diff --git a/unified/ql/lib/codeql/unified/internal/Variables.qll b/unified/ql/lib/codeql/unified/internal/Variables.qll
index 97dc25382c7..a7e8160deb8 100644
--- a/unified/ql/lib/codeql/unified/internal/Variables.qll
+++ b/unified/ql/lib/codeql/unified/internal/Variables.qll
@@ -213,12 +213,39 @@ private module LocalNameBindingInput implements LocalNameBindingInputSig<Locatio
     )
   }
 
-  predicate declInScope(AstNode definingNode, string name, AstNode scope) {
-    bindingContext(definingNode, scope) and
-    (
-      definingNode.(NamePattern).getIdentifier().getValue() = name
+  /**
+   * Gets the nearest enclosing `OrPattern` to which variable bindings in `p` should be lifted.
+   *
+   * To ensure that `case .foo(let x), .bar(let x)` result in a single definition for
+   * the variable `x`, the `OrPattern` becomes the `definingNode` for `x`.
+   *
+   * At the moment no further checks are needed since the Swift compiler enforces that
+   * variable names bound in any branch are bound in all branches.
+   */
+  private OrPattern getEnclosingOrPattern(Pattern p) {
+    p = result.getPattern(_)
+    or
+    exists(Pattern parent | result = getEnclosingOrPattern(parent) |
+      p = parent.(ConstructorPattern).getElement(_).getPattern()
       or
-      definingNode.(Identifier).getValue() = name
+      p = parent.(TuplePattern).getElement(_).getPattern()
+    )
+  }
+
+  predicate declInScope(AstNode definingNode, string name, AstNode scope) {
+    exists(AstNode pattern |
+      bindingContext(pattern, scope) and
+      (
+        pattern.(NamePattern).getIdentifier().getValue() = name
+        or
+        pattern.(Identifier).getValue() = name
+      ) and
+      (
+        definingNode = getEnclosingOrPattern(pattern)
+        or
+        not exists(getEnclosingOrPattern(pattern)) and
+        definingNode = pattern
+      )
     )
   }
 
diff --git a/unified/ql/test/library-tests/variables/test.swift b/unified/ql/test/library-tests/variables/test.swift
index 190740b7997..07929a0f038 100644
--- a/unified/ql/test/library-tests/variables/test.swift
+++ b/unified/ql/test/library-tests/variables/test.swift
@@ -334,3 +334,18 @@ func t37() {
         print(x) // $ access=x3
     }
 }
+
+enum E38 {
+    case a(Int)
+    case b(Int)
+}
+
+// Switch with a multi-pattern case that binds 'x' in each pattern
+// Note: the testing framework does not make it possible to name the 'x' variable in this case.
+func t38(value: E38) {
+    switch value { // $ access=value
+    case .a(let x), // $ access=x
+         .b(let x): // $ access=x
+        print(x) // $ access=x
+    }
+}