diff --git a/sourcepawn/compiler/sc.h b/sourcepawn/compiler/sc.h
index 2b3783ac..c479e5bf 100644
--- a/sourcepawn/compiler/sc.h
+++ b/sourcepawn/compiler/sc.h
@@ -823,6 +823,7 @@ SC_VDECL int pc_optimize;     /* (peephole) optimization level */
 SC_VDECL int pc_memflags;     /* special flags for the stack/heap usage */
 SC_VDECL int pc_functag;      /* global function tag */
 SC_VDECL int pc_tag_string;   /* global string tag */
+SC_VDECL int pc_anytag;       /* global any tag */
 SC_VDECL int glbstringread;	  /* last global string read */
 
 SC_VDECL constvalue sc_automaton_tab; /* automaton table */
diff --git a/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.c b/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.c
index 5c22032a..10ad99b7 100644
--- a/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.c
+++ b/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 #define VERSION_STR "3.2.3636"
 #define VERSION_INT 0x0302
 
+int pc_anytag = 0;
 int pc_functag = 0;
 int pc_tag_string = 0;
 
@@ -1256,6 +1257,8 @@ static void setconstants(void)
   assert(sc_status==statIDLE);
   append_constval(&tagname_tab,"_",0,0);/* "untagged" */
   append_constval(&tagname_tab,"bool",1,0);
+
+  pc_anytag = pc_addtag("any");
   pc_functag = pc_addfunctag("Function");
   pc_tag_string = pc_addtag("String");
 
diff --git a/sourcepawn/compiler/sc3.c b/sourcepawn/compiler/sc3.c
index de5620ad..ce8182d3 100644
--- a/sourcepawn/compiler/sc3.c
+++ b/sourcepawn/compiler/sc3.c
@@ -327,6 +327,11 @@ SC_FUNC int matchtag(int formaltag,int actualtag,int allowcoerce)
      * tag is "coerced" to zero
      */
     if (!allowcoerce || formaltag!=0 || (actualtag & FIXEDTAG)!=0) {
+		if (formaltag == pc_anytag)
+		{
+			return TRUE;
+		}
+
 		if (formaltag & FUNCTAG)
 		{
 			if (actualtag == pc_functag || (formaltag == pc_functag && actualtag & FUNCTAG))