diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index e2d7c5819..0e0b470fc 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ The contributors that suggested a given feature are shown in []. Thanks!
 
 ***   Support $rewind and $ungetc.
 
+***   Support shortreal as real, with a SHORTREAL warning.
+
 ****  Add -Wpedantic for compliance testing.
 
 ****  Add error on redefining preprocessor directives. [Piotr Binkowski]
diff --git a/bin/verilator b/bin/verilator
index fb5853c0f..f259a021d 100755
--- a/bin/verilator
+++ b/bin/verilator
@@ -4163,6 +4163,17 @@ the access means the access out of bounds will never execute or be used.
         ...
         if (seven != 7) out = vec[seven];  // Never will use vec[7]
 
+=item SHORTREAL
+
+Warns that Verilator does not support "shortreal" and they will be
+automatically promoted to "real".  The recommendation is to replace any
+"shortreal" in the code with "real", as "shortreal" is not widely supported
+across industry tools.
+
+Ignoring this warning may make Verilator simulations differ from other
+simulators, if the increased precision of real affects your model or DPI
+calls.
+
 =item STMTDLY
 
 Warns that you have a statement with a delayed time in front of it, for
diff --git a/src/V3Error.h b/src/V3Error.h
index 0b865a290..98ce5220f 100644
--- a/src/V3Error.h
+++ b/src/V3Error.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ public:
         REALCVT,        // Real conversion
         REDEFMACRO,     // Redefining existing define macro
         SELRANGE,       // Selection index out of range
+        SHORTREAL,      // Shortreal not supported
         STMTDLY,        // Delayed statement
         SYMRSVDWORD,    // Symbol is Reserved Word
         SYNCASYNCNET,   // Mixed sync + async reset
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ public:
             "MULTIDRIVEN", "MULTITOP",
             "PINMISSING", "PINNOCONNECT", "PINCONNECTEMPTY", "PROCASSWIRE",
             "REALCVT", "REDEFMACRO",
-            "SELRANGE", "STMTDLY", "SYMRSVDWORD", "SYNCASYNCNET",
+            "SELRANGE", "SHORTREAL", "STMTDLY", "SYMRSVDWORD", "SYNCASYNCNET",
             "TICKCOUNT",
             "UNDRIVEN", "UNOPT", "UNOPTFLAT", "UNOPTTHREADS",
             "UNPACKED", "UNSIGNED", "UNUSED",
diff --git a/src/verilog.y b/src/verilog.y
index fc380300f..94db470d0 100644
--- a/src/verilog.y
+++ b/src/verilog.y
@@ -1425,7 +1425,7 @@ integer_vector_type<bdtypep>:	// ==IEEE: integer_atom_type
 non_integer_type<bdtypep>:	// ==IEEE: non_integer_type
 		yREAL					{ $$ = new AstBasicDType($1,AstBasicDTypeKwd::DOUBLE); }
 	|	yREALTIME				{ $$ = new AstBasicDType($1,AstBasicDTypeKwd::DOUBLE); }
-	|	ySHORTREAL				{ BBUNSUP($1, "Unsupported: shortreal (use real instead)");
+	|	ySHORTREAL				{ $1->v3warn(SHORTREAL, "Unsupported: shortreal being promoted to real (suggest use real instead)");
 							  $$ = new AstBasicDType($1,AstBasicDTypeKwd::DOUBLE); }
 	;
 
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_math_real.v b/test_regress/t/t_math_real.v
index a376b7768..ddf6d2b68 100644
--- a/test_regress/t/t_math_real.v
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_math_real.v
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module t (/*AUTOARG*/
    integer i;
    reg [63:0] b;
    real  r, r2;
-   integer 	cyc=0;
+   integer      cyc=0;
 
