diff --git a/src/compiler.ts b/src/compiler.ts
index 0dbdccf3ae..0dd2b2b024 100644
--- a/src/compiler.ts
+++ b/src/compiler.ts
@@ -285,8 +285,8 @@ export class Compiler extends DiagnosticEmitter {
   currentFlow: Flow;
   /** Current inline functions stack. */
   currentInlineFunctions: Function[] = [];
-  /** Current enum in compilation. */
-  currentEnum: Enum | null = null;
+  /** Current parent element if not a function, i.e. an enum or namespace. */
+  currentParent: Element | null = null;
   /** Current type in compilation. */
   currentType: Type = Type.void;
   /** Start function statements. */
@@ -987,7 +987,8 @@ export class Compiler extends DiagnosticEmitter {
     element.set(CommonFlags.COMPILED);
 
     var module = this.module;
-    this.currentEnum = element;
+    var previousParent = this.currentParent;
+    this.currentParent = element;
     var previousValue: EnumValue | null = null;
     var previousValueIsMut = false;
     var isInline = element.is(CommonFlags.CONST) || element.hasDecorator(DecoratorFlags.INLINE);
@@ -1066,7 +1067,7 @@ export class Compiler extends DiagnosticEmitter {
         previousValue = <EnumValue>val;
       }
     }
-    this.currentEnum = null;
+    this.currentParent = previousParent;
     return true;
   }
 
@@ -1622,9 +1623,6 @@ export class Compiler extends DiagnosticEmitter {
   // === Statements ===============================================================================
 
   compileTopLevelStatement(statement: Statement, body: ExpressionRef[]): void {
-    if (statement.kind == NodeKind.EXPORTDEFAULT) {
-      statement = (<ExportDefaultStatement>statement).declaration;
-    }
     switch (statement.kind) {
       case NodeKind.CLASSDECLARATION: {
         let memberStatements = (<ClassDeclaration>statement).members;
@@ -1642,9 +1640,16 @@ export class Compiler extends DiagnosticEmitter {
         break;
       }
       case NodeKind.NAMESPACEDECLARATION: {
-        let memberStatements = (<NamespaceDeclaration>statement).members;
-        for (let i = 0, k = memberStatements.length; i < k; ++i) {
-          this.compileTopLevelStatement(memberStatements[i], body);
+        let element = this.program.getElementByDeclaration(<NamespaceDeclaration>statement);
+        if (element) {
+          // any potentiall merged element
+          let previousParent = this.currentParent;
+          this.currentParent = element;
+          let memberStatements = (<NamespaceDeclaration>statement).members;
+          for (let i = 0, k = memberStatements.length; i < k; ++i) {
+            this.compileTopLevelStatement(memberStatements[i], body);
+          }
+          this.currentParent = previousParent;
         }
         break;
       }
@@ -1678,6 +1683,10 @@ export class Compiler extends DiagnosticEmitter {
         }
         break;
       }
+      case NodeKind.EXPORTDEFAULT: {
+        this.compileTopLevelStatement((<ExportDefaultStatement>statement).declaration, body);
+        break;
+      }
       case NodeKind.IMPORT: {
         this.compileFileByPath(
           (<ImportStatement>statement).internalPath,
@@ -7209,7 +7218,7 @@ export class Compiler extends DiagnosticEmitter {
     var target = this.resolver.lookupIdentifierExpression( // reports
       expression,
       flow,
-      this.currentEnum || actualFunction
+      this.currentParent || actualFunction
     );
     if (!target) return module.unreachable();
 
