diff --git a/v2/tools/types/cpp.jam b/v2/tools/types/cpp.jam
index defa3e566..3159cdd77 100644
--- a/v2/tools/types/cpp.jam
+++ b/v2/tools/types/cpp.jam
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ class c-scanner : scanner
 
 scanner.register c-scanner : include ;
 
-type CPP : cpp cxx cc ;
-type H   : h ;
-type HPP : hpp : H ;
-type C   : c ;
+type.register CPP : cpp cxx cc ;
+type.register H   : h ;
+type.register HPP : hpp : H ;
+type.register C   : c ;
 
 # It most cases where a CPP file or a H file is a source of some action, we
 # should rebuild the result if any of files included by CPP/H are changed. One
diff --git a/v2/tools/types/objc.jam b/v2/tools/types/objc.jam
index f8d31c072..709cbd0c7 100644
--- a/v2/tools/types/objc.jam
+++ b/v2/tools/types/objc.jam
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class objc-scanner : c-scanner
 
 scanner.register objc-scanner : include ;
 
-type OBJECTIVE_C : m ;
-type OBJECTIVE_CPP : mm ;
+type.register OBJECTIVE_C : m ;
+type.register OBJECTIVE_CPP : mm ;
 type.set-scanner OBJECTIVE_C : objc-scanner ;
 type.set-scanner OBJECTIVE_CPP : objc-scanner ;