diff --git a/Sources/LLVM/BasicBlock.swift b/Sources/LLVM/BasicBlock.swift
index 5ef28a2e..7af370d3 100644
--- a/Sources/LLVM/BasicBlock.swift
+++ b/Sources/LLVM/BasicBlock.swift
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ public struct BasicBlock: IRValue {
     return BasicBlock(llvm: blockRef)
   }
 
+  /// Returns the basic block before this basic block, if it exists.
+  public func previous() -> BasicBlock? {
+    guard let blockRef = LLVMGetPreviousBasicBlock(llvm) else { return nil }
+    return BasicBlock(llvm: blockRef)
+  }
+
   /// Returns a sequence of the Instructions that make up this basic block.
   public var instructions: AnySequence<Instruction> {
     var current = firstInstruction
diff --git a/Sources/LLVM/Instruction.swift b/Sources/LLVM/Instruction.swift
index 4dbf10ad..28e8a085 100644
--- a/Sources/LLVM/Instruction.swift
+++ b/Sources/LLVM/Instruction.swift
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ public struct Instruction: IRValue {
     return Instruction(llvm: val)
   }
 
+  /// Retrieves the parent basic block that contains this instruction, if it
+  /// exists.
+  public var parentBlock: BasicBlock? {
+    guard let parent = LLVMGetInstructionParent(self.llvm) else { return nil }
+    return BasicBlock(llvm: parent)
+  }
+
   /// Retrieves the first use of this instruction.
   public var firstUse: Use? {
     guard let use = LLVMGetFirstUse(llvm) else { return nil }
diff --git a/Sources/LLVM/StructType.swift b/Sources/LLVM/StructType.swift
index 39c5bdea..fd272f67 100644
--- a/Sources/LLVM/StructType.swift
+++ b/Sources/LLVM/StructType.swift
@@ -69,6 +69,27 @@ public struct StructType: IRType {
     }
   }
 
+  /// Retrieves the name associated with this structure type, or the empty
+  /// string if this type is unnamed.
+  public var name: String {
+    guard let sname = LLVMGetStructName(self.llvm) else { return "" }
+    return String(cString: sname)
+  }
+
+  /// Retrieves the element types associated with this structure type.
+  public var elementTypes: [IRType] {
+    var params = [IRType]()
+    let count = Int(LLVMCountStructElementTypes(self.llvm))
+    let paramsPtr = UnsafeMutablePointer<LLVMTypeRef?>.allocate(capacity: count)
+    defer { free(paramsPtr) }
+    LLVMGetStructElementTypes(self.llvm, paramsPtr)
+    for i in 0..<count {
+      let ty = paramsPtr[i]!
+      params.append(convertType(ty))
+    }
+    return params
+  }
+
   /// Retrieves the underlying LLVM type object.
   public func asLLVM() -> LLVMTypeRef {
     return llvm