diff --git a/nac3artiq/src/lib.rs b/nac3artiq/src/lib.rs
index c5d66a7c..7e3fddb4 100644
--- a/nac3artiq/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nac3artiq/src/lib.rs
@@ -650,6 +650,11 @@ impl Nac3 {
                             }
                         }
                     }
+                    TopLevelDef::Variable { .. } => {
+                        return Err(CompileError::new_err(String::from(
+                            "Unsupported @rpc annotation on global variable",
+                        )))
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/nac3core/src/codegen/expr.rs b/nac3core/src/codegen/expr.rs
index c478fb3f..f9534fb1 100644
--- a/nac3core/src/codegen/expr.rs
+++ b/nac3core/src/codegen/expr.rs
@@ -977,6 +977,7 @@ pub fn gen_call<'ctx, G: CodeGenerator>(
             TopLevelDef::Class { .. } => {
                 return Ok(Some(generator.gen_constructor(ctx, fun.0, &def, params)?))
             }
+            TopLevelDef::Variable { .. } => unreachable!(),
         }
     }
     .or_else(|_: String| {
diff --git a/nac3core/src/toplevel/composer.rs b/nac3core/src/toplevel/composer.rs
index d3103894..5906e159 100644
--- a/nac3core/src/toplevel/composer.rs
+++ b/nac3core/src/toplevel/composer.rs
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ impl TopLevelComposer {
             .iter()
             .map(|def_ast| match *def_ast.0.read() {
                 TopLevelDef::Class { name, .. } => name.to_string(),
-                TopLevelDef::Function { simple_name, .. } => simple_name.to_string(),
+                TopLevelDef::Function { simple_name, .. }
+                | TopLevelDef::Variable { simple_name, .. } => simple_name.to_string(),
             })
             .collect_vec();
 
diff --git a/nac3core/src/toplevel/helper.rs b/nac3core/src/toplevel/helper.rs
index 66233ce0..d674c51b 100644
--- a/nac3core/src/toplevel/helper.rs
+++ b/nac3core/src/toplevel/helper.rs
@@ -391,6 +391,9 @@ impl TopLevelDef {
                     r
                 }
             ),
+            TopLevelDef::Variable { name, ty, .. } => {
+                format!("Variable {{ name: {name:?}, ty: {:?} }}", unifier.stringify(*ty),)
+            }
         }
     }
 }
@@ -592,6 +595,18 @@ impl TopLevelComposer {
         }
     }
 
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn make_top_level_variable_def(
+        name: String,
+        simple_name: StrRef,
+        ty: Type,
+        ty_decl: Expr,
+        resolver: Option<Arc<dyn SymbolResolver + Send + Sync>>,
+        loc: Option<Location>,
+    ) -> TopLevelDef {
+        TopLevelDef::Variable { name, simple_name, ty, ty_decl, resolver, loc }
+    }
+
     #[must_use]
     pub fn make_class_method_name(mut class_name: String, method_name: &str) -> String {
         class_name.push('.');
diff --git a/nac3core/src/toplevel/mod.rs b/nac3core/src/toplevel/mod.rs
index b786aa73..8241c3ac 100644
--- a/nac3core/src/toplevel/mod.rs
+++ b/nac3core/src/toplevel/mod.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use inkwell::values::BasicValueEnum;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use parking_lot::RwLock;
 
-use nac3parser::ast::{self, Location, Stmt, StrRef};
+use nac3parser::ast::{self, Expr, Location, Stmt, StrRef};
 
 use crate::{
     codegen::{CodeGenContext, CodeGenerator},
@@ -148,6 +148,25 @@ pub enum TopLevelDef {
         /// Definition location.
         loc: Option<Location>,
     },
+    Variable {
+        /// Qualified name of the global variable, should be unique globally.
+        name: String,
+
+        /// Simple name, the same as in method/function definition.
+        simple_name: StrRef,
+
+        /// Type of the global variable.
+        ty: Type,
+
+        /// The declared type of the global variable.
+        ty_decl: Expr,
+
+        /// Symbol resolver of the module defined the class.
+        resolver: Option<Arc<dyn SymbolResolver + Send + Sync>>,
+
+        /// Definition location.
+        loc: Option<Location>,
+    },
 }
 
 pub struct TopLevelContext {