diff --git a/kernel_tuner/backends/hip.py b/kernel_tuner/backends/hip.py
index fb8a9f947..7d3adb90a 100644
--- a/kernel_tuner/backends/hip.py
+++ b/kernel_tuner/backends/hip.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     "bool": ctypes.c_bool,
     "int8": ctypes.c_int8,
     "int16": ctypes.c_int16,
+    "float16": ctypes.c_int16,
     "int32": ctypes.c_int32,
     "int64": ctypes.c_int64,
     "uint8": ctypes.c_uint8,
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 13d1cb647..b09198bec 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ authors = [
     "Willem-Jan Palenstijn <w.j.palenstijn@liacs.leidenuniv.nl>",
     "Bram Veenboer <veenboer@astron.nl>",
     "Richard Schoonhoven <Richard.Schoonhoven@cwi.nl>",
+    "Leon Oostrum <l.oostrum@esciencecenter.nl",
 ]
 
 readme = "README.md"