diff --git a/interp/interp.go b/interp/interp.go
index 8da27705..d3976ef7 100644
--- a/interp/interp.go
+++ b/interp/interp.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 // package is changed in a way that affects the output so that cached package
 // builds will be invalidated.
 // This version is independent of the TinyGo version number.
-const Version = 1
+const Version = 2 // last change: fix GEP on untyped pointers
 
 // Enable extra checks, which should be disabled by default.
 // This may help track down bugs by adding a few more sanity checks.
diff --git a/interp/memory.go b/interp/memory.go
index ccd98c8b..53b798a3 100644
--- a/interp/memory.go
+++ b/interp/memory.go
@@ -572,6 +572,17 @@ func (v pointerValue) toLLVMValue(llvmType llvm.Type, mem *memoryView) (llvm.Val
 	}
 
 	if llvmType.IsNil() {
+		if v.offset() != 0 {
+			// If there is an offset, make sure to use a GEP to index into the
+			// pointer. Because there is no expected type, we use whatever is
+			// most convenient: an *i8 type. It is trivial to index byte-wise.
+			if llvmValue.Type() != mem.r.i8ptrType {
+				llvmValue = llvm.ConstBitCast(llvmValue, mem.r.i8ptrType)
+			}
+			llvmValue = llvm.ConstInBoundsGEP(llvmValue, []llvm.Value{
+				llvm.ConstInt(llvmValue.Type().Context().Int32Type(), uint64(v.offset()), false),
+			})
+		}
 		return llvmValue, nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/testdata/init.go b/testdata/init.go
index 6e7d9e7b..5cb7f2d2 100644
--- a/testdata/init.go
+++ b/testdata/init.go
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ func main() {
 	println("v5:", len(v5), v5 == nil)
 	println("v6:", v6)
 	println("v7:", cap(v7), string(v7))
+	println("v8:", v8)
+	println("v9:", len(v9), v9[0], v9[1], v9[2])
 
 	println(uint8SliceSrc[0])
 	println(uint8SliceDst[0])
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ var (
 	v5 = map[string]int{}
 	v6 = float64(v1) < 2.6
 	v7 = []byte("foo")
+	v8 string
+	v9 []int
 
 	uint8SliceSrc = []uint8{3, 100}
 	uint8SliceDst []uint8
@@ -48,4 +52,15 @@ func init() {
 
 	intSliceDst = make([]int16, len(intSliceSrc))
 	copy(intSliceDst, intSliceSrc)
+
+	v8 = sliceString("foobarbaz", 3, 8)
+	v9 = sliceSlice([]int{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, 2, 5)
+}
+
+func sliceString(s string, start, end int) string {
+	return s[start:end]
+}
+
+func sliceSlice(s []int, start, end int) []int {
+	return s[start:end]
 }
diff --git a/testdata/init.txt b/testdata/init.txt
index c421c115..a6b9736c 100644
--- a/testdata/init.txt
+++ b/testdata/init.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ v4: 0 true
 v5: 0 false
 v6: false
 v7: 3 foo
+v8: barba
+v9: 3 2 3 4
 3
 3
 5