diff --git a/compiler/typecheck/TcRnMonad.lhs b/compiler/typecheck/TcRnMonad.lhs
index 3ceebab733ede1d10122b321cdfabc38d7c6e4eb..b4b3f38ea0cd6cca80994e492d54f6c1c5b6bdd5 100644
--- a/compiler/typecheck/TcRnMonad.lhs
+++ b/compiler/typecheck/TcRnMonad.lhs
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ import Util
 import Data.IORef
 import qualified Data.Set as Set
 import Control.Monad
+
+#ifdef GHCI
+import qualified Data.Map as Map
+#endif
 \end{code}
 
 
@@ -95,6 +99,7 @@ initTc hsc_env hsc_src keep_rn_syntax mod do_this
         th_topdecls_var      <- newIORef [] ;
         th_topnames_var      <- newIORef emptyNameSet ;
         th_modfinalizers_var <- newIORef [] ;
+        th_state_var         <- newIORef Map.empty ;
 #endif /* GHCI */
         let {
              maybe_rn_syntax :: forall a. a -> Maybe a ;
@@ -107,6 +112,7 @@ initTc hsc_env hsc_src keep_rn_syntax mod do_this
                 tcg_th_topdecls      = th_topdecls_var,
                 tcg_th_topnames      = th_topnames_var,
                 tcg_th_modfinalizers = th_modfinalizers_var,
+                tcg_th_state         = th_state_var,
 #endif /* GHCI */
 
                 tcg_mod            = mod,
diff --git a/compiler/typecheck/TcRnTypes.lhs b/compiler/typecheck/TcRnTypes.lhs
index a4be867dc571177309ef351ce862cd513eca08f5..c6f03f6cea32fe56e471531f8003dfe47337bcf3 100644
--- a/compiler/typecheck/TcRnTypes.lhs
+++ b/compiler/typecheck/TcRnTypes.lhs
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ import Util
 import Data.Set (Set)
 
 #ifdef GHCI
+import Data.Map      ( Map )
+import Data.Dynamic  ( Dynamic )
+import Data.Typeable ( TypeRep )
+
 import qualified Language.Haskell.TH as TH
 #endif
 \end{code}
@@ -309,6 +313,9 @@ data TcGblEnv
 
         tcg_th_modfinalizers :: TcRef [TH.Q ()],
         -- ^ Template Haskell module finalizers
+
+        tcg_th_state :: TcRef (Map TypeRep Dynamic),
+        -- ^ Template Haskell state
 #endif /* GHCI */
 
         tcg_ev_binds  :: Bag EvBind,        -- Top-level evidence bindings
diff --git a/compiler/typecheck/TcSplice.lhs b/compiler/typecheck/TcSplice.lhs
index 7807f58af725c7aeb31a484462ab169a635f796a..c8063d90929d7c3a9e8996218ffc8e34215b2a2c 100644
--- a/compiler/typecheck/TcSplice.lhs
+++ b/compiler/typecheck/TcSplice.lhs
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ import qualified Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax as TH
 #ifdef GHCI
 -- Because GHC.Desugar might not be in the base library of the bootstrapping compiler
 import GHC.Desugar      ( AnnotationWrapper(..) )
+
+import qualified Data.Map as Map
+import Data.Dynamic  ( fromDynamic, toDyn )
+import Data.Typeable ( typeOf )
 #endif
 
 import GHC.Exts         ( unsafeCoerce# )
@@ -1089,6 +1093,16 @@ instance TH.Quasi (IOEnv (Env TcGblEnv TcLclEnv)) where
   qAddModFinalizer fin = do
       th_modfinalizers_var <- fmap tcg_th_modfinalizers getGblEnv
       updTcRef th_modfinalizers_var (\fins -> fin:fins)
+
+  qGetQ = do
+      th_state_var <- fmap tcg_th_state getGblEnv
+      th_state <- readTcRef th_state_var
+      let x = Map.lookup (typeOf x) th_state >>= fromDynamic
+      return x
+
+  qPutQ x = do
+      th_state_var <- fmap tcg_th_state getGblEnv
+      updTcRef th_state_var (\m -> Map.insert (typeOf x) (toDyn x) m)
 \end{code}