    realtime  uninit;
    initial if (uninit != 0.0) $stop;
@@ -90,54 +90,54 @@ module t (/*AUTOARG*/
 `endif
       cyc <= cyc + 1;
       if (cyc==0) begin
-	 // Setup
+         // Setup
       end
       else if (cyc<90) begin
-	 if ($time != {32'h0, $rtoi($realtime)}) $stop;
-	 if ($itor(cyc) != cyc) $stop;
-	 //Unsup: if ((real `($time)) != $realtime) $stop;
-	 r = $itor(cyc*2);
-	 i = $rtoi(r);
-	 if (i!=cyc*2) $stop;
-	 //
-	 r = $itor(cyc)/1.5;
-	 b = $realtobits(r);
-	 r2 = $bitstoreal(b);
-	 if (r != r2) $stop;
-	 //
-	 // Trust the integer math as a comparison
-	 r = $itor(cyc);
-	 if ($rtoi(-r) != -cyc) $stop;
-	 if ($rtoi(+r) != cyc) $stop;
-	 if ($rtoi(r+2.0) != (cyc+2)) $stop;
-	 if ($rtoi(r-2.0) != (cyc-2)) $stop;
-	 if ($rtoi(r*2.0) != (cyc*2)) $stop;
-	 if ($rtoi(r/2.0) != (cyc/2)) $stop;
-	 r2 = (2.0/(r-60));  // When zero, result indeterminate, but no crash
-	 //
-	 r2 = $itor(cyc);
-	 case (r)
-	   (r2-1.0): $stop;
-	   r2: ;
-	   default: $stop;
-	 endcase
-	 //
-	 r = $itor(cyc);
-	 if ((r==50.0) != (cyc==50)) $stop;
-	 if ((r!=50.0) != (cyc!=50)) $stop;
-	 if ((r> 50.0) != (cyc> 50)) $stop;
-	 if ((r>=50.0) != (cyc>=50)) $stop;
-	 if ((r< 50.0) != (cyc< 50)) $stop;
-	 if ((r<=50.0) != (cyc<=50)) $stop;
-	 //
-	 if ($rtoi((r-50.0) ? 10.0 : 20.0)
-	     !=  (((cyc-50)!=0) ? 10 : 20)) $stop;
-	 //
-	 if ((!(r-50.0)) != (!((cyc-50) != 0))) $stop;
+         if ($time != {32'h0, $rtoi($realtime)}) $stop;
+         if ($itor(cyc) != cyc) $stop;
+         //Unsup: if ((real `($time)) != $realtime) $stop;
+         r = $itor(cyc*2);
+         i = $rtoi(r);
+         if (i!=cyc*2) $stop;
+         //
+         r = $itor(cyc)/1.5;
+         b = $realtobits(r);
+         r2 = $bitstoreal(b);
+         if (r != r2) $stop;
+         //
+         // Trust the integer math as a comparison
+         r = $itor(cyc);
+         if ($rtoi(-r) != -cyc) $stop;
+         if ($rtoi(+r) != cyc) $stop;
+         if ($rtoi(r+2.0) != (cyc+2)) $stop;
+         if ($rtoi(r-2.0) != (cyc-2)) $stop;
+         if ($rtoi(r*2.0) != (cyc*2)) $stop;
+         if ($rtoi(r/2.0) != (cyc/2)) $stop;
+         r2 = (2.0/(r-60));  // When zero, result indeterminate, but no crash
+         //
+         r2 = $itor(cyc);
+         case (r)
+           (r2-1.0): $stop;
+           r2: ;
+           default: $stop;
+         endcase
+         //
+         r = $itor(cyc);
+         if ((r==50.0) != (cyc==50)) $stop;
+         if ((r!=50.0) != (cyc!=50)) $stop;
+         if ((r> 50.0) != (cyc> 50)) $stop;
+         if ((r>=50.0) != (cyc>=50)) $stop;
+         if ((r< 50.0) != (cyc< 50)) $stop;
+         if ((r<=50.0) != (cyc<=50)) $stop;
+         //
+         if ($rtoi((r-50.0) ? 10.0 : 20.0)
+             !=  (((cyc-50)!=0) ? 10 : 20)) $stop;
+         //
+         if ((!(r-50.0)) != (!((cyc-50) != 0))) $stop;
       end
       else if (cyc==99) begin
-	 $write("*-* All Finished *-*\n");
-	 $finish;
+         $write("*-* All Finished *-*\n");
+         $finish;
       end
    end
 endmodule
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_math_shortreal.pl b/test_regress/t/t_math_shortreal.pl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..89a4e77d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_math_shortreal.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+if (!$::Driver) { use FindBin; exec("$FindBin::Bin/bootstrap.pl", @ARGV, $0); die; }
+# DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test driver/expect definition
+#
