diff --git a/src/Module.js b/src/Module.js
index 71f9ff6..96d6869 100644
--- a/src/Module.js
+++ b/src/Module.js
@@ -274,8 +274,11 @@ export default class Module {
 
 	bindAliases () {
 		keys( this.declarations ).forEach( name => {
+			if ( name === '*' ) return;
+
 			const declaration = this.declarations[ name ];
 			const statement = declaration.statement;
+
 			if ( statement.node.type !== 'VariableDeclaration' ) return;
 
 			statement.references.forEach( reference => {
diff --git a/test/function/assign-namespace-to-var/_config.js b/test/function/assign-namespace-to-var/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce0a100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/function/assign-namespace-to-var/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module.exports = {
+	description: 'allows a namespace to be assigned to a variable'
+};
diff --git a/test/function/assign-namespace-to-var/b.js b/test/function/assign-namespace-to-var/b.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bc6359
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/function/assign-namespace-to-var/b.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export function foo () {
+	return 10;
+}
+
+export var bar = 20;
diff --git a/test/function/assign-namespace-to-var/main.js b/test/function/assign-namespace-to-var/main.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bbbfd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/function/assign-namespace-to-var/main.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import * as b from './b';
+
+var val = b.foo();
+var val2 = b.bar;