diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d2a557c..9773609 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ The following options are currently available.
 |`include_at_in_builtins`|`bool`|`false`| Whether the @ sign should be part of the completion of builtins.
 |`max_detail_length`|`usize`|`1024 * 1024`| The detail field of completions is truncated to be no longer than this (in bytes).
 | `skip_std_references` | `bool` | `false` | When true, skips searching for references in std. Improves lookup speed for functions in user's code. Renaming and go-to-definition will continue to work as is.
+| `highlight_global_var_declarations` | `bool` | `false` | Whether to highlight global var declarations.
 
 ### Per-build Configuration Options
 
diff --git a/schema.json b/schema.json
index 2673418..2d0fd0f 100644
--- a/schema.json
+++ b/schema.json
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@
             "description": "When true, skips searching for references in std. Improves lookup speed for functions in user's code. Renaming and go-to-definition will continue to work as is",
             "type": "boolean",
             "default": "false"
+        },
+        "highlight_global_var_declarations": {
+            "description": "Whether to highlight global var declarations",
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "default": "false"
         }
     }
 } 
diff --git a/src/Config.zig b/src/Config.zig
index 623ce88..642a096 100644
--- a/src/Config.zig
+++ b/src/Config.zig
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ skip_std_references: bool = false,
 /// Path to "builtin;" useful for debugging, automatically set if let null
 builtin_path: ?[]const u8 = null,
 
+/// Whether to highlight global var declarations.
+highlight_global_var_declarations: bool = false,
+
 pub fn loadFromFile(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, file_path: []const u8) ?Config {
     const tracy_zone = tracy.trace(@src());
     defer tracy_zone.end();
diff --git a/src/Server.zig b/src/Server.zig
index 3158d43..d1abe3b 100644
--- a/src/Server.zig
+++ b/src/Server.zig
@@ -175,6 +175,24 @@ fn publishDiagnostics(server: *Server, writer: anytype, handle: *DocumentStore.H
         });
     }
 
+    for (handle.cimports) |cimport| {
+        if (cimport.result != .failure) continue;
+        const stderr = std.mem.trim(u8, cimport.result.failure, " ");
+
+        var pos_and_diag_iterator = std.mem.split(u8, stderr, ":");
+        _ = pos_and_diag_iterator.next(); // skip file path
+        _ = pos_and_diag_iterator.next(); // skip line
+        _ = pos_and_diag_iterator.next(); // skip character
+
+        try diagnostics.append(allocator, .{
+            .range = offsets.nodeToRange(handle.tree, cimport.node, server.offset_encoding),
+            .severity = .Error,
+            .code = "cImport",
+            .source = "zls",
+            .message = try allocator.dupe(u8, pos_and_diag_iterator.rest()),
+        });
+    }
+
     if (server.config.enable_ast_check_diagnostics and tree.errors.len == 0) {
         try getAstCheckDiagnostics(server, handle, &diagnostics);
     }
@@ -251,23 +269,34 @@ fn publishDiagnostics(server: *Server, writer: anytype, handle: *DocumentStore.H
             }
         }
     }
+    
+    if (server.config.highlight_global_var_declarations) {
+        const main_tokens = tree.nodes.items(.main_token);
+        const tags = tree.tokens.items(.tag);
+        for (tree.rootDecls()) |decl| {
+            const decl_tag = tree.nodes.items(.tag)[decl];
+            const decl_main_token = tree.nodes.items(.main_token)[decl];
 
-    for (handle.cimports) |cimport| {
-        if (cimport.result != .failure) continue;
-        const stderr = std.mem.trim(u8, cimport.result.failure, " ");
-
-        var pos_and_diag_iterator = std.mem.split(u8, stderr, ":");
-        _ = pos_and_diag_iterator.next(); // skip file path
-        _ = pos_and_diag_iterator.next(); // skip line
-        _ = pos_and_diag_iterator.next(); // skip character
-
-        try diagnostics.append(allocator, .{
-            .range = offsets.nodeToRange(handle.tree, cimport.node, server.offset_encoding),
-            .severity = .Error,
-            .code = "cImport",
-            .source = "zls",
-            .message = try allocator.dupe(u8, pos_and_diag_iterator.rest()),
-        });
+            switch (decl_tag) {
+                .simple_var_decl,
+                .aligned_var_decl,
+                .local_var_decl,
+                .global_var_decl,
+                => {
+                    if (tags[main_tokens[decl]] != .keyword_var) continue; // skip anything immutable
+                    // uncomment this to get a list :)
+                    //log.debug("possible global variable \"{s}\"", .{tree.tokenSlice(decl_main_token + 1)});
+                    try diagnostics.append(allocator, .{
+                        .range = offsets.tokenToRange(tree, decl_main_token, server.offset_encoding),
+                        .severity = .Hint,
+                        .code = "highlight_global_var_declarations",
+                        .source = "zls",
+                        .message = "Global var declaration",
+                    });
+                },
+                else => {},
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     try send(writer, server.arena.allocator(), types.Notification{