diff --git a/transpiler/src/main/java/org/jsweet/transpiler/Java2TypeScriptTranslator.java b/transpiler/src/main/java/org/jsweet/transpiler/Java2TypeScriptTranslator.java
index 750ac0ef..e6f8b6ed 100644
--- a/transpiler/src/main/java/org/jsweet/transpiler/Java2TypeScriptTranslator.java
+++ b/transpiler/src/main/java/org/jsweet/transpiler/Java2TypeScriptTranslator.java
@@ -3425,9 +3425,10 @@ public class Java2TypeScriptTranslator extends AbstractTreePrinter {
                         if (isDefinitionScope) {
                             print("var ");
                         } else {
-                            if (!isLazyInitialized(varDecl.sym) && (varDecl.sym.getModifiers().contains(Modifier.FINAL)
-                                    || (!globals && constAnalyzer != null
-                                            && !constAnalyzer.getModifiedVariables().contains(varDecl.sym)))) {
+                            if (!isLazyInitialized(varDecl.sym) && ((!globals && constAnalyzer != null
+                                    && !constAnalyzer.getModifiedVariables().contains(varDecl.sym))
+                                    || (globals && varDecl.sym.getModifiers().contains(Modifier.FINAL)
+                                            && varDecl.init != null))) {
                                 print("const ");
                             } else {
                                 print(VAR_DECL_KEYWORD + " ");
diff --git a/transpiler/src/test/java/org/jsweet/test/transpiler/SyntaxTests.java b/transpiler/src/test/java/org/jsweet/test/transpiler/SyntaxTests.java
index 2da9c932..227f9628 100644
--- a/transpiler/src/test/java/org/jsweet/test/transpiler/SyntaxTests.java
+++ b/transpiler/src/test/java/org/jsweet/test/transpiler/SyntaxTests.java
@@ -160,13 +160,15 @@ public class SyntaxTests extends AbstractTest {
             logHandler.assertNoProblems();
         }, f1, f2);
         String generatedCode = FileUtils.readFileToString(f1.getTsFile());
-        Assert.assertTrue(generatedCode.indexOf("const explicitFinalString") > -1);
-        Assert.assertTrue(generatedCode.indexOf("const implicitFinalString") > -1);
-        Assert.assertTrue(generatedCode.indexOf("let notFinalString") > -1);
+        Assert.assertTrue(generatedCode.contains("const explicitFinalString"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(generatedCode.contains("let explicitFinalStringWithDeferredAssignment"));
+        Assert.assertFalse(generatedCode.contains("const explicitFinalStringWithDeferredAssignment"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(generatedCode.contains("const implicitFinalString"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(generatedCode.contains("let notFinalString"));
         generatedCode = FileUtils.readFileToString(f2.getTsFile());
-        Assert.assertTrue(generatedCode.indexOf("const explicitFinalGlobal") > -1);
-        Assert.assertTrue(generatedCode.indexOf("let implicitFinalGlobal") > -1);
-        Assert.assertTrue(generatedCode.indexOf("let notFinalGlobal") > -1);
+        Assert.assertTrue(generatedCode.contains("const explicitFinalGlobal"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(generatedCode.contains("let implicitFinalGlobal"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(generatedCode.contains("let notFinalGlobal"));
     }	
 	
 	@Test
diff --git a/transpiler/src/test/java/source/syntax/FinalVariables.java b/transpiler/src/test/java/source/syntax/FinalVariables.java
index 6fe7a03b..fcdc64c3 100644
--- a/transpiler/src/test/java/source/syntax/FinalVariables.java
+++ b/transpiler/src/test/java/source/syntax/FinalVariables.java
@@ -111,6 +111,21 @@ public class FinalVariables {
 		});
 	}
 
+    public void explicitFinalWithDeferredAssignment(boolean condition) {
+        final String explicitFinalStringWithDeferredAssignment;
+        if(condition) {
+            explicitFinalStringWithDeferredAssignment = "1";
+        } else {
+            explicitFinalStringWithDeferredAssignment = "2";
+        }
+        handler(new ANonFunctionalInterface() {
+            @Override
+            public void m() {
+                System.out.println(explicitFinalStringWithDeferredAssignment);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+    
 	void implicitFinal() {
 		String implicitFinalString = "abc";
 		handler(new ANonFunctionalInterface() {