diff --git a/cpg-language-go/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/golang/GoLanguageFrontend.kt b/cpg-language-go/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/golang/GoLanguageFrontend.kt
index 16c7a90760..42faf11189 100644
--- a/cpg-language-go/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/golang/GoLanguageFrontend.kt
+++ b/cpg-language-go/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/golang/GoLanguageFrontend.kt
@@ -287,7 +287,18 @@ class GoLanguageFrontend(language: Language<GoLanguageFrontend>, ctx: Translatio
                             desc
                         }
 
-                    objectType(parts.joinToString("; ", "struct{", "}"))
+                    val name = parts.joinToString("; ", "struct{", "}")
+
+                    // Create an anonymous struct, this will add it to the scope manager. This is
+                    // somewhat duplicate, but the easiest for now. We need to create it in the
+                    // global
+                    // scope to avoid namespace issues
+                    var record =
+                        scopeManager.withScope(scopeManager.globalScope) {
+                            specificationHandler.buildRecordDeclaration(type, name)
+                        }
+
+                    record.toType()
                 }
                 is GoStandardLibrary.Ast.InterfaceType -> {
                     // Go allows to use anonymous interface as type. This is something we cannot
diff --git a/cpg-language-go/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/golang/SpecificationHandler.kt b/cpg-language-go/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/golang/SpecificationHandler.kt
index 0b0efae169..6f33ac1965 100644
--- a/cpg-language-go/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/golang/SpecificationHandler.kt
+++ b/cpg-language-go/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/golang/SpecificationHandler.kt
@@ -92,11 +92,21 @@ class SpecificationHandler(frontend: GoLanguageFrontend) :
         typeSpec: GoStandardLibrary.Ast.TypeSpec,
         structType: GoStandardLibrary.Ast.StructType
     ): RecordDeclaration {
-        val record = newRecordDeclaration(typeSpec.name.name, "struct", rawNode = typeSpec)
+        val record = buildRecordDeclaration(structType, typeSpec.name.name, typeSpec)
 
         // Make sure to register the type
         frontend.typeManager.registerType(record.toType())
 
+        return record
+    }
+
+    fun buildRecordDeclaration(
+        structType: GoStandardLibrary.Ast.StructType,
+        name: CharSequence,
+        typeSpec: GoStandardLibrary.Ast.TypeSpec? = null,
+    ): RecordDeclaration {
+        val record = newRecordDeclaration(name, "struct", rawNode = typeSpec)
+
         frontend.scopeManager.enterScope(record)
 
         if (!structType.incomplete) {
@@ -106,7 +116,7 @@ class SpecificationHandler(frontend: GoLanguageFrontend) :
                 // A field can also have no name, which means that it is embedded. In this case, it
                 // can be accessed by the local name of its type and therefore we name the field
                 // accordingly
-                val name =
+                val fieldName =
                     if (field.names.isEmpty()) {
                         // Retrieve the root type local name
                         type.root.name.localName
@@ -114,7 +124,7 @@ class SpecificationHandler(frontend: GoLanguageFrontend) :
                         field.names[0].name
                     }
 
-                val decl = newFieldDeclaration(name, type, rawNode = field)
+                val decl = newFieldDeclaration(fieldName, type, rawNode = field)
                 frontend.scopeManager.addDeclaration(decl)
             }
         }
diff --git a/cpg-language-go/src/test/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/golang/DeclarationTest.kt b/cpg-language-go/src/test/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/golang/DeclarationTest.kt
index eba1ce533c..e4f8f2de51 100644
--- a/cpg-language-go/src/test/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/golang/DeclarationTest.kt
+++ b/cpg-language-go/src/test/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/frontends/golang/DeclarationTest.kt
@@ -36,10 +36,8 @@ import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.byNameOrNull
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.declarations.*
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.statements.CompoundStatement
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.statements.ReturnStatement
-import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.statements.expressions.CallExpression
-import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.statements.expressions.DeclaredReferenceExpression
-import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.statements.expressions.MemberExpression
-import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.statements.expressions.UnaryOperator
+import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.statements.expressions.*
+import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.types.ObjectType
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.graph.variables
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import kotlin.test.*
@@ -150,16 +148,32 @@ class DeclarationTest {
         assertNotNull(newMyStruct)
 
         val body = newMyStruct.body as? CompoundStatement
-
         assertNotNull(body)
 
         val `return` = body.statements.first() as? ReturnStatement
-
         assertNotNull(`return`)
 
         val returnValue = `return`.returnValue as? UnaryOperator
-
         assertNotNull(returnValue)
+
+        val s = p.variables["p.s"]
+        assertNotNull(s)
+
+        val type = s.type
+        assertIs<ObjectType>(type)
+
+        val record = type.recordDeclaration
+        assertNotNull(record)
+
+        val init = (s.initializer as? ConstructExpression)?.arguments?.firstOrNull()
+        assertIs<InitializerListExpression>(init)
+
+        val keyValue = init.initializers<KeyValueExpression>(0)
+        assertNotNull(keyValue)
+
+        val key = keyValue.key
+        assertNotNull(key)
+        assertRefersTo(key, record.fields["field"])
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/cpg-language-go/src/test/resources/golang/struct.go b/cpg-language-go/src/test/resources/golang/struct.go
index 5f0ee4296d..921fdf3644 100644
--- a/cpg-language-go/src/test/resources/golang/struct.go
+++ b/cpg-language-go/src/test/resources/golang/struct.go
@@ -33,3 +33,9 @@ func (s MyStruct) myOtherFunc() string {
 func NewMyStruct() *MyStruct {
 	return &MyStruct{}
 }
+
+var s = struct {
+	field int
+}{
+	field: 1,
+}