2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/shedlang/compiler/ast/untyped/UntypedNodeMatchers.java b/src/test/java/org/shedlang/compiler/ast/untyped/UntypedNodeMatchers.java
index aeee9df1..a848b601 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/shedlang/compiler/ast/untyped/UntypedNodeMatchers.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/shedlang/compiler/ast/untyped/UntypedNodeMatchers.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class UntypedNodeMatchers {
         );
     }
 
-    public static Matcher<UntypedFunctionStatementNode> isUntypedValNode(
+    public static Matcher<UntypedNode> isUntypedValNode(
         Matcher<UntypedTargetNode> target,
         Matcher<UntypedExpressionNode> expression
     ) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/shedlang/compiler/parser/ParserValTests.java b/src/test/java/org/shedlang/compiler/parser/ParserValTests.java
index 99b07e54..00d2ef62 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/shedlang/compiler/parser/ParserValTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/shedlang/compiler/parser/ParserValTests.java
@@ -18,4 +18,16 @@ public class ParserValTests {
             isUntypedReferenceNode("y")
         ));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void canParseValAsNamespaceStatement() {
+        var source = "val x = y;";
+
+        var node = parseString(source, Parser::parseNamespaceStatement);
+
+        assertThat(node, isUntypedValNode(
+            isUntypedTargetVariableNode("x"),
+            isUntypedReferenceNode("y")
+        ));
+    }
 }