diff --git a/bindings/core/src/core.cpp b/bindings/core/src/core.cpp
index 8cb3c6b78..1396a790c 100644
--- a/bindings/core/src/core.cpp
+++ b/bindings/core/src/core.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ void *constructInitialConfiguration(const KOREPattern *);
 
 namespace kllvm::bindings {
 
+std::string return_sort_for_label(std::string const &label) {
+  auto tag = getTagForSymbolName(label.c_str());
+  return getReturnSortForTag(tag);
+}
+
 std::shared_ptr<KOREPattern> make_injection(
     std::shared_ptr<KOREPattern> term, std::shared_ptr<KORESort> from,
     std::shared_ptr<KORESort> to) {
diff --git a/include/kllvm/ast/AST.h b/include/kllvm/ast/AST.h
index a63538c7a..4f3afc20f 100644
--- a/include/kllvm/ast/AST.h
+++ b/include/kllvm/ast/AST.h
@@ -36,6 +36,18 @@ using sptr = std::shared_ptr<T>;
 
 std::string decodeKore(std::string);
 
+/*
+ * Helper function to avoid repeated call-site uses of ostringstream when we
+ * just want the string representation of a node, rather than to print it to a
+ * stream.
+ */
+template <typename T>
+std::string ast_to_string(T &&node) {
+  auto os = std::ostringstream{};
+  std::forward<T>(node).print(os);
+  return os.str();
+}
+
 // KORESort
 class KORESort : public std::enable_shared_from_this<KORESort> {
 public:
diff --git a/include/kllvm/bindings/core/core.h b/include/kllvm/bindings/core/core.h
index 17299bf85..4a6513e8f 100644
--- a/include/kllvm/bindings/core/core.h
+++ b/include/kllvm/bindings/core/core.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 namespace kllvm::bindings {
 
+std::string return_sort_for_label(std::string const &label);
+
 std::shared_ptr<kllvm::KOREPattern> make_injection(
     std::shared_ptr<kllvm::KOREPattern> term,
     std::shared_ptr<kllvm::KORESort> from, std::shared_ptr<kllvm::KORESort> to);
diff --git a/include/runtime/header.h b/include/runtime/header.h
index da875e6fd..a189051a5 100644
--- a/include/runtime/header.h
+++ b/include/runtime/header.h
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ uint32_t getInjectionForSortOfTag(uint32_t tag);
 bool hook_STRING_eq(SortString, SortString);
 
 const char *getSymbolNameForTag(uint32_t tag);
+const char *getReturnSortForTag(uint32_t tag);
 const char *topSort(void);
 
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/lib/codegen/EmitConfigParser.cpp b/lib/codegen/EmitConfigParser.cpp
index f90754ee7..73f3a96e3 100644
--- a/lib/codegen/EmitConfigParser.cpp
+++ b/lib/codegen/EmitConfigParser.cpp
@@ -1308,6 +1308,43 @@ static void emitSortTable(KOREDefinition *definition, llvm::Module *module) {
   }
 }
 
+static void
+emitReturnSortTable(KOREDefinition *definition, llvm::Module *module) {
+  auto &ctx = module->getContext();
+
+  auto const &syms = definition->getSymbols();
+
+  auto element_type = llvm::Type::getInt8PtrTy(ctx);
+  auto table_type = llvm::ArrayType::get(element_type, syms.size());
+
+  auto table = module->getOrInsertGlobal("return_sort_table", table_type);
+  auto values = std::vector<llvm::Constant *>{};
+
+  for (auto [tag, symbol] : syms) {
+    auto sort = symbol->getSort();
+    auto sort_str = ast_to_string(*sort);
+
+    auto char_type = llvm::Type::getInt8Ty(ctx);
+    auto str_type = llvm::ArrayType::get(char_type, sort_str.size() + 1);
+
+    auto sort_name
+        = module->getOrInsertGlobal("sort_name_" + sort_str, str_type);
+
+    auto i64_type = llvm::Type::getInt64Ty(ctx);
+    auto zero = llvm::ConstantInt::get(i64_type, 0);
+
+    auto pointer = llvm::ConstantExpr::getInBoundsGetElementPtr(
+        str_type, sort_name, std::vector<llvm::Constant *>{zero});
+
+    values.push_back(pointer);
+  }
+
+  auto global = llvm::dyn_cast<llvm::GlobalVariable>(table);
+  if (!global->hasInitializer()) {
+    global->setInitializer(llvm::ConstantArray::get(table_type, values));
+  }
+}
+
 void emitConfigParserFunctions(
     KOREDefinition *definition, llvm::Module *module) {
   emitGetTagForSymbolName(definition, module);
@@ -1329,6 +1366,7 @@ void emitConfigParserFunctions(
   emitInjTags(definition, module);
 
   emitSortTable(definition, module);
+  emitReturnSortTable(definition, module);
 }
 
 } // namespace kllvm
diff --git a/runtime/util/util.cpp b/runtime/util/util.cpp
index 41535ccae..8b81e3124 100644
--- a/runtime/util/util.cpp
+++ b/runtime/util/util.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 extern "C" {
 
+extern char *return_sort_table;
+
+const char *getReturnSortForTag(uint32_t tag) {
+  return (&return_sort_table)[tag];
+}
+
 block *dot_k() {
   return leaf_block(getTagForSymbolName("dotk{}"));
 }