", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint8, Type: ubig_t, Size: 8, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint8"}, T: BytesTy, stringKind: "bytes"}},
+		{"bytes32", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 32, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint8, Type: ubig_t, Size: 8, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint8"}, T: FixedBytesTy, stringKind: "bytes32"}},
+		{"bytes[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Elem: &Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint8, Type: ubig_t, Size: 8, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint8"}, T: BytesTy, stringKind: "bytes"}, stringKind: "bytes[]"}},
+		{"bytes[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Elem: &Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint8, Type: ubig_t, Size: 8, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint8"}, T: BytesTy, stringKind: "bytes"}, stringKind: "bytes[2]"}},
+		{"bytes32[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Elem: &Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 32, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint8, Type: ubig_t, Size: 8, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint8"}, T: FixedBytesTy, stringKind: "bytes32"}, stringKind: "bytes32[]"}},
+		{"bytes32[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Elem: &Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 32, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint8, Type: ubig_t, Size: 8, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint8"}, T: FixedBytesTy, stringKind: "bytes32"}, stringKind: "bytes32[2]"}},
+		{"string", Type{Kind: reflect.String, Size: -1, T: StringTy, stringKind: "string"}},
+		{"string[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.String, Size: -1, T: StringTy, stringKind: "string"}, stringKind: "string[]"}},
+		{"string[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.String, Size: -1, T: StringTy, stringKind: "string"}, stringKind: "string[2]"}},
+		{"address", Type{Kind: reflect.Array, Type: address_t, Size: 20, T: AddressTy, stringKind: "address"}},
+		{"address[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Array, Type: address_t, Size: 20, T: AddressTy, stringKind: "address"}, stringKind: "address[]"}},
+		{"address[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Array, Type: address_t, Size: 20, T: AddressTy, stringKind: "address"}, stringKind: "address[2]"}},
+
+		// TODO when fixed types are implemented properly
+		// {"fixed", Type{}},
+		// {"fixed128x128", Type{}},
+		// {"fixed[]", Type{}},
+		// {"fixed[2]", Type{}},
+		// {"fixed128x128[]", Type{}},
+		// {"fixed128x128[2]", Type{}},
+	}
+	for i, tt := range tests {
+		typ, err := NewType(tt.blob)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("type %d: failed to parse type string: %v", i, err)
+		}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(typ, tt.kind) {
+			t.Errorf("type %d: parsed type mismatch:\n  have %+v\n  want %+v", i, typeWithoutStringer(typ), typeWithoutStringer(tt.kind))
+		}
+	}
+}