diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index cd8c7fa..7d61339 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "OMRuntimeExternalC"
 uuid = "ada38df0-e20e-11ed-02f3-2b4b19c1ec8a"
 authors = ["Adrian Pop <adrian.pop@liu.se>", "John Tinnerholm <john.tinnerholm@liu.se>"]
-version = "0.3.5"
+version = "0.3.6"
 
 [deps]
 CodecZlib = "944b1d66-785c-5afd-91f1-9de20f533193"
diff --git a/src/api.jl b/src/api.jl
index 732f73e..68a01a1 100644
--- a/src/api.jl
+++ b/src/api.jl
@@ -964,6 +964,16 @@ function ModelicaStrings_scanIdentifier(string::String, startIndex::Int64)
   return (Int64(nextIndex[]), idStr)
 end
 
+#= Output-by-reference, as the Modelica external "C" declaration calls it (Modelica.Utilities.Strings
+   .scanToken, which MSL's readRealParameter calls). =#
+function ModelicaStrings_scanIdentifier(string::AbstractString, startIndex::Integer, nextIndex::Ref{Cint},
+                                        identifier::Ref{Cstring})
+  ccall((:ModelicaStrings_scanIdentifier, installedLibPathlibModelicaExternalC),
+        Cvoid,
+        (Cstring, Cint, Ref{Cint}, Ref{Cstring}),
+        String(string), Cint(startIndex), nextIndex, identifier)
+end
+
 """
 MODELICA_EXPORT void ModelicaStrings_scanInteger(_In_z_ const char* string, int startIndex,
                                                   int unsignedNumber, int* nextIndex, int* integerNumber);
@@ -1051,6 +1061,16 @@ function ModelicaStrings_scanString(string::String, startIndex::Int64)
   return (Int64(nextIndex[]), resStr)
 end
 
+#= Output-by-reference, as the Modelica external "C" declaration calls it (Modelica.Utilities.Strings
+   .scanToken, which MSL's readRealParameter calls). =#
+function ModelicaStrings_scanString(string::AbstractString, startIndex::Integer, nextIndex::Ref{Cint},
+                                    result::Ref{Cstring})
+  ccall((:ModelicaStrings_scanString, installedLibPathlibModelicaExternalC),
+        Cvoid,
+        (Cstring, Cint, Ref{Cint}, Ref{Cstring}),
+        String(string), Cint(startIndex), nextIndex, result)
+end
+
 """
 MODELICA_EXPORT int ModelicaStrings_hashString(_In_z_ const char* str);
 """
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 5cdb73c..cd7ec0b 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -583,6 +583,17 @@ const ORC = OMRuntimeExternalC
       @test nextIdx == 6
     end
 
+    @testset "ModelicaStrings_scanIdentifier and scanString Ref-accepting overloads" begin
+      #= as the Modelica external "C" declarations call them (Strings.scanToken in MSL's readRealParameter) =#
+      local nextIdx = Ref{Cint}(0)
+      local ident = Ref{Cstring}(C_NULL)
+      ORC.ModelicaStrings_scanIdentifier("myVar = 42", 1, nextIdx, ident)
+      @test nextIdx[] == 6 && unsafe_string(ident[]) == "myVar"
+      local result = Ref{Cstring}(C_NULL)
+      ORC.ModelicaStrings_scanString("  \"abc\" rest", 1, nextIdx, result)
+      @test nextIdx[] == 8 && unsafe_string(result[]) == "abc"
+    end
+
     @testset "ModelicaStrings_hashString" begin
       #= Same string should produce the same hash =#
       @test ORC.ModelicaStrings_hashString("test") == ORC.ModelicaStrings_hashString("test")