diff --git a/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/parser/TypeScriptASTConverter.java b/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/parser/TypeScriptASTConverter.java
index c462686ea90..557bcc04272 100644
--- a/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/parser/TypeScriptASTConverter.java
+++ b/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/parser/TypeScriptASTConverter.java
@@ -1612,7 +1612,7 @@ public class TypeScriptASTConverter {
 			if (hasChild(element, "dotDotDotToken")) {
 				propVal = new RestElement(eltLoc, propKey);
 			} else if (hasChild(element, "initializer")) {
-				propVal = new AssignmentPattern(eltLoc, "=", propKey, convertChild(element, "initializer"));
+				propVal = new AssignmentPattern(eltLoc, "=", convertChild(element, "name"), convertChild(element, "initializer"));
 			} else {
 				propVal = convertChild(element, "name");
 			}
diff --git a/javascript/ql/test/library-tests/TypeScript/BindingPattern/VarDecl.expected b/javascript/ql/test/library-tests/TypeScript/BindingPattern/VarDecl.expected
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aead5092430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/javascript/ql/test/library-tests/TypeScript/BindingPattern/VarDecl.expected
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+| tst.tsx:1:10:1:10 | f |
+| tst.tsx:1:12:1:12 | o |
+| tst.tsx:2:14:2:14 | v |
diff --git a/javascript/ql/test/library-tests/TypeScript/BindingPattern/VarDecl.ql b/javascript/ql/test/library-tests/TypeScript/BindingPattern/VarDecl.ql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7039e6fa812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/javascript/ql/test/library-tests/TypeScript/BindingPattern/VarDecl.ql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import javascript
+
+from VarDecl decl
+select decl
diff --git a/javascript/ql/test/library-tests/TypeScript/BindingPattern/tst.tsx b/javascript/ql/test/library-tests/TypeScript/BindingPattern/tst.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..db332181280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/javascript/ql/test/library-tests/TypeScript/BindingPattern/tst.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+function f(o) {
+  const { p: v = [] } = o;
+  return v;
+}