diff --git a/Units/matlab-tg-corpus.d/expected.tags b/Units/matlab-tg-corpus.d/expected.tags
index d90c209134..b7f1c9f352 100644
--- a/Units/matlab-tg-corpus.d/expected.tags
+++ b/Units/matlab-tg-corpus.d/expected.tags
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 backtrack	input.m	/^function [xn,fn,fcall] = backtrack(xc,d,fc,fnc,DDfnc,c,gamma,eps)$/;"	f
+cDDfnc	input.m	/^        cDDfnc  =  gamma*cDDfnc;$/;"	v
+cDDfnc	input.m	/^cDDfnc  =   c*DDfnc;$/;"	v
+d	input.m	/^        d       =  gamma*d;$/;"	v
+fcall	input.m	/^        fcall   =  fcall+1;$/;"	v
+fcall	input.m	/^fcall   =   1 ;$/;"	v
+fn	input.m	/^        fn      =  feval(fnc,xn);$/;"	v
+fn	input.m	/^fn      =   feval(fnc,xn);$/;"	v
 func1	input.m	/^function [x,y,z] = func1 $/;"	f
 func2	input.m	/^function x = func2 $/;"	f
 func3	input.m	/^function func3 $/;"	f
+xn	input.m	/^                        xn  =  xc;$/;"	v
+xn	input.m	/^        xn      =  xc+d;$/;"	v
+xn	input.m	/^xn      =   xc+d;$/;"	v
diff --git a/Units/noext-tg-matlab.d/expected.tags b/Units/noext-tg-matlab.d/expected.tags
index 6cd84ca4bf..3542e899f2 100644
--- a/Units/noext-tg-matlab.d/expected.tags
+++ b/Units/noext-tg-matlab.d/expected.tags
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 backtrack	input.nolang	/^function [xn,fn,fcall] = backtrack(xc,d,fc,fnc,DDfnc,c,gamma,eps)$/;"	f
+cDDfnc	input.nolang	/^        cDDfnc  =  gamma*cDDfnc;$/;"	v
+cDDfnc	input.nolang	/^cDDfnc  =   c*DDfnc;$/;"	v
+d	input.nolang	/^        d       =  gamma*d;$/;"	v
+fcall	input.nolang	/^        fcall   =  fcall+1;$/;"	v
+fcall	input.nolang	/^fcall   =   1 ;$/;"	v
+fn	input.nolang	/^        fn      =  feval(fnc,xn);$/;"	v
+fn	input.nolang	/^fn      =   feval(fnc,xn);$/;"	v
 func1	input.nolang	/^function [x,y,z] = func1 $/;"	f
 func2	input.nolang	/^function x = func2 $/;"	f
 func3	input.nolang	/^function func3 $/;"	f
+xn	input.nolang	/^                        xn  =  xc;$/;"	v
+xn	input.nolang	/^        xn      =  xc+d;$/;"	v
+xn	input.nolang	/^xn      =   xc+d;$/;"	v
diff --git a/Units/review-needed.r/matlab_backtracking.m.t/expected.tags b/Units/review-needed.r/matlab_backtracking.m.t/expected.tags
index 8fb10ac348..64e807e649 100644
--- a/Units/review-needed.r/matlab_backtracking.m.t/expected.tags
+++ b/Units/review-needed.r/matlab_backtracking.m.t/expected.tags
@@ -1 +1,11 @@
 backtrack	input.m	/^function [xn,fn,fcall] = backtrack(xc,d,fc,fnc,DDfnc,c,gamma,eps)$/;"	f
+cDDfnc	input.m	/^        cDDfnc  =  gamma*cDDfnc;$/;"	v
+cDDfnc	input.m	/^cDDfnc  =   c*DDfnc;$/;"	v
+d	input.m	/^        d       =  gamma*d;$/;"	v
+fcall	input.m	/^        fcall   =  fcall+1;$/;"	v
+fcall	input.m	/^fcall   =   1 ;$/;"	v
+fn	input.m	/^        fn      =  feval(fnc,xn);$/;"	v
+fn	input.m	/^fn      =   feval(fnc,xn);$/;"	v
+xn	input.m	/^                        xn  =  xc;$/;"	v
+xn	input.m	/^        xn      =  xc+d;$/;"	v
+xn	input.m	/^xn      =   xc+d;$/;"	v
diff --git a/Units/review-needed.r/matlab_test.m.t/expected.tags b/Units/review-needed.r/matlab_test.m.t/expected.tags
index d54c4735b7..a5ecdeff0c 100644
--- a/Units/review-needed.r/matlab_test.m.t/expected.tags
+++ b/Units/review-needed.r/matlab_test.m.t/expected.tags
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+A	input.m	/^A = magic(4);$/;"	v
+R	input.m	/^R = randn(3,4,5);$/;"	v
 func1	input.m	/^function [x,y,z] = func1 $/;"	f
 func2	input.m	/^function x = func2 $/;"	f
 func3	input.m	/^function func3 $/;"	f
diff --git a/Units/review-needed.r/matlab_test.m.t/input.m b/Units/review-needed.r/matlab_test.m.t/input.m
index 5bf4885e1b..1b0b235f2a 100644
--- a/Units/review-needed.r/matlab_test.m.t/input.m
+++ b/Units/review-needed.r/matlab_test.m.t/input.m
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 function x = func2 
 function func3 
 
+A = magic(4);
+R = randn(3,4,5);
diff --git a/parsers/matlab.c b/parsers/matlab.c
index d028c6fe67..fbdaf46a60 100644
--- a/parsers/matlab.c
+++ b/parsers/matlab.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ static void installMatLabRegex (const langType language)
     addTagRegex (language, "^function[ \t]*[a-zA-Z0-9_]+[ \t]*=[ \t]*([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)", "\\1", "f,function", NULL);
     /* function asdf */
     addTagRegex (language, "^function[ \t]*([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)[^=]*$", "\\1", "f,function", NULL);
+    /* variables */
+    addTagRegex (language, "^[ \t]*([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)[ \t]*=[ \t]", "\\1", "v,variable", NULL);
 }
 
 extern parserDefinition* MatLabParser (void)