diff --git a/src/stdio/vfprintf.c b/src/stdio/vfprintf.c
index a712d80f..a9e4d638 100644
--- a/src/stdio/vfprintf.c
+++ b/src/stdio/vfprintf.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 enum {
 	BARE, LPRE, LLPRE, HPRE, HHPRE, BIGLPRE,
-	ZTPRE, JPRE,
+	ZTPRE, JPRE, PLAIN,
 	STOP,
 	PTR, INT, UINT, ULLONG,
 	LONG, ULONG,
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ enum {
 	MAXSTATE
 };
 
-#define S(x) [(x)-'A']
+#define ST_BASE 'A'
+#define S(x) [(x)-ST_BASE]
 
-static const unsigned char states[]['z'-'A'+1] = {
+static const unsigned char states[]['z'-ST_BASE+1] = {
 	{ /* 0: bare types */
 		S('d') = INT, S('i') = INT,
 		S('o') = UINT, S('u') = UINT, S('x') = UINT, S('X') = UINT,
@@ -94,10 +95,15 @@ static const unsigned char states[]['z'-'A'+1] = {
 		S('o') = UMAX, S('u') = UMAX,
 		S('x') = UMAX, S('X') = UMAX,
 		S('n') = PTR,
+	}, { /* 8: explicit-width-prefixed bare equivalent */
+		S('d') = INT, S('i') = INT,
+		S('o') = UINT, S('u') = UINT,
+		S('x') = UINT, S('X') = UINT,
+		S('n') = PTR,
 	}
 };
 
-#define OOB(x) ((unsigned)(x)-'A' > 'z'-'A')
+#define OOB(x) ((unsigned)(x)-ST_BASE > 'z'-ST_BASE)
 
 union arg
 {
@@ -510,6 +516,13 @@ static int printf_core(FILE *f, const char *fmt, va_list *ap, union arg *nl_arg,
 
 		/* Format specifier state machine */
 		st=0;
+		if (*s=='w' && s[1]-'1'<9u) switch (getint(&s)) {
+		case 8:  st = HHPRE; break;
+		case 16: st = HPRE; break;
+		case 32: st = PLAIN; break;
+		case 64: st = LLONG_MAX > LONG_MAX ? LLPRE : LPRE; break;
+		default: goto inval;
+		}
 		do {
 			if (OOB(*s)) goto inval;
 			ps=st;
@@ -547,6 +560,7 @@ static int printf_core(FILE *f, const char *fmt, va_list *ap, union arg *nl_arg,
 		switch(t) {
 		case 'n':
 			switch(ps) {
+			case PLAIN:
 			case BARE: *(int *)arg.p = cnt; break;
 			case LPRE: *(long *)arg.p = cnt; break;
 			case LLPRE: *(long long *)arg.p = cnt; break;