diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 7a5ca359..9d981b42 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 /**
- * @overview JSDoc/main.js
- * @copyright 2010, 2011 (c) Michael Mathews <micmath@gmail.com>
+ * @project JSDoc
+ * @author Michael Mathews <micmath@gmail.com>
  * @license See LICENSE.md file included in this distribution.
  */
 
+
 //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//
 
 
diff --git a/modules/jsdoc/name.js b/modules/jsdoc/name.js
index 187d8d86..2c530913 100644
--- a/modules/jsdoc/name.js
+++ b/modules/jsdoc/name.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
         @param {Doclet} doclet
      */
     exports.resolve = function(doclet) {
+
         var name = doclet.name,
             memberof = doclet.memberof || '',
             about = {},
@@ -65,7 +66,11 @@
             doclet.longname = about.longname;
         }
         
-        if (about.scope) {
+        if (doclet.scope === 'global') { // via @global tag?
+            doclet.longname = doclet.name;
+            delete doclet.memberof;
+        }
+        else if (about.scope) {
             doclet.scope = puncToScope[about.scope];
         }
         else {
@@ -74,6 +79,8 @@
                 doclet.longname = doclet.memberof + scopeToPunc[doclet.scope] + doclet.name;
             }
         }
+        
+        
     }
     
     function quoteUnsafe(name, kind) { // docspaced names may have unsafe characters which need to be quoted by us
diff --git a/modules/jsdoc/tag/dictionary/definitions.js b/modules/jsdoc/tag/dictionary/definitions.js
index 50964503..54bbabd3 100644
--- a/modules/jsdoc/tag/dictionary/definitions.js
+++ b/modules/jsdoc/tag/dictionary/definitions.js
@@ -108,6 +108,15 @@
         })
         .synonym('method');
         
+        dictionary.defineTag('global', {
+            mustNotHaveValue: true,
+            onTagged: function(doclet, tag) {
+                doclet.scope = 'global';
+                
+                return true;
+            }
+        });
+        
         dictionary.defineTag('inner', {
             onTagged: function(doclet, tag) {
                 setDocletScopeToTitle(doclet, tag);
diff --git a/test/cases/globaltag.js b/test/cases/globaltag.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..44f1d186
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cases/globaltag.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/**
+    @global
+    @constructor
+ */
+window.Bar = new Function('', a, b, c);
+
+(function() {
+
+    /** @global */
+    var foo;
+    
+    foo = 'hello foo';
+
+    this.foo = foo;
+    
+}).apply(window);
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diff --git a/test/runner.js b/test/runner.js
index 78efb83b..4e14cc8a 100644
--- a/test/runner.js
+++ b/test/runner.js
@@ -89,5 +89,7 @@ testFile('test/t/cases/modules/data/mod-2.js');
 testFile('test/t/cases/alias.js');
 testFile('test/t/cases/alias2.js');
 
+testFile('test/t/cases/globaltag.js');
+
 report();
 
diff --git a/test/t/cases/globaltag.js b/test/t/cases/globaltag.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..efea4807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/t/cases/globaltag.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+(function() {
+    var docSet = testhelpers.getDocSetFromFile('test/cases/globaltag.js'),
+        found = docSet.getByLongname('foo').filter(function($) {
+            return ! $.undocumented;
+        });
+    
+    //dump(docSet.doclets);
+    
+    test('When an inner symbol has a @global tag it is documented as if it were global.', function() {
+        assert.equal(found[0].name, 'foo');
+        assert.equal(found[0].longname, 'foo');
+        assert.equal(found[0].memberof, undefined);
+        assert.equal(found[0].scope, 'global');
+        
+    });
+    
+    found = docSet.getByLongname('Bar').filter(function($) {
+        return ! $.undocumented;
+    });
+    
+    test('When an nested symbol has a @global tag it is documented as if it were global.', function() {
+        assert.equal(found[0].name, 'Bar');
+        assert.equal(found[0].longname, 'Bar');
+        assert.equal(found[0].memberof, undefined);
+        assert.equal(found[0].scope, 'global');
+    });
+
+})();
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