+# Copyright 2003 by Wilson Snyder. This program is free software; you can
+# redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License
+# Version 2.0.
+
+scenarios(simulator => 1);
+
+compile(
+    );
+
+execute(
+    check_finished => 1,
+    );
+
+ok(1);
+1;
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_math_shortreal.v b/test_regress/t/t_math_shortreal.v
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..146e0463d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_math_shortreal.v
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+// DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test module
+//
+// Copyright 2011 by Wilson Snyder. This program is free software; you can
+// redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU
+// Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License
+// Version 2.0.
+
+`define is_near_real(a,b)  (( ((a)<(b)) ? (b)-(a) : (a)-(b)) < (((a)/(b))*0.0001))
+
+module t (/*AUTOARG*/
+   // Inputs
+   clk
+   );
+   input clk;
+
+   // verilator lint_off SHORTREAL
+   integer i;
+   reg [63:0] b;
+   shortreal    r, r2;
+   integer      cyc=0;
+
+   realtime  uninit;
+   initial if (uninit != 0.0) $stop;
+
+   initial begin
+      if (1_00_0.0_1 != 1000.01) $stop;
+      // rtoi truncates
+      if ($rtoi(36.7) != 36) $stop;
+      if ($rtoi(36.5) != 36) $stop;
+      if ($rtoi(36.4) != 36) $stop;
+      // casting rounds
+      if ((integer '(36.7)) != 37) $stop;
+      if ((integer '(36.5)) != 37) $stop;
+      if ((integer '(36.4)) != 36) $stop;
+      // assignment rounds
+      // verilator lint_off REALCVT
+      i = 36.7; if (i != 37) $stop;
+      i = 36.5; if (i != 37) $stop;
+      i = 36.4; if (i != 36) $stop;
+      r = 10'd38;  if (r!=38.0) $stop;
+      // verilator lint_on REALCVT
+      // operators
+      if ((-(1.5)) != -1.5) $stop;
+      if ((+(1.5)) != 1.5) $stop;
+      if (((1.5)+(1.25)) != 2.75) $stop;
+      if (((1.5)-(1.25)) != 0.25) $stop;
+      if (((1.5)*(1.25)) != 1.875) $stop;
+      if (((1.5)/(1.25)) != 1.2) $stop;
+      //
+      if (((1.5)==(2)) != 1'b0) $stop;  // note 2 becomes real 2.0
+      if (((1.5)!=(2)) != 1'b1) $stop;
+      if (((1.5)> (2)) != 1'b0) $stop;
+      if (((1.5)>=(2)) != 1'b0) $stop;
+      if (((1.5)< (2)) != 1'b1) $stop;
+      if (((1.5)<=(2)) != 1'b1) $stop;
+      if (((1.5)==(1.5)) != 1'b1) $stop;
+      if (((1.5)!=(1.5)) != 1'b0) $stop;
+      if (((1.5)> (1.5)) != 1'b0) $stop;
+      if (((1.5)>=(1.5)) != 1'b1) $stop;
+      if (((1.5)< (1.5)) != 1'b0) $stop;
+      if (((1.5)<=(1.5)) != 1'b1) $stop;
+      if (((1.6)==(1.5)) != 1'b0) $stop;
+      if (((1.6)!=(1.5)) != 1'b1) $stop;
+      if (((1.6)> (1.5)) != 1'b1) $stop;
+      if (((1.6)>=(1.5)) != 1'b1) $stop;
+      if (((1.6)< (1.5)) != 1'b0) $stop;
+      if (((1.6)<=(1.5)) != 1'b0) $stop;
+      //
+      if (((0.0)?(2.0):(1.1)) != 1.1) $stop;
+      if (((1.5)?(2.0):(1.1)) != 2.0) $stop;
+      //
+      if (!1.7) $stop;
+      if (!(!0.0)) $stop;
+      if (1.8 && 0.0) $stop;
+      if (!(1.8 || 0.0)) $stop;
+      //
+      i=0;
+      for (r=1.0; r<2.0; r=r+0.1) i++;
+      if (i!=10) $stop;
+      // bug
+      r = $bitstoreal($realtobits(1.414));
+      if (r != 1.414) $stop;
+   end
+
+   // Test loop
+   always @ (posedge clk) begin
+`ifdef TEST_VERBOSE
+      $write("[%0t] cyc==%0d crc=%x result=%x\n",$time, cyc, crc, result);
+`endif
+      cyc <= cyc + 1;
+      if (cyc==0) begin
+         // Setup
+      end
+      else if (cyc<90) begin
