diff --git a/manifests/pool.pp b/manifests/pool.pp
index 46f29024..269b3df4 100644
--- a/manifests/pool.pp
+++ b/manifests/pool.pp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   String $mask,
   Optional[String] $gateway = undef,
   Variant[Array[String], Optional[String]] $pool_parameters = undef,
-  Variant[Array[String], Optional[String], Boolean] $range = undef,
+  Variant[Array[Dhcp::Range], Optional[Dhcp::Range], Boolean] $range = undef,
   Optional[String] $failover = undef,
   Variant[Array[String], Optional[String]] $options = undef,
   Variant[Array[String], Optional[String]] $parameters = undef,
diff --git a/spec/aliases/range_spec.rb b/spec/aliases/range_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ca18210c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/aliases/range_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'test_module::range', type: :class do
+  describe 'valid handling' do
+    [
+      '192.0.2.100',
+      '192.0.2.100 192.0.2.200',
+      '1.1.1.1 255.255.255.255',
+      'dynamic-bootp 192.0.2.100 192.0.2.200',
+    ].each do |value|
+      describe value.inspect do
+        let(:params) {{ value: value }}
+        it { is_expected.to compile }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'invalid value handling' do
+    context 'garbage inputs' do
+      [
+        nil,
+        "all",
+        "all all",
+        "1 192.0.2.183",
+        "192.0.2.100 1",
+      ].each do |value|
+        describe value.inspect do
+          let(:params) {{ value: value }}
+          it { is_expected.to compile.and_raise_error(/parameter 'value' expects a match for Dhcp::Range/) }
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/static_fixtures/test_module/manifests/range.pp b/spec/static_fixtures/test_module/manifests/range.pp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09edf8df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/static_fixtures/test_module/manifests/range.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Class to test the dhcp::Range type
+class test_module::range(
+  Dhcp::Range $value,
+) {
+  notice('Success')
+}
diff --git a/types/range.pp b/types/range.pp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb6611d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/range.pp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+type Dhcp::Range= Pattern[/^(dynamic-bootp )?((([0-9](?!\d)|[1-9][0-9](?!\d)|1[0-9]{2}(?!\d)|2[0-4][0-9](?!\d)|25[0-5](?!\d))[.]){3}([0-9](?!\d)|[1-9][0-9](?!\d)|1[0-9]{2}(?!\d)|2[0-4][0-9](?!\d)|25[0-5](?!\d)))(\/((([0-9](?!\d)|[1-9][0-9](?!\d)|1[0-9]{2}(?!\d)|2[0-4][0-9](?!\d)|25[0-5](?!\d))[.]){3}([0-9](?!\d)|[1-9][0-9](?!\d)|1[0-9]{2}(?!\d)|2[0-4][0-9](?!\d)|25[0-5](?!\d))|[0-9]+))?( ((([0-9](?!\d)|[1-9][0-9](?!\d)|1[0-9]{2}(?!\d)|2[0-4][0-9](?!\d)|25[0-5](?!\d))[.]){3}([0-9](?!\d)|[1-9][0-9](?!\d)|1[0-9]{2}(?!\d)|2[0-4][0-9](?!\d)|25[0-5](?!\d)))(\/((([0-9](?!\d)|[1-9][0-9](?!\d)|1[0-9]{2}(?!\d)|2[0-4][0-9](?!\d)|25[0-5](?!\d))[.]){3}([0-9](?!\d)|[1-9][0-9](?!\d)|1[0-9]{2}(?!\d)|2[0-4][0-9](?!\d)|25[0-5](?!\d))|[0-9]+))?)?$/]