diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ffbd7cd51..bd0802230 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -413,6 +413,58 @@ Unacceptable input example:
 /usr2/username/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:.
 ```
 
+#### `Stdlib::Fqdn`
+
+Matches paths on fully quallified domain name
+
+Acceptable input example:
+
+```shell
+localhost
+
+example.com
+
+www.example.com
+```
+
+Unacceptable input example:
+
+```shell
+'www www.example.com'
+
+2001:DB8::1
+```
+
+#### `Stdlib::Host`
+
+Matches a valid host which could be a valid ipv4, ipv6 or fqdn
+
+Acceptable input example:
+
+```shell
+localhost
+
+example.com
+
+www.example.com
+
+2001:0db8::1
+
+192.0.2.1
+```
+
+Unacceptable input example:
+
+```shell
+'www www.example.com'
+
+2001:0d8
+
+%.example.com
+
+bob@example.com
+```
+
 ### Facts
 
 #### `package_provider`
diff --git a/spec/type_aliases/fqdn_spec.rb b/spec/type_aliases/fqdn_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e50aab107
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/type_aliases/fqdn_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+if Puppet::Util::Package.versioncmp(Puppet.version, '4.5.0') >= 0
+  describe 'Stdlib::Fqdn' do
+    describe 'valid handling' do
+      %w[
+        example
+        example.com
+        www.example.com
+      ].each do |value|
+        describe value.inspect do
+          it { is_expected.to allow_value(value) }
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe 'invalid path handling' do
+      context 'garbage inputs' do
+        [
+          [nil],
+          [nil, nil],
+          { 'foo' => 'bar' },
+          {},
+          '',
+          '2001:DB8::1',
+          'www www.example.com',
+        ].each do |value|
+          describe value.inspect do
+            it { is_expected.not_to allow_value(value) }
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/type_aliases/host_spec.rb b/spec/type_aliases/host_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a85e0ee7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/type_aliases/host_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+if Puppet::Util::Package.versioncmp(Puppet.version, '4.5.0') >= 0
+  describe 'Stdlib::Host' do
+    describe 'valid handling' do
+      %w[
+        example
+        example.com
+        www.example.com
+        2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334
+        fa76:8765:34ac:0823:ab76:eee9:0987:1111
+        2001:0db8::1
+        224.0.0.0
+        255.255.255.255
+        0.0.0.0
+        192.88.99.0
+      ].each do |value|
+        describe value.inspect do
+          it { is_expected.to allow_value(value) }
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe 'invalid handling' do
+      context 'garbage inputs' do
+        [
+          [nil],
+          [nil, nil],
+          { 'foo' => 'bar' },
+          {},
+          '',
+          'www www.example.com',
+          'bob@example.com',
+          '%.example.com',
+          '2001:0d8',
+        ].each do |value|
+          describe value.inspect do
+            it { is_expected.not_to allow_value(value) }
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/types/fqdn.pp b/types/fqdn.pp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..840ec5cec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/fqdn.pp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+type Stdlib::Fqdn = Pattern[/^(([a-zA-Z0-9]|[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9\-]*[a-zA-Z0-9])\.)*([A-Za-z0-9]|[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9\-]*[A-Za-z0-9])$/]
diff --git a/types/host.pp b/types/host.pp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f6919e70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/host.pp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+type Stdlib::Host = Variant[Stdlib::Fqdn, Stdlib::Compat::Ip_address]