diff --git a/InstructionSets/x86/Implementation/LoadStore.hpp b/InstructionSets/x86/Implementation/LoadStore.hpp
index a2086f828..3ae2a609c 100644
--- a/InstructionSets/x86/Implementation/LoadStore.hpp
+++ b/InstructionSets/x86/Implementation/LoadStore.hpp
@@ -85,4 +85,18 @@ void smsw(
 	destination = context.registers.msw();
 }
 
+template <DescriptorTable table, typename IntT, typename InstructionT, typename ContextT>
+void ldt(
+	read_t<IntT> source_address,
+	const InstructionT &instruction,
+	ContextT &context
+) {
+	context.memory.preauthorise_read(
+		instruction.data_segment(),
+		source_address,
+		6);
+
+	assert(false);
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/InstructionSets/x86/Implementation/PerformImplementation.hpp b/InstructionSets/x86/Implementation/PerformImplementation.hpp
index d91fe0e50..307cfd7f2 100644
--- a/InstructionSets/x86/Implementation/PerformImplementation.hpp
+++ b/InstructionSets/x86/Implementation/PerformImplementation.hpp
@@ -115,6 +115,13 @@ template <
 		}
 	};
 
+	// Currently a special case for descriptor loading; assumes an indirect operand and returns the
+	// address indicated. Unlike [source/destination]_r it doesn't read an IntT from that address,
+	// since those instructions load an atypical six bytes.
+	const auto source_indirect = [&]() -> AddressT {
+		return address<Source::Indirect, AddressT, AccessType::Read>(instruction, instruction.source(), context);
+	};
+
 	// Some instructions use a pair of registers as an extended accumulator — DX:AX or EDX:EAX.
 	// The two following return the high and low parts of that pair; they also work in Byte mode to return AH:AL,
 	// i.e. AX split into high and low parts.
@@ -282,6 +289,7 @@ template <
 				context.segments.did_update(instruction.destination().source());
 			}
 		break;
+
 		case Operation::SMSW:
 			if constexpr (ContextT::model >= Model::i80286 && std::is_same_v<IntT, uint16_t>) {
 				Primitive::smsw(destination_w(), context);
@@ -289,6 +297,20 @@ template <
 				assert(false);
 			}
 		break;
+		case Operation::LIDT:
+			if constexpr (ContextT::model >= Model::i80286) {
+				Primitive::ldt<DescriptorTable::Interrupt, AddressT>(source_indirect(), instruction, context);
+			} else {
+				assert(false);
+			}
+		break;
+		case Operation::LGDT:
+			if constexpr (ContextT::model >= Model::i80286) {
+				Primitive::ldt<DescriptorTable::Global, AddressT>(source_indirect(), instruction, context);
+			} else {
+				assert(false);
+			}
+		break;
 
 		case Operation::JO:		jcc(context.flags.template condition<Condition::Overflow>());		return;
 		case Operation::JNO:	jcc(!context.flags.template condition<Condition::Overflow>());		return;
diff --git a/InstructionSets/x86/Instruction.hpp b/InstructionSets/x86/Instruction.hpp
index d292e9fa2..644dd462c 100644
--- a/InstructionSets/x86/Instruction.hpp
+++ b/InstructionSets/x86/Instruction.hpp
@@ -551,6 +551,10 @@ constexpr Operation rep_operation(Operation operation, Repetition repetition) {
 	}
 }
 
+enum class DescriptorTable {
+	Global, Local, Interrupt,
+};
+
 /// Provides a 32-bit-style scale, index and base; to produce the address this represents,
 /// calcluate base() + (index() << scale()).
 ///