diff --git a/lib/jsdoc/name.js b/lib/jsdoc/name.js
index 62d4cc9b..f76d697d 100644
--- a/lib/jsdoc/name.js
+++ b/lib/jsdoc/name.js
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ exports.resolve = function(doclet) {
         doclet.setMemberof(about.memberof);
     }
 
-    if (about.longname && !doclet.longname) {
+    if (about.longname && (!doclet.longname || doclet.longname === doclet.name)) {
         doclet.setLongname(about.longname);
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/jsdoc/src/handlers.js b/lib/jsdoc/src/handlers.js
index 8842cd96..1f126a9b 100644
--- a/lib/jsdoc/src/handlers.js
+++ b/lib/jsdoc/src/handlers.js
@@ -33,6 +33,20 @@ function setCurrentModule(doclet) {
     }
 }
 
+function setDefaultScopeMemberOf(doclet) {
+    // add @inner and @memberof tags unless the current module exports only this symbol
+    if (currentModule && currentModule !== doclet.name) {
+        // add @inner unless the current module exports only this symbol
+        if (!doclet.scope) {
+            doclet.addTag('inner');
+        }
+
+        if (!doclet.memberof && doclet.scope !== 'global') {
+            doclet.addTag('memberof', currentModule);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * Attach these event handlers to a particular instance of a parser.
  * @param parser
@@ -48,6 +62,8 @@ exports.attachTo = function(parser) {
             return false; // only interested in virtual comments (with a @name) here
         }
 
+        setDefaultScopeMemberOf(newDoclet);
+        newDoclet.postProcess();
         addDoclet.call(parser, newDoclet);
 
         e.doclet = newDoclet;
@@ -149,17 +165,7 @@ exports.attachTo = function(parser) {
                     }
                 }
                 else {
-                    // add @inner and @memberof tags unless the current module exports only this symbol
-                    if (currentModule && currentModule !== newDoclet.name) {
-                        // add @inner unless the current module exports only this symbol
-                        if (!newDoclet.scope) {
-                            newDoclet.addTag('inner');
-                        }
-
-                        if (!newDoclet.memberof && newDoclet.scope !== 'global') {
-                            newDoclet.addTag('memberof', currentModule);
-                        }
-                    }
+                    setDefaultScopeMemberOf(newDoclet);
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/moduletag4.js b/test/fixtures/moduletag4.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cbca4746
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/moduletag4.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/** @module M1 */
+
+/**
+ * The differnet kind of mouse buttons.
+ *
+ * @summary Blah blah
+ * @readonly
+ * @enum {string} 
+ */
+exports.MouseButtons = {
+	Left: "Left",
+	Middle: "Middle",
+	Right: "Right"
+};
+
+/**
+  * @typedef ClickProperties
+  * @type {object}
+  * @property {MouseButtons} Button - Which mouse button is clicking.
+  */
+
+/**
+  * Virtual comment function
+  *
+  * @function VirtualComment
+  * @static
+  * @param {string} comment - comment
+  * 
+  */
+
+/**
+ * Virtual comment function 2
+ * @function VirtualComment2
+ * @instance 
+ * @param {string} comment - comment
+ */
+
diff --git a/test/specs/tags/moduletag.js b/test/specs/tags/moduletag.js
index e2b44e30..25620b41 100644
--- a/test/specs/tags/moduletag.js
+++ b/test/specs/tags/moduletag.js
@@ -38,4 +38,36 @@ describe("@module tag", function() {
             expect(darken.kind).toBe('function');
         });
     });
+
+    describe("virtual comments", function() {
+        var docSet = jasmine.getDocSetFromFile('test/fixtures/moduletag4.js'),
+            m1 = docSet.getByLongname('module:M1').filter(function($) {
+                return ! $.undocumented;
+            })[0],
+            clickProperties = docSet.getByLongname('module:M1~ClickProperties')[0],
+            virtFunc = docSet.getByLongname('module:M1.VirtualComment')[0],
+            virtFunc2 = docSet.getByLongname('module:M1#VirtualComment2')[0];
+
+        it('When a virtual comment typedef is inside a module, the typedef is a memberof the module', function () {
+            expect(clickProperties.memberof).toBe('module:M1');
+        });
+
+        it('When a virtual comment typedef is inside a module, the typedef longname contains the module name', function() {
+            expect(clickProperties.longname).toBe('module:M1~ClickProperties');
+        });
+
+        it('When a virtual comment typedef is inside a module, the typedef scope is "inner"', function() {
+            expect(clickProperties.scope).toBe('inner');
+        });
+
+        it('When a virtual comment function is inside a module with a static scope, the function has the correct memberof and longname', function () {
+            expect(virtFunc.longname).toBe('module:M1.VirtualComment');
+            expect(virtFunc.memberof).toBe('module:M1');
+        });
+
+        it('When a virtual comment function is inside a module with an instance scope, the function has the correct memberof and longname', function() {
+            expect(virtFunc2.longname).toBe('module:M1#VirtualComment2');
+            expect(virtFunc2.memberof).toBe('module:M1');
+        });
+    });
 });
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