diff --git a/libs/parser/rules/pslang.l b/libs/parser/rules/pslang.l
index 8a47dd0..c9f9852 100644
--- a/libs/parser/rules/pslang.l
+++ b/libs/parser/rules/pslang.l
@@ -88,6 +88,14 @@ f64  { return bp::make_f64(ctx.location); }
 [0-9]+\.[0-9]+  { return bp::make_lit_f32(yytext, ctx.location); }
 [0-9]+\.[0-9]+l { return bp::make_lit_f64(yytext, ctx.location); }
 
+'.' { return bp::make_lit_char8(yytext[1], ctx.location); }
+'\\n' { return bp::make_lit_char8(10, ctx.location); }
+'\\t' { return bp::make_lit_char8(11, ctx.location); }
+'\\r' { return bp::make_lit_char8(13, ctx.location); }
+'\\\"' { return bp::make_lit_char8(22, ctx.location); }
+'\\'' { return bp::make_lit_char8(27, ctx.location); }
+'\\\\' { return bp::make_lit_char8(134, ctx.location); }
+
 <<EOF>> { return bp::make_end(ctx.location); }
 
 . { throw ::pslang::parser::parse_error("unexpected character \"" + std::string(yytext) + "\"", ctx.location); }
diff --git a/libs/parser/rules/pslang.y b/libs/parser/rules/pslang.y
index 67231dd..ab211f7 100644
--- a/libs/parser/rules/pslang.y
+++ b/libs/parser/rules/pslang.y
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ template <typename T>
 %token <std::string> lit_f32
 %token <std::string> lit_f64
 
+%token <char> lit_char8
+
 %token <std::string> name
 
 %token const
@@ -310,6 +312,7 @@ literal
 | lit_u64 { $$ = parse_numeric_literal<std::uint64_t>($1, ctx.location); }
 | lit_f32 { $$ = parse_numeric_literal<float>($1, ctx.location); }
 | lit_f64 { $$ = parse_numeric_literal<double>($1, ctx.location); }
+| lit_char8 { $$ = ast::u8_literal{static_cast<std::uint8_t>($1), ctx.location}; }
 ;
 
 %%