diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index 7536ace..b56f6d0 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -408,6 +408,8 @@
 	FORMAT_TYPE_LONG_LONG,
 	FORMAT_TYPE_ULONG,
 	FORMAT_TYPE_LONG,
+	FORMAT_TYPE_UBYTE,
+	FORMAT_TYPE_BYTE,
 	FORMAT_TYPE_USHORT,
 	FORMAT_TYPE_SHORT,
 	FORMAT_TYPE_UINT,
@@ -853,11 +855,15 @@
 	spec->qualifier = -1;
 	if (*fmt == 'h' || *fmt == 'l' || *fmt == 'L' ||
 	    *fmt == 'Z' || *fmt == 'z' || *fmt == 't') {
-		spec->qualifier = *fmt;
-		++fmt;
-		if (spec->qualifier == 'l' && *fmt == 'l') {
-			spec->qualifier = 'L';
-			++fmt;
+		spec->qualifier = *fmt++;
+		if (unlikely(spec->qualifier == *fmt)) {
+			if (spec->qualifier == 'l') {
+				spec->qualifier = 'L';
+				++fmt;
+			} else if (spec->qualifier == 'h') {
+				spec->qualifier = 'H';
+				++fmt;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -919,6 +925,11 @@
 		spec->type = FORMAT_TYPE_SIZE_T;
 	} else if (spec->qualifier == 't') {
 		spec->type = FORMAT_TYPE_PTRDIFF;
+	} else if (spec->qualifier == 'H') {
+		if (spec->flags & SIGN)
+			spec->type = FORMAT_TYPE_BYTE;
+		else
+			spec->type = FORMAT_TYPE_UBYTE;
 	} else if (spec->qualifier == 'h') {
 		if (spec->flags & SIGN)
 			spec->type = FORMAT_TYPE_SHORT;
@@ -1087,6 +1098,12 @@
 			case FORMAT_TYPE_PTRDIFF:
 				num = va_arg(args, ptrdiff_t);
 				break;
+			case FORMAT_TYPE_UBYTE:
+				num = (unsigned char) va_arg(args, int);
+				break;
+			case FORMAT_TYPE_BYTE:
+				num = (signed char) va_arg(args, int);
+				break;
 			case FORMAT_TYPE_USHORT:
 				num = (unsigned short) va_arg(args, int);
 				break;
@@ -1363,6 +1380,10 @@
 			case FORMAT_TYPE_PTRDIFF:
 				save_arg(ptrdiff_t);
 				break;
+			case FORMAT_TYPE_UBYTE:
+			case FORMAT_TYPE_BYTE:
+				save_arg(char);
+				break;
 			case FORMAT_TYPE_USHORT:
 			case FORMAT_TYPE_SHORT:
 				save_arg(short);
@@ -1538,6 +1559,12 @@
 			case FORMAT_TYPE_PTRDIFF:
 				num = get_arg(ptrdiff_t);
 				break;
+			case FORMAT_TYPE_UBYTE:
+				num = get_arg(unsigned char);
+				break;
+			case FORMAT_TYPE_BYTE:
+				num = get_arg(signed char);
+				break;
 			case FORMAT_TYPE_USHORT:
 				num = get_arg(unsigned short);
 				break;