diff --git a/include/file.h b/include/file.h
index f9e01ada..9fae5c18 100644
--- a/include/file.h
+++ b/include/file.h
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ struct empfile {
 #define EF_ITEM		21
 #define EF_INFRASTRUCTURE   22
 #define EF_PRODUCT	23
+#define EF_TABLE	24
 
 #define EF_NMAP         222	/* Kinda bogus, but used to describe a newdesmap
 				   instead of bmap or map. */
diff --git a/include/nsc.h b/include/nsc.h
index 40e40bf3..16761f12 100644
--- a/include/nsc.h
+++ b/include/nsc.h
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ extern struct castr trade_ca[];
 extern struct castr nat_ca[];
 extern struct castr intrchr_ca[];
 extern struct castr rpt_ca[];
+extern struct castr empfile_ca[];
 
 /* src/lib/subs/nstr.c */
 extern int nstr_comp(struct nscstr *np, int len, int type, char *str);
diff --git a/src/lib/global/file.c b/src/lib/global/file.c
index e64748cf..ad62f5f1 100644
--- a/src/lib/global/file.c
+++ b/src/lib/global/file.c
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ struct empfile empfile[] = {
     {"product", NULL, EFF_MEM,
      0, sizeof(pchr[0]), NULL, NULL, NULL,
      -1, -1, 0, 0, (char *)pchr, 0, pchr_ca},
+    {"table", NULL, EFF_MEM,
+     0, sizeof(empfile[0]), NULL, NULL, NULL,
+     -1, -1, 0, 0, (char *)empfile, 0, empfile_ca},
 
     /* Sentinel */
     {NULL, NULL, 0,
diff --git a/src/lib/global/nsc.c b/src/lib/global/nsc.c
index 9989732c..444f51de 100644
--- a/src/lib/global/nsc.c
+++ b/src/lib/global/nsc.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #include "commodity.h"
 #include "lost.h"
 #include "product.h"
+#include "file.h"
 
 #define fldoff(str, fld) offsetof(struct str, fld)
 
@@ -495,3 +496,10 @@ struct castr rpt_ca[] = {
     {NSC_NOTYPE, 0, 0, 0, NULL}
 };
 
+struct castr empfile_ca[] = {
+    {NSC_STRING, 0, 0, offsetof(struct empfile, name), "name"},
+    {NSC_STRING, 0, 0, offsetof(struct empfile, file), "file_name"},
+    {NSC_INT, 0, 0, offsetof(struct empfile, flags), "flags"},
+    {NSC_NOTYPE, 0, 0, 0, NULL}
+};
+