diff --git a/proc/eval.go b/proc/eval.go
index c8a4ad22..5982e7a5 100644
--- a/proc/eval.go
+++ b/proc/eval.go
@@ -432,16 +432,23 @@ func (scope *EvalScope) evalIdent(node *ast.Ident) (*Variable, error) {
 	// try to interpret this as a local variable
 	v, err := scope.extractVarInfo(node.Name)
 	if err != nil {
-		// if it's not a local variable then it could be a package variable w/o explicit package name
 		origErr := err
-		_, _, fn := scope.Thread.dbp.PCToLine(scope.PC)
-		if fn != nil {
-			if v, err := scope.packageVarAddr(fn.PackageName() + "." + node.Name); err == nil {
-				v.Name = node.Name
-				return v, nil
+		// workaround: sometimes go inserts an entry for '&varname' instead of varname
+		v, err = scope.extractVarInfo("&" + node.Name)
+		if err != nil {
+			// if it's not a local variable then it could be a package variable w/o explicit package name
+			_, _, fn := scope.Thread.dbp.PCToLine(scope.PC)
+			if fn != nil {
+				if v, err := scope.packageVarAddr(fn.PackageName() + "." + node.Name); err == nil {
+					v.Name = node.Name
+					return v, nil
+				}
 			}
+			return nil, origErr
+		} else {
+			v = v.maybeDereference()
+			v.Name = node.Name
 		}
-		return nil, origErr
 	}
 	return v, nil
 }
diff --git a/service/test/variables_test.go b/service/test/variables_test.go
index ddab8f35..c7e6b826 100644
--- a/service/test/variables_test.go
+++ b/service/test/variables_test.go
@@ -548,6 +548,9 @@ func TestEvalExpression(t *testing.T) {
 		{"uint8(i5)", false, "253", "", "uint8", nil},
 		{"int8(i5)", false, "-3", "", "int8", nil},
 		{"int8(i6)", false, "12", "", "int8", nil},
+
+		// misc
+		{"i1", true, "1", "", "int", nil},
 	}
 
 	withTestProcess("testvariables3", t, func(p *proc.Process, fixture protest.Fixture) {