diff --git a/tests/compiler/features/simd.optimized.wat b/tests/compiler/features/simd.optimized.wat
index eefe5781a4..b2f1ecb7ca 100644
--- a/tests/compiler/features/simd.optimized.wat
+++ b/tests/compiler/features/simd.optimized.wat
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
   if
    i32.const 0
    i32.const 24
-   i32.const 71
+   i32.const 70
    i32.const 2
    call $~lib/builtins/abort
    unreachable
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
   if
    i32.const 0
    i32.const 24
-   i32.const 73
+   i32.const 72
    i32.const 13
    call $~lib/builtins/abort
    unreachable
diff --git a/tests/compiler/features/simd.untouched.wat b/tests/compiler/features/simd.untouched.wat
index 69b7e1d2a6..48d7eb9171 100644
--- a/tests/compiler/features/simd.untouched.wat
+++ b/tests/compiler/features/simd.untouched.wat
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
   if
    i32.const 0
    i32.const 24
-   i32.const 71
+   i32.const 70
    i32.const 2
    call $~lib/builtins/abort
    unreachable
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
   if
    i32.const 0
    i32.const 24
-   i32.const 73
+   i32.const 72
    i32.const 13
    call $~lib/builtins/abort
    unreachable
diff --git a/tests/compiler/namespace.optimized.wat b/tests/compiler/namespace.optimized.wat
index e2acb0a3b8..44951b0929 100644
--- a/tests/compiler/namespace.optimized.wat
+++ b/tests/compiler/namespace.optimized.wat
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 (module
  (type $FUNCSIG$v (func))
  (memory $0 0)
+ (global $namespace/Outer.Inner.anotherVar (mut i32) (i32.const 0))
+ (global $namespace/Outer.Inner.evenAnotherVar (mut i32) (i32.const 0))
  (export "memory" (memory $0))
+ (start $start)
  (func $start (; 0 ;) (type $FUNCSIG$v)
+  i32.const 0
+  global.set $namespace/Outer.Inner.anotherVar
+  i32.const 1
+  global.set $namespace/Outer.Inner.evenAnotherVar
+ )
+ (func $null (; 1 ;) (type $FUNCSIG$v)
   nop
  )
 )
diff --git a/tests/compiler/namespace.ts b/tests/compiler/namespace.ts
index e23c100a9a..ad3d8493bb 100644
--- a/tests/compiler/namespace.ts
+++ b/tests/compiler/namespace.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 namespace Outer {
+  export var outerVar: i32 = 1;
   export namespace Inner {
     export var aVar: i32 = 0;
+    export var anotherVar: i32 = aVar;
+    export var evenAnotherVar: i32 = outerVar;
     export function aFunc(): i32 { return aVar; }
     export enum anEnum { ONE = 1, TWO = 2 }
     export const enum aConstEnum { ONE = 1, TWO = 2 }
diff --git a/tests/compiler/namespace.untouched.wat b/tests/compiler/namespace.untouched.wat
index 39966a5e53..9893d869ba 100644
--- a/tests/compiler/namespace.untouched.wat
+++ b/tests/compiler/namespace.untouched.wat
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
  (memory $0 0)
  (table $0 1 funcref)
  (elem (i32.const 0) $null)
+ (global $namespace/Outer.outerVar (mut i32) (i32.const 1))
  (global $namespace/Outer.Inner.aVar (mut i32) (i32.const 0))
+ (global $namespace/Outer.Inner.anotherVar (mut i32) (i32.const 0))
+ (global $namespace/Outer.Inner.evenAnotherVar (mut i32) (i32.const 0))
  (global $namespace/Outer.Inner.anEnum.ONE i32 (i32.const 1))
  (global $namespace/Outer.Inner.anEnum.TWO i32 (i32.const 2))
  (export "memory" (memory $0))
@@ -16,6 +19,10 @@
   i32.const 3
  )
  (func $start:namespace (; 2 ;) (type $FUNCSIG$v)
+  global.get $namespace/Outer.Inner.aVar
+  global.set $namespace/Outer.Inner.anotherVar
+  global.get $namespace/Outer.outerVar
+  global.set $namespace/Outer.Inner.evenAnotherVar
   global.get $namespace/Outer.Inner.aVar
   drop
   call $namespace/Outer.Inner.aFunc