diff --git a/lib/is_jsdoc_comment.js b/lib/is_jsdoc_comment.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d3ac18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/is_jsdoc_comment.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * Detect whether a comment is a JSDoc comment: it must be a block
+ * comment which starts with two asterisks, not any other number of asterisks.
+ *
+ * The code parser automatically strips out the first asterisk that's
+ * required for the comment to be a comment at all, so we count the remaining
+ * comments.
+ * @param {Object} comment an ast-types node of the comment
+ * @return {boolean} whether it is valid
+ */
+module.exports = function isJSDocComment(comment) {
+  var asterisks = comment.value.match(/^(\*+)/);
+  return comment.type === 'Block' && asterisks && asterisks[ 1 ].length === 1;
+};
diff --git a/streams/infer_membership.js b/streams/infer_membership.js
index b07b20b..7839330 100644
--- a/streams/infer_membership.js
+++ b/streams/infer_membership.js
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 var through = require('through'),
   types = require('ast-types'),
-  n = types.namedTypes;
+  n = types.namedTypes,
+  isJSDocComment = require('../lib/is_jsdoc_comment'),
+  doctrine = require('doctrine');
 
 /**
  * Create a transform stream that uses code structure to infer
@@ -21,6 +23,10 @@ module.exports = function () {
       return;
     }
 
+    if (findLendsTag(comment)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Extract and return the chain of identifiers from the left hand side of expressions
      * of the forms `Foo = ...`, `Foo.bar = ...`, `Foo.bar.baz = ...`, etc.
@@ -85,6 +91,30 @@ module.exports = function () {
       }
     }
 
+    function findLendsTag(comment) {
+      for (var i = 0; i < comment.tags.length; i++) {
+        if (comment.tags[i].title == 'lends') {
+          return comment.tags[i];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    function findLendsIdentifiers(node) {
+      if (!node || !node.leadingComments) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      for (var i = 0; i < node.leadingComments.length; i++) {
+        var comment = node.leadingComments[i];
+        if (isJSDocComment(comment)) {
+          var lendsTag = findLendsTag(doctrine.parse(comment.value, { unwrap: true }));
+          if (lendsTag) {
+            return lendsTag.description.split('.');
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     var path = comment.context.ast;
     var identifiers;
 
@@ -106,11 +136,9 @@ module.exports = function () {
       path = path.get('key');
     }
 
-    /*
-     * Foo.bar = ...;
-     * Foo.prototype.bar = ...;
-     * Foo.bar.baz = ...;
-     */
+    // Foo.bar = ...;
+    // Foo.prototype.bar = ...;
+    // Foo.bar.baz = ...;
     if (n.MemberExpression.check(path.node)) {
       identifiers = extractIdentifiers(path);
       if (identifiers.length >= 2) {
@@ -118,11 +146,22 @@ module.exports = function () {
       }
     }
 
-    /*
-     * Foo = { bar: ... };
-     * Foo.prototype = { bar: ... };
-     * Foo.bar = { baz: ... };
-     */
+    // /** @lends Foo */{ bar: ... }
+    if (n.Identifier.check(path.node) &&
+      n.Property.check(path.parent.node) &&
+      n.ObjectExpression.check(path.parent.parent.node)) {
+      // The @lends comment is sometimes attached to the first property rather than
+      // the object expression itself.
+      identifiers = findLendsIdentifiers(path.parent.parent.node) ||
+          findLendsIdentifiers(path.parent.parent.node.properties[0]);
+      if (identifiers) {
+        inferMembership(identifiers);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Foo = { bar: ... };
+    // Foo.prototype = { bar: ... };
+    // Foo.bar = { baz: ... };
     if (n.Identifier.check(path.node) &&
         n.Property.check(path.parent.node) &&
         n.ObjectExpression.check(path.parent.parent.node) &&
@@ -133,9 +172,7 @@ module.exports = function () {
       }
     }
 
-    /*
-     * var Foo = { bar: ... }
-     */
+    // var Foo = { bar: ... }
     if (n.Identifier.check(path.node) &&
         n.Property.check(path.parent.node) &&
         n.ObjectExpression.check(path.parent.parent.node) &&
diff --git a/streams/parse.js b/streams/parse.js
index e52e87b..3454099 100644
--- a/streams/parse.js
+++ b/streams/parse.js
@@ -4,22 +4,8 @@ var doctrine = require('doctrine'),
   espree = require('espree'),
   through = require('through'),
   types = require('ast-types'),
-  extend = require('extend');
-
-/**
- * Detect whether a comment is a JSDoc comment: it must be a block
- * comment which starts with two asterisks, not any other number of asterisks.
- *
- * The code parser automatically strips out the first asterisk that's
- * required for the comment to be a comment at all, so we count the remaining
- * comments.
- * @param {Object} comment an ast-types node of the comment
- * @return {boolean} whether it is valid
- */
-function isJSDocComment(comment) {
-  var asterisks = comment.value.match(/^(\*+)/);
-  return comment.type === 'Block' && asterisks && asterisks[ 1 ].length === 1;
-}
+  extend = require('extend'),
+  isJSDocComment = require('../lib/is_jsdoc_comment');
 
 /**
  * Comment-out a shebang line that may sit at the top of a file,
diff --git a/test/streams/infer_membership.js b/test/streams/infer_membership.js
index 350f014..441ee9b 100644
--- a/test/streams/infer_membership.js
+++ b/test/streams/infer_membership.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ function evaluate(fn, callback) {
 }
 
 function Foo() {}
+function lend() {}
 
 test('inferMembership - explicit', function (t) {
   evaluate(function () {
@@ -158,3 +159,67 @@ test('inferMembership - simple', function (t) {
     t.end();
   });
 });
+
+test('inferMembership - lends, static', function (t) {
+  evaluate(function () {
+    lend(/** @lends Foo */{
+      /** Test */
+      bar: 0
+    });
+  }, function (result) {
+    t.equal(result[ 0 ].memberof, 'Foo');
+    t.equal(result[ 0 ].scope, 'static');
+    t.end();
+  });
+});
+
+test('inferMembership - lends, static, function', function (t) {
+  evaluate(function () {
+    lend(/** @lends Foo */{
+      /** Test */
+      bar: function () {}
+    });
+  }, function (result) {
+    t.equal(result[ 0 ].memberof, 'Foo');
+    t.equal(result[ 0 ].scope, 'static');
+    t.end();
+  });
+});
+
+test('inferMembership - lends, instance', function (t) {
+  evaluate(function () {
+    lend(/** @lends Foo.prototype */{
+      /** Test */
+      bar: 0
+    });
+  }, function (result) {
+    t.equal(result[ 0 ].memberof, 'Foo');
+    t.equal(result[ 0 ].scope, 'instance');
+    t.end();
+  });
+});
+
+test('inferMembership - lends, instance, function', function (t) {
+  evaluate(function () {
+    lend(/** @lends Foo.prototype */{
+      /** Test */
+      bar: function () {}
+    });
+  }, function (result) {
+    t.equal(result[ 0 ].memberof, 'Foo');
+    t.equal(result[ 0 ].scope, 'instance');
+    t.end();
+  });
+});
+
+test('inferMembership - lends applies only to following object', function (t) {
+  evaluate(function () {
+    lend(/** @lends Foo */{});
+    /** Test */
+    return 0;
+  }, function (result) {
+    t.equal(result.length, 1);
+    t.equal(result[ 0 ].memberof, undefined);
+    t.end();
+  });
+});