diff --git a/parser.c b/parser.c
index 6c126c6..01e3691 100644
--- a/parser.c
+++ b/parser.c
@@ -4175,6 +4175,13 @@ static bool parser_global_statement(parser_t *parser)
                 parseerror(parser, "expected variable declaration after 'var'");
                 return false;
             }
+            if (parser->tok == TOKEN_IDENT && !strcmp(parser_tokval(parser), "const")) {
+                (void)!parsewarning(parser, WARN_CONST_VAR, "ignoring `const` after 'var' qualifier");
+                if (!parser_next(parser)) {
+                    parseerror(parser, "expected variable declaration after 'const var'");
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
             return parse_variable(parser, NULL, true, CV_VAR, NULL);
         }
     }