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diff --git a/src/Perl6/Actions.nqp b/src/Perl6/Actions.nqp
index 44f8b80..b080f99 100644
--- a/src/Perl6/Actions.nqp
+++ b/src/Perl6/Actions.nqp
@@ -3581,6 +3581,22 @@ class Perl6::Actions is HLL::Actions does STDActions {
         elsif $<type_declarator>     { make $<type_declarator>.ast     }
         elsif $<variable_declarator> {
             my $past := $<variable_declarator>.ast;
+
+            # got a 'my $*FOO', need to convert back to just a Var
+            if nqp::istype($past,QAST::Op)
+              && $past.op eq 'call'
+              && $past.name eq '&DYNAMIC' {
+                my $name := $past[0][2].value;
+                $past := declare_variable(
+                  $/,
+                  QAST::Var.new(:$name),
+                  nqp::substr($name,0,1),  # sigil
+                  nqp::substr($name,1,1),  # twigil
+                  nqp::substr($name,2),    # desigilname
+                  [],  #  <-- trait lists  ??
+                );
+            }
+
             if $<initializer> {
                 my $orig_past := $past;
                 my $initast := $<initializer>.ast;