diff --git a/source/texk/web2c/mplibdir/ChangeLog b/source/texk/web2c/mplibdir/ChangeLog
index 61360ed67..b6f1945f1 100644
--- a/source/texk/web2c/mplibdir/ChangeLog
+++ b/source/texk/web2c/mplibdir/ChangeLog
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 2019-03-06  Luigi Scarso  <luigi.scarso@gmail.com>
-        * Code clean-up.
+	* Code clean-up.
+
+
+2019-02-06: Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com>
+	* New primitive void: convert a suffix to a boolean. Work in progress.
 
 
 2019-01-28  Andreas Scherer  <https://ascherer.github.io>
 	* mpost.w: TeXnical nitpicking.
 
-
 2019-01-26  Luigi Scarso  <luigi.scarso@gmail.com>
 	* Fixed bisection algorithm (overflow of number of bisections in decimal mode with  low precision)
 	* Added 2 levels to the bisection algorithm for cubic intersection. Need testing.
diff --git a/source/texk/web2c/mplibdir/mp.w b/source/texk/web2c/mplibdir/mp.w
index 682fb4e53..059ba9a0e 100644
--- a/source/texk/web2c/mplibdir/mp.w
+++ b/source/texk/web2c/mplibdir/mp.w
@@ -3272,6 +3272,7 @@ mp_begin_group, /* beginning of a group (\&{begingroup}) */
 mp_nullary, /* an operator without arguments (e.g., \&{normaldeviate}) */
 mp_unary, /* an operator with one argument (e.g., \&{sqrt}) */
 mp_str_op, /* convert a suffix to a string (\&{str}) */
+mp_void_op, /* convert a suffix to a boolean (\&{void}) */
 mp_cycle, /* close a cyclic path (\&{cycle}) */
 mp_primary_binary, /* binary operation taking `\&{of}' (e.g., \&{point}) */
 mp_capsule_token, /* a value that has been put into a token list */
@@ -5028,6 +5029,8 @@ mp_primitive (mp, "step", mp_step_token, 0);
 @:step_}{\&{step} primitive@>;
 mp_primitive (mp, "str", mp_str_op, 0);
 @:str_}{\&{str} primitive@>;
+mp_primitive (mp, "void", mp_void_op, 0);
+@:void_}{\&{void} primitive@>;
 mp_primitive (mp, "tension", mp_tension, 0);
 @:tension_}{\&{tension} primitive@>;
 mp_primitive (mp, "to", mp_to_token, 0);
@@ -5160,6 +5163,9 @@ break;
 case mp_str_op:
 mp_print (mp, "str");
 break;
+case mp_void_op:
+mp_print (mp, "void");
+break;
 case mp_tension:
 mp_print (mp, "tension");
 break;
@@ -23752,6 +23758,25 @@ RESTART:
     mp->cur_exp.type = mp_string_type;
     goto DONE;
     break;
+  case mp_void_op:
+  {
+    /* Convert a suffix to a boolean */
+    mp_value new_expr;
+    memset(&new_expr,0,sizeof(mp_value));
+    new_number(new_expr.data.n);
+    mp_get_x_next (mp);
+    mp_scan_suffix (mp);
+    if (cur_exp_node() == NULL) {
+        set_number_from_boolean (new_expr.data.n, mp_true_code);
+    } else {
+        set_number_from_boolean (new_expr.data.n, mp_false_code);
+    }
+    mp_flush_cur_exp (mp, new_expr);
+    cur_exp_node() = NULL; /* !! do not replace with |set_cur_exp_node()| !! */
+    mp->cur_exp.type = mp_boolean_type;
+    goto DONE;
+  }
+    break;
   case mp_internal_quantity:
     /* Scan an internal numeric quantity */
     /* If an internal quantity appears all by itself on the left of an