diff --git a/py/objint.c b/py/objint.c
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+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+#include "nlr.h"
+#include "misc.h"
+#include "mpconfig.h"
+#include "mpqstr.h"
+#include "obj.h"
+
+typedef struct _mp_obj_int_t {
+    mp_obj_base_t base;
+} mp_obj_int_t;
+
+static mp_obj_t int_make_new(mp_obj_t type_in, int n_args, const mp_obj_t *args) {
+    switch (n_args) {
+        case 0:
+            return MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT(0);
+
+        case 1:
+            // TODO allow string as arg and parse it
+            return MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT(mp_obj_get_int(args[0]));
+
+        //case 2:
+            // TODO, parse with given base
+
+        default:
+            nlr_jump(mp_obj_new_exception_msg_1_arg(MP_QSTR_TypeError, "int takes at most 2 arguments, %d given", (void*)(machine_int_t)n_args));
+    }
+}
+
+const mp_obj_type_t int_type = {
+    { &mp_const_type },
+    "int",
+    NULL,
+    int_make_new, // make_new
+    NULL, // call_n
+    NULL, // unary_op
+    NULL, // binary_op
+    NULL, // getiter
+    NULL, // iternext
+    { { NULL, NULL }, }, // method list
+};
+
+mp_obj_t mp_obj_new_int(machine_int_t value) {
+    return MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT(value);
+}