diff --git a/compiler/gen/src/crane/convert.rs b/compiler/gen/src/crane/convert.rs
index 8f0d1451f5..24465d521f 100644
--- a/compiler/gen/src/crane/convert.rs
+++ b/compiler/gen/src/crane/convert.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ pub fn type_from_layout(cfg: TargetFrontendConfig, layout: &Layout<'_>) -> Type
         Builtin(builtin) => match builtin {
             Int64 => types::I64,
             Float64 => types::F64,
-            Str | Map(_, _) | Set(_) | List(_) => cfg.pointer_type(),
+            Str | EmptyStr | Map(_, _) | EmptyMap | Set(_) | EmptySet | List(_) | EmptyList => {
+                cfg.pointer_type()
+            }
         },
     }
 }