diff -up frysk-0.4/frysk-core/frysk/scopes/Scope.java.skipdecl frysk-0.4/frysk-core/frysk/scopes/Scope.java
--- frysk-0.4/frysk-core/frysk/scopes/Scope.java.skipdecl	2010-03-30 14:04:28.000000000 -0400
+++ frysk-0.4/frysk-core/frysk/scopes/Scope.java	2010-03-30 14:02:55.000000000 -0400
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import lib.dwfl.DwarfDie;
 import frysk.debuginfo.DebugInfoFrame;
 import frysk.debuginfo.TypeFactory;
 import frysk.value.ObjectDeclaration;
+import lib.dwfl.DwAt;
 
 /**
  * A class to represent a Scope.
@@ -215,14 +216,24 @@ public class Scope
   public ObjectDeclaration getDeclaredObjectByName(String name){
       
       ObjectDeclaration objectDeclaration = null;
+      ObjectDeclaration declaration = null;
       
       Iterator iterator = this.getObjectDeclarations().iterator();
       while (iterator.hasNext()) {
 	objectDeclaration = (ObjectDeclaration) iterator.next();
 	if(objectDeclaration.getName().equals(name)){
+	    if (objectDeclaration instanceof Variable
+		&& ((Variable)objectDeclaration).getVariableDie().getAttrBoolean(DwAt.DECLARATION)) {
+		// If it is only a declaration keep searching;
+		// hopefully there's also a definition.
+		declaration = objectDeclaration;
+		continue;
+	    }
 	    return objectDeclaration;
 	}
       }
+      if (declaration != null)
+	  return declaration;
       
       iterator = this.getEnums().iterator();
       while (iterator.hasNext()) {