diff --git a/libsolidity/ASTJsonConverter.cpp b/libsolidity/ASTJsonConverter.cpp
index 3edcb77ef..d0f76fb8a 100644
--- a/libsolidity/ASTJsonConverter.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/ASTJsonConverter.cpp
@@ -124,7 +124,10 @@ bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(FunctionDefinition const& _node)
 
 bool ASTJsonConverter::visit(VariableDeclaration const& _node)
 {
-	addJsonNode("VariableDeclaration", { make_pair("name", _node.name()) }, true);
+	addJsonNode("VariableDeclaration", {
+		make_pair("name", _node.name()),
+		make_pair("name", _node.name()),
+	}, true);
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -444,5 +447,10 @@ string ASTJsonConverter::type(Expression const& _expression)
 	return _expression.annotation().type ? _expression.annotation().type->toString() : "Unknown";
 }
 
+string ASTJsonConverter::type(VariableDeclaration const& _varDecl)
+{
+	return _varDecl.annotation().type ? _varDecl.annotation().type->toString() : "Unknown";
+}
+
 }
 }
diff --git a/libsolidity/ASTJsonConverter.h b/libsolidity/ASTJsonConverter.h
index a44df876e..61f87860e 100644
--- a/libsolidity/ASTJsonConverter.h
+++ b/libsolidity/ASTJsonConverter.h
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ private:
 					 std::initializer_list<std::pair<std::string const, std::string const>> _list,
 					 bool _hasChildren);
 	std::string type(Expression const& _expression);
+	std::string type(VariableDeclaration const& _varDecl);
 	inline void goUp()
 	{
 		solAssert(!m_jsonNodePtrs.empty(), "Uneven json nodes stack. Internal error.");
diff --git a/libsolidity/ASTPrinter.cpp b/libsolidity/ASTPrinter.cpp
index 5762051d7..cebf6b8b0 100644
--- a/libsolidity/ASTPrinter.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/ASTPrinter.cpp
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ bool ASTPrinter::visit(FunctionDefinition const& _node)
 bool ASTPrinter::visit(VariableDeclaration const& _node)
 {
 	writeLine("VariableDeclaration \"" + _node.name() + "\"");
+	*m_ostream << indentation() << (
+		_node.annotation().type ?
+		string("   Type: ") + _node.annotation().type->toString() :
+		string("   Type unknown.")
+	) << "\n";
 	printSourcePart(_node);
 	return goDeeper();
 }