diff --git a/internal/shader/block.go b/internal/shader/block.go
index 49d58cdef..e63df174e 100644
--- a/internal/shader/block.go
+++ b/internal/shader/block.go
@@ -80,12 +80,14 @@ type stmtType int
 const (
 	stmtNone stmtType = iota
 	stmtAssign
+	stmtBlock
 	stmtReturn
 )
 
 type stmt struct {
 	stmtType stmtType
 	exprs    []ast.Expr
+	block    *block
 }
 
 func (s *stmt) dump(indent int) []string {
@@ -97,6 +99,10 @@ func (s *stmt) dump(indent int) []string {
 		lines = append(lines, "%s(none)", idt)
 	case stmtAssign:
 		lines = append(lines, fmt.Sprintf("%s%s = %s", idt, dumpExpr(s.exprs[0]), dumpExpr(s.exprs[1])))
+	case stmtBlock:
+		lines = append(lines, fmt.Sprintf("%s{", idt))
+		lines = append(lines, s.block.dump(indent+1)...)
+		lines = append(lines, fmt.Sprintf("%s}", idt))
 	case stmtReturn:
 		var expr string
 		if len(s.exprs) > 0 {
diff --git a/internal/shader/shader.go b/internal/shader/shader.go
index 1e33a6b93..f22a15f7b 100644
--- a/internal/shader/shader.go
+++ b/internal/shader/shader.go
@@ -330,11 +330,11 @@ func (sh *Shader) parseFunc(d *ast.FuncDecl, block *block) function {
 		name: d.Name.Name,
 		args: args,
 		rets: rets,
-		body: sh.parseBlock(d.Body, block),
+		body: sh.parseBlock(block, d.Body),
 	}
 }
 
-func (sh *Shader) parseBlock(b *ast.BlockStmt, outer *block) *block {
+func (sh *Shader) parseBlock(outer *block, b *ast.BlockStmt) *block {
 	block := &block{
 		outer: outer,
 	}
@@ -368,6 +368,11 @@ func (sh *Shader) parseBlock(b *ast.BlockStmt, outer *block) *block {
 					})
 				}
 			}
+		case *ast.BlockStmt:
+			block.stmts = append(block.stmts, stmt{
+				stmtType: stmtBlock,
+				block:    sh.parseBlock(block, l),
+			})
 		case *ast.DeclStmt:
 			sh.parseDecl(block, l.Decl)
 		case *ast.ReturnStmt:
@@ -379,7 +384,6 @@ func (sh *Shader) parseBlock(b *ast.BlockStmt, outer *block) *block {
 				stmtType: stmtReturn,
 				exprs:    exprs,
 			})
-		default:
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/shader/shader_test.go b/internal/shader/shader_test.go
index eddc3521b..34621645a 100644
--- a/internal/shader/shader_test.go
+++ b/internal/shader/shader_test.go
@@ -77,18 +77,57 @@ func F1(a vec2, b vec2) (_ vec4) {
 `,
 		},
 		{
-			Name: "Type",
-			Src:  `package main
+			Name: "AutoType",
+			Src: `package main
 
-var c0 = 0.0
+var v0 = 0.0
 func F() {
-	c1 := c0
+	v1 := v0
 }
 `,
-			Dump: `var c0 float = 0.0
+			Dump: `var v0 float = 0.0
 func F() {
-	var c1 float
-	c1 = c0
+	var v1 float
+	v1 = v0
+}
+`,
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "AutoType",
+			Src: `package main
+
+var v0 = 0.0
+func F() {
+	v1 := v0
+}
+`,
+			Dump: `var v0 float = 0.0
+func F() {
+	var v1 float
+	v1 = v0
+}
+`,
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "AutoType2",
+			Src: `package main
+
+var v0 = 0.0
+func F() {
+	v1 := v0
+	{
+		v2 := v1
+	}
+}
+`,
+			Dump: `var v0 float = 0.0
+func F() {
+	var v1 float
+	v1 = v0
+	{
+		var v2 float
+		v2 = v1
+	}
 }
 `,
 		},