diff --git a/src/compiler/ast.rs b/src/compiler/ast.rs
index 38fafd6..ea3fe42 100644
--- a/src/compiler/ast.rs
+++ b/src/compiler/ast.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 use crate::compiler::token::CodeLocation;
 use std::fmt;
 
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub enum TypeExpression {
+    Int(CodeLocation),
+    Bool(CodeLocation),
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub enum Expression<'source> {
     EmptyLiteral(CodeLocation),
@@ -14,7 +20,12 @@ pub enum Expression<'source> {
         &'source str,
         Box<Expression<'source>>,
     ),
-    VarDeclaration(CodeLocation, &'source str, Box<Expression<'source>>),
+    VarDeclaration(
+        CodeLocation,
+        &'source str,
+        Box<Expression<'source>>,
+        Option<TypeExpression>,
+    ),
     Conditional(
         CodeLocation,
         Box<Expression<'source>>,
@@ -38,7 +49,7 @@ impl<'source> Expression<'source> {
             Expression::BoolLiteral(loc, _) => *loc,
             Expression::Identifier(loc, _) => *loc,
             Expression::UnaryOp(loc, _, _) => *loc,
-            Expression::VarDeclaration(loc, _, _) => *loc,
+            Expression::VarDeclaration(loc, _, _, _) => *loc,
             Expression::BinaryOp(loc, _, _, _) => *loc,
             Expression::Conditional(loc, _, _, _) => *loc,
             Expression::While(loc, _, _) => *loc,
@@ -70,7 +81,7 @@ impl<'source> Expression<'source> {
             Expression::BoolLiteral(_, val) => val.to_string(),
             Expression::Identifier(_, name) => name.to_string(),
             Expression::UnaryOp(_, op, _) => op.to_string(),
-            Expression::VarDeclaration(_, name, _) => name.to_string(),
+            Expression::VarDeclaration(_, name, _, _) => name.to_string(),
             Expression::BinaryOp(_, _, op, _) => op.to_string(),
             Expression::Conditional(_, condition, _, _) => format!("if {}", condition),
             Expression::While(_, condition, _) => format!("while {}", condition),
diff --git a/src/compiler/interpreter.rs b/src/compiler/interpreter.rs
index 24dcd07..ce92f4d 100644
--- a/src/compiler/interpreter.rs
+++ b/src/compiler/interpreter.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ pub fn interpret<'source>(
                 op_fn(&[interpret(left, symbols), interpret(right, symbols)])
             }
         },
-        VarDeclaration(_, name, expr) => {
+        VarDeclaration(_, name, expr, _) => {
             let val = interpret(expr, symbols);
             symbols.insert(name, val);
             Value::None()
diff --git a/src/compiler/parser/mod.rs b/src/compiler/parser/mod.rs
index eb6abea..ad2a7fb 100644
--- a/src/compiler/parser/mod.rs
+++ b/src/compiler/parser/mod.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ mod parser_utilities;
 mod tests;
 
 use crate::compiler::{
-    ast::Expression::{self, *},
+    ast::{
+        Expression::{self, *},
+        TypeExpression::{self},
+    },
     parser::parser_utilities::*,
     token::{Token, TokenType},
 };
@@ -162,9 +165,22 @@ fn parse_var_declaration<'source>(
 ) -> Expression<'source> {
     consume_string(pos, tokens, "var");
     let name_token = consume_type(pos, tokens, TokenType::Identifier);
+
+    let mut type_expr = None;
+    if peek(pos, tokens).text == ":" {
+        consume_string(pos, tokens, ":");
+
+        let type_token = consume_type(pos, tokens, TokenType::Identifier);
+        type_expr = match type_token.text {
+            "Int" => Some(TypeExpression::Int(type_token.loc)),
+            "Bool" => Some(TypeExpression::Bool(type_token.loc)),
+            _ => panic! {"Unknown type indicator!"},
+        }
+    }
+
     consume_string(pos, tokens, "=");
     let value = parse_expression(0, pos, tokens);
-    VarDeclaration(name_token.loc, name_token.text, Box::new(value))
+    VarDeclaration(name_token.loc, name_token.text, Box::new(value), type_expr)
 }
 
 fn parse_conditional<'source>(pos: &mut usize, tokens: &[Token<'source>]) -> Expression<'source> {
diff --git a/src/compiler/parser/tests.rs b/src/compiler/parser/tests.rs
index d9a62e9..5dfa1f7 100644
--- a/src/compiler/parser/tests.rs
+++ b/src/compiler/parser/tests.rs
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ macro_rules! empty_ast {
 }
 
 macro_rules! var_ast {
-    ($x:expr, $y:expr) => {
-        VarDeclaration(CodeLocation::new(usize::MAX, usize::MAX), $x, $y)
+    ($x:expr, $y:expr, $z:expr) => {
+        VarDeclaration(CodeLocation::new(usize::MAX, usize::MAX), $x, $y, $z)
     };
 }
 
