diff --git a/src/lune/globals/g_table.rs b/src/lune/globals/g_table.rs
index c073bad..8c007c8 100644
--- a/src/lune/globals/g_table.rs
+++ b/src/lune/globals/g_table.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use mlua::prelude::*;
 
-pub fn create(lua: &'static Lua) -> LuaResult<impl IntoLua<'_>> {
+pub fn create(lua: &Lua) -> LuaResult<impl IntoLua<'_>> {
     lua.create_table()
 }
diff --git a/src/lune/globals/mod.rs b/src/lune/globals/mod.rs
index 9605aa0..48e1deb 100644
--- a/src/lune/globals/mod.rs
+++ b/src/lune/globals/mod.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use super::util::TableBuilder;
 mod g_table;
 mod print;
 mod require;
+mod r#typeof;
 mod version;
 mod warn;
 
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ pub fn inject_all(lua: &'static Lua) -> LuaResult<()> {
         .with_value("_VERSION", version::create(lua)?)?
         .with_value("print", print::create(lua)?)?
         .with_value("require", require::create(lua)?)?
+        .with_value("typeof", r#typeof::create(lua)?)?
         .with_value("warn", warn::create(lua)?)?
         .build_readonly()?;
 
diff --git a/src/lune/globals/typeof.rs b/src/lune/globals/typeof.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb1099c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lune/globals/typeof.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+use mlua::prelude::*;
+
+use crate::roblox::datatypes::extension::RobloxUserdataTypenameExt;
+
+pub fn create(lua: &Lua) -> LuaResult<impl IntoLua<'_>> {
+    lua.create_function(|lua, value: LuaValue| {
+        #[cfg(feature = "roblox")]
+        if let LuaValue::UserData(u) = &value {
+            if let Some(type_name) = u.roblox_type_name() {
+                return lua.create_string(type_name);
+            }
+        }
+        lua.globals().get::<_, LuaFunction>("typeof")?.call(value)
+    })
+}
diff --git a/src/lune/globals/version.rs b/src/lune/globals/version.rs
index 153350a..3f72b5c 100644
--- a/src/lune/globals/version.rs
+++ b/src/lune/globals/version.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use mlua::prelude::*;
 
-pub fn create(lua: &'static Lua) -> LuaResult<impl IntoLua<'_>> {
+pub fn create(lua: &Lua) -> LuaResult<impl IntoLua<'_>> {
     let luau_version_full = lua
         .globals()
         .get::<_, LuaString>("_VERSION")