diff --git a/tagmanager/ctags/js.c b/tagmanager/ctags/js.c
index 64d84df0..1024b6ce 100644
--- a/tagmanager/ctags/js.c
+++ b/tagmanager/ctags/js.c
@@ -1433,6 +1433,8 @@ static boolean parseStatement (tokenInfo *const token, boolean is_inside_class)
 			/*
 			 * Handle nameless functions
 			 *     this.method_name = () {}
+			 * Also assignments starting with parentheses
+			 *     var foo = (1 + 2) * 3;
 			 */
 			skipArgumentList(token);
 
@@ -1446,6 +1448,8 @@ static boolean parseStatement (tokenInfo *const token, boolean is_inside_class)
 			}
 			else if (isType (token, TOKEN_CLOSE_CURLY))
 				is_terminated = FALSE;
+			else if (token->nestLevel == 0 && is_global)
+				makeJsTag (name, JSTAG_VARIABLE);
 		}
 		else if (isType (token, TOKEN_OPEN_CURLY))
 		{
diff --git a/tests/ctags/bug2777310.js b/tests/ctags/bug2777310.js
index 53070e7b..26c3fc9c 100644
--- a/tests/ctags/bug2777310.js
+++ b/tests/ctags/bug2777310.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 var x = 1;
 var z = {};
 var y = [];
+var a = (42 + 1) * 2;
+var b = 2 * (42 + 1);
 
diff --git a/tests/ctags/bug2777310.js.tags b/tests/ctags/bug2777310.js.tags
index 8ae01b77..42f6ee87 100644
--- a/tests/ctags/bug2777310.js.tags
+++ b/tests/ctags/bug2777310.js.tags
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # format=tagmanager
+aÌ16384Ö0
+bÌ16384Ö0
 xÌ16384Ö0
 yÌ16384Ö0
 zÌ16384Ö0