diff --git a/include/osmocom/gsm/gsm0808_utils.h b/include/osmocom/gsm/gsm0808_utils.h
index b5ddbdb..48e737d 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/gsm/gsm0808_utils.h
+++ b/include/osmocom/gsm/gsm0808_utils.h
@@ -47,3 +47,11 @@
 /* Decode Speech Codec list */
 int gsm0808_dec_speech_codec_list(struct gsm0808_speech_codec_list *scl,
 				  const uint8_t *elem, uint8_t len);
+
+/* Encode Channel Type element */
+uint8_t gsm0808_enc_channel_type(struct msgb *msg,
+				 const struct gsm0808_channel_type *ct);
+
+/* Decode Channel Type element */
+int gsm0808_dec_channel_type(struct gsm0808_channel_type *ct,
+			     const uint8_t *elem, uint8_t len);
diff --git a/include/osmocom/gsm/protocol/gsm_08_08.h b/include/osmocom/gsm/protocol/gsm_08_08.h
index 3e5514d..e2355f6 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/gsm/protocol/gsm_08_08.h
+++ b/include/osmocom/gsm/protocol/gsm_08_08.h
@@ -438,3 +438,12 @@
 	struct gsm0808_speech_codec codec[SPEECH_CODEC_MAXLEN];
 	uint8_t len;
 };
+
+/* 3GPP TS 48.008 3.2.2.11 Channel Type */
+#define CH_TYPE_PERM_SPCH_MAXLEN 9
+struct gsm0808_channel_type {
+	uint8_t ch_indctr;
+	uint8_t ch_rate_type;
+	uint8_t perm_spch[CH_TYPE_PERM_SPCH_MAXLEN];
+	unsigned int perm_spch_len;
+};