+         if ($time != {32'h0, $rtoi($realtime)}) $stop;
+         if ($itor(cyc) != cyc) $stop;
+         //Unsup: if ((real `($time)) != $realtime) $stop;
+         r = $itor(cyc*2);
+         i = $rtoi(r);
+         if (i!=cyc*2) $stop;
+         //
+         r = $itor(cyc)/1.5;
+         b = $realtobits(r);
+         r2 = $bitstoreal(b);
+         if (r != r2) $stop;
+         //
+         // Trust the integer math as a comparison
+         r = $itor(cyc);
+         if ($rtoi(-r) != -cyc) $stop;
+         if ($rtoi(+r) != cyc) $stop;
+         if ($rtoi(r+2.0) != (cyc+2)) $stop;
+         if ($rtoi(r-2.0) != (cyc-2)) $stop;
+         if ($rtoi(r*2.0) != (cyc*2)) $stop;
+         if ($rtoi(r/2.0) != (cyc/2)) $stop;
+         r2 = (2.0/(r-60));  // When zero, result indeterminate, but no crash
+         //
+         r2 = $itor(cyc);
+         case (r)
+           (r2-1.0): $stop;
+           r2: ;
+           default: $stop;
+         endcase
+         //
+         r = $itor(cyc);
+         if ((r==50.0) != (cyc==50)) $stop;
+         if ((r!=50.0) != (cyc!=50)) $stop;
+         if ((r> 50.0) != (cyc> 50)) $stop;
+         if ((r>=50.0) != (cyc>=50)) $stop;
+         if ((r< 50.0) != (cyc< 50)) $stop;
+         if ((r<=50.0) != (cyc<=50)) $stop;
+         //
+         if ($rtoi((r-50.0) ? 10.0 : 20.0)
+             !=  (((cyc-50)!=0) ? 10 : 20)) $stop;
+         //
+         if ((!(r-50.0)) != (!((cyc-50) != 0))) $stop;
+      end
+      else if (cyc==99) begin
+         $write("*-* All Finished *-*\n");
+         $finish;
+      end
+   end
+endmodule
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_math_shortreal_unsup_bad.out b/test_regress/t/t_math_shortreal_unsup_bad.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e9fc1d38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_math_shortreal_unsup_bad.out
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+%Warning-SHORTREAL: t/t_math_shortreal_unsup_bad.v:8: Unsupported: shortreal being promoted to real (suggest use real instead)
+   shortreal s;
+   ^~~~~~~~~
+                    ... Use "/* verilator lint_off SHORTREAL */" and lint_on around source to disable this message.
+%Error: Exiting due to
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_math_shortreal_unsup_bad.pl b/test_regress/t/t_math_shortreal_unsup_bad.pl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4ba881869
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_math_shortreal_unsup_bad.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+if (!$::Driver) { use FindBin; exec("$FindBin::Bin/bootstrap.pl", @ARGV, $0); die; }
+# DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test driver/expect definition
+#
+# Copyright 2010 by Wilson Snyder. This program is free software; you can
+# redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License
+# Version 2.0.
+
+scenarios(linter => 1);
+
+lint(
+    fails => 1,
+    expect_filename => $Self->{golden_filename},
+    );
+
+ok(1);
+1;
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_math_shortreal_unsup_bad.v b/test_regress/t/t_math_shortreal_unsup_bad.v
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4fa2d5152
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_math_shortreal_unsup_bad.v
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test module
+//
+// This file ONLY is placed into the Public Domain, for any use,
+// without warranty, 2016 by Wilson Snyder.
+
+module t (/*AUTOARG*/);
+
+   shortreal s;
+
+   initial s = 1.2345;
+
+endmodule