diff --git a/src/DiffSummary.hs b/src/DiffSummary.hs
index 294609866..a3c7d584c 100644
--- a/src/DiffSummary.hs
+++ b/src/DiffSummary.hs
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ toTermName source term = case unwrap term of
       _ -> toTermName' base <> "[" <> toTermName' element <> "]"
     (_, _) -> toTermName' base <> "[" <> toTermName' element <> "]"
   S.VarAssignment varId _ -> toTermName' varId
-  S.VarDecl decl -> toTermName' decl
+  S.VarDecl decl _ -> toTermName' decl
   -- TODO: We should remove Case from Syntax since I don't think we should ever
   -- evaluate Case as a single toTermName Text - joshvera
   S.Case expr _ -> termNameFromSource expr
diff --git a/src/Language.hs b/src/Language.hs
index 62e9acf43..d1408f0c0 100644
--- a/src/Language.hs
+++ b/src/Language.hs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ termConstructor source sourceSpan name range children _ =
       pure $! cofree ((range .: Other name .: sourceSpan' .: RNil) :< syntax)
 
 toVarDecl :: (HasField fields Category) => Term (S.Syntax Text) (Record fields) -> Term (S.Syntax Text) (Record fields)
-toVarDecl child = cofree $ setCategory (extract child) VarDecl :< S.VarDecl child
+toVarDecl child = cofree $ setCategory (extract child) VarDecl :< S.VarDecl child Nothing
 
 toTuple :: Term (S.Syntax Text) (Record fields) -> [Term (S.Syntax Text) (Record fields)]
 toTuple child | S.Indexed [key,value] <- unwrap child = [cofree (extract child :< S.Pair key value)]
diff --git a/src/Language/Go.hs b/src/Language/Go.hs
index 72315d31b..129ca3491 100644
--- a/src/Language/Go.hs
+++ b/src/Language/Go.hs
@@ -195,7 +195,11 @@ termConstructor source sourceSpan name range children _ = case name of
       withDefaultInfo (S.Indexed assignments')
     constSpecToVarAssignment = toVarAssignment . toList . unwrap
     toVarAssignment = \case
-        [idList, expressionList] -> do
+        [idList, ty] | category (extract ty) == Identifier -> do
+          let ids = toList (unwrap idList)
+          idList' <- mapM (\id -> withRanges range VarDecl [id] (S.VarDecl id (Just ty))) ids
+          withRanges range ExpressionStatements idList' (S.Indexed idList')
+        [idList, expressionList] | category (extract expressionList) == Other "expression_list" -> do
           assignments' <- sequenceA $ zipWith (\id expr ->
             withCategory VarAssignment $ S.VarAssignment id expr)
             (toList $ unwrap idList) (toList $ unwrap expressionList)
@@ -204,8 +208,7 @@ termConstructor source sourceSpan name range children _ = case name of
           assignments' <- sequenceA $ zipWith (\id expr ->
             withCategory VarAssignment $ S.VarAssignment id expr) (toList $ unwrap idList) (toList $ unwrap expressionList)
           withDefaultInfo (S.Indexed assignments')
-        [idList] -> do
-           withDefaultInfo (S.Indexed [idList])
+        [idList] -> withDefaultInfo (S.Indexed [idList])
         rest -> withRanges range Error rest (S.Error rest)
 
     withRanges originalRange category' terms syntax = do
@@ -238,7 +241,6 @@ categoryForGoName = \case
   "slice_expression" -> Slice
   "parameters" -> Args
   "short_var_declaration" -> VarDecl
-  "var_declaration" -> VarDecl
   "var_spec" -> VarAssignment
   "assignment_statement" -> Assignment
   "source_file" -> Module
diff --git a/src/Renderer/JSON.hs b/src/Renderer/JSON.hs
index 9a9726da0..4ed85ceac 100644
--- a/src/Renderer/JSON.hs
+++ b/src/Renderer/JSON.hs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ syntaxToTermField syntax = case syntax of
   S.MemberAccess identifier value -> [ "identifier" .= identifier ] <> [ "value" .= value ]
   S.MethodCall identifier methodIdentifier parameters -> [ "identifier" .= identifier ] <> [ "methodIdentifier" .= methodIdentifier ] <> [ "parameters" .= parameters ]
   S.Operator syntaxes -> [ "operatorSyntaxes" .= syntaxes ]
-  S.VarDecl declaration -> [ "declaration" .= declaration ]
+  S.VarDecl declaration ty -> [ "declaration" .= declaration ] <> [ "type" .= ty]
   S.VarAssignment identifier value -> [ "identifier" .= identifier ] <> [ "value" .= value ]
   S.SubscriptAccess identifier property -> [ "identifier" .= identifier ] <> [ "property" .= property ]
   S.Switch expression cases -> [ "expression" .= expression ] <> [ "cases" .= cases ]
diff --git a/src/Syntax.hs b/src/Syntax.hs
index 84c1356d8..81eea5df1 100644
--- a/src/Syntax.hs
+++ b/src/Syntax.hs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ data Syntax a f
   -- | An operator can be applied to a list of syntaxes.
   | Operator [f]
   -- | A variable declaration. e.g. var foo;
-  | VarDecl f
+  | VarDecl f (Maybe f)
   -- | A variable assignment in a variable declaration. var foo = bar;
   | VarAssignment { varId :: f, varValue :: f }
   -- | A subscript access contains a syntax, and another syntax that indefies a property or value in the first syntax.