@@ -525,19 +525,48 @@ fn test_block_missing_semicolon() {
 #[test]
 fn test_var_basic() {
     let result = parse(&tokenize("var x = 1"));
-    assert_eq!(result, var_ast!("x", int_ast_b!(1)));
+    assert_eq!(result, var_ast!("x", int_ast_b!(1), None));
 
     let result = parse(&tokenize("{ var x = 1; x = 2; }"));
     assert_eq!(
         result,
         block_ast!(vec![
-            var_ast!("x", int_ast_b!(1)),
+            var_ast!("x", int_ast_b!(1), None),
             bin_ast!(id_ast_b!("x"), "=", int_ast_b!(2)),
             empty_ast!()
         ])
     );
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_var_typed() {
+    let result = parse(&tokenize("var x: Int = 1"));
+    assert_eq!(
+        result,
+        var_ast!(
+            "x",
+            int_ast_b!(1),
+            Some(TypeExpression::Int(CodeLocation::new(
+                usize::MAX,
+                usize::MAX
+            )))
+        )
+    );
+
+    let result = parse(&tokenize("var x: Bool = true"));
+    assert_eq!(
+        result,
+        var_ast!(
+            "x",
+            bool_ast_b!(true),
+            Some(TypeExpression::Bool(CodeLocation::new(
+                usize::MAX,
+                usize::MAX
+            )))
+        )
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 #[should_panic]
 fn test_var_chain() {
diff --git a/src/compiler/tokenizer.rs b/src/compiler/tokenizer.rs
index 2b5e265..a4826ab 100644
--- a/src/compiler/tokenizer.rs
+++ b/src/compiler/tokenizer.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pub fn tokenize(code: &str) -> Vec<Token> {
             TokenType::Operator,
             Regex::new(r"^(==|!=|<=|>=|=|<|>|\+|-|\*|/|\%)").unwrap(),
         ),
-        (TokenType::Punctuation, Regex::new(r"^[\(\){},;]").unwrap()),
+        (TokenType::Punctuation, Regex::new(r"^[\(\){},;:]").unwrap()),
         (TokenType::Integer, Regex::new(r"^[0-9]+").unwrap()),
         (
             TokenType::Identifier,
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_tokenize_punctuation_basic() {
         let loc = CodeLocation::new(usize::MAX, usize::MAX);
-        let result = tokenize("{var = (1 + 2, 3);}");
+        let result = tokenize("{var = (1 + 2, 3);:}");
 
         use TokenType::*;
         assert_eq!(
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ mod tests {
                 Token::new("3", Integer, loc),
                 Token::new(")", Punctuation, loc),
                 Token::new(";", Punctuation, loc),
+                Token::new(":", Punctuation, loc),
                 Token::new("}", Punctuation, loc),
             )
         );
diff --git a/src/compiler/type_checker.rs b/src/compiler/type_checker.rs
index 6f78a95..fbd082f 100644
--- a/src/compiler/type_checker.rs
+++ b/src/compiler/type_checker.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 use crate::compiler::{
-    ast::Expression::{self, *},
+    ast::{
+        Expression::{self, *},
+        TypeExpression,
+    },
     symtab::SymTab,
     variable::Type,
 };
@@ -84,8 +87,23 @@ pub fn type_check<'source>(ast: &Expression<'source>, symbols: &mut SymTab<'sour
                 (**sig_ret_type).clone()
             }
         },
-        VarDeclaration(_, name, expr) => {
+        VarDeclaration(_, name, expr, type_expr) => {
             let type_var = type_check(expr, symbols);
+
+            if let Some(type_expr) = type_expr {
+                let expected_type = match type_expr {
+                    TypeExpression::Int(_) => Type::Int,
+                    TypeExpression::Bool(_) => Type::Bool,
+                };
+
+                if type_var != expected_type {
+                    panic!(
+                        "Expected type {:?} does not match actual type {:?} in var declaration",
+                        expected_type, type_var
+                    )
+                }
+            }
+
             symbols.insert(name, type_var);
             Type::Unit
         }