diff --git a/include/psxtypes/compiler/__nt_compiler_gcc.h b/include/psxtypes/compiler/__nt_compiler_gcc.h
index b145698..5eb49a0 100644
--- a/include/psxtypes/compiler/__nt_compiler_gcc.h
+++ b/include/psxtypes/compiler/__nt_compiler_gcc.h
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
 /* compiler attributes */
 #define __attr_aligned__(x)		__attribute__((__aligned__(x)))
 #define __attr_ptr_size_aligned__	__attr_aligned__(__SIZEOF_POINTER__)
-#define __attr_section__(s)		__attribute__((section(s)))
 #define __attr_packed__			__attribute__((__packed__))
 #define __attr_export__			__attribute__((dllexport))
 #define __attr_import__			__attribute__((dllimport))
@@ -79,6 +78,11 @@
 #endif
 
 
+/* named section support */
+#define __attr_section__(s)		__attribute__((section(s)))
+#define __attr_section_decl__(s)
+
+
 /* compiler-dependent assertions */
 #define __assert_aligned_size(s,a)	typedef char __assert##s [-(sizeof(s) % a)]
 #define __assert_struct_size(s1,s2)	typedef char __assert##s1##s2 [sizeof(s2) -sizeof(s1)]
diff --git a/include/psxtypes/compiler/__nt_compiler_msvc.h b/include/psxtypes/compiler/__nt_compiler_msvc.h
index 5268a0e..47aca32 100644
--- a/include/psxtypes/compiler/__nt_compiler_msvc.h
+++ b/include/psxtypes/compiler/__nt_compiler_msvc.h
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
 #define __volatile__			volatile
 #define __attr_aligned__(x)		__declspec(align(x))
 #define __attr_ptr_size_aligned__	__attr_aligned__(__SIZEOF_POINTER__)
-#define __attr_section__(s)		__declspec(allocate(s))
 #define __attr_packed__
 #define __attr_export__			__declspec(dllexport)
 #define __attr_import__			__declspec(dllimport)
@@ -90,6 +89,12 @@
 #endif
 
 
+/* named section support */
+#define __attr_section__(s)
+#define __attr_section_decl__(s)	__declspec(allocate(s))
+#define __SECTION_PRAGMA_REQUIRED__
+
+
 /* compiler-dependent assertions */
 #define __assert_aligned_size(s,a)	typedef char __assert##s [1-((sizeof(s) % a))]
 #define __assert_struct_size(s1,s2)     typedef char __assert##s1##s2 [1 + sizeof(s2) -sizeof(s1)]
diff --git a/include/psxtypes/compiler/__psx_compiler_gcc.h b/include/psxtypes/compiler/__psx_compiler_gcc.h
index 94baa9f..5995bf1 100644
--- a/include/psxtypes/compiler/__psx_compiler_gcc.h
+++ b/include/psxtypes/compiler/__psx_compiler_gcc.h
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 /* compiler attributes */
 #define __attr_aligned__(x)		__attribute__((__aligned__(x)))
 #define __attr_ptr_size_aligned__	__attr_aligned__(__SIZEOF_POINTER__)
-#define __attr_section__(s)		__attribute__((section(s)))
 #define __attr_packed__			__attribute__((__packed__))
 #define __attr_export__			__attribute__((dllexport))
 #define __attr_import__			__attribute__((dllimport))
@@ -64,6 +63,11 @@
 #define __attr_protected__		__attribute__ ((visibility("protected")))
 
 
+/* named section support */
+#define __attr_section__(s)		__attribute__((section(s)))
+#define __attr_section_decl__(s)
+
+
 /* compiler-dependent assertions */
 #define __assert_aligned_size(s,a)	typedef char __assert##s [-(sizeof(s) % a)]
 #define __assert_struct_size(s1,s2)     typedef char __assert##s1##s2 [sizeof(s2) -sizeof(s1)]
diff --git a/include/psxtypes/section/freestd.h b/include/psxtypes/section/freestd.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1ed4a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/psxtypes/section/freestd.h
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#ifdef  __SECTION_PRAGMA_REQUIRED__
+#pragma section(".freestd",read)
+#endif